How to Get Paid to Review Products

With the advent of the internet, there have become millions of budding critics who enjoy to post reviews on all types of subjects: movies, restaurants, products, etc… Yelp is one of the most popular sites on the internet and nearly every product on Amazon has dozens of reviews.  People take their time and energy to write these reviews and do it free of cost.  What many do not know is that there are sites that pay you to write reviews online–one such site is Epinions.

Epinions is a consumer review site affiliated with Shopping.com.

Visitors or Epinions can read reviews about a variety of items to help them decide whether or not to make a purchase.

Writers can join Epinions for free, write reviews that assist visitors in deciding whether to purchase a product or not, and writers then earn money and recognition for their reviews.

There are two types of reviews: Express Reviews which are 20-199 words long and Regular reviews which are 200 words or more.

All members can rate opinions by others as Very Helpful, Helpful, Somewhat Helpful, Not Helpful, or Off Topic. Express Opinions are rated as Show or Don’t Show.

Members can also decide whether to “trust” or “block” other members. The trust and block relationships interact and form a hierarchy called the Web of Trust. The Web of Trust combines with rating to determine the order that opinions are shown to readers.

So if you like to write reviews on products, sign-up for Epinions and start earning!