topic Re: Incentivized in Beauty

Incentivized

QPrincess — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:48:18 GMT

It annoys me when I go to look at reviews of a product--like the Doll10 TSV- and other items (see it a lot on Amazon) and the majority are incentivized. I just looked at the Doll10 TSV to get opinions and the first two pages were all incentivized.

I guess at least it is posted that the person was incentivized instead of hiding that fact.

Re: Incentivized

Still Raining — Mon, 04 May 2026 12:54:54 GMT

Absolutely the worst. In fact it tells me the product is a dud and I keep away when I see it.

ETA Don't you love it when 100% of the participants saw a dramatic improvement of whatever.

Re: Incentivized

We rescue cats — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:00:56 GMT

" in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires that any material connection between a reviewer and a brand—such as free products, payment, or discounts—must be clearly and conspicuously disclosed."

I'm glad to know that someone was paid to do the review.

Re: Incentivized

JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:01:04 GMT

Why is it a problem? I don't know if it's a legal obligation but I do think it's commendable that the reviews are notated as such.

All an incentivized review is, is that the recipient is leaving the review in exchange for something - free product, discount code, using a loyalty points program, etc. The recipient is not being paid for a positive review. They can say the item was junk if they believe so.

Re: Incentivized

JeanLouiseFinch — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:02:54 GMT

@We rescue cats wrote:
" in the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) requires that any material connection between a reviewer and a brand—such as free products, payment, or discounts—must be clearly and conspicuously disclosed."

I'm glad to know that someone was paid to do the review.

Thanks for the clarification, @We rescue cats

Re: Incentivized

pigletsmom2 — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:11:52 GMT

I've done a couple of incentivized reviews and I was totally truthful in them. The only incentive was getting sent the product.

Re: Incentivized

QPrincess — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:45:30 GMT

@Still Raining I think that often, this incentivized method seeking reviews is for a brand new product. Like I stated................at least it is full disclosure instead of hiding it.

Re: Incentivized

QPrincess — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:47:08 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch And I did note in first post that at least it is not hidden. I looked at the TSV under items on air and all the reviews were incentivized.

Re: Incentivized

SilleeMee — Mon, 04 May 2026 13:55:40 GMT

Not in all cases but I think when some people receive free products to review, they tend to lean towards more positive remarks about the products they got rather than giving a bad review of the free product. But on the other hand I very much appreciate those who do give their honest reviews. I just don't believe that everyone does that in reality.

Re: Incentivized

Bonkers1 — Mon, 04 May 2026 14:18:24 GMT

@JeanLouiseFinch

Unfortunately to me I rarely see an incentivized review that is bad.

Re: Incentivized

cjm61 — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:27:15 GMT

@QPrincess

I narrow my search by Most Helpful and this usually eliminates the incentive reviews.

I don't particularly mind these reviews as I have seen plenty that are negative and/or neutral to a product. But, I prefer to search by most helpful as these truly do help me in determining if I would like the product.

Re: Incentivized

QPrincess — Mon, 04 May 2026 15:46:53 GMT

@cjm61 Thank you for the suggestion. I typically want to see newest reviews first. So I went to the Doll10 TSV under midnight show......................clicked on it and tried Most Helpful-----and yet, still every single review was incentivized.

So I hope everyone was honest and not just saying best ever because they were incentivized.

I'm still thinking about ordering.

Thanks for your response.