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SmartCustomer

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Founded in 2006, SmartCustomer is a mission-driven organization with a proven commitment to bringing honesty and transparency to any online purchase. We’ve helped over 200M buyers make smarter purchasing decisions. SmartCustomer amplifies real voices so everyone can find and share feedback on businesses and their products online. SmartCustomer is the only review platform to be both funded by the US government’s National Science Foundation and an official Google review partner.


smartcustomer.com
Founded in 2006
Menlo Park, CA, United States
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SmartCustomer Reviews Summary

SmartCustomer has a rating of 3.6 stars from 698 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with SmartCustomer most frequently mention online shopping, great job and long time. SmartCustomer ranks 1st among Consumer Protection sites.

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West Virginia
2 reviews
14 helpful votes
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I just wrote a review about MyHeritage and being new to sitejabber I had to sign up. When I got done, they were asking about my shopping habits! Why so you could start selling me stuff that I would then have to come on here and review? Come on! Ridiculous!

Date of experience: April 24, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Hi Jay, review authenticity is super important to us. By requiring everyone to sign up for an account, we can ensure that reviews on sitejabber.com are from real people like you (and not bots). Providing additional information about yourself, however, is completely optional and is only used to help improve and personalize your experience on our site.

Louisiana
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Cool
April 21, 2018

Love it, was very helpful. I've always been funny about ordering things online, I know u cant guys trust the reviews u read either but this site helped and reassured me

Date of experience: April 20, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thanks, Kimberly – we’ve got your back!

New York
3 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Easy to Use
April 19, 2018

This review site is pretty straight straight forward to use. It was easy to create an account and, just like google reviews, I could post what I wanted to online. I would recommend this platform to many people doing online reviews.

Date of experience: April 19, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for your review, Stella. We appreciate you!

Tennessee
31 reviews
79 helpful votes
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Just found this site the other day. I am glad I did as I find it very useful, and I am now promoting it on my own site as a normal link. I like to promote things I find useful that are ads free & may be useful to others. I really like this site as its easy to navigate, use, and post. Thank you very much to the owner/webmaster for a great site & service. Hope your around for many years to come.

Date of experience: April 17, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review, Tony!

Canada
18 reviews
55 helpful votes
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This short note is to thank all of your Consumers for, the their valuable time, reading my reviews and Hope it made a difference and saved them some money and made them weary to what goes on in online market. I did make mistakes and by letting your readers know I hope I could make a dent in their savings.
Thank you, Sitejabber Consumers..

Date of experience: April 9, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

We're so glad you've found our site helpful. :)

CJ G.
Australia
9 reviews
118 helpful votes
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I have read comments that sitejabber has some fake reviews but I would challenge that notion. I have been on the site quite a while and find most reviews have integrity and fairness. I use the site when I am thinking about online information and it has done right by me many times. In my humble opinion, the naysayers are misguided and missing out on a useful resource. Sure, there will always be the odd one who creates mischief because they can, which I find anywhere. It's all about discernment.

Date of experience: April 6, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Hi there! Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback, CJ.

Nepal
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Awesome service
April 3, 2018

They are providing really very awesome service. Great accuracy in theri answers. I recommend to everyone.

Date of experience: April 2, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for your review, Suraj.

New Jersey
5 reviews
25 helpful votes
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Fake Reviews
March 31, 2018

I see a pattern in some reviews - 1 negative reviews and then 2-3 positive would follows the next day and that cycle goes on and on. I also see reviews (and advertisements) that has nothing to do with site being reviewed. E. g a review(advertisement actually) on handmade jewels under a game site.

Sitejabber system is obviously flawed and they are not doing anything about it. Looks like they are not concern about the authenticity of the reviews and perhaps more concerned about making money.

Date of experience: March 31, 2018
New Jersey
7 reviews
16 helpful votes
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The search bar, one of the most essential features to using the site, seems to be broken when I try to find a website

Date of experience: March 19, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Hi Jeremy, we understand this is from a while ago – our search bar has since been fixed. Thank you.

California
103 reviews
548 helpful votes
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If you have ever been ripped off, lost money, or been hugely disappointed in the products of an online business, and you want to warn others-this is the PERFECT SITE! Alternatively, if you love an online business and want to encourage people that they can trust it, write a review on Sitejabber.com! This online reviewing site is growing exponentially. I buy many things online because I'm disabled, but also because retail stores are limiting stock. I totally rely on people's reviews before I buy or not buy from certain sites. Sitejabber is the perfect site in order to check whether or not you are dealing with a reputable, trustworthy, high quality business.
In addition, the founder of the site has contacted reviewers last year on ways to make the site better. WHO DOES THAT ANYMORE? Only someone who values the members who use his site. And the website has become increasingly better.
I urge you to review online businesses on Sitejabber.com if you've had either a horrible or excellent experience-or even if you want others to know about the online company. I also encourage you to look at SItejabber before you buy from a website which you've never used before-check out the reviews of people who already used that website.
I highly recommend Sitejabber.com. It will help you!

Date of experience: March 17, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thank you for sharing this great review, Roseann.

Pennsylvania
2 reviews
10 helpful votes
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The reviews on here are such a nice way to check out a site before buying products. Wish I found this site before... would have saved me a lot of hassle and money.

Date of experience: March 13, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thanks for sharing your experience with Sitejabber, Lily - we appreciate your feedback and we’re so glad you’ve found our site beneficial.

Romania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Amazing website!
March 12, 2018

I'm coming here to read reviews about companies which is interesting for me and also I'm sharing my opinion. I want to say that the Sitejabber Browser Extension is best that sitejabber could have ever done because it shows me which sites are pure and which not. I love your team they are working excellent!

Date of experience: March 12, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with Sitejabber, Marina!

India
2 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Wonderful platform to destroy other business or image in a minute.

They are happily doing this services to feed them. Such a selfish services

Date of experience: March 10, 2018
Singapore
14 reviews
70 helpful votes
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I'm confused
February 28, 2018

I'm confused not because the site is messy but because not all reviews goes "live" even when you received notification emails that it did. They just appear in your profile page but nowhere else.

There are a few things I'm puzzled about or find bad:

- sometimes negative reviews doesn't get published
- there are spam "reviews" that doesn't say anything about the site or business
- there are post that seems to want to start a fight (just my opinion)

Other than these, Sitejabber is a good site to look for alternatives opinions about a business/website. I hope they stay true and not turn to another "review-advertising" site. There are enough scams out there already!

I hope I don't get ban for writing a not so positive review.

Date of experience: February 28, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Hey Jeremy, we appreciate the opportunity to address this. Reviews are generally posted within 48 hours, but some may be flagged for further review which can take up to 30 days. We place equal value on both positive and negative honest reviews. Sitejabber uses a Review Filter and algorithm that attempts to display only authentic content for buyers by screening certain reviews. You can learn more at https://www.sitejabber.com/faq#filter. The filter isn’t perfect, but it is dynamic and always learning. If you see spam reviews slip through, please feel free to report them.

GB
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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You go to match reviews on their site there are 4x more one stars reviews than 5 star reviews but their stats are falsely reported! Saying over 1000 *5 stars and 700 *1 star reviews.
The majority of reviews are 1 star yet it gets a 4.5 out of 5 stars!
Fake site

Date of experience: February 16, 2018
Missouri
36 reviews
152 helpful votes
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Buttons don't work
January 20, 2018

Many buttons and links do not redirect to anything when I click on them. I need to drag the link to the tab, and then something will open up. I'm using FF by the way.

Date of experience: January 20, 2018
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thank you for bringing this to our attention, Jenna. This has since been fixed, but let do us know if this issue comes up again.

Turkiye
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Great site
December 29, 2017

The site is really excellent. I do regular shopping. They are also interested when I have a problem. I advise

Date of experience: December 29, 2017
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thanks for sharing, Emrah!

Wisconsin
8 reviews
4 helpful votes
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About time
December 25, 2017

It is nice to finally find a site with reviews by actual customers. Most sites seem to hire reviewers and you can't believe what is being said. I am interested in both the good, and not so good, reviews. After reading them I can make up my own mind. Keep the ratings honest. The web needs your kind of service.

Date of experience: December 24, 2017
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

We are grateful you took the time to leave us a review, Fred.

Colorado
14 reviews
44 helpful votes
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The idea of an online review site for other websites is a great concept, but the Sitejabber website itself needs some work.

I am registered on the site and have posted a few reviews from time to time. Today I came here as a result of having Googled looking for reviews about an online merchant website. Sitejabber had several well-written reviews from customers who had experience with the website. So far so good, but...

After reading a good review, I clicked on the "Was this review helpful? [yes]" to cast a helpful vote for that review. I was surprised to get an error message telling me I had already voted on that review (I know that I had not already voted on it because this was the first time I looked at any reviews for the site it was about). OK, I thought "Hmmm, that's odd" and continued reading.

Next helpful review, I try to submit a "helpful" vote and again I get the same error message even though I KNOW that I have not voted on that review before.

Then I noticed that I was not logged in and I thought that might be the problem because Sitejabber couldn't tell who I was. So I logged in. Now Sitejabber shows my username at the top of the screen.

OK, I go back to the reviews for the site I was interested in, planning to place "helpful" votes for a few reviews -- BUT NO -- because now there isn't any place to vote on any of the reviews. There is a score showing how many votes each review already had, BUT NO PLACE TO ENTER A VOTE.

Date of experience: December 16, 2017
Gennadii Z.
Brazil
5 reviews
0 helpful votes
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thank you
December 16, 2017

Thank you ! Thank you for the opportunity to express your opinion, in the community
Thank you for the opportunity to express your opinion, in the community!

Date of experience: December 16, 2017
Jackie V. — SmartCustomer Rep
over a year old

Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a review!