Writing Product Reviews

Another form of income available thanks to the Internet can be obtained by writing product reviews. These websites usually contains a database of thousands of products, nearly all of which can be reviewed, which then earns the author money. Usually the review has to be read and rated by another member of the website, and so the more reads/ratings you receive, the more money you stand to earn.

There are two review websites that I have ever used, 1 of which has been previously mentioned in the online surveys section. Ciao pays people to answer surveys as well as for reviewing products on their website. Another paid-to-review site is Dooyoo. These two websites are both very similar in the way that they have a huge database of products to review on their websites, and they both pay out over review reads/ratings by other members. The amount of money you earn also depends on the item that you have reviewed. For example, electrical goods will be more financially rewarding then an item like a book. You could find yourself earning 2p a read/rate for the latest flatscreen TV, whereas you could only be earning 0.5p a read/rate for the latest Harry Potter book.

There is plenty of choice when it comes to choosing an item to review, from CD players to holiday venues, basically any household items you can think of and then some more.
You have to try and review the chosen object the best you can, writing at least 300 words in an article, explaining your overall feelings towards the object.
Probably the worst thing about writing reviews on these websites is the lack of money you will be earning. Though its definitely a case of the more effort you are willing to put in, the more money you are going to earn, you will probably still only manage a few quid per review, if you are lucky. A review could take you about half an hour to write, depending its author, and so you will have to decide whether that’s a good pay-rate.

Usually if you want to get lots of people to read and rate your review you will have to go round the website reading lots of other reviews, and rating them, so that they then return the favour and read/rate your review (this is basically the etiquette of these websites).
One of the bonuses from both Dooyoo and Ciao is that they usually reward some of the best reviews every month, with a ‘prize-fund’. They have a set amount of money at the end of the month, and they then divide it out between some of the best reviews of the month (in terms of ratings).

When you have earnt at least £30 you are able to claim your money. This can be transferred into your bank account, or paid out to you in Amazon vouchers.
Review writing is definitely a nice little earner, but it can get frustrating at times when you feel the amount of effort you put in writing reviews and rating other reviews doesn’t really equate equally with the amount of cash you are earning yourself.

Sign up to Ciao and Dooyoo via the links below:
http://www.dooyoo.co.uk
http://www.ciao.co.uk/reg.php?AffiliateId=5640634