Why are customer reviews important?
Did you recently purchase something online where a review influenced your purchase decision? For most online users, the answer is yes.
Have you experienced shopping online where a lack of reviews for a particular product or service gave you second thoughts about your purchase? As discerning individuals, we want to make sure we have done our homework before making a purchase. In today’s digital era, the opinions of fellow consumers play a huge part in deciding whether a sale goes through.
In a recent 2015 Nielsen research report on global trust in advertising where 30,000 respondents from 60 countries were polled, 69% of them said that they would base their purchase decisions on reading customers reviews posted online. And 70% of the respondents in the 30 to 49 years age group said they would read online reviews before making a purchase decision.