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I really hope Anker stays off this list. They always seemed to make quality products, but I can imagine they'd feel the pressure to give into shady tactics themselves if all their competitors were engaging in it.

I've ordered some things from Mpow and Aukey before and they seemed like pretty good quality as well. Not that I condone these practices at all, but I could sympathize with the argument that in a marketplace that relies on reviews and where your competitors are buying thousands of reviews, it could be almost impossible to survive without doing the same, even if your product is good.

Of course, that kind of marketplace only hurts the consumer, so I appreciate Amazon cracking down on it.

[awillen]

Yeah, as someone who sells on Amazon, I'm torn... I think my MPOW headphones are great for the price, and I know how much of a pain it is to get reviews (and it basically either involves breaking the rules or paying Amazon even more money).

On the other hand, I don't really have any better idea of how to rank/recommend products. Overall as a consumer, I am extremely happy with my experience purchasing highly-rated products on Amazon.

[dzhiurgis]

So how does Amazon earn money when selling fake reviews? I can't be just from extra overall sales, there must be some other source of income. Do those reviews typically go with ad spend so they turn blind eye (used to be the case with Google?

[jml7c5]

I think you may be misinterpreting something, as I don't believe anyone is suggesting that Amazon earns money from fake reviews. (Or more weakly, that Amazon is incentivized to allow fake reviews.)