Posts Tagged ‘产品评论’

LIVE Search的产品评论聚合

November 6th, 2008

想买个相机,所以用LIVE Search看了一下——他家收购了JellyFish之后,把Cashback活学活用抄袭了过来,变成了搜索引擎 + 返点网站。可能是初期推广吧,返点都很高,常常看到电子产品有20% ~ 40%的折扣(现在比最开始还要低一些了)。

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但是今天还看到了另一个有趣的东西:LIVE Search自家做的产品评论聚合。

搜索一个东西,系统自动判断是不是“商品名”,如果是,则在广告信息后给出这个商品的具体信息聚合(和Google Product类似):

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点击进入后,可以看到详细的信息

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这里做了两件很有趣的事情:

1. 他把各家评论聚合起来了。虽然都只是节选,而且留了来源连接,其中就有Newegg.com的。这样可以看成是搜索结果的缩略显示,可以避免一些法律上的麻烦吧。之前和Buzzillion谈过,他们要求的是评论全文放给他们,各个大的B2C自然很难点头。

2. 更强的是他做了个语义分析的聚合,首先把各条评论评价的对象(对相机来说,可能是“画质”,“大小”,“特色”,“移动性”……)分解出来,然后再分析评论的倾向性(正面还是负面),给出左侧的清除图示来用统计数据告诉你别人对这个相机各方面的评价。很像我之前推荐过的Pluribo.com(参看http://www.marsopinion.com/?p=1214

如果你对哪个方面特别感兴趣,还能再点击进去,只看针对这个方面的评论,例如我们可以点击“画质”:

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就只看关于画质的评论,而且还给你进一步的过滤器“正面评论 / 负面评论”,想看什么看什么。

最后,最不重要的是,他还聚合了更权威的网站的评测,下面这条就来自CNET,所以被标记为“专家评论”。

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虽然微软的搜索真是做得一塌糊涂乱七八糟,不过LIVE Search这些点子还是蛮好的。在类似Google Product的比价之外,给Cash Back来动之以利,再聚合商品评论来帮助购物决策,很欣赏这种思路。

可能因为我是个商品评论的疯狂粉丝吧:)。

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负面的产品评论更加能促进转化?

September 26th, 2008

之前写过仍然被低估的电子商务平台产品评论(一)仍然被低估的电子商务产品评论(二)仍然被低估的电子商务产品评论(三),还给过一堆数据: 也对怎样管理负面评论提出过建议……好吧,我确实很喜欢产品评论这个东西,甚至于我觉得现阶段它的作用仍然是被低估的。

看到一篇文章,引述了www.bazaarvoice.com的CEO Brett Hurt所说的一段话: Bazaarvoice 到目前为止已经为为超过100亿条消费者评论提供过服务,大部分消费者都给产品打了4.5分(5分满分)。更让人吃惊的是,负面的评论比正面的评论更能够促进转化。

文中给出的解释是

  • 看到网站上对产品的负面评论,会增强消费者对网站的信任感,从而增加购买可能
  • 不少产品的负面评论只是针对产品某个具体特点,这个具体特点和潜在购买用户的关注点不一样,所以伤害有限——另外,毕竟还是正面评价比较多

觉得有一定道理。对于网站来说,尤其是消费者还不够熟悉的网站,传递“我是值得信任的”的印象,确实比论证“这个产品毫无缺点”更重要。

  

PS. 看到两个案例,似乎应该补充到仍然被低估的电子商务产品评论(三)里去:

首先是Bath & Body Works,它把Review的内容融入了Commercial Email的内容中:

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得到的结果是:

  • 平均订单金额提高10.04%
  • 单个客户购买金额提高11.46%
  • 点击后的Page View增加7.48%
  • 点击后站上停留时间增加13.6%
  • Bounce Rate下降2.36%

  

另外一个例子是OfficeDepot,他把消费者评分放到了关键词的广告文本中——“消费者评分5分!……(产品信息)……”。

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结果是:

  • 点击率增加78.5%
  • 转化率提高23.8%
  • 销售增长196.6%
  • 新客户增加183.3%

  

这两个例子还蛮适合我之前那篇仍然被低估的电子商务产品评论(三)的,呵呵。

虽然这种所谓的Case Study,就像eMarketer的深度report一样,随便看看,参考一下就好了,不用太当真。

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Pluribo.com,商品口碑聚合器

September 18th, 2008

看到了www.Pluribo.com,又是个好玩的东东。

看描述应该是一个商品评论聚合器,做两件事情(没有实际测试过):

1. 把Amazon.com上关于相同商品的评论聚合在一起。

2. 用语言和图表将评论信息汇总(你也没空看几千条评论),就像下面这些截图(全部截图来自GetElastic.com,原文链接http://www.getelastic.com/pluribo-natural-language-data-mining/

2.1 用语言汇总评论,例如对下面这台相机的评论就是“电池不行,有点大,摄像功能不错……”,应该是从评论中做语义分析(或者简单的关键词检索)采集的信息,根据设定好的规则模型将关键词串起来,看起来比较方便。

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2.2 用图表直观的展示评论中对各个性能指标的评价

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2.3 更方便的让你知道评论到底正面还是负面,大部分人留言说了什么。

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为什么说用户评论是有价值的?

March 31st, 2008

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好吧,下面是一些相关报告和数据:

According to E-consultancy and Bazaarvoice, “Social Commerce Report 2007″, effect of Customer-Generated ratings and Reviews on Select web site metrics in the past year according to online retailers in the UK, the US and Europe, Jun-July 2007 (% of respondents)

  • 77% reported site traffic increases
  • 56% reported improved conversion rates
  • 42% reported higher average order values 

 

According to E-tailing group white paper,

  • 59% of merchants interviewed cited the customer experience as the most important factor in the addition of customer reviews to their site.
  • 79% said the product page is very successful as a product review hub. In contrast, the home page had varying degrees of success with 37 percent reporting strong successes. 
  • Merchants indicate that there is less reliance on customer service as the reviews answer some of the questions that otherwise must be handled on a one-off basis.
  • The unbiased nature of reviews (where they are more transparent and trustworthy) engenders customer trust and that trust translates into loyal, lifelong shoppers.
  • Merchants were generally surprised by the number of positive reviews, another hidden truth. Initial fears of heavily negative reviews never materialized for any of the merchants interviewed.

 

And,

  • 63% of consumers are more likely to purchase from a site that offers ratings and reviews (source: eVOC Insights 2006)
  • 70% of online shoppers actively seek out customer reviews before they buy (source: eTailing Group  and JC Williams Consultancy)1147000923165643
  • 92% find customer reviews “extremely helpful” or “very helpful” in making informed purchase decisions (source: e-tailing group and JC Williams Consultancy)
  • The January 2007 index showed that of shoppers who bought from sites with reviews, 40% said the reviews were the main reason they made the purchase. That group of product review users was also 21% more satisfied with its purchases than other buyers and was 18% more likely than other buyers to buy from that site the next time it needed similar products.
  • In the 2007 annual e-commerce study by Marketing Sherpa, published in May, 58% of respondents said they “strongly” prefer sites that have customer reviews.
  • According to a global Nielsen survey of 26,486 Internet users in 47 markets, consumer recommendations are the most credible form of advertising among 78% of the study’s respondents. (Nielsen, “Word-of-Mouth the Most Powerful Selling Tool”)
  • A consumer survey by the JC Williams Group ranked consumer content as the #1 aid to a buying decision, cited by 91% of respondents. (JC Williams Group, 2006)
  • When asked what sources of information they are “very likely” to consult before making a decision about their entertainment options, 62% named Web sites with user reviews as their top choice, even beating out a knowledgeable friend (59%). (Marketing Sherpa, July 2007)
  • Review users noted that reviews generated by fellow consumers had a greater influence than those generated by professionals. (comScore/The Kelsey Group, October 2007)
  • 64% of consumers reported wanting to see user ratings and reviews, based on a study of 5,000 online shoppers. (Forrester, 2008)
  • 94% of UK online researchers use online customer reviews. (JupiterResearch/Bazaarvoice, January 2008)
  • 71% of online shoppers read reviews, making it the most widely read consumer-generated content. (Forrester)
  • 77% of online shoppers use reviews and ratings when purchasing. (Jupiter Research, August 2006)
  • 58.7% of shoppers said they used product reviews to make decisions. Reviews rated higher than clearance sale pages (56.4%) and featured sale pages (51.3%). (Shop.org, November 2007)
  • Almost two-thirds (62%) of consumers read consumer-written product reviews on the Internet. (Deloitte & Touche)
  • Seven in 10 (69%) consumers who read reviews share them with friends, family or colleagues, thus amplifying their impact. (Deloitte & Touche)
  • More than eight in 10 (82%) of those who read reviews said that their purchasing decisions have been directly influenced by those reviews. (Deloitte & Touche)
  • 55% of surveyed Internet users consulted other people’s opinions online, making reviews the #1 resource for product research. (Avenue A/Razorfish “Digital Consumer Behavior Study,” October 2007)
  • In a study of 2,000 shoppers, 92% deemed customer reviews as “extremely” or “very” helpful. (eTailing Group)
  • 59% of their users considered customer reviews to be more valuable than expert reviews. (Bizrate)
  • 63% of consumers indicate they are more likely to purchase from a site if it has product ratings and reviews. (Major consumer electronics retailer/iPerceptions study)
  • 81% consider the availability of customer reviews to be “very important” (33%)”somewhat important” (48%). (Major consumer electronics retailer/iPerceptions study)
  • 71% of UK online shoppers seek out ratings and reviews. (NetExtract, 2007)
  • 39% of those who bought from sites with reviews cite the reviews as the primary factor influencing the purchase decision. (Foresee Results Study, 2006)
  • 79% of online UK retailers surveyed reported that the main benefit of consumer-generated rating and reviews was that they improved site conversion rates. (eMarketer, 2007) panda2
  • The Shop.org State of Retailing Online study, conducted by Forrester Research, found only 26% of the 137 top retailers surveyed offered customer ratings and reviews, but 96% of them ranked customer ratings and reviews as an effective or very effective tactic at driving conversion. (Forrester)
  • Of merchants who adopt customer reviews, 58% said improving customer experience was the most important reason for adding reviews to their sites, followed by building customer loyalty (47%), driving sales (42%), and maintaining a competitive advantage (37%). (eTailing Group, 2008)
  • 11% of retailers reported a 20% or more overall increase in conversions as a result of adding reviews to their sites, 21% reported an 11% to 20% increase and 5% reported a 1% to 10% increase. (eTailing Group, 2008)
  • 81% of marketers surveyed say that their social media spending will meet or exceed their traditional advertising spending within the next 5 years. (TWI Surveys/Society for New Communications Research, November 2007)
  • Dave Seifert of Bass Pro Shops noted at a Shop.org round table discussion that Top Rated Products were “the #1 merchandising technique ever utilized on their site.” (Bass Pro Shops)
  • After their order, PETCO asked customers, “What online tool most influenced your purchase decision?” The #1 answer was product ratings and reviews, with site search coming in a distant second. (PETCO)
  • 43% of retailers have reviews – double in one year. (Marketing Sherpa, February 2007)
  • Ratings and reviews is the second most important site feature behind search and online buyers who cite ratings and reviews most useful site feature has more than doubled from ’05 to ’06. “Retail Marketing: Driving Sales Through Consumer-Created Content” says retailers who adopt ratings and reviews as a differentiator and retention strategy will gain market share. (Jupiter)
  • Shoppers who browsed the site’s new “Top Rated Products” page, which features products rated most highly by customers, had a 59% higher conversion rate than the site average and spent 16% more per order than other browsers of products. (Bass Pro Shops)
    Giving shoppers the ability to sort products within a category by customer rating led to a sales increase of 41% per unique visitor. (PETCO)
  • MarketingExperiments tested product conversion with and without product ratings by customers. Conversion nearly doubled, going from .44% to 1.04% after the same product displayed its five-star rating. (MarketingExperiments Journal)
  • Conversion rates are higher on products with less than perfect reviews (less than 5 stars) than those without reviews at all, indicating that the customer feels that the product has been properly reviewed by other customers. (Burpee)
  • Consumers were willing to pay between 20 to 99% more for a 5-star rated product than for a 4-star rated product, depending on the product category. (comScore/Kelsey, October 2007)
  • Reviews usage drives higher spending: 27% of users report an increase of 5-10%; almost 7% report an increase of 20%+. (Avenue A/Razorfish “Digital Consumer Behavior Study,” October 2007)
  • Email study: PETCO realized a 5X increase in email click-through rates by including relevant ratings and reviews content in the campaign promotion. (PETCO)
  • Top rated product email drive 46% higher revenue per email in A/B test. (Golfsmith) MiaoZhunCat_jpg
  • In a study of online UK retailers, 59% reported that the consumer-generated activity leads to better search engine optimization. (eMarketer, 2007)
  • During the 2007 holiday season, consumers who recalled seeing customer reviews on a Web site reported 9% higher customer satisfaction levels, were 9% more likely to make a purchase and 8% more likely to purchase the next time they came to that site. (ForeSee Results, 2008)
  • Reviews drive 21% higher purchase satisfaction and 18% higher loyalty. (Foresee Results Study, January 2007)
  • Online UK retailers reported improved customer retention and loyalty by 73% once they implemented consumer-generated rating and reviews. (eMarketer, 2007)
  • Among the 46% of respondents who had posted or planned to post reviews about their online shopping experience, 88% said those reviews either were, or would be positive. (Nielson, 2007)
  • 好吧,这篇文章的插图纯属搞笑……知道大家看英文和数字很无聊 : P

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    电子商务,怎样管理负面评论?

    March 31st, 2008

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    自己以前给公司的CS做过很大一张评论管理规范,描述各种可能出现的产品评论(以及例子),然后列出相应的处理步骤(每天审核几次评论、时间点,什么评论要回复、怎么回复,什么评论该删掉,什么评论需要先获得用户同意再删,什么时候用Email,什么时候用电话……诸如此类)。

    其中比较难办的,并不是那些粗口、比价之类,而是“负面评论”——那些客客气气、公公道道说产品这不行那不好的评论。

      

    如何对待和管理针对产品的负面评论?

    一般的做法是:

    • 删掉(客服方面会多很多麻烦)
    • 懒得管他
    • 用看似公平合理的方式让负面评论得到更少的展示机会
    • 自我安慰(其实很有道理)
      • 有负面评论可以增强评论的公信力;
      • 负面评论可以帮助消费者了解产品缺点,减少他们买了又退货的可能。

    现在想想,“负面评论”其实大部分时候是有他的道理在的,最聪明的做法并不应该是把评论埋起来不让人看,而应该是是——把负面评论的重点从“这个产品不好”转移到“另一个产品更好”上。

    抛砖引玉:

    • 用系统分析,写了负面评论的同学最后买了哪款同类产品,把它们罗列在评论边上。
    • 用系统分析,评论中还提到了哪些产品,把这些产品罗列在评论边上(Amazon就这么做的)。
    • 在消费者写评论时,如果评分小于等于2分,则自动多生成一个输入框,写“您觉得哪款产品更好呢?”。然后把这些信息综合到一个新的区域:“不喜欢这款产品的用户们认为下列产品更好:”,把这个区域放在评论区下面,给那些看了负面评论打消了购买念头的同学们看(他们这时候本来就很想看替代的选择),挽救一下销量。(来源:GetElastic

      

    第一条想到过,因为需要MIS资源较多,所以让路给其他事情了;

    第二条、第三条还蛮简单的,为什么我当时就没想到呢?#___#

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    仍然被低估的电子商务产品评论(三)

    March 26th, 2008

    除了昨天说的想办法把高价值评论信息推送到合适的消费者面前,还有哪些方法可以发挥评论的价值呢(note: 下面的东西可能概念性成分比之前要多)?

    最少还有四种方式吧,写出来抛砖引玉:

    • 推荐相关产品
    • 内网促销
    • 外网宣传推广
    • 口碑营销

     

    首先是相关产品推荐。

    假定你没有很好的personalized recommendation system,也没有足够人力去做相关产品推荐(例如这条裤子比较适合配那件衣服,这个CPU最好要放那块主板之类),为什么不让消费者来做这个呢?

    开个评论小分区,让消费者在里面专门推荐这款产品的相关产品:)

    点击量最大的“相关产品推荐”评论将获得积分奖励~

      

    然后是内网促销。

    目前所知的内网促销,都是mkt或者pm某人牵头说要促销XXXX啦,然后大家呼啦啦提交一堆产品和相应促销价格,选几个看得顺眼的交给美工做个页面。

    开个小板块,让用户可以自己开页面来做促销活动?

    很简单的功能,

    1. 用户可以自己定义页面的名字和介绍文字(甚至于上传一幅图片做Banner);
    2. 用户可以按照产品item number将网站上的产品添加到这个新的页面;
    3. 用户在每个产品下写上一条“推荐”评论;
    4. 系统生成页面,页面上包含 4.1 用户定义的标题(例如“五一长假,必备相机”);4.2 用户定义的描述文字(例如“家用相机最重要的是……”);4.3 产品列表(包括产品图片、介绍、以及用户推荐文字——例如“Fz5这款相机好就好在……”)。

    工作人员将挑选一些比较好的promo page的链接放在在首页。

    通过promo page产生的销量,将给用户返点。

    所以,用户甚至于还可以把promo page的链接发布到自己blog或者相关论坛去赚钱(写到这里觉得这个例子可以放到第四点去)

      

    还有外网宣传推广。

    消费者对于review的接受程度是促销信息的6倍。

    所以DM的介绍页面,活动中的公司简介,某个产品的推荐,不妨都用上一点真实的评论。

    “我在marsopinion.com买过7次东西了,每次都是今天下单,第二天就收到了,我都想不通你们怎么搞定的……”这句话比“我们技术先进,物流迅速”来得有效(relax,我没说消费者一定相信前面那句是真的……只是他们会更难相信后面这句);

    “爽,X980终于到手!跑在我的机子上……………………btw,你们价格又是最好的”这段话比干巴巴的宣传词好用。

    以此类推吧。。。

      

    口碑营销呢?

    前面说到的激励客户把促销页面信息放在自己Blog上是一个办法。

    还有其他的。

    比如说你发表完“推荐”或者“精华”评论,系统自动跑来问你“要不要把文章发到你的Blog上?”,你输入用户名和密码,你的评论(加上了产品信息)就自动发到你的Blog上了(当然也可以比较笨的复制黏贴)

    对你的好处呢?

    当然也可以用返点之类。。。或者虚无缥缈的荣誉等级激励(发现很多人真的很在乎这个。。。)

    或者?该产品页面评论区出现你的blog文章链接(帮你带流量,也增强网站上评论可信度)?

      

    有个概念就好:)

    抛砖引玉,开拓思路~

    (抱歉有点草草收尾,我常常写东西写一半就没兴趣往下写了……)

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    仍然被低估的电子商务产品评论(二)

    March 25th, 2008

    昨天说到哪里了?

    说到对于电子商务网站来说,评论系统还有优化的空间。

      

    昨天说了那么多废话,其实归根到底只有一条:想办法把高价值评论信息推送到合适的消费者面前。

      

    那么首先要定义“高价值”。

    随便列举一下:

    • 正面的评论价值 > 负面的评论价值(归根结底我还是希望用户多买点东西……先用正面的评论引发购物欲望,之后他自己会去翻评论,看到负面评论再引发理性的思考。——当然如果就此买了,我也并不真的那么在意逆向物流的可能性,毕竟我是卖东西的,先卖出去再说);
    • 认真写的评论(比如写了很多字,详细描述情况的)的价值 > 随便写的、粗略的评论
    • 和用户兴趣相关的评论价值 > 和用户兴趣不相关的评论价值
      • 如果用户有疑问,那么回答疑问的评论就是相关的高价值评论
      • 如果用户想和人讨论某话题(某MP3怎样刷机才能提高音质),所有围绕此话题的评论都是相关高价值评论
      • 如果用户考虑要购买这个产品,那么对这个产品的评论就和这个客户兴趣更相关

      

    找到了“高价值”评论,我们可以开始考虑要把他们往哪里推送:

    • 网站页面,包括首页,目录页,产品页面等
    • 账户中心,如果我们能够确保推送的大多是和用户兴趣相关的评论,相信我,大家会更乐意去Check自己账户中心的。
    • 创造一些新的页面。

     

    所以综合起来,我们可以先做这样一些准备:

    • 让用户多麻烦一点,在发表评论时可以选择自己的评论类型:“讨论”,“询问”,还是“推荐”。
    • 如果该用户购买过产品,则该评论自动被标记为“经验”;如果该评论被认为对于购物决策有参考价值,则被标记为“精华”(这两个标签和“讨论”之类标签可以共存,具体的筛选机制可以参考(具体方法可以参考我的自进化的社区管理机制)。
    • 把账户中心做好点——至少,不用要客户登录就可以直接看账户中心中汇总的评论信息~ 要买东西再登录。。。
    • 在各个页面(比如首页。。)多留点位置给评论展示。。。

      

    把这些评论放哪里呢?

    • 在首页上随机展示精华评论
    • 在产品目录页面随机展示该目录产品的精华评论
    • 在产品页面优先(放在前面,放在醒目处)展示针对该产品的精华评论。
    • 在用户的账户中心放置(或者通过newsletter定期发给客户)
      • 该用户的“询问”评论后的回帖
      • 该用户参与的“讨论”评论后的回帖
      • 该用户Wish List里面所有产品对应的“推荐”和“精华”评论,促进购买
      • 该用户购买过的所有产品的“推荐”评论和“询问”评论(1. 给你看其他人“推荐”你买的这款产品,让你对购物决策更满意;2. 如果回答询问,可以给积分奖励之类……)
    • ……(可能还有类似的,可以举一反三的规则,懒得列出来了)

    *以上,我假定你没有做Personalized Recommendation的算法和技术(我写过纯属自己异想天开,实现起来很困难的一个算法,可以参考: Use personalized recommendation algorithm to enhance conversion rate for ecommerce website)——如果有的话,你可以做更相关的评论匹配(不用看我这篇科普类文章了,呵呵)。

     

    还有没有其他可能性呢?当然有。。。

    明天再说……

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    仍然被低估的电子商务平台产品评论(一)

    March 24th, 2008

    (好吧,写这么没有个性的文章名字是为了照顾搜索引擎收录……)

    最近和一些Social Shopping的网站打交道,看了一些PPT。有句话很有意思——“现在,产品评论的重要性已经是不证自明的了。”

    让我想起了一两年前的一些设想,只是当时得出这个结论前,还引述了一些有的没的的报告数据(好像是jupiter和另外一家的),可惜文档管理太差。。。出国了就都找不到了。。。

    有些项目已经显然的被放弃,所以不妨乱侃侃。

      

    对于电子商务网站,尤其是B2C网站来说,目的是什么?

    废话,赚钱,可持续赚钱。

      

    产品评论为什么能帮助赚钱?

    • 让消费者多点理由来我网站,多来我网站,每次多逛逛,顺手买点;
    • 让消费者参与贡献内容,从而产生归属感,更愿意掏钱给我;
    • 让新来的同学们看到“还有那么多人在这里买东西”,从而更相信我;
    • 让消费者看到对产品“公正”的评价
      • 看到其他消费者正面的评价,有助于打消购物疑虑,产生购物行为;
      • 看到其他消费者负面的评价,有助于帮我更深入了解产品,从而选择其他“更适合我”的产品(从而减少网站的RMA,也可以提高客户满意度)

     

    简单说就是:

    • 增强用户粘性;
    • 提高转化率;
    • 减少逆向物流和RMA(dmittedly, 这个和第二条看上去有点矛盾……)

      

    评论可以做到这些。

    仅仅是产品页面上放一个简单的留言框,就可以得到这么多好处,实在是太棒了!(具体数据可以用英文Google找之~)

      

    难道仅此而已么?就放个难看的小框框在产品描述下面,让大家玩BBS一样写两句话?

    当然不是,我们再重新看看评论可能带来的三种好处,看看有没有可能加强它们

  • 增强用户粘性——有没有办法加强互动呢?
  • 提高转化率——有没有办法把最能促进用户购物的那些评论推送到用户面前呢?
  • 减少反向物流——把能够解决用户疑惑(解决疑惑,要么是让用户放心购买——落入第二条范畴;要么是让用户发现产品问题放弃购买,从而落入本条范畴)的评论推送到用户面前?
  • (睡觉去,明天接着写……)

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