DooYoo - Get Paid to Write Reviews Online

lauranurse

Those of you who have been on dooyoo a while or are guides on the site, I was just wondering what the etiquette is for how many reviews you can do per day?

I read earlier on in the thread that they dont like you to do too many as they want lots of different opinions, but how many is too many? I have got a lot of time on my hands to do reviews, but I dont want other members to hate me, or to get my account cancelled!

And does rating other people's reviews kind of even it up so it is OK to do more yourself?

I am very hopefully wanting to earn enough miles to buy a treadmill with within the next few months, so I worked out that I would have to earn about £2-£3 a day on reviews to be able to do this. Do you think that is acceptable?

cmh4135

Ah, the how many reviews question.... :think:

It all depends on how you see the site and what you want to get out of it, long term and short term.

There's no "official" limit on how many opinions you can post per day - so you could write 10, 20 or 100 and not be in breach of the site's terms and conditions (provided, of course, that all met the word limits and acceptability standards).

Dooyoo kind of give a bit of a hint that 5 a day might be a limit in that they only show 5 opinions against a user's name for any (approx) 24 hour period in the "new in" lists. So you might want to consider 5 a max.

Long-term users tend not to read much from those who produce more than a couple of opinions a day. This can be for a number of reasons, ranging from the fact that those who produce more per day tend (although not always) to produce opinions of a lower, and thus less interesting, standard to the fact that those producing many opinions per day tend not to be reading the opinions of others and so are not giving back to the peer review aspect of the site. Some users get a bit narked that their own one opinion gets shunted very quickly down the "new in" list by those churning out multiple opinions....

Although you only get pennies per read you'll get far more reads if you write less than 2-3 opinions a day. If you write well then that means that you could reach your target with just a few ops. The more people that read, the more chance you'll have of crown nominations and so the potential to earn another £1.50 per op increases.

So, long tale short, it depends what you're in it for. If you want to run the gauntlet of the members and risk your long-term future on the site then churn away and you're still within the rules.

If you want to take a longer-term view and earn more over time then you'd be better to write less.

Rather like your attitude to risk in investments it's your choice!

barongreenback

lauranurse wrote: »

Those of you who have been on dooyoo a while or are guides on the site, I was just wondering what the etiquette is for how many reviews you can do per day?

I read earlier on in the thread that they dont like you to do too many as they want lots of different opinions, but how many is too many? I have got a lot of time on my hands to do reviews, but I dont want other members to hate me, or to get my account cancelled!

And does rating other people's reviews kind of even it up so it is OK to do more yourself?

I am very hopefully wanting to earn enough miles to buy a treadmill with within the next few months, so I worked out that I would have to earn about £2-£3 a day on reviews to be able to do this. Do you think that is acceptable?

Depends how you want to earn the £2-3. If you spend time on your reviews you can make that on a 5 a day max (as the poster above stated). To answer your query about rating more meaning you can write more. Well the theory is that you should rate as many reviews as you can to give back to the site but be careful of just rating as many reviews as possible and not actually reading them and rating honestly. Dooyoo can check people who "speed read" and will be unhappy with you if you do so.

Camp_Freddy

lauranurse wrote: »

Those of you who have been on dooyoo a while or are guides on the site, I was just wondering what the etiquette is for how many reviews you can do per day?

I read earlier on in the thread that they dont like you to do too many as they want lots of different opinions, but how many is too many? I have got a lot of time on my hands to do reviews, but I dont want other members to hate me, or to get my account cancelled!

And does rating other people's reviews kind of even it up so it is OK to do more yourself?

I am very hopefully wanting to earn enough miles to buy a treadmill with within the next few months, so I worked out that I would have to earn about £2-£3 a day on reviews to be able to do this. Do you think that is acceptable?

From a personal point of view, I don't think that's acceptable, but that stems from my own activity around the site and what I gain from it. I like to think that I'm helping people and a great deal of thought goes in to my reviews. I don't rant, I like to lay out my thoughts as neutrally as I can so that anyone else coming along can make an intelligent, informed decision about whatever it is they're reading about.

In an ideal world, people could post as many reviews as they like, but we don't live in an ideal world and you don't get anything for free. You can easily earn £3 per day by posting 6 reviews, but chances are you will only post those 6 reviews, they'll be of poor quality and you'll be too busy writing to give any rates back to the site and rates are as important as the reviews you post. Chances are, people will think you're greedy, money-grabbing scum.

It's possible to earn £2 per day writing less, but better reviews and doing a bit more reading around the site. Writing two better quality reviews will earn you a pound for posting, for example. If you're active around the site, it's possible to get 30 plus reads or more per review, which brings additional earnings of at least 90p, and if you're writing two reviews a day, that's 14 reviews each week that may gain an extra £1.50 each if the reviews are up to scratch. Chances are, if you're reading more than you're being read, that people will think you're an active member and nothing more.

In my personal opinion, those that write for cash write poorer reviews that those that write for the enjoyment of helping others and look upon any earnings as a nice bonus, and as someone who likes to think that their reviews do help, well, you can see how I view the "moneymakers".

Cash isn't the be all and end all when it comes to the internet, otherwise millions of people would be !!!!ed because Wikipedia wouldn't/couldn't exist. Dooyoo are slightly different as they are a business, but it doesn't mean everyone should take the !!!! and just milk it dry.

lauranurse

Thanks for all your replies, very interesting and you kind of think in the same way that I do about dooyoo! I have never done more than 5 reviews in a day, usually only 2-3, and have rated about the same number of reviews as I have had ratings myself, both to make it fair and because I really enjoy reading other people's reviews if they are well written!

I dont actually agree with camp freddy that people who are in it for the cash write poorer reviews! Partly because I would imagine that people who really want the money are more likely to make sure their reviews are up to scratch, and partly because I would expect that 99.9% of reviewers are doing it for the money if they are really honest!

cmh4135

I think you're right, Laura, that most people, if they're honest, like the money from writing but I do think that CampFreddy is, at least in part, correct that those who are actively seeking to make lots of money tend, in general to produce lesser quality reviews.

A good review requires thought and time and not just a recitation of facts about a product. Those seeking to post as many reviews as possible tend to be posting rather factual, short(ish) pieces with regard only to the fact that they're getting 50p rather than having any regard to the fact that they're meant to be helpful to consumers. It's that regard to the consumer and the desire to help buying decisions that tends to split the good reviewer from the poor. Of course, there are always exceptions.

Looked at in practical terms I guide the banking section. I see, quite literally, tens of opinions a week on the Boots advantage card. I see opinion, after opinion that says that the Boots card is great. It pays back 4p per pound spent. You can use your points to purchase goods in store as long as you have sufficient points to cover the whole purchase.

If I'm lucky I get an opinion that mentions the Advantage Card machine and possible the MSE thread regarding loopholes.

What I rarely get is anyone saying whether the card is any good and WHY it's good. I rarely get comparisons (over and above a bland statement that it's the most generous loyalty card). I don't get people discussing whether it's a good or bad thing, whether it affects prices, whether privacy is impaired or even how easy it is to use. Basically I get facts and no opinions.

Think about it - one very comprehensive review of the facts of the card is sufficient for any consumer (assuming the opinion is correct) - what use are 100s of factual pieces? However, 100 pieces of OPINION (although often repetative) hold far more value for the consumer.

So, whether to get an Advantage Card or not might not be the world's biggest decision but translate that idea to consumer electronics or other things and you'll see what I'm getting at.

The_Edible_Dormouse

I agree. I've had Dooyoo fatigue for a few weeks, and have been a stranger to the site, but I'm jumping back in today with a (planned) 100 reads. I'm more interested in knowing what people think. Also, in the current economic climate, I'm not really interested in knowing how much something costs, as a quick price comparison (or a visit to these boards!) can tell me how to get it for the best price anyway.

I'm far more interested in what someone thinks - reasonably objectively, that goes without saying - but if 10 people don't like The Next Big Thing, then they have a very good reason for that. And before buying The Next Big Thing, I'll take that on board.

Looking forward to hopping back on to Dooyoo later.

Camp_Freddy

lauranurse wrote: »

I dont actually agree with camp freddy that people who are in it for the cash write poorer reviews! Partly because I would imagine that people who really want the money are more likely to make sure their reviews are up to scratch, and partly because I would expect that 99.9% of reviewers are doing it for the money if they are really honest!

People that really want the money tend to post minimum word count reviews and do little or no reading around the site. They'll get a guaranteed 50p no matter what (unless it subsequently transpires that their reviews do not match up to the site's T&Cs). These "churners" will earn more money than other in a shorter period of time.

Other people might not have the stamina to do this constantly but they're still in it for the money because you can tell they're writing foir the sake of posting something, not because they actually have something to say. Their reviews might be 400 words instead of 150, but as CMH says above, this is all regurgitated fact with no real opinion or experience of the product or server. These are the in-betweeners.

The other end of the spectrum are those that like the review writing. If they're anything like myself, then they're not in it for the money, per se, though would probably not post if they didn't get paid. Who would give a business free content to use?

Take these two points of view from either end of the spectrum: a churner and me. We both post 100 reviews. The churner will get 50p for posting and, if they're lucky, 6 reads per review. That's about 60p per review and say they post 100 reviews in a week. Say I post a review a day and get 30 reads per review. That's 90p per review, plus I have a shot at getting a Crown for each review I post. If my Crown ratio is 1 in 4, then that's an extra £37.50 from my reviews, giving me a total of £127.50.

So the churner gets £60 in a week, and I get £127.50 in three months for the same amount of reviews. I do get more eventually, but the churner gets an instant "hit".

clearmydebts

I have to say some of the 'longer' reviews are absolute rubbish. They drone on for ages and I am so bored by the end of it I can't remember what they are reviewing. Remember it is the quality of a review, not always the quantity (i.e. number of words).

I think a review of about 400-600 words is perfect. It is punchy, usually gives an opinion and also gets to the point.

cmh4135

Absolutely. Long doesn't necessarily equal good! Each opinion rests on what it says. It can be a couple of hundred words and excellent or a few thousand words and still be excellent. Similarly, either could be poor.

That's why people shouldn't get too hung up on length and should concentrate on what they might want to know if they were purchasing the product or service.