This post is a sponsored post, as part of the SponsoredReviews.com program. Though the post is sponsored, my comments and opinions are honest and unedited. I have never, nor will I ever, participate in a paid posting program where I’m required to review a service positively.
Another paid posting service recently launched – this one is called Sponsored Reviews. Think Review Me, not Pay Per Post. For every review that a blogger writes, full disclosure is required – that means that you must let your readers know when you are writing a sponsored post. In addition, the review of the site / product / service in question is not required to be a positive one. What Sponsored Reviews does require is an in-depth, honest review and opinion.
How it works
If you’re a publisher ( blogger ) then your life is very simple. Signup takes about 3 minutes if you’re a slow typer. Once you go through the email confirmation, it’s time to add your site. After you put in the URL, Sponsored Reviews checks the stats of your site, and gives you a suggested range of prices that you can ask for your reviews. While it’s up to you, I’d suggest going with the higher end of the range suggested. I’ll explain why in a moment.
Finding Advertisers
This is the fun part. Click on the Find Advertisers tab, and you’ll be presented with a list of ‘opportunities’, and you can actually request to write a review. The price range that the advertiser is willing to pay will appear next to the title, so you have an idea of what you’re looking at. Once you click on the title, you can set the price that you’re asking for that specific review. Naturally you can’t ask for more than the advertiser is willing to pay. Always ask on the high end – again, I’ll explain why.
Haggling
Once you request a review, the advertiser has a bit of time to mull it over. They can either
A: Accept your bid, and then you have 7 days to write your review.
B: Counter-offer with a lower bid
C: Decline the review altogether.
If the advertiser counter-offers, then you have the choice of accepting their lower offer, or counter-offering back, with a bid in between your original request and their lower offer. That’s why I always suggest starting high, so you have some wiggle room. The advertiser is likely to always haggle, so you don’t want to give your best offer up front, and end up accepting less than you want for a review.
Payment Terms
Like ReviewMe, Sponsored Reviews keeps a part of the review price for their part. In the case of Sponsored Reviews, they keep just 35%, a good bit less than the 50% that ReviewMe keeps. That means you get 65% of the review price for each review you perform – that’s a significant earnings increase ( potentially ). Payments are issued every two weeks, rather than monthly, and are deposited directly into your PayPal account.
Conclusion
Pros:
- Setting your own bid price
- Haggle system
- Payment every two weeks
- Ability to request reviews / search for advertisers
Cons:
- I’ve never heard of Sponsored Reviews before today – they don’t have the brand history
- Number of advertisers
Overall, I think Sponsored Reviews has potential, and I’m going to give them a shot. If you’d like to get a sponsored review on the Green Llama, simply follow that link to my review page, and sign up. Unfortunately they don’t yet have an affiliate program like Review Me offers, but hopefully they’ll add that in the near future. Though it’s initially costly, I think that will help them grow their business much more quickly.