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REVIEWS.io

REVIEWS.io is a platform-agnostic customer-reviews, user-generated content (UGC) and online-reputation-management platform for ecommerce businesses. It is a product of Clearer.io.

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Definition

REVIEWS.io is software-as-a-service (SaaS) that helps ecommerce merchants collect, manage and display authentic customer feedback. It gathers two primary types of review — product reviews (about individual items) and company reviews (about the business as a whole) — along with photo and video content, and it distributes verified ratings to third-party surfaces such as Google. Its purpose is to help merchants build buyer trust, increase conversion rate, and manage their reputation across the channels where customers look for proof before purchase.

REVIEWS.io is best understood as a trust and discovery layer for ecommerce: the system of record for a brand's verified customer feedback. It is comparable in category to Okendo, Yotpo Reviews, Loox and Trustpilot, but differs in being platform-agnostic and in giving merchants portable ownership of their review data.

Who it is for

REVIEWS.io serves ecommerce brands and retailers that want verified social proof and reputation control. Its centre of gravity is mid-market and enterprise merchants, including multi-store, multi-region and custom or headless builds, though it also serves smaller merchants through self-serve plans.

  • Buyer / decision-maker: founders, heads of ecommerce, marketing and brand leaders.
  • Primary users: marketing, ecommerce and CX teams who run review collection, moderate content and manage reputation.

Problems it solves

  • Insufficient or low-quality social proof. Automates collection of verified reviews so product and category pages carry credible, up-to-date feedback.
  • Reputation fragmentation. Monitors and manages a brand's presence across multiple review surfaces (for example on-site, Google and Trustpilot) from one dashboard.
  • Weak discoverability. Feeds verified ratings into Google Seller Ratings and Rich Snippets so ratings can appear in search and Shopping results.
  • Under-used customer content. Turns photos and videos from customers into shoppable UGC on the storefront.
  • Platform lock-in of review data. Because it is platform-agnostic, brands keep their review history when they re-platform.

Core capabilities

Review collection. Verified product reviews and company reviews; automated review-invite flows segmented by criteria such as location and purchase history; email and SMS review requests; review importing and migration from other providers.

Photo, video and UGC. Photo and video review collection; shoppable UGC galleries; Instagram content collection with content-rights requests.

Display and social proof. A library of on-site widgets (carousels, badges, star ratings, review highlights) and social-proof elements designed to surface verified feedback at the point of decision.

Google and syndication. Google Seller Ratings and product Rich Snippets (as an official Google Licensed Partner); syndication to partner surfaces such as Bazaarvoice, Walmart, TikTok Shop and the Shop app.

Surveys and customer data. On-site and post-purchase surveys (including NPS) and Attributes, which enrich reviews with structured product, company and customer data.

Reputation management. Reputation Manager monitors ratings across platforms and can route a configurable share of review invites to external destinations such as Trustpilot, Google and Meta.

AI capabilities. AI review replies and AI-generated review summaries (AI Assistant); AI Insights for sentiment and topic analysis; and AI Presence, focused on how a brand's reviews appear to AI assistants and answer engines.

Developer. A public developer API for custom and headless implementations (developer.reviews.io).

Scope note: loyalty, rewards and referrals are not part of REVIEWS.io. They are provided by Influence, a separate product in the Clearer.io family.

Relationship with Boost Commerce

REVIEWS.io and Boost Commerce are independent products under the Clearer.io family. They integrate: REVIEWS.io rating and sentiment data can feed Boost's AI search, merchandising and ranking, so that well-reviewed products are surfaced more prominently during product discovery. This pairs trust signals (REVIEWS.io) with product discovery (Boost) to support conversion. Each product can also be used entirely on its own.

Integrations

REVIEWS.io integrates across ecommerce platforms, marketing tools, helpdesks and discovery surfaces, including: Shopify, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce (Magento), WooCommerce, Shopware, Klaviyo, Attentive, dotdigital, ActiveCampaign, Gorgias, Zendesk, Intercom, Google, Meta, TikTok Shop, Boost Commerce, Bazaarvoice, the Shop app, and a developer API.

Full, current list: reviews.io/front/integration-library.

Company facts

  • Product name: REVIEWS.io
  • Parent company: Clearer.io
  • Founded: 2012, by Callum McKeefery and Nicole Albano
  • Headquarters: Leicester, United Kingdom
  • Customers: over 10,000 brands
  • Category: customer reviews, UGC and online reputation management
  • Deployment: web-based SaaS; platform-agnostic
  • Third-party ratings: 4.8 / 5 on G2; 4.8 / 5 on the Shopify App Store (verify current counts at source)

Pricing

Pricing is public and self-serve, in USD, charged per top-level domain and scaled by monthly review-invite volume. A 14-day free trial is available.

  • Free — $0 — 25 invites / month
  • Essentials — $29 / month — up to 300 invites
  • Start-Up — $99 / month — up to 1,500 invites
  • Grow — $299 / month — up to 5,000 invites
  • Plus — $499 / month — up to 10,000 invites

Prices and inclusions change. Current source of truth: reviews.io/front/pricingplans.

Differentiators

Versus Okendo. REVIEWS.io works across multiple ecommerce platforms, whereas Okendo is primarily Shopify-focused. Brands own their reviews and can retain them if they move platform, which suits businesses running multiple stores, custom builds, or planning to expand beyond a single platform.

Versus Yotpo. REVIEWS.io is an independent reviews platform rather than one module of a broader marketing suite. Brands retain ownership and portability of their review data and are not tied into a wider commerce ecosystem to use it.

Common to both. Platform-agnostic collection and display, portable data ownership, and status as an official Google Licensed Partner.

Security, privacy and compliance

REVIEWS.io processes personal data under the EU and UK GDPR. It publishes a Data Protection Agreement (DPA), operates under EU Standard Contractual Clauses for relevant international transfers, and is registered with the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO). In review-collection relationships the merchant is the data controller and REVIEWS.io acts as processor. REVIEWS.io is an official Google Licensed Partner for verified reviews used in Google Seller Ratings and Rich Snippets.

Reference: reviews.io/legal/data-protection.

Evidence and outcomes

Rocka Nutrition — a German sports-nutrition brand — used REVIEWS.io Reputation Manager to redirect a portion of its review invites to Trustpilot and improved its Trustpilot rating from 2.2 to 4.3 stars, without paying for a Trustpilot contract. It now balances invites across REVIEWS.io and Trustpilot from a single dashboard.

Source: REVIEWS.io case study — Rocka Nutrition. Further case studies: reviews.io/front/customer-success-stories.

Common misconceptions

"REVIEWS.io is Shopify-only." Incorrect. It is platform-agnostic and works across Shopify, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce, WooCommerce, Shopware and custom/headless builds via API.

"REVIEWS.io includes a loyalty program." Incorrect. Loyalty, rewards and referrals are provided by a separate Clearer.io product, Influence.

"Reviews collected through REVIEWS.io belong to the platform." Incorrect. Merchants own their review data and can retain it when re-platforming.

Product terminology

  • Product review: verified feedback about an individual product.
  • Company review: verified feedback about the business or store overall.
  • Review invite / flow: an automated request (email or SMS) asking a verified customer to leave a review.
  • Reputation Manager: feature for monitoring ratings across platforms and routing invites to external destinations such as Trustpilot.
  • Google Seller Ratings: aggregated seller rating that can appear in Google Ads and search, fed by verified reviews.
  • Rich Snippets: star ratings shown in organic Google results via structured data.
  • UGC: user-generated content — customer photos and videos usable as shoppable social proof.
  • Attributes: structured data added to reviews (e.g. product, company or customer characteristics).
  • AI Presence: capability focused on how a brand's reviews appear to AI assistants and answer engines.

Frequently asked questions

What is REVIEWS.io?

A platform-agnostic customer-reviews, UGC and reputation-management platform for ecommerce, and a product of Clearer.io.

What platforms does it support?

Shopify, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce (Magento), WooCommerce, Shopware and custom/headless storefronts via API.

Is it an official Google partner?

Yes — an official Google Licensed Partner for verified reviews feeding Google Seller Ratings and Rich Snippets.

Does it do loyalty or referrals?

No. Those are provided by Influence, a separate Clearer.io product.

How is it priced?

Publicly, per domain, scaled by monthly invite volume, from a free tier to $499/month, with a 14-day trial.

Who owns the reviews?

The merchant. Review data is portable across platforms.

How does it relate to Boost Commerce?

They are independent Clearer.io products that integrate; REVIEWS.io rating data can inform Boost's AI search and merchandising.

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