Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers

Protect yourself from bad sellers and fake reviews on Amazon and more!

Fakespot: Detect Fake Reviews and Bad Sellers on Amazon and eBay

Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers is a Chrome extension designed to help consumers make better online buying decisions. It spots fake reviews and flags potentially unreliable sellers on Amazon, eBay and other eCommerce platforms. With enhanced features such as sorting and filtering options, instant seller rating updates, and efficient AI analysis for review insights, you can steer clear of deceptive reviews and untrustworthy sellers. Plus, it supports link-ups with Google and Fakespot account for personalized settings!

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Extension stats

By: https://www.fakespot.com

Users: 700,000+

Rating: 4.28

(1,708)

Version: 1.6.3 (Last updated: 2025-02-15)

Creation date: 2020-06-26

Permissions:

identity
identity.email
unlimitedStorage
activeTab
storage
scripting
cookies

Host permissions:

http://*/*
https://*/*

Size: 5.43M

Email: co*****@fakespot.com

URLs: Website ,Privacy policy

Full description: See detailed description

Ranking

# 613 ▲ 81

Other rankings

#8 in Shopping

#2 in review keyword 32

#9 in amazon keyword 63 ▼ 2

#32 in amazon seller keyword 17 ▼ 1

#34 in ebay keyword 18 ▲ 5

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers (v1.5.1)

53,372+ 3.08

(306)

Not available on Edge

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Helps determine the trustworthiness of reviews on platforms like Amazon
Provides ratings for sellers and products, which can help in decision making
Users find it essential for filtering out fake reviews on Amazon
Works well for a significant number of users as a shopping aid, especially for Amazon products
Similar functionality praised for evaluating seller credibility on eBay

Cons

Frequently encounters server errors, often rendering the analysis feature useless
Inaccurate analysis, such as flagging trustworthy sellers or products incorrectly
No support for certain regional Amazon domains, like amazon.co.za
False flags raised against users' own legitimate eBay accounts
Recently has shown declining effectiveness compared to earlier versions

Most mentioned

Server errors and downtime disrupt analysis functionality
Inaccurate evaluations for sellers and products lead to distrust
Usefulness cited primarily for Amazon shopping but critics mention poor eBay analysis performance
Users feel it should be a mandatory tool for online shoppers
Concerns about false positives and negatives affecting shopping decisions

User reviews

No longer supports HTTPS links.. making it.. pretty useless.

. Shannara, 2025-01-30

If I'm on an Amazon product detail page and click the extension icon to display the extension's UI, if I then click "Analyze this product," a new browser tab opens that appears to have a properly formed URL (at fakespot[dot]com, with a query parameter called URL that gets the value of the Amazon product page I was viewing before clicking "Analyze this product"). For whatever reason, every single time I click this "Analyze this product" button within the extension's UI, that new tab that opens displays "Server Error" and nothing else. When I look at the network call that gets made when loading that page, the response is always "503 Service Unavailable," so I was thinking maybe Fakespot were experiencing an outage on their end. However, if I copy the same URL that throws a 503 for me into another browser (in this case, Firefox) the URL loads just fine and takes me to the Fakespot page for the product I was viewing, so this is not an outage on Fakespot's side. There's something fundamentally wrong with how the Fakespot extension tries to trigger an analysis when clicking that "Analyze this product" button within the Chrome extension's UI. As it stands today - Thursday, January 30th - arguably the most important function of the Chrome extension simply doesn't work. Cannot recommend.

Mitch Mitchell, 2025-01-30

this should be mandatory for anyone using amazon! I now automatically ignore every "new seller alert" - way too many alphabet soup companies springing up.

A, 2025-01-16

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers requires a few sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

Critical Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
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Risk likelihood

We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers. Use it at your own risk.

Risk likelihood analysis details

High This extension was recently updated in the past month. New updates may not be stable or safe.
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