Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers
Protect yourself from bad sellers and fake reviews on Amazon and more!
Total ratings
4.29
(Rating count:
1,707)Review summary
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spammy, or outdated.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 Amazon and eBay
- Useful for filtering out shady reviews and products
- Has a simple rating system (A/B/C/D) to assess product authenticity
- Works well on Amazon, particularly in removing ads for easier visibility of genuine reviews
- Considered essential by many online shoppers for safety
Cons
- Inaccurate or false ratings on seller accounts in eBay
- Not all sites supported, specifically issues with Amazon.co.za and Amazon.de
- Server errors and analysis failures reported frequently
- Does not consistently recognize obvious fake reviews or problematic seller practices
- Extension has performance issues like unavailability of analysis for products
Most mentioned
- False flags on eBay sellers
- Server errors and analysis not available for many products
- Useful and accurate for Amazon reviews
- Some inaccuracy in ratings leading to mistrust
- Extension considered essential for online shopping by many users
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User reviews
Recent rating average:
3.10
All time rating average:
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| Date | Author | Rating | Lang | Comment |
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| 2025-01-16 |  | | en | this should be mandatory for anyone using amazon! I now automatically ignore every "new seller alert" - way too many alphabet soup companies springing up. |
| 2025-01-03 |  | | en | I love this extension. It helps me determine whether the reviews (bad or good) can be trusted. So far, I've done some of my own research and it seems pretty accurate. You have to use a little common sense when using this service. An "A" rating doesn't mean it's a good product, it just means the reviews appear to be trustworthy, so if the reviews are more negative, you can bet that an average person will feel the same. For people saying it's useless, i think RTFM is in order. |
| 2024-12-08 |  | | en | Useless on the sites I've checked. On eBay it will verify a seller with a low rating, and flag a seller with a perfect 100% feedback rating, and also give false information ("item in different location than seller" "seller does not have return policy" etc. ) Not a trust-worthy app, which is ironic |
| 2024-12-07 |  | | en | Absolutely useless. It gives a product I have been using for a long time a rating of F just because it has not enough reviews. |
| 2024-11-23 |  | | en | Works OK with Amazon, throws false red flags on eBay |
| 2024-11-22 |  | | en | Completely fake. This plugins tricks you into thinking it will actually detect fake reviews when it actually literally confirmed a scam sellers as being trusted and reviews I know for a fact are fake as being "highlights" |
| 2024-11-19 |  | | en | You can reach out to eBay Customer Service (8̼0̼4̼-̼6̼0̼6̼-̼8̼7̼0̼8̼) via live chat or website. |
| 2024-11-18 |  | | en | Wouldn't shop anything on Amazon without Fakespot! So useful and awesome tool for online shoppers. |
| 2024-11-08 |  | | en | Used to be useful, but in the past 6 months or so I have noticed some problems. First, it flags MY OWN EBay account as supposedly "not in the same location as items listed" (or some such nonsense). I checked my EBay account, and everything is correct, so FakeSpot is throwing up a false red flag, which may be affecting my sales, if others are using the extension. Second, whenever I visit Instagram, my browser (the latest build of Chrome) gets forwarded to "bestadperf.com". I did a bit of sleuthing and discovered that others on the TechSupport subreddit have found that "bestadperf.com" is connected with FakeSpot and by removing FakeSpot, the redirect goes away. And that is what I am about to do, but I first wanted to write a review (since Chrome won't let you leave one after you've uninstalled an extension). |
| 2024-11-07 |  | | en | I have tried this extension yet but was hoping to do so for Amazon purchases. You see, for years, I did most of my online shopping with Amazon.com and had to pay some hefty shipping import fees for having my orders be delivered to South Africa. Amazon has recently opened for online use the Amazon.co.za domain, meaning that I can now make my purchases from Amazon, and can get them delivered faster and without expensive shipping and import fees. Only AMAZON.CO.ZA is not recognized by this extension. I' guess I'm hoping they see it and add support for the .CO.ZA domain. |
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