Fakespot for Chrome

If you like purchasing various products online from numerous retailers such as eBay or Amazon, it's hard to tell if the one selling you a certain product is indeed offering you a bargain or is trying to scam you, steal your money and cause lots of frustration. Fakespot for Chrome aims to create a way to analyze the credibility of certain online sellers, by eliminating fake reviews and creating a rating of its own, offering you a glimpse into how trustworthy a retailer is.

The extension's main purpose is to analyze and detect fake product reviews, thus evaluating the true rating of a certain product based only on verified purchases. If the comment has no relevance and has been deliberately placed there to enhance the product's overall score, Fakespot should be able to find and eliminate it from its own created ratting.

If you want to have all your review searches saved, you'll need to create an account to store all that data in. The analysis itself will not be conducted by the add-on itself, but rather by the service behind it all, to which the extension will constantly send you.

When browsing for certain products, once the extension is installed, you'll get instant ratings on your browsed pages detailing how other purchases from the very same seller went. These ratings are expressed as grades and are color-coded. Green is alright while red is to be avoided. An "A" rating is always a good omen. Anything below that and you'll be risking a little to a lot, depending on the grade and coloring. While there are chances of still being scammed, the extension does do its job accordingly by informing you of the risk you might have to deal with.

As for the supported retailers, there are plenty, amongst which the most prominent are: Amazon, eBay, Walmart, and even Sephora. Be warned though, the extension is centered around US-based e-commerce retailers. Each retailer mentioned above comes with a set of particular settings. Turn of ratings on some or all retailer pages. Show only big grades on any of the pages. Show the grades on product images. Replace retailer rating with a Fakespot one.

Thus, Fakespot for Chrome is an extension worth grabbing if you often find yourself buying stuff from online retailers and are afraid to risk too much and end up scammed. With its rating system and analysis algorithm, you're bound to avoid shady deals and profit from real bargains without any headaches.