We send a survey to everyone who supplies testimonials for our members. A few days after you ask a customer to verify a testimonial we send them an email thanking them for helping you out (and reminding them to verify your testimonial if they haven’t done so) and we also ask them to tell us what they think of the service. One of the questions we ask them is…

“Are verified testimonials more credible than normal testimonials?”

Here are the results…

So we know we’re on the right track – and so should you!

If you display testimonials on your website and want them to appear more credibility than those on your competitors websites, join Vouchforthis today.

You can create your account, upload as many testimonials as you like, create widgets to deploy your testimonials around the web… all of this is free.

However, I’m sure you’ll agree that such a unique and valuable service could not have been built without hundreds of hours of development time, and so we would ask you to consider upgrading your account to our premium service for just £9.99+vat per year.

Upgrading your account will remove the advertising banner that we can sometimes display beneath your website widgets, and contributes to the cost of supporting our growing band of members.

So, to upgrade, just log in to your vouchforthis account and follow the link to ‘Upgrade to Premium Service….’ that appears after you log in…

These scams are deplorable. They aren’t a recent phenomenon, but there is evidence to suggest that they are on the increase and that it’s not just unwitting holidaymakers that are being duped. Clearly, there are ways for consumers to reduce the risk – in the case of holidays, by making sure the business is affiliated to ATOL or ABTA – but mostly it is down to common sense and dealing through larger, more reputable organisations. The problem with that is that consumers the World over are looking for the best deals, and this often means that they wander away from the better known companies to look for a cheaper equivalent deal elsewhere.

I think that websites will need to much more in future to convince their visitors (and potential customers) that they are genuine and that they can be used with confidence.

How each industry sector deals with this is down to them, but you might think Testimonials would be a good first step. Ok, any website owner can add their own testimonials, but only with Vouchforthis can they get those testimonials verified by the people that provided them. In addition, testimonial givers can choose to offer a reference to further reassure visitors that the testimonial (and hence the business) can be trusted.

Vouchforthis is free. If you display testimonials on your website and are not yet a member, Register Today.

For more about the Holiday Rental Scam take a look at the recent Lovemoney.com article.

As awareness of the vouchforthis website increases so should the credibility of the testimonials we display – and that means yours too! So please help us to spread the word (and earn some valuable commission in the process) by encouraging your contacts to join by passing your referral code on to them verbally or through emails. Increase your earning ability even further by displaying our adverts on your website.

We think this is a great way of spreading the word about our product, and we hope that as many of you as possible embrace this opportunity to introduce your contacts / friends / colleagues to vouchforthis.

To find out more about the scheme, please visit our Referrer Information page.