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<blockquote data-quote="trancejeremy" data-source="post: 2606348" data-attributes="member: 924">I mostly agree with you, though for somewhat different reasons. I think a person who buys a product just has a bigger stake in it.&nbsp; So they will have interest in it, and generally result in a more useful review for the reader. But this has a double edge to it - maybe not for your products, since you generally have low prices, but someone who spends $50 on a book and is disappointed will really, really, really rip that book in a review.Of course, generally speaking, the choice isn't between a review from someone who bought a product and someone who got it for free. Because most people aren't willing to write long reviews for products they bought. Short ones, yeah.&nbsp; &quot;Dude, this sucks/rocks.&quot;&nbsp; Especially for PDFs. Because IMHO, the main motivation for writing a review for a product they bought is either to praise it or criticize it.&nbsp; You rarely see lukewarm reviews of products that have been bought.&nbsp; And like I said, because PDFs are generally cheap, there isn't nearly the stake in it, if a PDF is bad or praiseworthy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="trancejeremy, post: 2606348, member: 924"] I mostly agree with you, though for somewhat different reasons. I think a person who buys a product just has a bigger stake in it. So they will have interest in it, and generally result in a more useful review for the reader. But this has a double edge to it - maybe not for your products, since you generally have low prices, but someone who spends $50 on a book and is disappointed will really, really, really rip that book in a review. Of course, generally speaking, the choice isn't between a review from someone who bought a product and someone who got it for free. Because most people aren't willing to write long reviews for products they bought. Short ones, yeah. "Dude, this sucks/rocks." Especially for PDFs. Because IMHO, the main motivation for writing a review for a product they bought is either to praise it or criticize it. You rarely see lukewarm reviews of products that have been bought. And like I said, because PDFs are generally cheap, there isn't nearly the stake in it, if a PDF is bad or praiseworthy. [/QUOTE]

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