Qviro's Scoring Methodologies

Qviro scores the products on category pages based on our user review community. 

Qviro Scoring Methodologies

Writing Reviews:

When writing a review, you are not only helping yourself give feedback to the producers of the product, you are helping other users alike to gauge and make an informed decision prior to purchasing a product.

Each review is 100% a user review. 

There are many ways to validate the review, that it is in fact, authentic and unbiased. 

Who determines which reviews are published?

All reviews are manually and individually examined by our team of experts in an effort to ensure that all published reviews are from verified sources and provide helpful content.

All received reviews are treated equally during a thorough verification process regardless of rating or vendor. During this process, our team of experts verifies the reviewer’s identity, checks for conflicts of interests and evaluates the review based on our site’s guidelines.

What happens if a fraudulent review is found?

If in any case, a review is found to be fraudulent by our team, it will be immediately removed from our site. In addition to this, the reviewer may be subjected to removal from any outreach campaigns, and/or banned from leaving future reviews on the Qviro.com.

In another case, if a vendor is to be found to have participated in fraudulent activities, their account may be subjected to future penalties such as visible public warnings about suspicious activity.

What is considered fraud?

Any attempt by a vendor to influence the reputation of themselves, or another vendor, by:

  • Paying for the services of a third party to post reviews.

  • Submitting reviews of their own product, or of any product (such as a competitor’s product) in which they have a financial interests

  • Submitting reviews on behalf of an actual user, with or without their consent.

  • Encouraging reviews to be posted based on false pretences.

  • Discouraging users from posting negative feedback.

  • Harassing or bullying reviewers over a review in an attempt to force its removal.

  • Reviewing a competitor’s product or paying for reviews to be submitted to a competitor’s account.

Fraudulent activity may also include attempts by a reviewer to damage the reputation of a vendor, or obtain incentives, through false pretences such as:

  • Writing a review of a software product without actual experience using the product.

  • Writing a review of a software product after being solicited by a competitor.

  • Copying content from another source, including our own site.

  • Allowing a third party to post a review on your behalf.

  • Reviewing a product for which they have a conflict of interest or a financial stake in its success.

Qviro Quadrant

Qviro's Quadrant is graphical representation positioning of four categories of technological providers. This is in respect to market challengers, market leaders, niche players and high potentials.

Criteria Eligibility:

  • A minimum of 5 reviews, these reviews are combined across all products of one brand in one category.
  • The review should be relatively elaborate in order to be added to Qviro’s Quadrant. 
  • The contribution of the review is sorted through its attribution such as whether the reviewer kept their details public.
  • Qviro’s Quadrant is being updated on a regular basis, hence the reviews would have to adhere to a specific time period.

How does the Qviro Quadrant look like?

This is an example of how the Qviro Quadrant would be structured: 

Qviro Quadrant

How to be placed in the High Potential and Market Leaders section of the Quadrant?

Award

Requirements

Period

Minimum Reviews

Minimum Average Score

Market Leader

Products positioned in the Market Leader quadrant of the Qviro grid

All time

5

NA

High Potential

 Products positioned in the High Potential quadrant of the Qviro grid

All time

5

NA

What about Niche Players and Challengers? Do they receive an award?

As mentioned above, only market leaders and high potentials receive an award. More is elaborated below. 

Qviro Awards

A brand can turn reviews into a quality label. Two times per year the best brands in the world are awarded the Qviro Awards. Who the jury is? Real users that write the reviews.

What are Qviro Awards?

The Qviro Awards are a tangible means to showcase the actively listening to users in respect to their needs and wants. These awards are a signal of brand trust and brand recognition. It is key in spreading brand awareness - it helps in informing users that the brand is a trusted brand. 

What do these awards mean?

The Qviro Awards are tangible methods to showcase that you are actively listening to users in respect to their needs and wants. These awards are a signal of brand trust and brand recognition. It is key in spreading brand awareness - it helps in informing users that the brand is a trusted brand. 

How do these awards work?

These awards are based on a system whereby reviews are gathered on a combination of products from the same brand in a single category page. Therefore, if a brand collects more or equal to five reviews in a single category page, the brand is then eligible for the award. 

What awards are currently available?

Award

Requirements

Period
(1 period = 6 months)

Minimum Reviews

Minimum Average Score

Loved by users-06
Loved by Users

Collecting a minimum of 5 reviews with an average rating of 4.0+ stars within the last period.

Last period

5

4

Easy to use-04
Easy to Use

Collecting a minimum of 5 reviews with an average rating of 4.0+ in the Ease to Use section of the review within the last two periods. 

Last two periods

5

4

Value for money-04
Value for Money

Collecting a minimum of 5 reviews with an average rating of 4.0+ in the Value for Money section of the review within the last two periods. 

Last two periods

5

4

Great support-04
Great Support

Collecting a minimum of 5 reviews with an average rating of 4.0+ in the Quality of Support + Quality of Documentation section of the review within the last two periods. 

Last two periods

5

4

Meet requirements-04
Meet Requirements

Collecting a minimum of 5 reviews with an average rating of 4.0+ in the Meet Requirements section of the review within the last two periods. 

Last two periods

5

4

Market Leader-05
Market Leader

Products positioned in the Market Leader quadrant of the Qviro grid

All time

5

NA

High potential-05
High Potential

 Products positioned in the High Potential quadrant of the Qviro grid

All time

5

NA

Why are the awards based on user reviews?

Online reviews are a growing essential for industrial buyers, they have gained a key role in purchase journeys across the world and across industries.

Reviews are not exclusive to industrial buyers; when you are looking to buy a new pair of shoes, downloading an app, or researching a doctor for your next physical, reviews are always the first thing that you check. More than ever, they guide how consumers make purchase decisions. 

In fact, 92% of B2B buyers are more likely to purchase after reading a trusted review.

The truth is, customers and prospects don’t trust a brand enough to convert. At least not yet. And it’s not only our day-to-day purchases that have been impacted. Arguably, we spend even more time researching the five-and six figure Industry 4.0 decisions we make for our companies.