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Review licence for vendors

Reviews on FieldTested belong to the people who wrote them and are published by us. A vendor on a paid plan may quote them and show the review widget on its own site under the rules below. Displaying an award badge stays free for every winner.

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What the licence covers

  • The review widget on the vendor’s own website: score per category, number of reviews, average rating and the three latest reviews, served by FieldTested and linked to the reviews on the profile.
  • Quotes from published reviews of the vendor’s own product in its website, sales decks, brochures, newsletters and paid ads.

The licence is part of the plans Verified, Signals and Signals Plus. It starts with the plan and ends with it: when the plan ends, the widget shows nothing and new material may no longer quote reviews.

Rules for quoting

  1. Word for word. Quote the review text as published. No edits, no merged sentences from different reviews, no translation presented as the original.
  2. Never change the meaning. Do not pick a fragment that says something the full review does not, and do not leave out a “but” that changes the point.
  3. Name the source. Give the reviewer’s display name exactly as published (or “verified user” when none is shown), the date of the review and “FieldTested”. Online, link to the review on the profile.
  4. Only your own product. Do not quote reviews of other tools, and do not use reviews to make claims about a competitor.
  5. No implied endorsement. Do not suggest that FieldTested recommends, ranks or certifies your product beyond what the published score and awards say.
  6. Removed means removed. If a review is taken down or changed, update your material within 30 days.

What paying never changes

The licence is derived content, as the awards licence is. It does not change a score, rank, listing, award or what we publish about any tool. Every vendor, paying or not, can reply to reviews and invite customers to write one for free. See how we verify reviews.

Questions

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