Qype is a review-based social-networking site. It is free to join and I found that the registration process was quick and easy. You can create a profile and advertise links to your own blog or website on your profile if you like, and I think is an added bonus of being a member.
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Qype - get ready to type, type and type (well, sometimes)!
Advantages: Can offer incentives for writing reviews Disadvantages: Incentive opportunities are not frequent or guaranteed
Qype is a review-based social-networking site. It is free to join and I found that the registration process was quick and easy. You can create a profile and advertise links to your own blog or website on your profile if you like, and I think is an added bonus of being a member.
Once you've joined, you can write reviews about any place or service you have used or visited. You can review cinemas, theatres, museums, shops, restaurants, ... ...to find that you can also review schools, libraries, local shops and other public services. In fact, I could go on forever about the amount of different categories you could review!
Using the Qype website also means that you have access to reviews created by registered Qype users. I find that these reviews can offer useful insights, because they are based on people's individual experiences of a place or service. I find that there is ... more
Qype is a review-based social-networking site. It is free to join and I found that the registration process was quick and easy. You can create a profile and advertise links to your own blog or website on your profile if you like, and I think is an added bonus of being a member.
Once you've joined, you can write reviews about any place or service you have used or visited. You can review cinemas, theatres, museums, shops, restaurants, cafes, bars and clubs for example. I was pleasantly surprised to find that you can also review schools, libraries, local shops and other public services. In fact, I could go on forever about the amount of different categories you could review!
Using the Qype website also means that you have access to reviews created by registered Qype users. I find that these reviews can offer useful insights, because they are based on people's individual experiences of a place or service. I find that there is a nice community feel about this website too.
You don't get paid for posting individual review and you don't get paid if people read or rate your reviews either. Sometimes however, Qype offer incentives to their members for posting a certain number of reviews in within a particular deadline. During December 2008, Qype offered £50 Amazon vouchers to 1000 subscribed Qype members, as long as each member wrote 50 reviews of places or services that hadn't been reviewed before. Each review had to be original (and not cross-posted from other review sites) and at least 100 words long. I didn't have time to do this Qype Challenge as I was so busy, but I know a lot of people worked hard to complete this Challenge before the deadline and got their £50 Amazon voucher code delivered straight into their inboxes.
Fortunately for me, I kept checking up on the Qype website in January to see if they offer similar incentives and low and behold, they did! The same rules applied as before, but this time successful Qypers would receive a £50 Virgin voucher. I did work really hard to get that voucher. I received it through the post by recorded delivery in the middle of March. It was a little later than I expected, but I was happy to finally receive the fruits of my labours!
I therefore only write reviews for Qype when there are incentives involved. I have just finished completing the latest Challenge which was to write 40 reviews (again, not cross-posted from other review sites), each up to 50 words long by 2nd June. In return for my efforts, I will receive a £20 Iwoot voucher. I found that this Challenge was a lot easier to do, because of the lower word count for a start!
Even though there is no new challenge available at the moment, I still think it is worth being a Qype member anyway. As a Qype member, I receive regular e-newsletters, which will tell you ASAP when a new Challenge is available.
