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Re: Nicely Done! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hi, welcome back! I do remember your user-name amazingly enough!
Glad you found this useful. I guess it's due another facelift soon...
CaptainD
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Jul 31 '09
7:41 am PDT
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Nicely Done! (Reply to this comment)
by youguyfriday
I wish I had read this years ago.
Having returned recently and not written anything in quite some time, I will definately use this as a guide.
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Jul 30 '09
3:38 pm PDT
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Re: Thanks! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
No worries, if you aren't already familiar with HTML there's no reason you'd know!
Glad this was useful to you.
CaptainD
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May 21 '08
1:04 pm PDT
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Thanks! (Reply to this comment)
by ryanhe888
This article helped me a lot! I feel foolish about asking how to create bold and italic codes now haha.
Ryan
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May 21 '08
12:34 am PDT
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Re: This should be mandatory reading! (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey there!
Silly mistake, not corrected - thanks for pointing it out to me!
I'm glad you found this helpful :-D
CaptainD
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Mar 06 '08
2:55 pm PST
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This should be mandatory reading! (Reply to this comment)
by welleducated
brilliant! The *MOST HELPFUL* thing I have read on Epinions. Thanks for taking the time to do this, CaptainD. Wish I'd had it a few months ago. Lol! :)
Oh, btw, where you're describing html code, you accidentally put "TEXT YOU WANT IN BOLD" instead of "TEXT YOU WANT IN italics." ;)
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Mar 05 '08
11:59 pm PST
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Re: ... (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey Joshua
It's a good question and one I'm not 100% sure of. When rating products down, it doesn't necessarily mean that you won't earn IS, even if yours is the only review on that product. It sometimes helps if yours is a highly rated (but negative) review on a product that most people have given positive reviews to as far as earning potential goes, but even movies I've given scathing reviews on (and mine is the only review of that movie on the site) have produced some pennies. Actually, doing negative reviews is quite good as far as showing your readers that you're objective and honest, as opposed to just rating everything highly (or reviewing only things you like) in an attempt to earn more money.
I can't give a complete answer here as in many ways the Income Share system remains a complete mystery and is likely to be such forever! But while it's difficult to predict how much money a particular review will earn in time (I've tried, and failed, to find a real pattern in there), in general the more reviews you post, the more you'll earn. Also when you say smoehting's good, people are more inclined to believe you if you also review things that are bad.
Hope that answers your question to some extent!!!
Thanks for the comment,
CaptainD
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Jun 10 '06
5:34 am PDT
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... (Reply to this comment)
by joshg2fl
Dave,
I just came across this review. It was quite helpful. As I was reading this paragraph:
Well, it works through a thing called Income Share – that is, when a product is sold through the epinions’ site via one of their trade partners, a share of the profits from the commission is given to people who have reviewed that product....
...I was wondering if "financially" there was any incentive for reviewing poor products. I spend most of my time in Books and Movies lately, so for example, this paragraph made it sound like I should spend more time reviewing Godfather-ish movies rather than movies I'm telling people to stay away from.
...on the other hand it doesn't really matter, since it's only a matter of pennies.
Anyway, do you have any thoughts?
Thanks, Joshua
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Jun 08 '06
12:25 pm PDT
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Re: Great article (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Ms M:
I actually wrote this before I got any hats, and lived in the hope, as you do now, that eventually I'd start earning more money when I'd done more reviews. And this is (in general) the case - but it's still a laughable amount. It does depend to a certain extent what categories you write in, but even then, without a hat you're goint to earn peanuts.
SInce I got my TR hat in Movies, my IS has increased about sixfold per month - and my Advisor IS from 2 blue hats is about 50% more than my IS. But even then, I wouldn't write just for the money - I can earn more in 3 hours at work than a month on eps (and I'm earning per month what I had earned in the previous 13 months when I hadn't got any hats! - including the $20 bonus in December!).
It's a good point you make though - I think there are still people joining eps based on old descriptions, from the time you really could make money from it. I'll put it on the list of points to expand on in the third edition.
Thanks,
CaptainD
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Apr 25 '04
12:51 pm PDT
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Great article (Reply to this comment)
by msmarques
But maybe you should have emphasized more that the money is laughable. I was pretty surprised about the bonus this year. Was this the first year?
I thought that perhaps I just hadn't written enough reviews per year to get a bonus. That's one of the reasons why I started writing more reviews again.
I have a love-hate relationship with writing reviews at Epinions. I love to write, but often I think that the money here just isn't worth it.
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Apr 22 '04
10:08 pm PDT
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Huh?!? (Reply to this comment)
by desslok
Holy crap! We get MONEY for doing this? Oh goodie! And here I was banging these things out because it's fun to hear my head rattle.
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Apr 08 '04
9:19 am PDT
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Re: Life saver (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey there!
Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful! (I'm just hoping you add me to your WOT before you see through my veneer of epirespectibility...)
Actually this guide is due a slight overhaul... will have to try to make time for updating it to third edition soon...
CaptainJustTrustMeIWorkForADoctor
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Mar 18 '04
12:20 am PST
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Life saver (Reply to this comment)
by simpsonsfreak
Hey thanks, man. I'm new here and really enjoying it, and I think reading this piece will help me enjoy it more. Very well written. I WOULD add you to my WOT but I think I'll read a few more of your reviews just to make sure your the real deal ;^) Excellent writing.
Peace out,
Papa S
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Mar 09 '04
3:30 pm PST
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Re: Thank you (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Aha! You have discovered the joy of bold, italics, and even (GASP!) Bold Italics!!!
The world is your prawn, B. Or should that be oyster?...
CaptainSeafood
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Jan 20 '04
3:08 pm PST
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Thank you (Reply to this comment)
by LILvoyce
I can't wait to try this on my next review! It is not as hard as it looks! Thanks again.
-barbara
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Jan 20 '04
9:17 am PST
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by LILvoyce
Okay let me practice this, I had to come back and read your review again I hope this works
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Jan 20 '04
9:12 am PST
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Re: Very well done (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey Doc!
When I get a chance I'll update it - thanks for the comments, of knowledgable friend.
Dave
Captainwannahat
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Jan 17 '04
3:26 pm PST
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Re: Wish I had seen this... (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey there!
Erm... you couldn't have... I hadn't written it back then!! :-P
Hope you found it useful anyway.
Dave
Captainlately
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Jan 17 '04
3:24 pm PST
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Wish I had seen this... (Reply to this comment)
by knotheadusc
When I started on Epinions.com!
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Jan 17 '04
2:53 pm PST
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Very well done (Reply to this comment)
by drdevience
I'll be sending new folks to this too.
One thing though that seems to be in debate. Advisor bonus. I'll tell you here and now I make much more from the TR status than I do from the Adv. bonus. If given a choice, I'd take the TR every time...
The only thing I would really miss with the Adv status is the ability to give MH ratings from time to time.
Doc
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Jan 16 '04
10:41 am PST
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Re: Official How To Guide (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey Courtney!
Thanks for that - if there's one thing I hate more than having that sort of mistake pointed out to me, it's having made it in the first place!!
(BTW did you mean "though" not "thought"???!?! :-P)
Cheers,
Dave
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Jan 14 '04
12:37 pm PST
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Official How To Guide (Reply to this comment)
by cracker24
Hey-
Thought this was well-written. I did find a couple "errors"
(I had previouslu stated - inaccurately - that in Canada the redemption amount was $10 to -
previously not previouslu- and to should be too. Minor things certainly not worth rating you lower for.
Courtney
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Jan 14 '04
10:59 am PST
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Re: Doing as you say (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Oops...
Wouldn't you just know it?!?!? Murphy's Law is at large again. Er... my keyboard made me do it. Really...
Thanks for pointing those out Stewart!
Dave (Trying to practice what he preaches...)
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Jan 12 '04
4:00 am PST
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Doing as you say (Reply to this comment)
by smjg
"And the number people..."
number of people
"...then who’s review is it?"
whose
Stewart.
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Jan 12 '04
3:33 am PST
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Re: This should be........ (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
Hey Kath!
Thank you, that's a really nice compliment! :-)
Dave
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Jan 12 '04
3:29 am PST
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Re: Re: Re: learning and sharing (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
"Strange that, whenever I sign out my reviews are always within the top 10 placements."
That's mainly due to the hat and the fact that you get a lot of ratings.
"How odd, I demand a lengthy, expensive investigation at Dave's expense."
Hmmm.... You are the one getting the inflated IS, and you want me to fund an investigation into why. Somehow, I think not. :-P
Dave
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Jan 12 '04
3:27 am PST
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This should be........ (Reply to this comment)
by kamel622
......required reading for newbies. Great job.
Make it a great day............kath
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Jan 11 '04
7:38 am PST
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Re: Re: learning and sharing (Reply to this comment)
by carl_lazarevic
Strange that, whenever I sign out my reviews are always within the top 10 placements. How odd, I demand a lengthy, expensive investigation at Dave's expense. :P
Carl
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Jan 11 '04
6:04 am PST
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Re: learning and sharing (Reply to this comment)
by captaind
"(Although I did realize that, if I'm not signed in as me, all of _my_ reviews don't automatically float to the category's top. Which failure I hope is a temporary error soon to be fixed.)"
Hey, the same thing happened to me! Obviously a bug. (Of course, when we've both written a review of something, they should be joint top...)
"The voodoo doll part is an obvious bluff, and I'm amazed you fell for it. The monkeys use pinatas, pellet-guns, and a remote control tuned to a satellite dish close-captioned in Sanskrit: it's science."
Hmmm.... I wonder if these are the same monkeys that are churning out the complete works of Shakespeare?
Dave
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Jan 11 '04
1:14 am PST
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learning and sharing (Reply to this comment)
by voxpoptart
If someone trusts you, you are much more likely to have a higher placement when that member views the list of reviews.
Oh! So I learned something I didn't know. I'd noticed that good people usually clustered at the top of any given product, but I didn't realize that was a special service to me. (Although I did realize that, if I'm not signed in as me, all of _my_ reviews don't automatically float to the category's top. Which failure I hope is a temporary error soon to be fixed.)
it is a public secret that the Income Share formula involves some monkeys and a voodoo doll
The voodoo doll part is an obvious bluff, and I'm amazed you fell for it. The monkeys use pinatas, pellet-guns, and a remote control tuned to a satellite dish close-captioned in Sanskrit: it's science.
cheers,
- Brian
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5:11 pm PST
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