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App asks for positive review before trying or getting help

Vendors require a positive review before merchants can try an app or get help

Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.

3 public reports · first reported 24 November 2020 · last reported 14 February 2026

Idea report · $9 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Merchants report that some cart and badge apps ask for a positive review before they have had a real chance to use the product, and in one case before any support request is answered.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 3 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.