About SamplePact
Free product samples for honest reviews, published on the brand's own site.
SamplePact connects brands that need reviews with shoppers who love trying new products. Brands send free product to shoppers who match their customers, and each shopper posts an honest review on the brand's website, in the format the brand asked for, by a set deadline. The brand then publishes every review, whatever the rating.
Why SamplePact Exists
We've run our own online brands, and we know how hard the first reviews are to get. Shoppers trust reviews, and a new product with none is a hard sell. We tried sending free product to get reviews going. Most people never wrote anything, and for a small brand, all that free product got expensive fast.
SamplePact fixes the part that broke for us. Shoppers get products they actually want to try, and they agree up front to post an honest review. Brands can see how many brands each reviewer has reviewed before they ship anything.
The Rules We Built It On
- Brands publish every review they receive through SamplePact, regardless of rating, on their own website only.
- Reviewers say in every review that they received the product free, as FTC guidelines require.
- No brand can ask a shopper for a certain star rating.
- Shoppers who accept a product keep a card on file. They're never charged if they post on time or send the product back, and if they keep it without reviewing, they pay the product's regular price, which goes to the brand. Your rating and what you write never affect whether you're charged; the only thing that counts is whether you posted your review, or sent the product back, by the deadline.
Where We Are Now
We're still getting SamplePact ready, so for now we're signing up shoppers and brands for early access, and we haven't run a campaign yet. You won't see results, logos or numbers here until they're real.
Who Runs SamplePact
SamplePact is a small team, and you can always reach a real person. Our mailing address is SamplePact, 9 S Elmhurst Road, PO Box #39, Prospect Heights, IL 60070.
Write to us any time at hello@samplepact.com or use the contact form.