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Review ROI Calculator

Answer three questions and see your before-and-after: how many more reviews, orders and revenue the review flywheel could bring in your first year.

Orders per month 1,000
Average order value $30
Reviews you get per month today 8
Most sellers convert 0.5–2% of orders into reviews without an insert.
✓ We assume the industry-standard 8% insert scan rate and ReviewBuddie's ~54% scan-to-review completion — no extra inputs needed.
Your first 12 months, compared
TodayWith ReviewBuddie Reviews / month8+58 Orders / month1,0001,140 Revenue / month$30,000$34,200
Extra reviews in year 1
+540
Extra revenue in year 1
$21,400
Review velocity increase7.3×
Plan you'd needGrowth · $79/mo
ROI in year 1
22×
Extra revenue vs plan cost$21,400 vs $948
Projected monthly revenue — the trust flywheel

How it compounds: every order carries a QR insert → 8% of customers scan → ~54% of scanners leave a review (it's easy) → more reviews build trust and lift your listing's conversion (~1.5% per 10 new reviews, with diminishing returns after 100 and a realistic cap) → more orders mean more inserts in the wild → the cycle repeats and sales keep climbing. Estimates only — actuals vary by category and listing maturity.

Why reviews compound

Reviews lift conversion

Shoppers convert significantly better on listings with recent, detailed reviews — the first 50 reviews matter most.

Reviews lift ranking

Review velocity feeds marketplace search algorithms, so more reviews mean more organic traffic — which means more reviews.

Inserts reach every buyer

Unlike follow-up emails (often unopened or restricted), a package insert lands in 100% of your customers' hands.

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