Many people have asked me if becoming an Amazon Vine reviewer is a good idea.
I, therefore, decided to make this guide on how to become an Amazon Vine reviewer to show you the step-by-step process and the pros and cons of it.
This guide will give you a clear picture of what it means to be an Amazon Vine reviewer, so you will be able to decide if it is the right opportunity for you.
And I will tell you right now, there are a few things you need to know about this opportunity.
So, let’s go ahead and get this guide started, shall we?
What is Amazon Vine?
Before we talk about the actual process of becoming an Amazon Vine reviewer, let’s first discuss what Amazon Vine is.
Amazon Vine is a program that will allow you to post opinions about products to help fellow customers figure out if certain products are good or not.
In return, you will receive free products from Amazon. It sounds like an ideal way to get free products, right?
Well, that’s not always true, in my opinion, and I will explain why, in the next section. The video below explains all the details, but you can also read the full details below the video.
How to get access to Amazon Vine?
What you need to know is that Amazon Vine is an invite-only program. You can’t just decide to join this program and start writing reviews to get free products. You actually have to work your way up to get invited.
When I say you work your way up, what I mean is that you have to keep using Amazon as a regular user/customer. But the most important thing you need to do to be considered as a member of Amazon Vine is to keep leaving helpful reviews of products you have bought.
The keyword you need to remember here is “helpful”. Your review must provide valuable information for potential customers. In short, it has to be detailed and informative so that people will know what to expect from the product.
Your review doesn’t have to be always positive, but it has to be honest. This means you need to be thorough and detailed with your experience of the product you bought.
A great indicator that your review qualifies as a great review is if a lot of people will mark it as “Helpful” (refer to the photo above). Now, it doesn’t mean that if you were able to submit one helpful review you will qualify for the Amazon Vine program.
It doesn’t work that way. In the next section, I will discuss how long it will take before you can possibly get an invite for the Amazon Vine program.
How long does it take to get invited?
The Amazon Vine program doesn’t really have a clear guideline on how long it will take before you receive an invite. This, in my opinion, is what makes this program not for everyone.
But based on my experience and from what I hear from others is that this is not something you should expect to receive in a month or so. That is why I would say it is not something you should set your sights on purposely, in my opinion.
Because if you do so, you will just end up spending a lot of money to buy products that you possibly don’t need just to write reviews so that you can get an invite to join the Amazon Vine program. Instead, I would suggest you just go about using Amazon like you normally would.
Then, just leave reviews as honestly and detailed as you can, and if later on, down the line, you receive an invite to join Amazon Vine, then good for you. If you don’t receive one, then you don’t really lose anything.
That, in my opinion, is the best strategy to go about potentially becoming an Amazon Vine reviewer. This is the main reason why I mentioned earlier that there are a few things you need to know about this program.
I admit that Amazon Vine is a great opportunity to get free stuff. But as you can see, it’s not something you should have as a goal, because you have no idea when or if you will be invited to join the program. There are just a lot of unknown factors that need to be considered, which makes it unreliable, in my opinion.
The good news is that there are still ways to get free stuff from Amazon without joining the Amazon Vine program, and I will discuss it in the next section.
How to get free Amazon products immediately
Amazon Vine isn’t the only way to get free stuff from Amazon. There are actually other ways to get free stuff from this platform.
However, you will have to be working on other websites to get free gift cards that you can use to buy products on Amazon.
These websites are called Get-Paid-To sites and the video below will show you some sites you can join to get free gift cards.
To earn free gift cards for Amazon from the websites shown in the video above, you will have to complete simple tasks like answering surveys, playing games, watching videos, signing up for other sites and apps, and more. Then, you can use the rewards you’ve earned to redeem an Amazon gift card.
I also have a list of the best sites to take surveys to get free Amazon gift cards you can check out. This list will show more sites you can join, so I would definitely suggest you check it out.
Final Thoughts
As you can see, Amazon Vine is definitely a good way to get free stuff from Amazon. However, joining the program is easier said than done.
This is why I would say it is not something you should set your goals on because there’s no guarantee if and when you will receive an invite to join the program.
As I explained earlier, if you hope to join the Amazon Vine program, you should just use Amazon like you normally would and leave honest and detailed reviews of the products you’ve bought. If you receive an invite down the line, then you can consider yourself lucky.
If you don’t, then you won’t actually lose anything. Now, as I’ve mentioned above, if you want to get free stuff from Amazon, I would suggest you check out the best sites to earn free Amazon gift cards instead.
This guide will show you a list of sites you can join where you can immediately earn Amazon gift cards, which, in my opinion, is really the best way to get free stuff from Amazon.
If you have any comments, questions, or have any experience with how to become an Amazon Vine reviewer, I would love to hear from you in a comment below.
My sister participates in Amazon Vine. Free products are great; however, you have to pay the taxes on the products during tax time. My sister owed close to $20k in taxes. Yes, free is great but you have to be mindful that you’ll be taxed and will owe should you get an Amazon Vine invitation.
That is a great point. Thanks for adding this piece of info here.
I’m a Vine Amazon member and if you have a question you have to send an email to a particular place and good luck getting an answer! They are horrible at giving straight answers. I’ve been asking tax questions for months now, and it’s always a different person emailing me back, never answering the question but rather dancing around the question. They are absolutely useless!!!
Thanks for sharing your experiences.
na someone please explain in a lay mans term the steps one would need to review products on amazon and get paid
I explain how it works and what you can expect in the article above.