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Appeal a decision

If we removed your review, or declined to remove one you reported, you can challenge it. Appeals go to a different, more senior moderator than the one who decided originally.

How to appeal

  1. 1

    Open the review

    Go to your account, find the review, and use “Appeal this decision”. The decision and the rationale you were sent are attached automatically.

  2. 2

    Say what we got wrong

    Address the clause we cited. “It was a genuine experience and here is the order number” carries weight; “this is unfair” does not give a moderator anything to check.

  3. 3

    A second moderator reviews it

    Someone who did not make the original decision, looking at the same evidence plus whatever you added.

  4. 4

    You get the outcome and the reasoning

    Upheld or overturned, with an explanation. Overturned appeals are counted in our quarterly report.

If you are a business

You dispute rather than appeal, from your dashboard. A dispute goes to a moderator with whatever private evidence you attach — order records, correspondence, delivery notes. The review stays published while they look at it. Disputing a review for being critical is a breach of the business terms, and we record when it happens.

What we will not do

  • Remove a review because it is negative, or because it is damaging.
  • Remove a review because a business threatened us, or threatened the reviewer.
  • Decide who is telling the truth when both accounts are plausible — the public reply exists for that.

See the grounds we actually apply in moderation and appeals.