Product reviews and ratings

A customer who cannot pick the product up looks for someone else's experience. A page without a single rating looks like a shop nobody walks into, however good the product may be.

SoftCave platform executive report: business indicators, channel efficiency, sales funnel drop-off and delivery risksCOMMERCE INTELLIGENCE | EXECUTIVE EMAIL BRIEFRecipient: Owner / Managing DirectorSTRATEGIC FILTERS & BUSINESS RULESRule: High Traffic / Low ConvFunnel Leak: Checkout drop > 40%Risk: cash-on-delivery returns > 8%Monthly report (May 2026)Export PDF report1KEY BUSINESS INDICATORS (EXECUTIVE KPI SNAPSHOT)REVENUE REALISED (ERP)0 €32.400 €76.850 €114.200 €138.900 €142.500 €▲ +8.2% (vs GA4 ordered: €158k)NET CONTRIBUTION (MARGIN - ADS)0 €6.500 €15.800 €23.400 €28.200 €Gross margin: €44,745 (31.4%)BLENDED CAC / AVERAGE BASKET0.00 € / 0.00 €2.10 € / 45.00 €4.50 € / 61.20 €5.42 € / 68.50 €CAC/AOV share: 7.9% | Free delivery threshold: €80ORDER FULFILMENT RATE0.0%42.5%68.0%81.3%88.4%▼ 11.6% cancellations / 4.2% courier returnsPOAS (PROFIT ON ADS)0.00x1.20x2.15x2.85xROAS: 4.8x (Healthy cash flow)2CHANNEL EFFICIENCY AND ACQUISITION PROFITABILITYCHANNELSESSIONSCONV. %REALISEDROASPOASSTRATEGIC DECISIONPaid Search (Google)42.500 (34%)2.45%42.470 €4.8x1.62xScale budget +15%Paid Social (Meta)35.000 (28%)1.18%24.700 €2.4x0.88xReduce / switch off ad setOrganic Search (SEO)27.500 (22%)3.10%38.250 €--Strengthen SEO categoriesEmail / loyalty base13.750 (11%)5.20%23.200 €14.2x4.80xIncrease frequencyDirect / Referrals6.250 (5%)2.80%8.380 €--Track retentionOwner's view: Email brings the highest net margin at minimal CAC. Meta campaigns need their audience reviewed.3ECOMMERCE FUNNEL DROP-OFF (GA4)1. PRODUCT VIEWS125,000 sessions100%2. ADD TO CART10,500 sessions8.4%3. INITIATE CHECKOUT5,460 sessions4.3%4. PURCHASE3,047 orders (Overall conv: 2.43%)▼ Drop-off 91.6% (adds to basket: 8.4%)▼ Cart abandonment: 48.0% (delivery costs)▼ Checkout drop-off: 44.2% (mobile form)Profit lost at checkout: ~€18,500 in potential margin lost at the checkout step.4PROMOTION RANGE AND STOCK HEALTH[HIGH TRAFFIC / LOW CONV]SKU: 4892 - Tech Pro winter jacket1,420 visits | Conv: 0.42% | Stock: 84 pcs | Capital tied up: €4,200Decision: Cut the price by 10% to speed up turnover and free up cash flow.[HIDDEN GEM / HIGH MARGIN]SKU: 1042 - FastCharge wireless charger180 visits | Conv: 6.20% | Gross margin: 42% (€18 per unit)Decision: Move to position #1 in the category and increase the Google Shopping budget.[DEAD STOCK / NO SALES > 60 DAYS]14 SKUs (seasonal products)Total tied up at cost price: 12.450 € with no working capitalDecision: Create an outlet bundle and free up warehouse space.[RETURNS & MISSED DEMAND]SKU: 7711 (S3 trainers - returns 24%) | Enquiry: two-piece black412 searches with no results (estimated loss ~€3,200 in turnover)Decision: Fix the size chart for SKU 7711; add the requested range to purchasing.5CHARTS: DEVICES & COURIER RISK BY CITYDevice imbalance: share of visits vs revenue realisedVisits (%)Revenue (%)Mobile74% visits40% of revenueDesktop26% visits60% of revenue! Owner risk: 34% of revenue lost on phones because of how long checkout takes.Courier risk: rate of refused cash-on-delivery parcelsTOLERANCE THRESHOLD (8%)Belgrade2.1% (48% of shipments)Novi Sad2.8% (18% of shipments)Kragujevac4.2% (10% of shipments)Niš & South9.4% OVER THRESHOLDCash flow protection: SMS verification for cash on delivery enabled for red-zone cities (>8%).

Reviews here are collected after the purchase, go through approval and only then get published. On top of that the average rating is sent to the search engine in a form it understands, so stars appear in search results as well.

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What you actually get

Rating and comment with the product

The customer leaves a rating and a text, and the average is shown with the product and in the results list, where it influences the decision.

Approval before publishing

Every review goes through review, so insults and messages unrelated to the product never reach the site.

An invitation after the purchase

The customer is invited to rate the product after delivery, while the impression is still fresh. That is the only way the number of reviews actually grows.

Seller's reply

You can reply to every review publicly. A reply to a bad rating is often worth more than ten good ones.

Stars in search

The average rating is published as structured data, so the search engine can show it next to the result and lift the number of visits.

Common questions

Can only someone who bought leave a rating?

They can, if you set it that way. Restricting it to actual buyers cuts the number of fake ratings, but also the number of reviews, so the rule is chosen deliberately.

Can bad ratings be deleted?

They can, but the advice is not to delete them. A store with nothing but top marks arouses suspicion, and a reply to a complaint reads as more convincing than a deletion.

Are ratings about the store collected too?

They are. Besides product ratings, the seller rating fetched from an external source is displayed, which the page on analytics describes.

Do reviews slow the page down?

They do not. They load separately from the rest of the page, so they do not affect how fast the product appears.

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