Website Product Reviews?

[Calibretto]

Where do websites like Maximum PC, TechCrunch, and other tech blogs obtain all those products that they review? I just thought about this the other day and it made me curious. Do they get them for free from the company? Do they have to buy them?

 

[saltynay]

They get them for free you contact the company requesting blah blah for review then return after 2 weeks usually. As a home user you can request parts if you have cool mod idea and are able to prove your ability to make it then advertise blah blah as your sponsors.

 

[Calibretto]

oh ok. I thought that's how it worked. So the reviewing websites don't get to keep the products then?

 

[synergy]

I'm sure it depends on the manufacturer. For them it's like free advertising. They get to beef up the hype on products before they are released or just newly released.

 

[Calibretto]

Oh ok. I was asking because I run a tech blog myself and I was looking into reviewing products for companies but I wanted to do some research first. I thought it would be a good perk if I got to keep the products

 

[Kharn]

no but there is a way to make some money from doing web reviews look over at digital point's forums there is always money to be made there.