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=== Product Hijacking === | === Product Hijacking === | ||
Shopee enables its sellers to completely change a listed product in title, description and images, while retaining reviews of the originally listed product. This allows sellers to boost newly launched products which would not yet have any buyers, to have glowing 5-star reviews off the bat. | Shopee enables its sellers to completely change a listed product in title, description and images, while retaining reviews of the originally listed product. This allows sellers to boost newly launched products which would not yet have any buyers, to have glowing 5-star reviews off the bat. | ||
[[File:Shopee manipulated product listing carry forward old reviews.png|thumb|Product review hijacking example: Multiple 5 star reviews on the Shopee product page of a Dell UltraSharp U4025QW monitor dating back as early as June 2021. The Dell UltraSharp U4025QW was announced on January 3, 2024 and "available globally beginning February 27, 2024"]] | |||
In the pictured example of a Dell UltraSharp U4025QW monitor, there are multiple 5 star reviews on its Shopee product page dating back as early as June 2021<ref>https://shopee.sg/%E3%80%90Same-Day-Delivery%E3%80%91Dell-UltraSharp-40-Curved-Thunderbolt%E2%84%A2-Hub-Monitor-U4025QW-i.231994510.7691275253</ref>. The Dell UltraSharp U4025QW was announced on January 3, 2024 and "available globally beginning February 27, 2024"<ref>https://www.dell.com/en-sg/blog/meet-the-new-five-star-certified-monitors-for-eye-comfort/</ref>. | |||
== Forced App Download Experience == | == Forced App Download Experience == | ||