u/frenchydev1 wrote (the comment Michael replied to):
Not saying it's cool or not, just usual marketing practice. I just quickly review course reports website terms and conditions and their review guidelines, didn't see anything prohibiting this. Please provide if true
u/michaelnovati replied · ★ FEATURED
I agree it's not explicitly stated literally as not allowed, but these are two places imo. This is good discussion and I appreciate being asked - I should have shared this first so people can judge from first hand source.
1. "Write a Review" page: https://www.coursereport.com/write-a-review.
"I certify this review is based on my own experience and is my genuine opinion of this school, and that I have no personal or business relationship with this establishment. "
- Being paid to write a review is a relationship IMO
2. TOS: [https://www.coursereport.com/terms-of-service](https://www.coursereport.com/terms-of-service)
"You agree that you will not upload, post, transmit, distribute or otherwise publish through the Site or any service or feature made available on or through the Site, any materials which \[...\] constitute or contain false or misleading indications of origin, endorsement or statements of fact."
- This implies that if someone was asked to write a review and that was the "origin" of the review, then they should at least be stating that in the review they were offered swag. One or two people did mention this and that was one of my pieces of evidence on this.