Thank you very much! (qype.co.uk)

Member Name: charltonFC

Product:	qype.co.uk
Date:	03/03/09 (211 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Very easy to write the 100 word reviews

Disadvantages: Not as friendly as Dooyoo

I had never heard of Qype until i saw somebody mention it on the Money saving Expert website in November 2008. They had a brilliant offer on where you write 50 reviews and get £50 back in Amazon vouchers, also if you make it to Ninja status you received a free ipod nano. So i decided to register and see what it was all about!

So what is Qype?

Qype is just like Dooyoo really, but you can review local places near you which you like and receive points for doing so. You receive 8 points for a place that has been reviewed already, and 20 points if the place hasn't been reviewed yet. I believe you can also get extra points if you recommended new place, uploading pictures of the location or adding videos.

How easy is it to review places near you?

I found is very easy to review my local town centre, lots of shops and attractions were already on there, and to earn the points you only needed to write 100 words for it to qualify, which was very very easy, but not as fun as writing reviews on Dooyoo. You could review anything and everything, local taxi companies, your local clubs, bars, and even places you have been abroad.

The rewards and challenges..

I didn't take up the Amazon challenge last year because i didn't have the time to write the reviews, but i recently signed up to the Virgin offer. You needed to write 50 new reviews or 100 reviews of places which have already been reviewed.

To make sure you're in the challenge you needed to click the link on the website, then you should receive an email saying you're in. Once you get going, and hit the half way mark you will receive another email saying your half way there, which was very exciting. Once i got half way i struggled a little bit with my reviews, i had run out of places to review which were local to me, so i started reviewing places i had been on holiday in America.

3 days later i hit the 50 mark and i received an email a few hours later to say i had completed the email and once my reviews had been checked i would receive my voucher at the beginning of February.

Last week i received my voucher and now i'm looking at how to spend it.

How easy is it to use the website?

VERY. I found it very easy to navigate around the site, searching for places or services near you. I have just now logged on to Qype and the site has all changed, for the better. Lots of new features, which make the site very funky.

Overall..

This site is great. It has some unbelievable challenges but you have to be quick when these come around, they go very quickly. Dooyoo is still my no1, but the Qype rewards are worth participating in the challenge.

Summary: Be quick, the rewards go quickly