What is review management software?
Review management software brings the reviews customers leave about a business into one place and helps the team answer them. AI review management software also writes the replies. Good tools write a reply for the specific customer, in their language and in the brand’s voice, follow the brand’s rules, and let the team approve replies before they go out. OpenDots does this for reviews on Google Play, the App Store and Google Business Profile.
Which review sites does OpenDots answer?
Google Play, the Apple App Store and Google Business Profile (Google Maps), for every app and every location you have. Replies on all three go live from day two.
Can OpenDots reply to Google reviews automatically?
Yes. OpenDots replies to Google Business Profile reviews for every location in your brand’s voice, within minutes, around the clock. For each kind of review you decide whether the reply goes out on its own or waits for your team’s approval, and sensitive reviews such as food safety complaints always go to your team.
How does OpenDots reply to Play Store and App Store reviews?
It reads every new review on Google Play and the App Store, works out what pleased or upset the customer, and writes a reply to that review in the same language, following your rules. Google Play replies stay within Google’s 350-character limit.
Do we need to connect our own systems?
No. Replying to reviews doesn’t need your order, payment or support systems, which is why it’s live from day two. When a review needs an order lookup or a refund, the reply points the customer to a private channel, where Claire, the OpenDots AI agent, can resolve it with your systems.
Will the replies sound like our brand?
Yes. OpenDots learns your voice from how your team has already replied, and you can set the tone, taglines and what to say in each situation. OpenDots writes every reply fresh for the person who left the review, so no two replies read the same.
Can we approve replies before they go out?
Yes. For each kind of review you choose whether OpenDots posts the reply on its own or keeps it ready for your team to approve, as it is or after an edit. Food safety, legal threats, journalists and media, abuse and VIP accounts always go to your team, whatever your settings.
Which languages does OpenDots reply in?
More than 30, including Hindi and Hinglish. OpenDots detects the language automatically. Each reviewer gets a reply in the language and script they wrote in.
Does replying to reviews improve ratings?
It tends to. Google says replying to a negative Google Play review can raise that rating by 0.7 stars on average, and a study of 4.5 million Google Play reviews found that reviews with a developer reply were six times as likely to have their rating raised (Hassan et al., 2018). For Google reviews, SOCi found in 2022 that businesses answering every review converted 16.4% more often than those answering none.