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Notches is a distributed platform for reviews.

We provide reviews technology, data and an ecosystem of applications and tools to allow partners to outsource their reviews. Our mission is to develop an impartial review system that can be integrated across the Internet.

better technology + better data = better reviews on every site

See how Notches
can help you.

For individuals: get better reviews you can trust and tools to make sense of it all. Learn more.


For businesses: increase sales with reviews that are portable and not tied to a single provider. Learn more.


For site owners: save development time and money by integrating Notches reviews for free. Increase traffic to your site and make your users happy. Learn more.


We are dedicated
to openness.

Free. Notches is free to both consumers and partners.


Open Licensing. All reviews are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.


Open APIs. Multiple APIs that give access to all of our data over standard REST and SOAP interfaces.


Open Standards. We fully support OpenID (as both a consumer and provider), OAuth and the hReview standards.

Why does it matter?

Reviews have the potential to be one of the most helpful resources on the web, but they are not nearly as useful as they could be.


Reviews are sparse, fragmented, inconsistent, untrustworthy, and spam-ridden.


Learn how Notches can solve these problem.

Be a more informed consumer.

Get better reviews and powerful tools so you can purchase with confidence. Don't get burned by a bad purchase. Learn more.

Do you run a business?

Get more business with reviews that are portable and not tied to a single provider. Learn more.

Have a website?

Provide a superior experience for your users while saving development time and money. Increase traffic to your site. Learn more.

See what Notches can do for you...

For Consumers

Notches gives you better reviews so you can purchase with confidence.

For Businesses

Learn how Notches can help you get more business.

For Partners

Using the Notches platform can save development time and money.

 

The core platform on which our products and partners are built.

Add reviews on sites that don't have them - and even if they're not already part of the Notches network. Read more.

Read reviews that your friends have written, and ask for recommendations. Read more.

Every item and every review in the Notches network can be found on the Notches Beta site.


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