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Contributor I
December 2, 2024
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Are the reviews going to duplicate or sync after importing again

  • December 2, 2024
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I would like to export all reviews and then import them again with one small change (verified buyer). Are the reviews going to duplicate or sync?

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    Best answer by chloe.strange

    Hi ​@NikaS

    More information on verified buyers - Klaviyo marks a review as verified when:

    • A customer submits a review by clicking a link in a Klaviyo Review request flow.
    • A user uploads a list of verified reviews from a past platform.
    • A customer submits a review manually (i.e., by clicking the Write a review button on a product page) using an email addresses attached to a previous order containing that product.

     
    Verification occurs at the time a review is submitted. If 2 profiles are merged, one containing the review event, and the other containing a placed order event for the reviewed product, the review will not retroactively be marked as verified. 
     
    Our guide here provides a rundown on how this label is applied: https://help.klaviyo.com/hc/en-us/articles/19351146253211#h_01HCZQREFZF0SKWNF48KVTM0VY

     

    With all of the context above, exporting and importing reviews will not work as you are expecting - during import, each record will be skipped as a duplicate instead of updating the existing review. 

    If all of your review were imported (and not collected),  a short term solution could be to "undo" the review import by going to options > import history > undo import and then redo the import. I hope this helps!

    ~Chloe

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    chloe.strange
    Community Manager
    Community Manager
    December 10, 2024

    Hi ​@NikaS

    More information on verified buyers - Klaviyo marks a review as verified when:

    • A customer submits a review by clicking a link in a Klaviyo Review request flow.
    • A user uploads a list of verified reviews from a past platform.
    • A customer submits a review manually (i.e., by clicking the Write a review button on a product page) using an email addresses attached to a previous order containing that product.

     
    Verification occurs at the time a review is submitted. If 2 profiles are merged, one containing the review event, and the other containing a placed order event for the reviewed product, the review will not retroactively be marked as verified. 
     
    Our guide here provides a rundown on how this label is applied: https://help.klaviyo.com/hc/en-us/articles/19351146253211#h_01HCZQREFZF0SKWNF48KVTM0VY

     

    With all of the context above, exporting and importing reviews will not work as you are expecting - during import, each record will be skipped as a duplicate instead of updating the existing review. 

    If all of your review were imported (and not collected),  a short term solution could be to "undo" the review import by going to options > import history > undo import and then redo the import. I hope this helps!

    ~Chloe

    NikaSAuthor
    Contributor I
    December 11, 2024

    Thank you Chloe. I will try to undo the import and then redo it as they were imported from a different review provider.