About
What is 5 Star Review.com?
5 Star Review is a resource of unbiased reviews and information on service related businesses. You may find reviews on businesses with coupons, discounts, and special offers. We will contact several local businesses to negotiate the best deal for you. 5 Star Review also allows you to save local businesses as favorites and share them with your friends on 5 Star! We also added a print button so you may print your favorite business and stick them to your refrigerator!
How many times have you asked a friend, "Do you know who can hang drywall?" "Do you know a good auto mechanic?" "Who is your dentist?" We want 5 Star Review to help consumers find businesses that take pride in their service and help businesses make their services better.
5 Star Review will help you make educated decisions before you pay for services in your locale. We hope that businesses will use 5 Star Review to monitor the quality of their services which will also help their business. 5 Star Review will help everyone.
We also want the site to be easy to use for everyone and without annoying ads and banners.
Business Owners
Click here to print a postcard to give to your customers which will help you get reviews on 5 Star Review. You can print them on card stock and mail them to your customers, hand to your customers when you leave their house, or set them near the entrance to your business. If you purchase an enhanced listing on 5 Star Review, you may add a coupon to your listing, and offer a coupon as an incentive for customers to leave reviews. You may see an example of what an enhanced listing can do for your business, by looking at the amount of reviews Amenity Day Spa has received.
You may also place this image or this image on your site, to help YOU get reviews on 5 Star!
How did 5 Star Review.com start?
5 Star Review was founded by Kevin Taylor in 2006 because of experiences he had with local businesses AND because Kevin wants to help consumers find reputable service providers. Kevin first thought of the idea in 1998 while getting his degree in computer science at the University of Maryland.
Kevin received guidance and business ideas from John Vyge of Exposure Media during their many meetings at Starbucks. He received development ideas from Brandon Prudent, Eric Inniger, and Tony Escalante of Red Tree Systems. Finally, he received support from his mom who constantly prayed for his safety and success (she still does).
Special Thanks
I would like to thank everyone who has made 5 Star Review possible.
My mom for her motivation and continuous prayers. John Vyge of Exposure Media for creating the business and marketing plans which took extensive work and research, and constantly telling me, "You can do it." The developers at Red Tree Systems. Local business owners who supported the site launch. Finally, many thanks to my former director at AOL, Mike Gattos for supporting my decisions and providing encouragement.
- Kevin Taylor