Review policy
Version 1.0 · Last updated 14 November 2026
Who can review
Only people who got an asset on Studfoundry can review it, and only once per asset. We check this automatically: the review form only appears for members who have the asset in their library. Sellers can't review their own listings.
What a review must be
- Your own honest experience of the asset.
- About the asset, not the seller's other listings, other people or Studfoundry itself.
- Free of personal information, threats, hate or abuse.
No incentives
Sellers must not offer money, free assets, discounts or anything else in return for a review, a better rating or a changed review, and they must not ask anyone to write a fake review. Reviews written for a reward aren't allowed, even if the reward is mentioned. Breaking this rule can get a seller's listings removed and their selling suspended.
What we do and don't do
- We publish every review that follows these rules, positive or negative, as soon as it's written.
- Sellers can't hide, edit or remove reviews, and neither do we just because they're negative.
- We remove reviews that are fake, written for a reward, abusive, unlawful, off topic or that share someone's personal information. When we remove a review, we email the person who wrote it and they can appeal.
- We look into every review that's reported to us, and into patterns that suggest fake reviews, such as several new accounts reviewing the same seller.
- Reviews by members under 18 show as "Studfoundry member" unless they choose to show their username. Reviews from deleted accounts stay up as "Deleted account".
How ratings work
A listing's rating is the plain average of all its published reviews, from 1 to 5 stars. We don't weight, filter or reorder ratings, and sellers can't pay to change them.
Reporting a review
Use the report link on any review. If you think a review breaks the law and you don't have an account, you can report it without one.