Review Delivery Timelines

The honest baseline

A well-run ask system typically doubles a profile's monthly velocity within ninety days, then holds steady. A restaurant with a receipt QR code might go from four to twelve reviews a month. A contractor asking at walkthrough might go from two to eight. These numbers look modest next to vendor promises — and they survive.

Month-by-month expectations

Months one to two: the ask infrastructure goes live, velocity doubles, the team builds the habit. Months three to four: velocity stabilizes; responses to every review begin compounding. Month six and beyond: the profile's rating and count start visibly separating from competitors who never built the system.

Any service promising the same result in two weeks is describing a different mechanism. Ask what it is.

Reading a managed timeline

Managed profiles show telling signatures: reviews arriving at uniform intervals, in similar lengths, at hours when the business is closed, from reviewers whose only activity is five-star ratings. Each signature alone proves little; together they describe a timeline that was scheduled, not earned.

Keep reading

• retention
• velocity safety
• FAQ

Further reading from the sources cited above: FTC on fake reviews and deceptive endorsements and Online reputation overview.