--- source_url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerReviews?utm_source=openai" title: PowerReviews - Wikipedia mirrored_at: 2026-08-22T15:03:48.421Z host: en.wikipedia.org cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerReviews__q__utm_source_openai" --- > **Original source:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerReviews?utm_source=openai From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia PowerReviews Type Private Industry Marketing technology Founded 2005 Headquarters [Chicago](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago "Chicago"), [Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois "Illinois"), [USA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America "United States of America") [Parent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parent_company "Parent company") 1WorldSync Website [www.powerreviews.com](http://www.powerreviews.com/) **PowerReviews** is a business [software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software "Software") development company based in [Chicago, Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois "Chicago, Illinois"). It provides software to [brands](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand "Brand") and [retailers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retailers "Retailers") that allow them to collect, display and analyze different forms of [user-generated content](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-generated_content "User-generated content") (UGC) on their [e-commerce](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-commerce "E-commerce") websites.[\[1\]](#cite_note-:0-1)[\[2\]](#cite_note-2)[\[3\]](#cite_note-3) The company's software allows product ratings and [reviews](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Customer_review "Customer review"), answering customer questions, [product sampling](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product_sample "Product sample"), [images](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image_sharing "Image sharing"), videos, and social content, and analytics tools to examine the impact of user-generated content and to [benchmark](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benchmark_\(computing\) "Benchmark (computing)") product performance. PowerReviews is headquartered in Chicago with an office in [London](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London "London"). The London office services [Europe, the Middle East and Africa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe,_the_Middle_East_and_Africa "Europe, the Middle East and Africa"). PowerReviews was founded in Chicago in 2005. By 2012 it had acquired $37 million in funding from among others from Menlo Ventures, Draper Richards, [Lehman Brothers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman_Brothers "Lehman Brothers"), [Tenaya Capital](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenaya_Capital "Tenaya Capital"), and Four Rivers Group.[\[4\]](#cite_note-ha-4) [Bazaarvoice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bazaarvoice "Bazaarvoice"),[\[4\]](#cite_note-ha-4)[\[5\]](#cite_note-5) a competitor, bought PowerReviews in 2012. The acquisition was opposed by the [United States Department of Justice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Justice "United States Department of Justice") for [antitrust](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrust "Antitrust") concerns, focused on the ratings and review industry's relatively small marketplace and the potential importance to adjacent industries.[\[6\]](#cite_note-6) In 2014, consumer reviews company Viewpoints purchased PowerReviews from Bazaarvoice. The two companies combined under the PowerReviews name.[\[7\]](#cite_note-7)[\[8\]](#cite_note-8) PowerReviews subsequently acquired BzzAgent from [Dunnhumby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunnhumby "Dunnhumby") in July 2018[\[9\]](#cite_note-9) and Stella Pulse from [StellaService](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StellaService "StellaService") in July 2019.[\[10\]](#cite_note-10) In August 2023, PowerReviews was purchased again, this time by 1WorldSync, a product content management technology company.[\[11\]](#cite_note-11) 1. [↑](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) Arrington, Michael. ["Product Reviews: Everyone Wants a Piece of The Market, But PowerReviews May Get It"](http://www.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/blog/techflash/2014/06/powerreviews-bazaarvoice-viewpoints.html). TechCrunch. 2. [↑](#cite_ref-2) ["PowerReviews Spreads Consumer Reviews Between E-Commerce Sites"](https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/26/powerreviews/). TechCrunch. 26 July 2011. 3. [↑](#cite_ref-3) Erick Schonfeld (26 July 2011). ["PowerReviews Spreads Consumer Reviews Between E-Commerce Sites"](https://techcrunch.com/2011/07/26/powerreviews/). TechCrunch. 4. [1](#cite_ref-ha_4-0) [2](#cite_ref-ha_4-1) Ha, Anthony (24 May 2012). ["Bazaarvoice To Acquire PowerReviews for $151M"](https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/24/bazaarvoice-acquires-powerreviews/). [TechCrunch](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechCrunch "TechCrunch"). 5. [↑](#cite_ref-5) Andrew Nusca (25 May 2012). ["Bazaarvoice acquires rival PowerReviews; adds SMBs to social CRM portfolio"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120528081242/http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/bazaarvoice-acquires-rival-powerreviews-adds-smbs-to-social-crm-portfolio/78137). ZDNet. Archived from [the original](https://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/bazaarvoice-acquires-rival-powerreviews-adds-smbs-to-social-crm-portfolio/78137) on May 28, 2012. 6. [↑](#cite_ref-6) Fair, Rebecca Kirk (29 August 2014). ["Sizing Up the Competition: Antitrust Enforcement and the Bazaarvoice Ruling"](http://www.natlawreview.com/article/sizing-competition-antitrust-enforcement-and-bazaarvoice-ruling). _The National Law Review_. Analysis Group. Retrieved 17 September 2014. 7. [↑](#cite_ref-7) Allison Enright (5 June 2014). ["Consumer reviews platform PowerReviews is back"](http://www.internetretailer.com/2014/06/05/consumer-reviews-platform-powerreviews-back). Internet Retailer. 8. [↑](#cite_ref-8) Anthony Ha (4 June 2014). ["After Antitrust Suit, Bazaarvoice Sells PowerReviews To Review Site Viewpoints for $30M"](https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/04/bazaarvoice-sells-powerreviews/?). TechCrunch. 9. [↑](#cite_ref-9) ["PowerReviews Acquires BzzAgent"](https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2018-07-11/powerreviews-acquires-bzzagent). _Bloomberg_. 18 June 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2021. 10. [↑](#cite_ref-10) ["New $11MM Funding Round for Stella Connect"](https://stellaconnect.com/resources/new-funding-round-stella-connect/). _Stella Connect_. 2019-03-11. Retrieved 2021-06-18. 11. [↑](#cite_ref-11) ["1WorldSync Acquires PowerReviews, a Leader in Consumer-Generated Ratings and Reviews, to Help Brands and Retailers Fuel Sales Online"](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/1worldsync-acquires-powerreviews-a-leader-in-consumer-generated-ratings-and-reviews-to-help-brands-and-retailers-fuel-sales-online-301906159.html). _PR Newswire_. 2023-08-22. Retrieved 2024-02-20. - [Official website](http://www.powerreviews.com/)