Client asking for Amazon review

[jacquelinedavis]

Hello!  I have completed and submitted deliverables for my client, which was proofreading a children's book.  This was a fixed-price contract and the client has deposited the single milestone.  The client indicated that they were happy with my work but is now requesting that I leave a review of the book on Amazon.  I did not pay for the book (it was sent to me in digital form for proofreading). I would not have accepted this job if I had known in the beginning that a review was an expectation of this client.  I would appreciate any advice.  Thank you!

[tlbp · Accepted solution]

Politely explain to the client that because you were paid to read the book (in order to proofread it), it would violate Amazon's TOS for you to leave a review there. Upwork TOS prohibits you from violating other platform's TOS. So, for both of these reasons you cannot add your review to their Amazon listing. 
Hopefully, their request was a misundestanding. If not, your next step would be to report the situation. 

[jacquelinedavis]

Thank you!  I did as you recommended and the client was very understanding.

[khanripon93]

Welcome’s 

[prestonhunter]

I recommend politely explaining that Amazon has extremely aggressive policies prohibiting this, policies that they actively enforce, and you don't want to risk seeing your client's book de-listed from the platform.

[jacquelinedavis]

Thank you!

[khanripon93]

Well done 👍 :white_heavy_check_mark: