Hello digital product shoppers,

Captainreview.com looks to help people make informed decisions when purchasing E-books and other digital information products. It is a consumer driven digital product review platform on the Web, and a reliable source for valuable consumer insight, advice, in-depth product evaluations and personalized recommendations.

For buyers of e-books and digital products, there is no better, easier to use, more effective source for comparing products.  This front page will give you a quick synopsis of what we are striving to accomplish, but please peruse the sight, study our policies, and get to know what we are about and how we can help you.  We are always looking for feedback and consumer opinions.

Regards,

Daniel Allan   &   Jay Thomas



The e-book and digital product industry is an exciting and dynamic business that provides cutting edge presentation promoting any and all products that can be delivered in a digital manner.  As this form of e-commerce explodes, it is imperative for consumers to have guidance in finding their way through markets rich with fraudulent products.  Captainreview.com offers consumers rankings by both the site builders and the products customers.  This allows for a comprehensive, trustworthy, and in-depth product evaluation.


Captainreview.com’s mission is to independently help consumers use the power of information to find, compare and buy quality digital products and e-books.

The Network is based on the simple principle of presenting e-products reviews to potential buyers in a comprehensive, yet easy to follow format.  The user-friendly site offers users  advice, and customer reviews on many e-books and digital products being offered on the web.  Its backbone is the comprehensive evaluation which presents users with fast information in which to form their opinions.  We provide results in a quick and responsive manner, presenting complete detail and product information.

The following ideals are the core of our mission:

1. Unbiased Advice:  Captainreview.com is a platform for people to share their experiences.  User information is posted without regard to its content (assuming it meets our decency standards).
2. Personalized Recommendations: Follow the recommendations of our own reviewers or those of the sites users.
3. Transparency: Captainreview.com highlights the people behind the reviews so that you know exactly is reviewing the product you are interested in.  In addition to user biography pages.
4. In Depth:  Our reviews are very comprehensive.  In addition once Captainreview.com helps you decide what you want to purchase, we provide you with complete pricing and availability options with links to the merchant.

Captainreview.com features ratings and recommendations on as many e-book and digital products as possible.  Categories (will) include garden, health and fitness, babies and kids, food, personal finance, and travel.

The concept was developed in July 2004 by me, Daniel Allan, and my friend and co-worker Jay Thomas.   Jay works at a small software company, and I work as a teacher and athletic trainer.   In the summer of 2006 we noticed an explosion in the number of digital products being marketed.  The outlandish promises and unregulated environment caused us to question the legitimacy of the products available, and the validity of the marketing claims.  To test our hypothesis Jay and I purchased two separate “real-estate made easy” business e-books, which both made seemingly outrages claims of unlimited riches to whoever purchased the product.  Not to our surprise one of the books was obviously thrown together and designed just to get our money.  The numerous attempts to return it for a “100% guaranteed refund” went nowhere and we ended up giving up.  However, to our surprise, the second e-book was both informative, and put together in a professional manner.  Following the steps actually allowed Jay to get a better deal on a property he was looking at and which he ending up flipping and making some real money on.  The marketing landing pages for both products were very similar but the delivered product could not have been more different.  After researching the availability of information on these types of products it became apparent that there was little if any.  As more sites come on-line the search engines have trouble keeping up with scams, and the site owners continue to make money on the backs of the consumer.  Jay and I decided that there was a need for an independent review service that could sort the good from the bad.  We have discovered that many of these products are high quality items that are well worth the price and many are not.  Hopefully you find the site worthwhile and we encourage feedback on both the site and products.

All site visitors have free access to helpful advice, e-Ratings, and much more.


Captainreview’s mission is to work for a fair, just, and safe marketplace for all consumers and to empower consumers to protect themselves. To achieve this mission, we test, inform, and protect. To maintain our independence and impartiality, we accept no outside advertising, no free test samples, and have no agenda other than the interests of consumers, and the continuation of our pet project.

Captainreview.com support’s itself through online advertising, and affiliate programs.  Jay and I stress however that this barely covers even the costs of products and payouts to users, and in no way biases our rankings.  Many of the recommended products don’t even offer an affiliate program, and it is only used by us to supplement the costs of our pet project.

Another way to support the costs of the site is to have online retail banners (like the one below).  If you need to buy any athletic gear please click on an esportsonline banner and pick it up from them.  They have as good or better prices than Dicks, Modells, etc and it will help keep this site up and running.

Thanks, Jay



We encourage users to post comments on the guestbook page.  These comments are used to help determine ranking of the most recent review.  There are a few rules, and other things you should know about the forum. 

We do not independently determine whether or not Feedback is accurate. However the company about whom the Feedback is directed is provided an opportunity to respond. If that company doesn't feel that a comment is fair or otherwise wishes to address a good or bad comment

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