For online stores and service businesses on a paid Trustpilot plan

Review Switch: leave your paid Trustpilot plan on your notice date, not after it

Trustpilot's paid plans start at A$239 a month and run on 12-month prepaid terms that renew unless you email them at least 30 days before the end. We find that date, move you to Trustpilot's free plan at renewal, and put your Google reviews to work on your own site. Your Trustpilot profile and every review on it stay where they are.

A$495 one-off · then Review Switch Care A$79/month

In short

Most businesses on a paid Trustpilot plan pay A$239+ a month mainly for the star widget on their website. Trustpilot's free plan keeps your profile and every review, just not those widgets. For A$495 we:

  • find the exact date you must cancel by, so you don't get locked into another year
  • replace the Trustpilot stars on your site with your Google reviews
  • set up automatic Google review requests to your customers
  • handle the changeover so your site never looks broken

You keep your Trustpilot reviews, keep stars on your site, and typically save A$2,000+ a year. Review Switch Care (A$79/month) is optional.

Why businesses stay too long

Three things keep you on a paid plan

The renewal date

Plans are a 12-month commitment, paid up front. They renew for another term unless you email [email protected] at least 30 days before the end. Miss it and you've paid for another year.

The quiet price rise

Trustpilot's business terms let it raise the price by up to 5% at renewal without telling you, or by more with 45 days' notice. The bill can creep up while nobody is looking.

The stars on your site

The free plan keeps your profile, your reviews and one widget for collecting reviews. The star and TrustScore widgets need a paid plan. That's usually the only thing people are really paying for, and Google reviews can do that job.

Notice-date and savings calculator

When do you need to act, and what could you save?

Runs in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere.

Use the figure on your invoice, including add-on modules and extra domains. Trustpilot's published plans start at A$239 (Plus) and A$649 (Premium) a month per domain.
It's on your order form or renewal invoice. If you're not sure, we find it in the contract read.

Your dates

  • Last day to email [email protected]–
  • Paid plan ends, free plan starts–
  • Suggested start for the switch–

Year 1: stay or move

Stay: 12 months at today's cost–
Move: Trustpilot free planA$0
Review Switch, one-offA$495
Review Switch Care, 12 × A$79A$948
Move: year-1 total–
Estimated year-1 saving–
Each year after that (estimate)–

Assumptions: you drop to Trustpilot's free plan at renewal and don't buy another review platform. Dates assume your notice must reach Trustpilot at least 30 days before the subscription ends, as its business terms say. Your order form is what counts, and we check it in the contract read. If you bought through a Trustpilot partner, their terms apply instead.

What's included

Six parts, one fixed price

Your Trustpilot profile and reviews don't move. We handle everything around the downgrade.

1

Contract read

We find your renewal date, the last day to email Trustpilot and any add-ons or extra domains on the bill, and put the dates in your diary.

2

Ads and integrations check

Before anything changes, we check what else uses your paid plan: ad assets, e-commerce plugins, product reviews, invitation flows. If your ads or store genuinely depend on it, we'll tell you to stay.

3

Your Google reviews on your site

A reviews section and a small star badge built from your Google reviews, placed where the Trustpilot stars sat today. On your domain, on your pages.

4

A review-request flow that follows the rules

After-purchase emails or SMS asking every customer for a Google review. No gating and no filtering by rating, in line with the ACCC's guidance on online reviews.

5

Your Trustpilot profile kept tidy

On the free plan you keep your profile, every existing review and the Review Collector widget. We set up the collector and the free invitations so new Trustpilot reviews keep coming in.

6

Notice and cut-over

We prepare your notice well ahead of the deadline, the way your terms require, with a dated copy for your records. The new review section goes live before the paid widgets switch off, so your site never shows a blank space.

Pricing

A fixed price, then month-to-month care

Review Switch, one domain (all 6 parts)A$495 one-off
Review Switch Care: a reply to every new Google review, rating tracking, monthly reportA$79/month
Year 1 with Review Switch Care (A$495 + 12 × A$79)A$1,443
Compare: Trustpilot Plus for 12 months, fromA$2,868

Review Switch Care is month-to-month with 30 days' notice. More than one domain on your Trustpilot bill? Get in touch and we'll quote it.

How it works

Planned backwards from your notice date

  1. Get in touch. Your plan, your rough renewal date and what you use Trustpilot for.
  2. Contract read and ads check. Dates in the diary, and a straight answer on whether downgrading makes sense for you.
  3. Build. Your Google reviews section and review-request flow go live alongside the Trustpilot widgets.
  4. Give notice. We prepare your notice well ahead of the deadline, and you keep a dated copy.
  5. Renewal day. The paid plan ends, the free plan starts, and the old widgets come off your site.
Honest comparison

Where Review Switch sits

Stay on a paid planReview SwitchDo it yourself
Trustpilot profile and reviewsKeptKept, on the free planKept, on the free plan
Stars on your websiteTrustpilot widgetsYour Google reviews, on your own siteUp to you
Notice date found and metNot neededIncludedUp to you
Review requestsTrustpilot invitationsGoogle requests set up and running, plus Trustpilot's free invitationsUp to you
Replies to reviewsUp to youEvery new Google review answeredUp to you
Price, year 1From A$2,868 (Plus) or A$7,788 (Premium)A$1,443 with Review Switch CareFree, plus your time
Questions

Common questions

Will I lose my Trustpilot reviews?

No. Your profile and every review stay public on Trustpilot on the free plan, and customers can still leave new ones. What goes is the paid display widgets and the paid features.

Do my Google Ads use my Trustpilot rating?

Some stores use Trustpilot in their ads or shopping listings. We check this before anything changes. If your ads rely on a paid feature, we'll tell you, and staying may be the right call.

What if I'm partway through a 12-month term?

The plan runs until its end date. We plan the switch for your renewal, put the notice date in your diary, and build the new reviews section in the meantime.

Can you remove bad reviews?

No, and we don't filter which reviews show on your site. We reply to them properly and help you get more reviews from real customers, which is what moves a rating.

Do I have to take Review Switch Care?

No. It's optional and month-to-month with 30 days' notice. The reviews section on your site is yours either way.

Talk to Tyson

Tyson Osborne, Osborne Digitals. Get in touch with your plan and rough renewal date, and we'll tell you if a switch makes sense.

Get in touch