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Started: Barnyrubble, 11 Apr 2024 15:15
Last post: Handwinder, 21 May 2024 15:28
I think the momentum will start from here. Big Director buy ay £2.17 as soon as the buy back ended a period when he could not buy.
Hopefully we get going again soon. Holding phase just now , momentum has been knocked since placing. Hopefully something kick starts the next leg up soon. July update is along way off.
Started: exactamundo, 27 Mar 2024 07:02
Last post: exactamundo, 27 Mar 2024 07:02
Good interview with Adrian Blair on BBC 5Live's Wake Up To Money this morning.
Started: exactamundo, 20 Mar 2024 07:21
Last post: exactamundo, 20 Mar 2024 07:21
Berenberg comment - "Due to strong investor demand, the Seller agreed with Berenberg to increase the size of the Placing to 15,500,000 shares from the approximately 12,500,000 originally proposed"
Started: exactamundo, 19 Mar 2024 11:33
Last post: exactamundo, 19 Mar 2024 11:33
Congratulations to the team - great results
Great results - this is heading for 300+
Yes, strong results coupled with being part of ftse250 since 18 December, we’re about to fly higher
People just forget Trustpilot is a data platform business. They have unparalleled access to UK consumer habits data. Sooner rather than later, this is a takeover target.
Started: GMHK, 11 Dec 2023 16:11
Last post: GMHK, 11 Dec 2023 16:11
JPMorgan raises Trustpilot price target to 190 (140) pence - 'overweight'
Started: busicat, 19 Sep 2023 09:25
Last post: busicat, 19 Sep 2023 09:25
Looking cheerier here on these results
Started: busicat, 22 Jun 2023 08:04
Last post: mist, 25 Jul 2023 15:26
Why the big rise today?
She lost about £100,000 on shares purchases whilst at THG.
Was she the one that was the boss at Future or similar? Hardly going to throw 200K away but I've seen this happen before after director purchases where the share continues to get a pounding.
I held TRST last year when it was down at this level and have bought some with intent to build more if the drop continues. Other than the statement already made about some 'cooling off', I could not find anything else which should red flag any buy in at these levels?
Ooh, £199,999.31 director buy should bolster confidence. Let's hope this perks up the share price.
Started: Unprecedented, 25 Apr 2023 11:42
Last post: Unprecedented, 25 Apr 2023 11:45
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Started: Oneforthemoney, 21 Mar 2023 10:07
Last post: Oneforthemoney, 21 Mar 2023 10:07
Surely this has to go up
Started: Veneto, 7 Mar 2023 11:41
Last post: Pearls, 13 Mar 2023 10:32
Might be more accurate to say: 'Trustpilot's bank has no future.'
Actually Trustpilot reviews do come up in a Google search… In any case it will be interesting to see what Microsoft will do with merchant ratings on the new ChatGPT based Bing search.
People on here focus on the supposed manipulation of negative reviews by Trustpilot subscribing businesses, which is only partly fair (some businesses have a record of challenging just about every negative review - but, to be fair, TP published a record of those challenges) when the fatal flaw in TP's business model is [in]visibility. Trustpilot reviews simply aren't seen in search for high-value businesses - where Google's are - always. So if you're selling socks and you think you need some stars on your website, fine - you'll get those with TP. But if you are in the high-value service space - medical, financial, legal - you need Google reviews.
Started: CityWatcher, 3 Nov 2022 08:25
Last post: Fairsy, 3 Mar 2023 09:08
This share seems to dip just under £1 then up to £1.03-£.05
Anyone managing to day trade?
Concerned this seems to be falling back faster than other 350 stocks are today. Anyone have any reasoning apart from the 16th November approaching. Budget announcement day !
Hopefully it can maintain and steady the share price now with this results and being a debt free company they should make good future
On the ride!
Started: Gabecka1986, 8 Sep 2022 12:14
Last post: alfred12, 11 Sep 2022 11:29
Interims on Tuesday, are'nt they?
Not sure on any dates, anyone has more info on next expected news?
Started: CR888, 16 Aug 2022 06:53
Last post: CestBon, 1 Sep 2022 00:24
No chance Trustpilot is utter pointless its getting exposed as only keeping favourable reviews. If someone ****s in your mouth you have to rate it 5 star or Trustpilot deletes it. Keep selling as advised before. 10p next
Could similar happen to Trustpilot
Started: Jazztemp, 18 Jul 2022 09:16
Last post: Lordeh, 11 Aug 2022 14:20
SP is building nicely , had to really is way to cheap at the moment
Trustpilot Group (LON:TRST – Get Rating)‘s stock had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Berenberg Bank in a research report issued to clients and investors on Friday, Marketbeat Ratings reports. They currently have a GBX 200 ($2.38) price objective on the stock. Berenberg Bank’s price objective indicates a potential upside of 183.89% from the stock’s current price.
Started: Cheapsharesboy, 8 Aug 2022 00:07
Last post: Cheapsharesboy, 10 Aug 2022 14:14
So my account is now restored.
Unanswered questions remain
1. Why was my account blocked in the first place?
2. Did a competitor falsely flag up my account?
3. Why was there no apology?
4. Why did it take 72 hours?
5. How does a software think a genuine human made review is spam?
“ Thanks for providing us with documentation. This has allowed us to verify the authenticity of your account. We've now unblocked your account and reinstated your previously active reviews.”
Hmm. All seems a bit underhand. But I suppose credit to them for fixing the mistake albeit without apology
Still account frozen despite me sending documentation to prove my review
They asked for more documentation….
Seriously???
“Our Content Integrity Team will review it and send you a response as soon as they can. However, due to the number of emails we receive, this could take several days - so please be patient!“
What? So my account is wrongfully wiped out and they expect me to wait a week till they fix their error!
Lol.
Meanwhile the fake boys accounts rip free on trustpilot. Sounds like a well run company / not!
Cheap
48 hours since my account was wrongfully suspended and I’ve not had any reply from trustpilot.
No wonder the rns confirms big boys are selling this garbage.
Still heard nothing from these jokers
Started: Jazztemp, 14 Jul 2022 11:22
Last post: Jazztemp, 14 Jul 2022 11:22
Morgan Stanley cuts Trustpilot price target to 175 (260) pence - 'overweight'
Started: CestBon, 6 May 2022 19:19
Last post: joseywales, 7 Jun 2022 18:26
There will always be diverging opinions about the effectiveness of solutions in the software/tech space. Just take a look at the plethora of divergent opinion on Darktrace and their AI driven cyber security platform. As well as your own investigation, there also has to be a degree of faith in diligence carried out by major investors which built the business pre-IPO and those which have take significant share post IPO. As an aside, there's also, plenty of software companies out there with crazy multiples in their valuation which have no IP and operate their solutions across opensource.
Back to Trustpilot ... There is a process to validate the review prior to it being posted. Of course it's not robust and it's no different to the challenge Amazon faces with their product reviews and the marketplace traders trying to cheat the system. Ultimately, Trustpilot has built a client base which is loyal to the concept and has invested more in their system and credibility than review sites before it.
Its USP is that it provides it's clients a mechansim to 'cement' the bridge a consumer must cross to recognise the company as credible, the product as reliable, the service dependable etc, etc.
Of course the system can be scammed ... just like Twitter has a percentage 'bots' ... still worth a few billion though me's thinks!
I'm sure there's a lot of sore losers seeing how this share has tanked. However it's marketplace reach and continued scope for growth make it look very cheap at sub £1.
Taking a loss here come Monday after my own investigation and experience Trustpilot is pointless. All bad and often constructive reviews are removed leaving a massive bias. This is factual and Trustpilot must be on the cusp of being exposed for this practice. Only scam companies and those reporting Trustpilot to trading standards have bad reviews. This company really has no future once fully exposed. Bail the eff out
Started: joteller, 30 Mar 2022 13:40
Last post: joteller, 30 Mar 2022 13:40
Looking oversold and due for a bounce today
Started: ComTruise, 30 Sep 2021 16:31
Last post: HeresHopin, 22 Mar 2022 21:35
I worked for a company (no names) that had a paid for Trustpilot account a number of years ago and over the course of several months built up their own reviews which they largely wrote themselves as well as a sprinkle of actual customer reviews. At the point their were around 100 review in total Trustpilot contacted the business to say they had detected that around 70% of the reviews on their account came from the same IP address and they deleted them all. It wasn’t they only thing.. they had some very clever ways of knowing that most of the reviews were not genuine, and this was going back to the early days so I am sure it’s much more advanced then. I saw first hand that the take the integrity of their reviews extremely seriously, even at the expense of really annoying one of their paying customers. For this reason I still value Trustpilot reviews way more than any other by a mile
I put up a scathing review of a company & they had low frequencies of reviews as do kitchens & was called to take down the factual review followed by 10 x 5* reviews appearing the next day from happy customers who’d never written a review or had a profile picture. Totally manipulated. Happens on Amazon, eBay, Google all the time. Someone needs to invent a crypto token validation scheme where reviews can be tracked back to a real person validated by IP & identity checks - TrustPilot adds zero value to any purchase decision for me
Known as 'gating'. For more on that practice search the HelpHound blog.
It's definitely been manipulated in the last 2 trading sessions with technology stocks taking a hit.
Probably not justified though and worth popping on the watchlist for a rebound entry point.
For all current holders / prospective holders, please be aware that many companies are manipulating Trustpilot reviews and their business model is flawed.
This is done by inviting the customer to provide feedback using your own survey, then if they score positively inviting them to leave a Trustpilot review. This has been happening for years and is common practice across most of British companies including household names.
Started: Apendragon, 13 Jan 2022 11:59
Last post: kramreklaw, 22 Mar 2022 10:56
*Raises hand*
I use anyone boasting about their 5* Trustpilot rating as a *strong* avoid.
Yes. Google has effectively neutralised its business model. Why pay Trustpilot when your customers are looking at Google reviews? Much more on the HelpHound blog. Barge and pole come to mind.
At a guess maybe their loss has increased. Increasing turnover is all fine, but where is the profit? I can't see any figures except those reported in September. Massive headcount too on that revenue.
Good results reported. Is there something they are not telling us?!
The results seems good yet the share price is taking a big hit.
A small buy will be in order at the 120p mark.
Started: Veneto, 2 Feb 2022 14:36
Last post: Veneto, 2 Feb 2022 14:36
Anyone here needs to check out the HelpHound blog. They have been following TRST as industry insiders for years and their articles raise some really interesting points and issues surrounding Trustpilot's core business model.