Sazze.com - Online Reviews + Social Networking

Sazze is a review site that combines product reviews with social networking. The thrust is on social networking here, because like so many other sites, it doesn’t really do anything new. In fact, the site is very much like Yelp in that it offers quality reviews with a group of core users from a wide variety of backgrounds. Sazze just launched in public beta, so the number of reviews from its closed beta period may not impress the Amazon or Yelp user, but this launch ought to open it to more users and more reviews. The layout is familiar—there are a number of categories ranging form personal care, to toys, to used cars. Each product has a picture, and short description, followed by reviews, ratings and percentage of people that would actually buy the product. Where it differs, is the networking feature. Here you can create a profile with pic and all and post reviews, find like minded reviewers and even chat or vote on polls. Sazze is absolutely free. Feedback is encouraged and those with the best feedback get a higher reputation.

“Sazze.com is a social product review site that is derived from the "Web 2.0" concept of sharing information and comprises of a community of consumers who encourage one another to provide quality reviews. At the heart of Sazze.com is a fun and engaging community of people who care about reliable and up-to-date information on the goods they are purchasing. Sazze.com was created to add a more personal emphasis to consumer product reviews. Our main focus is to provide users with varied personal experiences so that reviews become more relevant.”

Sazze is a sound idea. It’s worked before for a number of sites like Epinion, Yelp and Amazon. Sazze has a slight edge by offering more user interaction and community building.

Can Sazze beat out the competition? Is there a demand for Sazze?