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Getting more photo and video reviews with the media reminder email

Encourage shoppers to add photos and videos to their reviews by sending automated reminders with a simple upload form.

Updated over a month ago

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The Media Reminder Email helps you collect more photo and video reviews by prompting customers to submit media if they haven’t done so initially. This increases shopper engagement and provides valuable social proof right where it matters most.

In this article, you’ll learn how it works, how to enable it, and how to customize it to match your brand.


How it works

When a customer submits a text-only review (without a photo or video), Judge.me automatically sends a media reminder email prompting them to update their review with media.

You can customize:

  • When the reminder is sent (e.g., after 3 days)

  • Who receives it (based on star rating or blacklist)

  • What the email says (template)

Reviewers who click the email will be redirected to a dedicated media submission page, where they can easily upload their photos or videos without needing to resubmit their review.

Here’s an example of the submission page:


How to enable the Media Reminder Email

1. Activate the email

Follow these steps to turn on the feature and control when reminders are sent:

  1. From your Judge.me admin, go to Collect Reviews > Emails.

  2. In Customer notifications > Post review notifications, find Media reminder and click Edit.

  3. Enable the option: Send a reminder if customers leave a review without a picture or video.

  4. In the Send reminder after field, choose how many days after the initial review you want to send the reminder (e.g., 3 days after).

  5. In the Minimum stars rating for reminders dropdown, choose when reminders should be triggered:

    • Send reminder for all reviews

    • At least 2 stars

    • At least 3 stars

    • At least 4 stars


For other e-commerce platforms

Follow these steps to activate the media reminder email:

  1. From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Other Emails > Media Reminder Email.

  2. In Enable Media Reminder Email, toggle the bar to enable the email


2. Customize the email template

To customize the template for your media reminder email:

  1. From your Judge.me admin, go to Collect Reviews > Emails.

  2. In Customer notifications > Post review notifications, find Media reminder and click Edit.

  3. Scroll down to the Template section and customize the text you prefer.

  4. Click Save.


For other e-commerce platforms

Follow these steps to customize the email form:

  1. From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Other Emails > Media Reminder Email.

  2. In Media Reminder Template and Media Reminder Form, customize the text as your prefer.


3. Exclude specific emails from the media reminder emails

To exclude certain customers from receiving media reminders:

  1. From your Judge.me admin, go to Collect Reviews > Emails.

  2. In Customer notifications > Post review notifications, find Media reminder and click Edit.

  3. Scroll down to the Blocklist section.

  4. In the input box, enter one or more email addresses you want to exclude.

    • Separate multiple emails with commas.

    • Ensure email formats are valid (e.g., name@example.com).

  5. Click Save to apply your changes.


For other e-commerce platforms

Follow these steps to add the blocklist for media reminder email:

  1. From your Judge.me admin, go to Settings > Other Emails > Media Reminder Email.

  2. In the Media Reminder Email Blacklist section, enter one or more email addresses you want to exclude.


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