Reviews · Oshawa
Asking properly,
in Oshawa.
In Oshawa the median business has 34 Google reviews and the quiet quarter of the market sits under 8. 120 have none at all — for them the first ten matter more than the next hundred ever will.
Every line above comes from our own survey of Oshawa: 1,680 listings, each website opened and checked by hand. Nothing is modelled.
The moment matters more than the wording
The time to ask is when the work has just been finished and the customer is pleased. A week later that moment has gone. We set the ask up so it happens then, by whatever route that customer already uses.
Nothing bought, nothing screened
We do not buy reviews and we do not filter out the customers likely to be unhappy before asking. Both are against Google policy, both are detectable in the pattern, and the listing is usually worth more than the website.
What a realistic target looks like in Oshawa
Getting past 34 puts you in the upper half of this market. Getting past 115 puts you in the top quarter. Catching the 14,264 at the top took that business years and is not a first-year target.
Trade by trade
Real estate agents lead
the list in Oshawa.
Ten largest fields in Oshawa, ordered by what this page is about. Each of these trades has its own page with the full survey behind it.
| Trade in Oshawa | Listings | Median reviews | Top quarter starts at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Real estate agents | 58 | 39 | 69 |
| Law firms | 57 | 32 | 59 |
| Accountants | 57 | 5 | 28 |
| Car dealerships | 57 | 47 | 118 |
| Dentists | 55 | 83 | 194 |
| Financial advisors | 50 | 1 | 3 |
| HVAC contractors | 42 | 25 | 74 |
| Gyms | 41 | 84 | 384 |
| Insurance brokers | 39 | 13 | 68 |
| Caterers | 39 | 50 | 272 |
What it costs.
Full breakdown on the pricing page, including the one-off services that sit alongside this one.
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Questions
Asked often.
How many Google reviews do I need in Oshawa?
The median across 1,680 Oshawa businesses is 34; the top quarter is past 115. Those numbers are not comparable between trades — a count that is exceptional for an accountant is unremarkable for a restaurant.
Does a 5.0 rating look fake?
Above about fifty reviews, a perfect score starts to read as filtered. 774 businesses in Oshawa already hold 4.9 or better, so a high rating is table stakes here rather than a differentiator.
Your turn
Same check,
run on your site.
The check behind this page is the one we ran on every business above. Put your own address in and it will load your site on a phone screen, look at the certificate and the page age, and tell you what a visitor meets. No email, nothing stored.
Start with a
straight answer.
Describe the business and where it works. We come back with what we would change, what it would cost and how long it takes — or with a reason not to bother.