You’ve worked hard to collect reviews. Now it’s time to make them visible and impactful.

In TrustShop 4.2, we’re introducing two new storefront widgets—Review Counter and Review Sidebar—to surface social proof across your store, build instant trust, and turn browsing visitors into confident buyers.

Let’s dive in.

Review Counter: Build Trust at First Glance

Review Counter is a compact trust badge that displays your store’s overall rating and total reviews, summarizing all published reviews into a single trust signal. You can place it anywhere on your storefront—homepage header, footer, product pages, or custom sections—to build credibility the moment visitors land on your site.

Shoppers often form trust judgments within seconds. Review Counter delivers immediate social proof before customers even reach a product page, helping reduce hesitation early in the buying journey.

You can choose from 7 pre-designed styles and fully customize colors and layout to match your brand. When clicked, the counter can redirect visitors to your all-reviews page or open the Review Sidebar, so shoppers can explore real customer feedback instantly.

Review Counter is available from the Unlimited plan. Learn more.

Review Sidebar: Instant Access to Reviews From Any Page

Review Sidebar is a floating tab that stays visible on the edge of your storefront. When clicked, it opens a review modal so visitors can read reviews without leaving the page they’re on.

This keeps shoppers focused on products while still giving them quick access to social proof—reducing friction and maintaining buying momentum. Instead of scrolling long product pages or navigating to a separate reviews page, customers can access trust-building content with a single click.

You can display the tab as an icon with text or show your average rating score, and fully customize its style to fit your storefront design.

Review Sidebar is also available from the Unlimited plan. Learn more.

Other Improvements

We’ve added Google Sheets import for reviews, making it easier to import large volumes of reviews with fewer errors and without installing additional software.

Have questions or feedback? Contact us at [email protected].