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The short answer
Buying reviews on achatavis.com is illegal: it's a deceptive commercial practice (up to EUR 300,000 in fines and 2 years in prison, EUR 750,000 and 5 years when committed online) and a violation of Google's policies, which bans the listings involved. OpenAvis gets you the same result you're after - more positive reviews, a higher rating - but legally, by asking your real customers, starting at €29/month.
achatavis.com sells, for a fee, Google reviews marketed as "real and verified," designed to artificially inflate a business's rating or review count. This practice is prohibited by Google's fake-engagement policies and, under French law, constitutes a deceptive commercial practice that is severely punished. OpenAvis lets you reach the same goal - more positive reviews, a higher rating - but by asking real customers, with zero legal risk and no risk of having your listing removed.
What you're risking
VSachatavis.com| Criteria | achatavis.com | OpenAvis |
|---|---|---|
Selling fabricated reviews Reviews written with no connection to a real customer | Reviews marketed as "real, verified profiles" but not tied to any genuine customer experience | Only genuine reviews from real customers who actually used the service |
Compliance with Google's policies Adherence to the terms on fake engagement | A practice explicitly prohibited by Google's fake-engagement policies | Collection compliant with Google's terms, no risk of a penalty on the listing |
Compliance with French law Adherence to the French Consumer Code | Deceptive commercial practice: up to EUR 300,000 in fines and 2 years in prison (EUR 750,000 and 5 years online) | Legal collection, no exposure to a DGCCRF penalty |
Google Business Profile safety Risk of removal or a ban | Exposes you to a permanent ban - Google removed 240 million fraudulent reviews in 2024 thanks to AI | No risk: the reviews come from real customers |
Collection from real customers (QR code, email, SMS) Reaching out to the business's actual customers | No tool for collecting from real customers | QR code, email sequences and a shareable collection link |
Negative review filtering before publication Preventing an unhappy customer from posting straight to Google | Not applicable, since no real customer is ever asked | Negative reviews stay private so they can be handled before publication |
Provider's legal identity Legal information and an identifiable company | Sites of this kind are often hosted abroad with murky legal information | An identifiable French company, with public terms of service and terms of sale |
Feedback on review-buying services like achatavis.com is a red flag: many buyers report paying and never seeing the promised reviews appear, or watching them get removed by Google a few days later, with no refund. Many of these sites are hosted abroad, with no clear legal information, and disclaim all liability if you're penalized. In short: you take all the risk, they collect the money.
A fake review typically costs €10 to €20 each on French sites; the cheapest reviews (€0.50 to €2) come from accounts based abroad and are all but guaranteed to trigger a penalty, since Google detects the location mismatch. It's a lose-lose cost: you pay for a review that can vanish and get your listing banned. OpenAvis costs €29/month (with a free plan) to legally collect genuine reviews that actually stay online.
Get real reviews, legally and risk-free
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The legal alternative to achatavis.com is simply to ask your real, satisfied customers for their reviews, at the right moment and automatically. OpenAvis does this via QR code, email and SMS, filters out negative reviews before publication and redirects satisfied customers to Google - without ever fabricating a single review. The result: a rating that climbs steadily, with no risk of penalties.
Public pricing
Plans and add-ons shown right on the pricing page, no quote to request.
Set up in 5 minutes
Account created and QR code generated with no technical skills.
QR code and email collection
Reach your customers at the right moment, with no manual action.
Automated email sequences
Personalized post-visit follow-ups, generated by AI.
AI review analysis
Recurring themes and an action plan generated by Claude.
Website widget
Your reviews shown on your site with a single line of code.
Reporter Space
Get fake negative reviews left by third parties taken down.
Public pro page
A showcase mini-site on top of your Google Business Profile.
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