JustRetweet Keeps Twitter Sharing Simple

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The first thing that attracted me to JustRetweet was the name. I love simplicity and that's exactly what the site offers – an easy way to find stuff you want to share and retweet it with one click. I have been using the site as an antidote to my growing Triberr fatigue and so far, I like it a lot.

The JustRetweet interface isn't fancy but it works. Everything you need to know about how the site works is on the rules page.

Visit the home page to follow the three simple steps to joining the site.

1. Authorize the site with Twitter – you get 100 credits to get you started.

2. Write a tweet you want others to share – use your credits to pay them for sharing.

3. Retweet others' messages and earn credits in return.

Getting Started with JustRetweet

JustRetweet

JustRetweet has its own Twitter-based economy. You gain credits for sharing others' stuff and you give credits so they will share yours. You don't have to belong to any particular group and you only share what you want to share.

Since part of the purpose is sharing your content, then it's best to get started by filling in your profile. There's a settings tab which takes you to a section with several sub-tabs. The general tab has your email, gender, country and interests. The Twitter tab shows whether your profile is active, how many credits you offer for people who follow you (I have mine set at 2) and how many users have followed you so far.

The Retweet tab in your profile is where you set up the tweets you want others to retweet and say how many credits you are willing to spend. You can specify that retweeters have a minimum number of followers before seeing this opportunity.

The website tab allows you to add your sites (or any others you want to promote) so that people can browse them  for credit. You need a title, URL, description, credits per view, and total credit allocation. And in the blogs tab, you add your blog feed and set similar options so that your posts are automatically pulled into the site for people to share if they want to.

How to Earn Credits with JustRetweet

JustRetweet credit

Once you have spent your initial credit allocation on JustRetweet (and it goes pretty quickly at 5 credits or more a tweet), then you need to keep your credits topped up by earning. You can earn credits by:

  • following other users (usually between 2 and 10 credits, though sometimes more).
  • browsing a site (you have to stay for a few seconds)
  • sending a tweet (varying amounts, with some offering 25 credits or more)
  • referring people to the site (25 credits)

When logged in, your credits show up immediately in the big blue box on your dashboard. The menu also includes tabs for checking out people who want you to follow them for credit, retweets (it's called the Retweet Exchange), websites and blogs.

Also on the home page are the most recent tweets available for retweeting. With these you can skip the tweets that don't interest you, retweet immediately or retweet later so  you don't flood your stream. I clicked on post later, got the credits and watched my account to see when the tweet appeared.

Once you have been through the list, you can refresh and see more tweets you can choose from. I always check the posts before retweeting, but for bloggers I know and trust, I could just retweet – good deed done for the day for those bloggers and great content shared.

Watch a video showing how to use JustRetweet

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Other JustRetweet Features

On the JustRetweet home page, there's also a credit history tab which shows the credits you have allocated and earned, which essentially is a snapshot of your activity on the site. Interestingly, you can also see who has viewed your site, retweeted your stuff or followed you, potentially helping to build community.

You can also buy credits and ad spots – there are several of different types on the homepage and site wide – at varying prices. The least expensive of these is a 1 day VIP placement plus 200 credits for $5, which is a pretty good deal.

My JustRetweet Verdict and Wishlist

So far, the site isn't very busy and it addresses some of the issues that have troubled me in the past. With JustRetweet:

  • I don't get any hassle from people who feel their stuff isn't being shared enough
  • I don't get any hassle from people who have issues with the amount of content some people produce
  • I don't get overwhelmed with long lists of stuff that need to be tweeted; in fact, if I'm busy, I only need to look at the handful of tweets on the home page.

There are still a couple of things that would make it better for me. Now that there's tweet scheduling, it would be nice to see the tweets I have scheduled somewhere. I'd also like to be able to see what's happening with my blog content. At the moment, posts are appearing in the blog tab, but there's no evidence that these have been tweeted. In contrast, when I input a tweet manually, there are always a couple of people who tweet it. I'd love to see at least the date of the tweets for retweeting so I know if I'm tweeting old stuff or new.  Finally, I'm not sure what happens with the people I follow on the site – and whether this translates to also following them on Twitter – that could be clearer.

Overall, though, I like the feeling of being in control of the retweeting and I love that I've found some new people's stuff to share. I am looking forward to seeing more new features as they come on stream on JustRetweet.

101 thoughts on “JustRetweet Keeps Twitter Sharing Simple”

  1. Valentine Belonwu

    Hi Sharon,
    Thanks for the review. I believe that JustRetweet will impact on other bloggers who are still struggling to gain more traffic from their blog.

    One thing I like about the site is that, you don’t need to spam anyone when it comes to Retweeting other listed tweets because I can choose to schedule upto 50 tweets using (POST LATER) which will send out the selected tweets randomly without spamming your followers.

    I also believe that Rome didn’t built in a day and very soon JustRetweet will transform more better than it is now despite the little challenges.

    Thank you 🙂
    Valentine

          1. Sammie

            I just found Just Retweet recently, and I like it— BUT, I cannot figure out how to use the “post later” function….where is it? Cannot find any details in the How To section of the site either. Can somebody help me out?

    2. Rahul

      Scheduling a retweet is just plain awesome! and that’s what make Just Retweet better than others. Thanks for useful feature.

  2. Nick Daws

    Great post (of ccourse), Sharon. I agree with most of the points you make. Without meaning to sound at all critical about this excellent service, I would also like to see more control over the time and/or frequency with which the ‘Post Later’ option is implemented. I’m finding that when I select this, all such posts are still tweeted out in fairly quick succession. It would be nice if they could be spaced out a little bit more.

  4. Dave Lucas

    I’m back! I decided AGAINST signing up – here’s why:
    This application will be able to:
    See who you follow, and follow new people.
    I prefer to do my own following, thank-you!

    1. Sharon Hurley Hall

      Ok, that probably means that when you press the follow button, you actually follow someone. I’m hoping Valentine will pop in and clarify that. I DON’T think that the site can do anything unless you click a button, though, Dave.

  6. Valentine Belonwu

    Hi Dave,
    JustRetweet never auto follow or sees who you follow or follow new people, those words you sees there were written by twitter once you decided to signin with your twitter account but such never happened via JustRetweet.

    @Nick, regarding the “Post Later” it does work with more time shift. You can schedule 10 tweets but it will start retweeting as from 4mins, 10mins, 20mins etc, maybe you need to try it and see what am talking about.

    Thanks.

    Valentine

    1. Sharon Hurley Hall

      Thanks for clearing that up, Valentine. I felt sure that must be the case. Like Nick, I’d love the option to space tweets over a longer period, even if I’m not sending 10 tweets.

  7. Nick Daws

    Thanks, Valentine. I have indeed tried this, but I would like bigger time intervals than 10 or 20 minutes – ideally at least an hour between tweets.
    In regard to Dave’s point, I’m sure Valentine is correct about this. I’ve been an active member of JustRetweet for sometime now, and the site has definitely never added any followers to my Twitter account without my asking. I assume this warning simply refers to the fact that if you click to follow someone via JustRetweet (to earn a few extra credits), the mechanics of following that person are then handled on your behalf by JustRetweet.

  8. Valentine Belonwu

    Hi Nick,
    Thanks for your response back. We will definitely expand the time intervals to an hour just as you said and it will be active by tomorrow.

    Thanks.

    Valentine

  10. Amrik Virdi

    Hello Sharon!
    It’s really a great review on just JustRetweet. I am going to signup to get 100 bonus credits.

    Thanks for sharing with us.

  11. Paul Salmon

    I haven’t’ heard of JustRetweet so I signed up because it sounds interesting. There seems to be quite a bit to learn on the site, but I’m hoping to pick it up quickly.

  12. Mohideen

    twitter is the best tool to increase traffic but its should be done in right way else it will cause to lose the account

  13. Kimberly Gauthier

    Wow – someone has created an alternative to Triberr. I’m impressed. I’ve gotten so much out of Triberr that I won’t be leaving unless the site makes my blogging world too hard. It’s nice to see that there’s an alternative and I’ll be interested in seeing what else is coming down the pipeline

    Althought the creators of Triberr are always trying to make it better, having solid competition will keep innovation at the top of their list and this will be everyone, no matter which site you belong to.

    Thanks for the heads up!

    1. Sharon Hurley Hall

      It’s certainly an alternative for me, Kimberly, and recent Triberr changes mean that I’m not finding it quite as good a use of my time. I know there are plenty of diehard Triberr fans, though, and it’s to be hoped that the developers will raise their game. 🙂

  14. Cathy Miller

    Sounds intriguing, Sharon. I never heard of it. Leave it to you to be right on top of things. 🙂 When I get over my internet connection problems, I’ll check it out. Thanks!

    1. Sharon Hurley Hall

      One of the things I’ve enjoyed about it, Cathy, is finding new bloggers. It looks like it attracts people trying to build a following and the best thing is that you can be completely selective about what you tweet. Of course, you can do the same on Triberr, but depending on the ethos of your tribe, you can be hauled over the coals for not tweeting enough.

  15. Nicole Fende

    I too have been suffering Triberr fatigue. This sounds like an awesome solution. I’m off to sign up right now. As usual, thanks for great tips and content Sharon.

  16. Harriet

    This is really interesting, thanks Illeane! Twitter is such a good and useful tool and often the retweet button can be misused by annoying celebrities! Its good to see a tool trying to change this.

  17. Jacko

    Good tool thanks for posting. I will be releasing a report on how I got donald trump to follow me on twitter it can be done.

    1. Radu

      I am sure that your pride is now skyrocketing. It’s something to have Donald Trump as your follower.

  19. Altaf Hussain

    This is a great article especially for those new to twitter which can be a bit confusing for the new comer. I have just tried tweetdeck and love it

  20. Fabrizio

    Great insight into Just ReTweet Sharon, admittedly I’ve not come across the site before, but will definitely check it out. I’ll add it to my long list of things to do this month. Thanks again.

  21. Eugene

    Haven’t heard about this JustRetweet but this site should be a great help in promoting your site and increasinf the traffic. I’ll try it.

  22. Vimal Dwivedi

    I have been using Just Retweet and its really a great community ..
    Very Well written review ..I am sure many will tend to use this tool.
    Great work.

  23. Ray

    I have seen Justretweet mentioned at several different places the past couple of days. Your write up, details, and explanation makes a little more sense than the others I read. Good job on that! Justretweet is something worth checking out more when I have a little free time on my hands.

  24. Sharon Hurley Hall

    @Andy – I haven’t experienced any performance problems yet.
    @Eugene – hope you enjoy it.
    @Vimal – so glad you enjoyed the review.
    @Ray – I like to keep things simple. 🙂

  25. Valentine Belonwu

    Hi Sharon and Nick,
    We have just added more time intervals on “Post Later” to 1hour interval. Our previous time was set on 15mins but now we have already shift the time difference to 1hour

    I hope this will help everyone enjoys the benefit of schedule tweets via JustRetweet 😉

    Thanks for your support!

    1. Sharon Hurley Hall

      Great, Valentine – but is it also possible to have a place where we can see what’s upcoming – and maybe switch the interval between 30 and 60 minutes depending on how many tweets we plan to send?

  26. Jules

    This is soo simple! I didn’t know about this, I’ve learnt somthing new! justretweet 😉
    The points you have outlined above make it really easy to understand aswell. I hope to read more of the excellent posts on here soon. Thanks again for sharing this with us Ileane.
    regards
    Garden to Go

  27. DiTesco

    Great write up Sharon. I must admit that if I were not yet a JustRetweet user, you would convinced me in a jiffy. Although I don’t want to “bad mouth” any other similar service, this is what I like best, because of its simplicity and the fact that the “objective” gets done right. The community is great and I am very much familiar with a lot of people that I currently interact with, so its basically a win/win scenario. Totally recommended..

    1. Sharon Hurley Hall

      It’s difficult not to compare it to other services, DiTesco, but I think JustRetweet offers what people have been looking for. I agree with you about the community too. Thanks for adding your recommendation.

  28. aatif

    Hi sharon . Thanks for sharing this site to us .. I was searching sites like this .. I used some sites . to retweet but they have some limitations . Going to check it andhope it wiork great for me too .: )

  29. Sanjeev

    I have joined Justretweet and with the initial look its service look good. They already have some traffic coming to site and can be a good traffic generation tool.

  30. Herbert

    Im loving JustRetweet now since the time its was featured from another blog ive read. I have been visiting their regularly and got my links retweeted and tweeted from time to time. Really an awesome tool 😀

  31. Dee Ann Rice

    Sharon,

    Great review of JustReTweet.

    I have never tried it before but am going to go over and see what I think of it.

    If it simplifies tweeting and helps to get more exposure that would be great.

    Thanks for the information.

  32. Nick Daws

    Unfortunately, JustRetweet appears to be down this morning. Maybe all the interest generated by this post has crashed their servers!

  33. Nick Daws

    Sort of right, I gather. They reached the bandwidth limit with their previous web hosts, so are moving to a new hosting service. Hopefully normal service will be resumed soon.

  35. ivin

    You’re right Sharon. It DOES sound like it’s own economy. Our office are now on working with our 5th Twitter account, but I think this system will only work if you’re ‘sorta’ know in some kind of network. I don’t think it would work for a branded account.

    I don’t know… I kinda like it when people spontaneously Retweet my posts, not because they have to, but because they like it… and not because they get soemthing from it. The ‘Thanks You Economy’ is still the best idea for me. I like it when I ReTweet people (because it’s good to be active) and someone says ‘Thanks for the ReTweet!’. Even though it’s petty simple, I like it to see someone is also on the other side and appreciates it. That’s why I use UnTweeps to remove inactive followers from m y account. I don’t like speaking into a cave, or to a ghost.

    1. Sharon Hurley Hall

      The great thing about JustRetweet is that there’s no issue with people ‘having’ to retweet anything – you tweet what you like when you like (and there’s no one starting a riot if you haven’t been to the site for a few days. ) You might be right about using it for brands, but it depends on the brands’ approach I think. If real people are tweeting for brands, then it could still work.

  36. bbrian017

    Hello Sharon. I think an ‘inside economy’ where people that are active are rewarded for it is a good idea. Or when you share, people share your stuff because you did. Isn’t that how social media works? I love it and I think it encourages people to get involved in collaborations and communities online. Simply because it makes business sense to do so 😉

  37. Chris

    Thanks for sharing! For retweets I’ve been using TraffUp but I’m always looking to try new sites! 🙂

  38. Salah Messaoud

    Hi Sharon

    As you mentioned JustRetweet two words simple attractive and effective, personally I noticed that traffic increased just using it. Thanks for explaining how it works.

  40. Becca

    This tool is completely new for me. But it really seems to be very useful and convenient for retweeting. Thanks a lot for sharing this post, heading to check this tool.

  41. Jeevanjacobjohn

    Hey Sharon,

    Thanks for the review!

    Seems to me that Just retweet is a fair system to earn tweets. I did join the site based on reviews that I read online but I haven’t used it yet. I will try to use it from now.

    Your review will certainly be useful to me!

    Thank you Sharon!

    Btw, Another thing I noticed is that by sharing some one else’s content, you are also paving way to building a strong relationship with that person 🙂 Networking via Marketing 😀

  43. Mitchell Allen

    Sharon, for once, I’m ahead of you, though I wish I had this review in hand when I first started! Good job covering the service.

    I never bothered with Triberr but, from the comments, Valentine and his team apparently cracked the code.

    Cheers,

    Mitch

    1. Mitchell Allen

      Sharon, I was thinking about such an easier way. I wonder how a service gets added to Gravatar.com’s Verified Services list? That would rock.

      Things haven’t been the same since ReTaggr left the building.

      As you can guess, the best way to find friends is with a commonly used button. Gravatar may not even be the best option, but that is the only one that makes sense to me.

      Cheers,

      Mitch

  45. Sharon Hurley Hall

    That’s a good suggestion, Mitch. I would think that if JustRetweet is using Twitter’s API, then info on friends must already be accessible. It’s not that I want bloat (I like the simplicity) but there are some people I would follow on the site if I knew where they were.

  46. Seth Lyman

    Hi Sharon, I noticed that you purchased the featured ad space on the front page. What benefit are you seeing from that? I’m curious if you have found it worth the money you spent on it. I just spent some time setting up my account with them, looks interesting.

  48. Vernessa Taylor

    Sharon, nice review of JustRetweet.com. I’ve been using it pretty much from the beginning and like the service. Enhancements are made quickly. I think Valentine and the admins are doing a good job with fielding requests for features and squashing bugs.

    I was wondering how about the time intervals for “retweet later” so glad that was answered earlier in the comments.

    On my wishlist is larger image of the websites (where you pick a site to surf) and a tooltip of what exactly the blog is (or where you’re going if you click on one of them). Still, the service is a nice entry into the tweetspace.

    1. Sharon Hurley Hall

      Thanks, Vernessa. I agree with you about the website thumbnails and tooltip info – I’d be much more likely to check out blogs if I could see this easily. I’d also like to see entries that I decide not to tweet stay hidden for good instead of coming back. Still, I like JustRetweet – it’s good to have somewhere where I can share good stuff quickly and without jumping through loads of hoops.

  49. Hanna

    I’ve done it today. Retweet is very simple to use. If you want to share new tweet with your followers, just retweet.

  50. a dance with dragons

    A very interesting post 🙂 Signing up now for a test run.

    Can i ask what sort of results have you had with this so far though and what you have been using the system to promote?

  51. Nick Daws

    Just noticed that Postlater is now operating a 17 minute intervals. Personally, I much preferred the one-hour interval we had before. Every 17 minutes is too frequent for me (though others may disagree, of course). Ultimately, it would be nice if users could set their own intervals for this feature.

  52. Pagerank Update

    JustRetweet now since the time its was featured from another blog Ive read. I have been visiting their regularly and got my links retweeted and tweeted from time to time. Really outstanding tool overall.

  53. AstroGremlin

    Sharon, I got on Just Retweet the other day. Very intuitive interface, and I started using it to buy and sell tweets like a pro. I’m now going to GIVE you the the equivalent of 30 or so credits FOR FREE and retweet your cool article. 🙂 Crazy stuff we have to do to get noticed, yes?

  54. techtikus

    I haven’t had much luck using Twitter to drive traffic to my blog. One of the causes is that I have limited time to be on Twitter. Maybe this service can help tweet a few of my posts.

    Yesterday at BlogEngage one blogger also wrote about a similar service, retweet.it. Both seems like a good options so I’ll consider which one is more suitable for me.

  55. Daniel

    I’m seeing Sharon’s (SHH) name pop up all over the place! 🙂 Love her stuff. I’ve never heard of this service but I’m putting it on my to-do list now. Thanks for sharing!

  56. Mario M.

    Hey Sharon. I totally agree with you. Retweeting is very helpful when it comes to showing your blog readers that you really do appreciate them. You don’t really have to comment. A retweet will do 🙂

        1. Sharon Hurley Hall

          Hi David, I haven’t spent a lot of time on Twiends, I have to admit, but I really like JustRetweet. I’ve also tried out EasyRetweet which works pretty well too.

  58. Guppu Boss

    JustRetweet is great. I have just started using a week ago. and my experience is good with this site. I have joined many sites like this but usually all followers of other sites unfollow you after a week. I have seen many well known bloggers on justretweet. Followers are real and mostly are bloggers. I have only one problem with that site I am unable to add my feed url in the setting tab I have to manage all the tweets manually btw my experience is great with this site

  62. Winson Yeung

    I just found justreview last month and I have been using it since then. It is a really good social retweet social and best part that it is actually free!

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