For reviewers

Why you got the email

Someone — an agency, a designer, a colleague — sent work for approval using yeses, and named you as one of the people who has to see it. The email came from notifications@yeses.io, and the sender's name appears in it followed by (via yeses), so you can tell who is actually asking. Replies to that address are not read by anybody.

There is no account and no password

The link in the email is your way in. Opening it is all there is to it — no sign-up, no password to choose, nothing to install. That is deliberate and it is the main thing the product is for: the person who needs your approval should not have to talk you into creating an account first.

Keep the link, because it is personal to you. Anybody who has it can answer as you.

Reviewing is free

It is free now and it stays free. There is no trial running out behind the scenes, and no point later where you are asked for a card to finish what you started. The person who sent the work pays for it; you are not the customer.

What you can do with the link

• Look at the files, including every page of a PDF
• Leave a comment pinned to the exact spot you mean, rather than describing where it is
• Approve, or ask for changes
• Come back later and change your answer, until the stage closes

Who sees what you write

Your comments and your decision go to the people on that review — the person who sent it and their colleagues. They are not public, they are not shown to other customers, and they are not used to advertise anything to you.

What is held about you is your email address, your name if the sender gave one, your decision, and your comments — and nothing else. The privacy page sets that out in full, including how to have your address removed without going through whoever invited you.

If something looks wrong

If a link does not open, if you think you were sent this by mistake, or if you just want to check that the request is genuine, write to support@yeses.io. A person answers within two business days, you do not need an account to ask, and you do not need to go through the sender. The support page has the detail.

Send work out for approval yourself? That is the other half of this — the chasing, the version history, and a clear record of who approved what. yeses is free to start.