SmartCustomer Reviews 305

TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I spent all this time filling out every section of the review, got green check marks across the board, and still couldn’t submit it. No error message, no explanation — just nothing. Total waste of t... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

On 14th of Jan I wrote a review on sitejabber. They notified that review will be posted within 48 hrs but this timeline had already been completed and I haven't received any confirmation for my revie... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sitejabber is a broken platform. My profile has been stuck at 60% for weeks. I tried to upload information, add content, and complete my setup, but every time I click “Add”, the site crashes or shows... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

I’ve found writing reviews on this site to be frustrating. Even after submitting a review along with proof of purchase, it doesn’t get published. It feels like a waste of time when genuine feedback is... See more

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Founded in 2006, SmartCustomer is a mission-driven organization with a proven commitment to bringing honesty and transparency to any online purchase. We’ve helped over 200M buyers make smarter purchasing decisions. SmartCustomer amplifies real voices so everyone can find and share feedback on businesses and their products online. SmartCustomer is the only review platform to be both funded by the US government’s National Science Foundation and an official Google review partner.


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TrustScore 1.5 out of 5

305 reviews

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Sitejabber is a criminal enterprise

Sitejabber is a criminal enterprise. They only allow (un-verified) negative reviews (denying all positive reviews - we had 100s denied) and then try to blackmail you into buying their premium "service" in order to receive positive reviews. Beyond predatory scam.

November 1, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hi Jody, we appreciate the opportunity to address this. To allow for full transparency, we don't prevent reviewers from leaving negative feedback. Sitejabber doesn’t spotlight negative reviews over positive ones either.
We don’t in any way charge businesses to take down reviews, or charge for positive reviews. We also don’t deny positive reviews. Removal of negative reviews can only be done if the reviewer violates our Terms of Service – see https://www.sitejabber.com/faq#fake. Our platform is for monitoring, collection, and publishing of all types of reviews – and across multiple sites, not just Sitejabber’s. Customers do get a “Resolution Window” that allows them to address any issues raised in a review. Hope this helps.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

I always thought SiteJabber was good...

...until I had an experience with an actual scam website - MBenzGram.com. Trustpilot picked up on them posting a bunch of fake reviews, where they have a 2.2 star average and a warning label. On SiteJabber, the scam website has 4.35 stars and tons and tons of fake reviews that there seems to be no way to report or have taken down. Now I realize that TrustPilot is better.

November 15, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hey Ken, thanks for bringing this to our attention. This particular business does use verified review collection methods, but we will certainly have our compliance team investigate further.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

sitejabber is a scam website POS and defrauds businesses. fight back

Another scam website similar to a company that goes by Ye$p and unfortunately, they had defame your company end in name of “customers service” the ones that are defrauding legal small businesses.
So after some digging we found out that they somehow got a fraudulent grant from the National Science Foundation what a bunch of garbage. This is where we're going to start to complain and we're going to get to the bottom of this fraudulent grant that they got.
Secondly if you don't pay for their so-called services then your website and legitimate reviews Gets stifled.
A scam is a scam is a scam no matter which way you try to spin it sitejabber is a scam website.
Do not pay these ass-holes a dime.
keep stifling our reviews we're coming after your bull-$hits ass company for all the fraud that it has done.
The employees for this company please be aware and be warned you're working for a fraudulent company who defrauds small business.

October 2, 2022
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

you will only waste your time

you will only waste your time, dont try this website , you will only waste your time, dont try this website

October 2, 2022
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Hey Elie, we’d like to learn more about your experience. Can you shoot us an email at sayhello@sitejabber.com? Thank you.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

SiteJabber was falsely defamating my website

SiteJabber was referring its visitors to a one star review of my website at the Better Business Bureau (BBB), which does not exist! My website has not been reviewed by the BBB. SiteJabber must be mistaking identity of someone else and unintentionally spreading false BBB rating, thus unintentionally defamating my website with an unintentional libelous claim or reference to a non-existent one-star BBB review. After I've contacted SiteJabber and asked to remove the erroneous reference they did not reply. UPDATE (November 2022): SiteJabber has updated my website review and therefore I upped my review of SiteJabber to 4 stars now.

October 1, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hey Tom, we apologize for the mix-up. Thank you for updating your review, it’s never our intention to hurt a business.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

This review site is a scam

This review site is a scam. I received a negative review that was totally untrue. I asked them to remove it and sent proof it was incorrect but they didn't want to know. I know of other business owners that have had fake negative reviews too and site jabber will only remove it if they pay. Also as soon as you start complaining they pay to get to the top of your businesses search results to try and panic you into paying up. Don't use.

October 1, 2021
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Thank you for sharing your concern. We appreciate the opportunity to address this. To allow for full transparency, we don't prevent reviewers from leaving negative feedback. Sitejabber doesn’t spotlight negative reviews over positive ones either.

We don’t in any way charge businesses to take down reviews. Removal of negative reviews can only be done if the reviewer violates our Terms of Service – see https://www.sitejabber.com/faq#fake.

In fact, our platform is for the monitoring, collection, and publishing of all types of reviews – and across multiple sites, not just Sitejabber’s. Customers do get a “Resolution Window” that allows them to address any issues raised in a review. We hope this helps.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Got shadow-banned for no apparent reason

I had an account on Sitejabber for almost a year. I had written 8 reviews and had 8 helpful votes. But then just a few weeks ago, I got shadow-banned—for no apparent reason. All my reviews were removed publicly, and became visible ONLY when I logged in.

I sent Sitejabber an e-mail asking why, but got NO response. So, just for an experiment, I sent them another e-mail (from another account) pretending to be a company manager who didn't like some negative reviews left for his company. And guess what? They RESPONDED! Here's part of their response:

"Thanks for reaching out!

"If you haven't already, I would claim your business profile by registering for a free business account . . . ."

So, if you're a business that's reporting a "problem," they care enough to respond. But if you're "just" a normal user and want to know why you got shadow-banned, they don't care.

Please stay away from this corrupt company! 🤮

September 1, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hey Don, thanks for reaching out. We can’t imagine how frustrating this situation must be. If you’re still able to see your reviews when logged in, the reviews did not get deleted but were simply filtered. The review filter uses an algorithm that attempts to display only the most relevant content by screening certain reviews. You can learn more at https://www.sitejabber.com/faq

Your initial email may have been sent to the wrong email address or could have been accidentally filtered out. Could you please shoot us an email at sayhello@sitejabber.com? We look forward to hearing from you and making things right.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Poor loading time for signing in

What are up with these poor loading times for logging in

August 25, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hey there! We’re sorry you’ve experienced technical difficulties. If the problem is recurring, please reach out to us at sayhello@sitejabber.com and we’re happy to help. Thank you.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent site

Excellent site, was able to get a full refund from a terrible scam company in china called ‘light in the box’ After writing a review, how bad light in the box was. Not refunding when the goods have been sent back and very poor quality goods!
I received an email from them offering me a full refund. It took backward and forth with email for 3 weeks until I wrote a dissatisfaction review on sitejabber,
Thank you sitejabber keep up the good work!

July 3, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

We have your back! We’re thrilled to hear you were able to dodge a scam using Sitejabber. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Service is crap and what they offer…

Service is crap and what they offer isn't true. Reviews don't show up, they blame other apps even though they installed theirs and did the setup after any other app was signed up. My Dev has said that they are wrong anyway and that it's because they are reviews from our previous review company. They literally have NO idea what they are doing. They don't understand what e-commerce requires in regards to reviews. They have an extremely high turnover of staff and are not worth even close to the $3400 fee.They dont help you, they promise things that they dont understand let alone can provide. Wouldnt reccomend even if they were $100 for the year.

August 9, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hi Carla, in some scenarios we aren’t able to pull reviews from other apps or sites. Reviews are flagged for such things as inappropriate language, irrelevant content, solicited reviews, site-promotion spam, competitor spam, or other Terms of Service violations. You can learn more about the process at https://www.sitejabber.com/faq#remove.

We’d like to learn more about your experience, can you reach out to us at sayhello@sitejabber.com. Thanks.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely terrible

Absolutely terrible. They disallow reviews for certain companies..... I wonder if the companies that cannot get bad reviews paid them.........

July 27, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Thank you for sharing your concern. We don’t in any way disallow reviews, all reviews are generally posted within 48 hours, but some may be flagged and put on hold for further review. Sitejabber doesn't prevent reviewers from leaving any kind of feedback, positive or negative. We hope this helps.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wonderful site to get honest reviews.

I have been using Sitejabber site for almost a year now. I have been able to patronise great and quality brands/products from other people's honest review on the Sitejabber site. These reviews helped me in making informed decisions about which company to patronise and the ones to avoid. The Sitejabber site has really been helpful to my online shopping experience. They are doing a great job.

July 20, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

WOO HOO! That’s our goal every time. We’re thrilled you’ve been able to connect with great brands using our site. Thank you so much for sharing your experience.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

A biased company that does not have your best interest in mind

This company posts negative reviews and forces companies to pay to have them removed. Not only that, they are very, very, very biased and selective in what they allow to be posted in reviews on their site. I don't mean the basic rules are enforced here either, where your account gets blocked for something childish like cursing or insulting. I mean that if you post a completely honest and sincere review in a professional manner, they will remove it or flag it so that it is not publicly viewable if it doesn't fit their cause. They can, they will, and they do this all of the time.

I, and several others, have posted absolutely devastating reviews about Weedsly.com on Sitejabber. We completely exposed the scam that is Weedsly. Well, Weedsly paid Sitejabber to remove them. I posted a follow up update a couple of months later explaining that my situation was still on-going (in an effort to help keep others from being scammed) and Sitejabber blocked me.

This is what I mean. They know that it is a scam. I even explained in my update that the other big review company, being TrustPilot, removed Weedsly from their platform because they realized that it was a scam. Still, Sitejabber backs and supports the fraudulent company, even though they know that Weedsly also posts fake reviews all over their site. They allow for it to happen because it generates income for them in the end. Because well, Sitejabber is basically an extortion scam in itself. It makes complete sense why they would feed off of each other the way that they do - they're equally as bad as the other.

It is not a reputable review site and they are misleading us in the reviews that they allow the public to see.

July 6, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hey James, we appreciate the opportunity to address your concerns. Review authenticity is of paramount interest to us, and we have multiple layers in place to avoid any unauthentic reviews. Sometimes such reviews may still come through but they are thoroughly investigated and resolved. After a review is posted, we give the business a 30-day window to resolve any issues. After 30 days, the review is still posted whether the issue has been resolved or not.
Like you mentioned, we do flag for such things as inappropriate language, irrelevant content, solicited reviews, site-promotion spam, competitor spam, or other Terms of Service violations. You can learn more about the process at https://www.sitejabber.com/faq#fake.

Honest, authentic reviews on Sitejabber are at the heart of what we do – both the positive and negative ones. Please reach out to sayhello@sitejabber.com, we’d like to personally speak with you and get this issue resolved.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Had an email off Sitejabber

Had an email off Sitejabber. Never heard of them, never gave them my email, and they addressed me incorrectly. So, where have I put this email?? in the trash where they belong!

July 4, 2022
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I don't believe the guys who posted…

I don't believe the guys who posted most the bad reviews about siteabber!
I signed up with them many years ago back around 2005 roughly.
Jeremy I think, was the main administrator and CEO back then I believe and if possible would always personally deal with any issues.
If I were you I would read the reviews very carefully and judge for yourself because I think there may be some sabotage from other companies.
I used the Monica 'Richard Hannah' back then & probably 2009 was my last edit.
I was very much involved at the beginning of siteJabber when there were very few registered user. My review(as I recall), was very honest and open and positive.
I don't believe siteJabber has gone downhill as badly as some people would like it to have I suggest!

June 16, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hey Sean, thank you for your honest review. We’re thrilled you’ve been using Sitejabber for so long and that you continue to use it today. We appreciate you!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

They are OK

They are OK
I always refer to them along with trustpilot whenever I google for a site review. Dunno why most rate them badly but they are ok for me so far ...

June 14, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hey Ken, thanks for taking the time to leave us a review. 🙂

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

They deleting bad reviews

They deleting bad reviews, avoid this company!

June 7, 2022
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Reply from SmartCustomer

Hi Yvon, we don’t delete reviews, but reviews are flagged for such things as inappropriate language, irrelevant content, solicited reviews, site-promotion spam, competitor spam, or other Terms of Service violations. You can learn more about the process at https://www.sitejabber.com/faq#remove.

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