They contacted me via phone stating they were associated with another company I had signed up with to learn how to buy and sell on eBay. They stated for $4600 they would build my website for me. My goal was to earn an extra $1000-$3000 per month. Impact Rankings told me that it was a very reasonable goal and they could build a website that would accomplish my goal. After e-signing the contract we went over the pros and cons about whether a drop-ship site or an affiliate site would best suit me and yes the contract is vague and states “website”. The affiliate site was more what I was looking for. Yes, they did tell me about the disclaimer about there being a possibility of being denied by Amazon but, in the next sentence they stated that it had never happened after building over 100 sites. That is a 100% success rate. So logically, with the later sentence and their supposed success rate canceled out the disclaimer.
Before we applied for the Amazon Associate approval, June 18, 2014 they convinced me to purchase a beta program which would simplify my website marketing with the social media sites. It allows you to make custom ads and the “Pro” is a Facebook Pro site. They told me that I would be the only camping site allowed on this program. It was set up for me to advertise the camping equipment I was selling on my website. I e-signed a contract and purchased the Cool Social Pro June 23 for $2400 exclusively for the Amazon Affiliate site they were building for me. No marketable website, whether is be an affiliate or drop-ship site then this program is worthless.
After the site was denied by Amazon for a second time. They forced me into agreeing to let them build a drop-ship site. They backed me into a corner and gave me no other option. After reviewing all the emailed information below, speaking with an Amazon representative and consulting with business friends who have built their own affiliate sites. We all came to the same conclusions. That Impact Rankings is just a scam and had no clue on how to build a marketable Amazon Affiliate site that would generate any income.
If Impact Rankings had never been denied before as stated and I was told that they had been in contact with Amazon to make sure that the website met all the requirements and that they had built over 100 sites, then why was the tech not familiar with Amazon Associates? That was his statement when trying to tell me how to change the featured products on my site. And why was I told after I forwarded the email below that I received from Amazon that they had heard this type of language before and that Amazon was just trying to sell me one of their websites if they had not been denied before? This is a little suspect don’t you think?
They were given three times to figure out why it was being denied. Amazon stated:
“There are two primary reasons why this Ms. Pucket's site is not approved for participation in our affiliate marketing program:
- This type of site tends to be identical to other sites that are often created for sale to individuals. These sites do not generate meaningful traffic that will lead to orders placed on Amazon.com. We don't recommend that people open new websites just for the purpose of becoming Amazon Associates; in most cases we don't feel that it would justify the effort or expense required.
- This type of site duplicates content that is already on Amazon.com. Duplicate content doesn't add value to the customer's experience. A website that adds value provides something useful to your readers in addition to the advertising content. Robust content is needed to generate earnings in an affiliate marketing program. Developing value added content is challenging, and requires a significant investment of personal time and effort over an extended period of time. “
After I spoke with Amazon regarding the rejection and was told that they were not trying to sell me a site as I was told they were and that it was denied due to content and that “the site would not generate meaningful traffic that will lead to orders placed” and would never be approved. They also stated that each application is treated as a new application, they do not keep track of how many times a URL application is submitted.
I requested a full refund due to the fact that Amazon said it would not generate traffic that would result in sales. No traffic, no sales, no income. Therefore the $1000 to $3000 per month goal would never be acheived. They are refusing to give me a refund.
I've never been more scammed in my life.....a David called me and said he was part of my web development team. Later found out that they were not part of any company I was working with. They were going to take over and promote my site with Facebook and Tsitter as well as make my site mobile friendly. These kind of services normally cost $8000 but since they were part of my team I can get it for 4K. What did I get?
A virtual business card, a stupid thing that cost nothing to create.
a personal FB and a twitter page ( I had to do it myself...they didn't even do it) I realize later that for a business, I need to a business page.
they thought me to find pages that are similar to my industry and post my virtual business card. Simple enough...I can do this. After a few days of doing what I was told a few bad things happened.
1. The FB pages I was posting my virtual business card were business just like mine...so obviously they were upset because I was promoting my business on their page. My post was either deleted but mostly I made quite a few business owners angry. The ones that left my post, made remarks like " please don't spam my page" or "please use your own FB page for this".
2. Worst thing was when Facebook blocked me for not following their guidelines. I was basically considered a spammer.
3. After looking at FB's guidelines...this is a big no no! You can not post or solicit business matters on pages (business or personal) without the owners consent.
This company is either a scam simply just don't know what they are doing. Apperantly there are nothing on this company as far complaints or BBB because they are so new. I should've known better that to deal with a new company with no track record. Way too good to be true....who knows what this company used to be?
Anyone know how I can look up the history of this company?
Their website looks like it was built overnite with absolutely no useful information.
Lastly I was inquiring about a logo design and thank God I didn't pay them since of the few things I found on Google about this company is them asking designers to bid on a logo design for either their site or a clients site. They don't even do their own work.
Wish I had found the above review before I signed under similar situations as the above person. I had to withdraw a week after I signed their e-contract due to having learned I had bone cancer. I called and explained my health situation and asked that they refund my money. That request was refused by the first man I contacted via phone; the second one I contacted said they would refund it. However, in the end, they refused to refund any of the funds they had charged my credit card and I had disputed the charge with my credit card company. Of course, they proceeded with returning the $4,000 to my card. I can only hope no one else tries signing up with this company -- IF YOU DO, JUST KNOW YOU ARE "GIVING" YOUR MONEY AWAY AND WILL GET NOTHING IN RETURN!
Impact Rankings Reviews
They contacted me via phone stating they were associated with another company I had signed up with to learn how to buy and sell on eBay. They stated for $4600 they would build my website for me. My goal was to earn an extra $1000-$3000 per month. Impact Rankings told me that it was a very reasonable goal and they could build a website that would accomplish my goal. After e-signing the contract we went over the pros and cons about whether a drop-ship site or an affiliate site would best suit me and yes the contract is vague and states “website”. The affiliate site was more what I was looking for. Yes, they did tell me about the disclaimer about there being a possibility of being denied by Amazon but, in the next sentence they stated that it had never happened after building over 100 sites. That is a 100% success rate. So logically, with the later sentence and their supposed success rate canceled out the disclaimer.
Before we applied for the Amazon Associate approval, June 18, 2014 they convinced me to purchase a beta program which would simplify my website marketing with the social media sites. It allows you to make custom ads and the “Pro” is a Facebook Pro site. They told me that I would be the only camping site allowed on this program. It was set up for me to advertise the camping equipment I was selling on my website. I e-signed a contract and purchased the Cool Social Pro June 23 for $2400 exclusively for the Amazon Affiliate site they were building for me. No marketable website, whether is be an affiliate or drop-ship site then this program is worthless.
After the site was denied by Amazon for a second time. They forced me into agreeing to let them build a drop-ship site. They backed me into a corner and gave me no other option. After reviewing all the emailed information below, speaking with an Amazon representative and consulting with business friends who have built their own affiliate sites. We all came to the same conclusions. That Impact Rankings is just a scam and had no clue on how to build a marketable Amazon Affiliate site that would generate any income.
If Impact Rankings had never been denied before as stated and I was told that they had been in contact with Amazon to make sure that the website met all the requirements and that they had built over 100 sites, then why was the tech not familiar with Amazon Associates? That was his statement when trying to tell me how to change the featured products on my site. And why was I told after I forwarded the email below that I received from Amazon that they had heard this type of language before and that Amazon was just trying to sell me one of their websites if they had not been denied before? This is a little suspect don’t you think?
They were given three times to figure out why it was being denied. Amazon stated:
“There are two primary reasons why this Ms. Pucket's site is not approved for participation in our affiliate marketing program:
- This type of site tends to be identical to other sites that are often created for sale to individuals. These sites do not generate meaningful traffic that will lead to orders placed on Amazon.com. We don't recommend that people open new websites just for the purpose of becoming Amazon Associates; in most cases we don't feel that it would justify the effort or expense required.
- This type of site duplicates content that is already on Amazon.com. Duplicate content doesn't add value to the customer's experience. A website that adds value provides something useful to your readers in addition to the advertising content. Robust content is needed to generate earnings in an affiliate marketing program. Developing value added content is challenging, and requires a significant investment of personal time and effort over an extended period of time. “
After I spoke with Amazon regarding the rejection and was told that they were not trying to sell me a site as I was told they were and that it was denied due to content and that “the site would not generate meaningful traffic that will lead to orders placed” and would never be approved. They also stated that each application is treated as a new application, they do not keep track of how many times a URL application is submitted.
I requested a full refund due to the fact that Amazon said it would not generate traffic that would result in sales. No traffic, no sales, no income. Therefore the $1000 to $3000 per month goal would never be acheived. They are refusing to give me a refund.
I've never been more scammed in my life.....a David called me and said he was part of my web development team. Later found out that they were not part of any company I was working with. They were going to take over and promote my site with Facebook and Tsitter as well as make my site mobile friendly. These kind of services normally cost $8000 but since they were part of my team I can get it for 4K. What did I get?
A virtual business card, a stupid thing that cost nothing to create.
a personal FB and a twitter page ( I had to do it myself...they didn't even do it) I realize later that for a business, I need to a business page.
they thought me to find pages that are similar to my industry and post my virtual business card. Simple enough...I can do this. After a few days of doing what I was told a few bad things happened.
1. The FB pages I was posting my virtual business card were business just like mine...so obviously they were upset because I was promoting my business on their page. My post was either deleted but mostly I made quite a few business owners angry. The ones that left my post, made remarks like " please don't spam my page" or "please use your own FB page for this".
2. Worst thing was when Facebook blocked me for not following their guidelines. I was basically considered a spammer.
3. After looking at FB's guidelines...this is a big no no! You can not post or solicit business matters on pages (business or personal) without the owners consent.
This company is either a scam simply just don't know what they are doing. Apperantly there are nothing on this company as far complaints or BBB because they are so new. I should've known better that to deal with a new company with no track record. Way too good to be true....who knows what this company used to be?
Anyone know how I can look up the history of this company?
Their website looks like it was built overnite with absolutely no useful information.
Lastly I was inquiring about a logo design and thank God I didn't pay them since of the few things I found on Google about this company is them asking designers to bid on a logo design for either their site or a clients site. They don't even do their own work.
impactrankings.com is a scam!
They lied about who they were said they were part of my web team they took 13000 from me and did nothing.
I also got scammed by Impact Rankings
Wish I had found the above review before I signed under similar situations as the above person. I had to withdraw a week after I signed their e-contract due to having learned I had bone cancer. I called and explained my health situation and asked that they refund my money. That request was refused by the first man I contacted via phone; the second one I contacted said they would refund it. However, in the end, they refused to refund any of the funds they had charged my credit card and I had disputed the charge with my credit card company. Of course, they proceeded with returning the $4,000 to my card. I can only hope no one else tries signing up with this company -- IF YOU DO, JUST KNOW YOU ARE "GIVING" YOUR MONEY AWAY AND WILL GET NOTHING IN RETURN!