StoresOnline Reviews

Angie   Illinois

Storesonline is not what it promises at all. I was trying to cancel my purchase but since it was over three days they didn't allow the cancellation. I asked Storosonline consultant Mac Boyler to give me real people I can talk to, to share their experience with me, of how they got their success. But he never got back to me. I tried to work it out but even with the 5000.00 tag price every step you take in building the website requires a fee.

I hope they stop taking advantage of people. I have worked with direct sales and tangible products, that honor cancellations. I think honoring cancellations is a mark of a legitimate business. 3 day deadline is really too short. I just hope I checked, before I went in. With all the complaints about Storesonline with Better Business Bureau, this company should really stop operation . What is our government doing about this?

dan evans   ny

It's a moneypit run by unscrupulous moneygrubbing Mormons, i.e. mitt romney

Jon   Nebraska

I bought into the SOL scam back in 2004. I'm still holding out hope to get some of my money back someday. I have even tried sending all their material back. They refused it and it was returned to me. Storesonline has done nothing worthwhile for me.

Anonymous   Location unknown

I purchased this program almost 9 months ago. I already have an existing business and Stores Online promised to have my online store up and running within 30-60 days....Well 9 months later and faithful calling 2 to 3 times per week ,,,,my online has yet to be activated. It takes forever to get to a Supervisor and all the false promises of "it will be resolved in 24 hrs",,,,,,BS! The only thing thats resolved is they keep delaying the project and taking the monthly fee....(which has been stopped) and Ill look to other options for Online Selling! Professional Crooks

Allana Pritchett   Gilbert Arizona

I too would like to file a lawsuit against this company they have not helped me out and have given false information they have not sent us any of the gifts. I will be contacting the Attorney General in Arizona can anyone help me out on this.??

J. Jones   Dallas, TX

This company owes me money and I am interested in a class action lawsuit filed against them. Paid for it and got a license and they block my access from all my sites and wanted me to pay them more money for something I already paid. This was a few years back before websites got cheaper.

Anonymous   washington

Do not fall for this! It is a TRAP! A big TRAP to take all your money that you get from hard work.....Please folks! find some alternative because stores online has only one thing in their mind...that is to take your money and get in stupid contracts that you won't be able to get out!!! Their sales people stick to a pre made script...if you ever go to their seminar two time...it's always the same stuff..same corny jokes and same people appear in the seminars. I can't believe i fell for it. I haven't made a penny and each time i get something going for me...their is some technical difficulty that make it impossible to do the sale. I'm just tearful as writing this. The amount of time, energy and stress you put in, it's not worth it. They always have something else that you have to buy to make sales!!!! it's just not worth throwing your hard working money on these people. They are SCAM>>>>

CHERYL   AUSTRALIA

I BOUGHT A STORESONLINE PACKAGE FOR $5000 IN 2009. I DID ALSO PAY ANOTHER $3000 TO THEIR MARKETING COMPANY FOR SEO. IT TOOK ME ABOUT 12MONTHS TO GET MY SITE UP AND RUNNING AND I HAVEN'T LOOKED BACK. SINCE DAY ONE, I HAVE RANKED ON THE FIRST PAGE OF GOOGLE AND NOW AM NO 1 FOR MY PRODUCT.

I PUT IN A LOT OF HARD WORK IN THE FIRST 12MONTHS TO GET MY PRODUCT AND SITE GOING, BUT NOW IT IS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT. PEOPLE WHO DON'T NOW TOO MUCH ABOUT COMPUTERS AND AREN'T WILLING TO PUT IN THE HARD WORK, SHOULDN'T BUY FROM STORESONLINE. IT ISN'T EASY MONEY AND THEY DO EXPRESS YOU HAVE TO PUT THE TIME AND EFFORT INTO BUILDING YOUR STORE.

IT IS AN EXPENSIVE PACKAGE AND YOU CAN DO IT A LOT CHEAPER ELSEWHERE, BUT I AM HAPPY WITH MY STORESONLINE WEBSITE AND THE CUSTOMER SERVICE.
LIKE THEY SAY "NO PAIN, NO GAIN"
WORK HARD AND YOU GET THE BENEFITS.
I GIVE STORESONLINE A RATING OF 7 OUT OF 10.

Anonymous   NC

I am currently paying the loan back that cost close to 6 grand, and am paying 290 a month - is there any way I could stop the loan and they just keep what I have already paid? Like QUIT all together - no website, no storesonline, no nothing that relates to it? 290 a month is killing me right now.

Ozz   New Jersey

I huge disappointment---yes a scam . The customer service is not helpful at all. What they promised during the seminar is greatly exaggerated or non existent and in some false hoods . Is anyone planning a class action? I am In.

Dave McNabb   Crossville, TN

I know a lot of people that were screwed by StoresOnline! Don't deal with them. There ARE legitimate companies out there, like Etailogic, who will work with you to open your online business and help you do it right. My $0.02 anyway.

Jimmy Bean   kansas

Omg! Stores Online comes rolling into towns with their invitations. They give you a nice meal and bring up big names like the people who created google and the internet. Then they try to make you feel as though you can be that person. What they don't know was the people that created all that did it in their own garage. Anyways these people roll up in towns that haven't already been banned. Yes! Check online this Company is banned in more than 40 states and even in another country. A scam is something that leads people on and in the end hurts them financially, emotionally or physically. Basically it is not what they thought they paid for or what they were expecting and what they got was at such a poor standard that the customers are convinced they were scammed. So that is basically what Stores Online does. So let me show you how it breaks down into easy steps.

STEP 1: They invite you at no cost. People like free stuff! It's a good come on.

Step 2: They convince you to go to a second conference or workshop for less than 100 dollars and tell you its a fantastic deal because most workshops will cost up to 10k to even 30k. Another come on.

Step 3: The customer buys into it because it is thousands of dollars less but they don't really know thus being the people that are scammed.

Step 4: While your at the second Workshop they lead you on once again only this time they tell you to pay 6k for their software They use very pushy like salesman pitches and check your credit while you are listening to the speaker who is trying to sell the software although the customers do not know thus being the scammed.

Step 5: Some people buy others do not. They think they are done and 6k is less than the 10k to 30k the first speaker mentioned to them they do not know thus being scammed.

Step 6: The customers sign in to the website and Stores online charges them monthly because they activated their website.

Step 7: The customer wants to cancel but SOL customer service cannot be reached and their website chat and communication does not work. Thus the scammed are now feeling they did not get what they paid for and financially they get hurt because SOL charges them monthly while not even doing anything except draining their bank account dry and making them desperate and sometimes these customers lose everything live out on the street go from having some money to begging for money and now are HOMELESS.

Step 8: The SOL rep and workers do not care about you because there job was to sell the product. They did not make the product. They just work for the company and they have to make a living. They get at least 30% of the customers and they do not worry because they can make up to 100,000 dollars from one customer in a couple of years. They feel as though it is a donation and do not care. The key point is they do not care.

Step 9: Now the customer feels scammed because they are financially, emotionally and physically hurt. Not to mention the countless hours spent in front of a computer and the countless hours on the phone and all that to waste 100,000 dollars thus making their profit margin at about negative 100,000%. THE END!!!!!

Sarah   New Jersey

I admit I am one of the idiots who signed up for this bogus "money making" situation. Now I too, have a debt to a collections agency for a service I never used. It is really pathetic they are allowed to operate. They should be banned from ever doing anything with regards to internet marketing. I will certainly call the BBB and add my unhappy outcome to the roster of dissatisfied customers.

Anonymous   Location unknown

They hit me for 50.00. I guess I got lucky. I bought a license and password for 50 bucks that I could have got for free by clicking on their site.

Mike Jones   San San Antonio Texas

I think all the people that bought the stores online 5000 dollar software or decided to take it further and spend 30k on upgrades should slap themselves in the face and wake up. If you are in a room with a bunch of people you could have first asked people because people are customers and if the people tell you they would not buy that then more than likely it isn't a good choice. I went to the first seminar and the second. Here is a story a lady was sitting next to me happy a SOL rep came in front of her and said quoted exactly "YOUR NEXT" she said "NOW" he said "YES COME HERE!" Now is that anyway to treat your customer??? NO!! And she came back saying quote "Looks like I have to eat potato chips for the rest of the month with no shopping not even groceries" Later a rep approaches me and says quote "Oh I just checked your credit and you have PRISTINE credit" "So how would you like to pay for the software" I wait and say I'm not interested. She says quote"WHY DID YOU COME HERE THEN? WAS IT FOR THE FREE LAPTOP". So I'm thinking NO, I came here because I wanted to find out if it was for me and also I PAID TO COME HERE!!! I DID NOT COME FOR A FREE LAPTOP I OWN A DESKTOP COMPUTER AND A MACBOOK AND I HAVE A DEGREE UNLIKE MOST OF THEIR CUSTOMERS AND REPS. I'M ALSO A MILITARY VETERAN WHO RECEIVES BENEFITS! SO THE REP TELLS ME DID I COME JUST TO RECEIVE THE LAPTOP AND I"M THINKING THAT"S ONE OF THE REASONS AND THE OTHER REASON IS LUNCH AND 99 dollars for that bundle was not bad with no commitment. BELIEVE ME THE PEOPLE THAT BOUGHT THEIR SOFTWARE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO USE EBAY BECAUSE THERE SOFTWARE IS A COPY OF EBAY. STORES ONLINE ALSO MAKES A 10 percent PROFIT OFF OF THEIR CUSTOMERS SALES JUST LIKE EBAY BUT ON EBAY YOU DON"T HAVE TO PAY FOR THEIR SOFTWARE IT"S FREE!!!!!! SOL THEY CHARGE YOU UP TO 30K YOU CUSTOMERS ARE IDIOTS!!! NO WONDER WHY USA IS IN THE SHAPE THEY ARE IN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A GOLD RUSH AND YOU ENDED UP HITTING THE BOTTOM OF THE WELL WITH NO WATER. YOU DUG YOURSELF INTO A DEEP LONG HOLE AND YOU DIDN"T EVEN GET AS MUCH AS A THANK YOU FROM THE STORES ONLINE COMPANY FOR MAKING THEM 30K PLUS DOLLARS!! IDIOTS!! DID YOU WATCH THE VIDEO OF THAT KID SAYING I LEARNED MORE AT SOL THAN HE EVER WOULD HAVE AT A UNIVERSITY?? AND YOU BOUGHT INTO THAT TOO?? DID YOU HEAR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S VOICE BEFORE SHE WENT TO PAY FOR THE SOFTWARE, AND THAN YOU HEARD HER VOICE AFTER AND YOU STILL BOUGHT INTO THEIR SOFTWARE?? DID YOU EXPERIENCE THE REP WHO WAS RUDE SAYING WHY DID YOU COME HERE WHEN YOU PAID TO COME THERE AND SIT THERE LIKE A NORMAL AMERICAN WITH RIGHTS WHEN YOU PAY FOR SOMETHING YOU GET WHAT YOU PAID FOR BUT IN THE END THE REP WANTS TO BE RUDE AND DESPERATE AND SAY WHY DID YOU COME AND YOU STILL BOUGHT INTO THEIR SOFTWARE!! ALL I CAN SAY WHOEVER BOUGHT THEIR SOFTWARE ARE COMPLETE IDIOTS AND YOU SHOULD GET YOU LIFE BACK AND START AT THE BOTTOM LIKE EVERY OTHER SUCCESSFUL PERSON. GO TO SCHOOL, AND NOT HIGHSCHOOL I MEAN COLLEGE GO GET A DEGREE AND SHOW PEOPLE HOW SMART YOU ARE. DON'T LET PEOPLE TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN AND CANNOT DO. ALSO THE SOL REP SAID NOT EVERYBODY MAKES IT IN THEIR STORE SO ITS A GAMBLE GAMBLES ARE NOT CERTAIN SO IF THEY ARE SURE IT WILL NOT WORK FOR EVERYBODY BUT THEY CHARGE EVERYBODY THE SAME AMOUNT EVEN IF THEY KNOW THEY WILL NOT SUCCEED WHY TAKE A GAMBLE?? DO THE RIGHT THING GET AN EDUCATION AT COLLEGE AND BE SMART DON'T BE DUMMIES FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIVES!!! HAHAHA!!YOU LOST 30K DOLLARS!! I MADE 30K DOLLARS!! YOU ARE FRUSTRATED HAVE TO CALL PEOPLE EVERYDAY ABOUT A WEBSITE PROBLEM?? I USE A WEBSITE THAT WILL MAKE ME MONEY!! IT'S CALLED AN EDUCATI0N!!

Anonymous   Unknown

I used to work for StoresOnline and I quit because I hated dealing with cancellations. Many quit for the same reason. We didn't feel that it was a moral job trying to convince people that had no idea how to work a computer to start an online business.

That being said. I have dealt with customers that are hard-driven and make it with StoresOnline. They are the extreme select few that choose a decent product and dedicate themselves to it. Save your money and invest in something more stable. I'm glad to be done with my job there and feel better about myself now

Cassandra   Minneapolis

MY HUSBAND GOT FOOLED INTO THIS SCAM, HE IS NOW SICK AND STILL TRYING WORK TO PAY Storeonline , NO MATTER HOW MUCH I TALK TO HIM, HE SAID THAT IF HE STOP PAYING THEM THEY WILL SUE HIM. HE SIGN ALL THE PAPERS A YEAR AGO TO GET THIS CO. STARTED, WITHOUT TELLING ME OR GIVING US A CHANCE TO LOOK IT OVER. THEY KNEW THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT COMPUTERS HE IS JUST A HARD WORKING MAN THAT WAS TIRED OF WORKING TWO JOBS ALL OF HIS LIFE, SO HE FELL FOR IT, THEY TOLD HIM THAT A CHILD CAN RUN THIS BUSINESS HE HAS NOT GOT THIS COMPANY SET UP OR ANYTHING THEY JUST KEEP TAKING HIS MONEY HE WORKS 16 HOURS MOST DAYS, AND AFTER TAKING 2 HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH THE CAME BACK AND NOW GETTING A EXTRA 118 DOLLARS FOR TRAINING A MONTH HE THINKS THAT THIS IS HIS TICKET OUT OF WORKING TWO JOB. IF HE KEEP PAYING THIS MONEY WE WILL LOSE OUR HOME SOON I AM INTERESTED IN ANY CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT BROUGHT AGAINST THIS COMPANY HELP!!!

Travis   AZ

If they're billing your credit card, call your credit card company and get a new card number; report it stolen if you have to (JUST GET A NEW CARD NUMBER). The company won't be able to just bill the new card number, my wife ran into the same issue with another company. Sorry you guys ran into trouble though, this is a drag as I really was looking forward to using them. My cousin got wrapped up before I did, thank God.

Anonymous   Alabama

The fall of 2007 I spent $5000.00 on my credit card for stores online websites. I tried to cancel and was not able, this company is a rip off.

Dave S.   NJ

What a scam - two weeks wasted trying to get a price and a proof of a custom flag. In the end, they won't even show me the proof unless I pay in full upfront.