Authority BuildersReviews of authority.builders

I paid Authority Builders $22,250 for Digital PR and ABC+ link building services between October 2025 and January 2026. My experience was extremely disappointing and I feel compelled to warn other businesses considering their services. DIGITAL PR SERVICE - ZERO DELIVERY ($4,250): On January 28, 2026, I paid $4,250 for their "Intermediate PR Plus Package" which was advertised on their website as "Guaranteed 24+ placements per month." After payment, I received 30 days of complete silence - no deliverables, no progress updates, no communication whatsoever. When I complained on February 25, 2026, the service description suddenly changed. I was told it was actually a "one-off batch of 10 earned media placements" - a term that was never mentioned during the sales process or on the invoice. To date, I have received ZERO placements despite full payment. On March 10, 2026, their General Manager (Corey Batt) stated "Everything has been completed to the agreed standards." This is demonstrably false - I received nothing for my $4,250. ABC+ LINK BUILDING - QUALITY ISSUES ($18,000): I also paid $18,000 for two ABC+ link building campaigns ($9,000 each for .com.au and .com domains). Authority Builders advertises a "minimum 1,000 monthly organic traffic" quality standard for placements. I conducted a third-party audit using SEMrush and found that 16.4% of the delivered links (9 out of 80 domains) fell below this stated minimum. When I raised this issue, I was again told "everything completed to standards" despite documented evidence to the contrary. During the campaign period, my website traffic declined 32.9% (from 17,700 to 11,800 monthly visitors per SEMrush data). MATERIAL NON-DISCLOSURE: The specification sheet containing critical service terms was only provided on March 2, 2026 - 33 days AFTER I made the $4,250 payment. This prevented me from making an informed decision before purchasing. CEO IGNORED ESCALATION: I escalated this matter directly to Marc Hardgrove, CEO of Next Net Media (Authority Builders' parent company), via multiple emails with detailed evidence. Despite being directly addressed and CC'd on correspondence, he provided zero response and allowed subordinates to make statements I can prove are false. RECOMMENDATION: Based on my experience: - Zero delivery on a $4,250 service - Substandard quality on $18,000 in services (16.4% below their own standards) - Service description changed after payment - Material terms hidden until after payment - False statements about completion - CEO ignored escalation with evidence I cannot recommend Authority Builders. I have filed complaints with the FTC, FBI (IC3), and initiated a chargeback dispute. Other businesses should carefully consider whether they want to risk a similar experience. I would strongly encourage anyone considering Authority Builders to consider alternative providers with more transparent practices

Scam, our card is charged month over month in spite of asking to stop the service (PBN low quality links)

NOT WORTH THE MONEY! LOOK ELSEWHERE! After three months and $3,000 dollars, this company's "efforts" to provide backlinks failed miserably. No only did their backlinks not improve my site's organic traffic, but THEIR EFFORTS ACTUALLY LOWERED MY WEBSITE'S TRUST/AUTHORITY SCORE! Making matters worse, my account rep tried to take credit for the site's growth solely on the handful of backlinks they created. When I called him out on the statistics that other website improvements were the actual factors improving growth, he could not defend it! Sadly, I feel for the people who don't know any better who get duped by this company! When I asked them to work an additional 90 days on their dime to prove me wrong, they wouldn't even commit to that. HORRIBLE COMPANY!

The worst place to gain backlinks from. Better to do outreaches and everything else for yourself. They do not show the websites that they offer (blurred out), basically, you pay, for example, $300 for a guest post that you don't even know if it will be legit, indexed and if it will even be posted and you have to rely on their platforms statistics about your chosen website. You cant even check the site yourself before buying. They offer you the opportunity to ask for a custom list that they gather for you and send it over with lists of websites in your niche. I requested that because my niche is specific and I cannot get backlinks as easy as "normal" niches. (I am in adult business) Then there was a guy called Adam that "sent" me a list, and also a link where I can access that list. Of course, it is in my profile section called "custom lists" - but... there is no list... They didn't even make one. Just probably some automated email or something from them. So then I ask why I can't see the websites because that is just pretty bad if I cannot see where my guest post with my websites link will be posted, why they are blurred out. (From the general list, not the custom list) So-called Adam says that I need to sign an NDA before he can "unlock" the websites. He sends over a PDF that I need to sign. Also in the same email when I asked why I can't see the websites I asked why under "custom lists" there is no list that he "created". He ignored that part... So about the NDA. I sign it and tell him that it's weird that I have to sign something like that because for such sites there is, usually upon registration, an "accept rules" button about such things and so on. And this is where he just ignores me. He opens my emails pretty fast, which makes me think that it's a bot or something, but if not then he is just ignoring me (I have an extension that shows if someone opens the email) Another thing is that - looks like their FB reviews are bought and they accidentally told the wrong niche that bought people should leave a review about because all the reviews are about forex trading, LOL... Or they have just bought an old forex trading FB account and renamed it. Sad... Stay away from these guys.