Bolt DealsReviews of boltdeals.io

Do your due diligence before hiring this company. Mine cost me $19,000 for one appointment. I hired this firm to run paid search and gave them a single, clearly specified requirement: target a 30-mile radius around my main location. That is not what they did. They set the campaign to the entire Nielsen DMA for Des Moines, IA — a broadcast media region covering most of central Iowa, well beyond anything I asked for. This demonstrated that they aren't listening, or can't communicate instructions to whoever they're farming this out to, or both. They were buying a reach of 2.8 million people, roughly four times the population of the area I actually specified. I flagged the error. It was not corrected. I flagged it a second time. It was still not corrected. When I finally received an explanation of how the campaign was set up, the explanation itself was incorrect. The results were exactly what you'd expect from a campaign pointed at the wrong geography.I prepaid a $10,000 management fee (BIG mistake) and spent $9,251 in ad spend — $19,251 total — for three local leads and one appointment. That is roughly $6,400 per lead and over $19,000 for a single deal. The refund process has followed the same pattern. I asked for a partial refund, knowing they're under no obligation to do so, thinking, maybe Ben will do the right thing since such an egregious error was made. I requested a refund on July 27. After a week of silence, on August 3 I was told, "I haven't forgotten, will get to this today post-meetings." As I write this on August 11, I have heard nothing further. I'm not writing this out of frustration — I'm writing it so the next business evaluating this company has the information I didn't. Read the independent reviews before you sign. I wish I had.

I had two calls with Bolt Deals and left extremely disappointed with the experience. The first call lasted around 40 minutes, and the second call lasted about an hour. During both meetings, I was asked extensive questions about my business, PPC campaigns, KPIs, marketing strategy, operations, and goals. I was transparent because I expected the same level of transparency from the agency. Before the calls, I clearly explained that I had previously been burned by another PPC agency and was currently evaluating multiple providers. My goal was simple: understand what makes Bolt Deals different and why I should trust them with my marketing budget. Unfortunately, after nearly two hours invested across two meetings, I still don’t have an answer. I was told they had a presentation, processes, systems, and experience to share. However, when I asked to see examples of their work, dashboards, case studies, campaign structure, reporting, or anything that would demonstrate their capabilities, I was told they were not comfortable sharing information because they didn’t yet trust me. That approach makes no sense. As a prospective client, I am the one taking the risk. Asking a prospect to spend hours answering questions while refusing to demonstrate your own expertise creates a completely one-sided process. What made the experience even stranger was the fact that the call started with comments about how I looked tired and suggestions to reschedule, despite me being fully prepared to continue the meeting. At the end of two calls, I felt like I had been interviewed rather than presented with a compelling business case for hiring the agency. If you’re considering Bolt Deals, I would strongly recommend asking upfront exactly what proof of performance, case studies, dashboards, or examples they are willing to show before investing your time. My experience was a significant time commitment with very little value provided in return.

⚠️ Buyer beware: Bolt Deals took $15,000 and delivered nothing. They guaranteed in writing — 3 closed deals in 90 days, or they work for free. I trusted that and put $15,000 on my credit card. What did I get? Garbage. Low-quality leads in the middle of nowhere, terrible areas, completely unworkable. Zero deals closed. They also promised to build a premium website for my business. They delivered nothing. On top of that, they made a testimonial video of me and my business partner and posted it on their social media — using our image to promote themselves while they were failing to deliver on every promise they made. They’ll face legal consequences for that too. When I pushed back, the owner and his team got unprofessional fast. I asked for a copy of our agreement so my lawyer could review it. They refused — then vanished. Phone, email, everything. Gone. If you’re thinking about hiring Bolt Deals: don’t. Protect your money and your business. And to Bolt Deals — this isn’t over. I’m actively pursuing legal action and I will not let this go. You’re going to answer for it. $15,000 gone. Nothing to show for it. Learn from my mistake. — Ahmad Safar | CEO of Safar Holdings

To say I was lied to and misled would be an understatement. This company needs to be reported for false advertising. I don’t write reviews very often, but I felt the need to let people know about my experience with Bolt Deals so they do not get burned like I did. First of all, let me preface this by saying I am an experienced real estate investor who has an acquisition team who is experienced in closing deals. At the time we were closing 5 to 7 deals per month on our own. Bolt Deals promised multiple times that We would get 3 to 5 additional deals per month and if we didn’t, then they would work for free. This however, was in no way true. When I brought this up to them, they explained to me that the deal was if I got three contracts in total then they would not work for free. They also make you pay $7500 for the first three months which is nonrefundable. This of itself is false advertising in my opinion. This is not the biggest lie that I was told. I was told many times that there would be market exclusivity meaning that Bolt Deals would not run ads for anyone else in my market. I found out very quickly that this was untrue and when I brought it up, they said their definition of market exclusivity means they can run ads for up to three people in the same market, which is a complete contradiction of what I was told before joining. Honestly, this could be overlooked, though if they weren’t running the EXACT SAME ADVERTISEMENT for my competitor in my market. The level of laziness to not even change one word in the ad is crazy to me. Even after bringing this up and being told that they would change it, they never did and I later counted seven other companies running the same exact ad as me in my market. Only after I brought it up a fourth time, did they change the ad to some very low quality video and did not produce engagement. They also have a very subpar virtual assistant who they call a lead manager, but their speed to lead was on average over two hours which really hurts conversion rates. After six months and over $30,000 spent with Bolt Deals I finally canceled my subscription with them. This was the biggest waste of money in my business to date. I invested over $30,000 and countless hours of my and my teams time just to have nothing to show for it. I HOPE THIS SERVES AS A WARNING TO ANYONE WHO IS POTENTIALLY INTERESTED IN DOING BUSINESS WITH THIS SHELL OF A COMPANY. DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME AND MONEY.

Don't do business with Bolt Deals!!!!!! The owner, Ben, won't return calls, emails or other DMs. I prepaid 6 months for their marketing agency fees and had to fire them after 3 months. They would've even have the consideration to return the unused marketing agency service fees of thousands of dollars. Save yourself the the headaches and walk away before you give them money.

I ended my contract after the 3 month period, leads I was getting were in the middle of nowhere and they kind of force you to go virtual even though I did not want to. I was charged 2500.00 the next month when I said I wanted to cancel, Ben does not answer Dms due to me requested my 2500.00 back and now the number I had to communicate they do not answer anymore.

I am a member of Rhino Tribe as well as Titanium University. I recently (11/24 - 5/25) spent $30k with Bolt Deals. $15k in mgmt and $15k with their ad buyer. They provide you with written procedures on their speed to lead, follow up, and drip campaign. After poor ROI results, I began spot-checking their Speed to Lead and Follow up and quickly found out that they were not doing what I contracted them to do. When I confronted them, their CEO Benjamin Hoang reached out to tell me they fired my "success coach" that I was working with due to my situation among others. When I asked for compensation, Benji wanted to deflect the breach of contract and talk about the appointments they did set as if that made what they weren't doing somehow ok. $30k lesson learned. Talk to me before you invest with Bolt Deals. Steve Stodnick 636.484.0033

Over promises and under delivers, just straight up lied on the Zoom call. I would not recommend them to anybody. Very expensive lesson learned, hopefully I can save the next person their time and money before being lied to