Suraiya Y.
Beware of scams!!!
Beware!!! My partner started working on her skincare products during the pandemic, and we contacted designfication to help us with website design. From the get-go, there was something shady about their way of doing business; very pushy business tactics, and in less than two months, our project had been tossed around among three people already, at least, which I found weird. After some search on the internet, a guy by the name of Kevin contacts me from designfication, and after some back and forth, he agreed to build the website for $400 for 25 products. Right away, he asks me for full payment before work commenced, and I asked him why not, at least, make part payment up front and the rest once the project is done? He insisted it's how they do their work. I went ahead with the payment with the expectation that I would get some document or at least some breakdown of what comes with the $400 package. Nothing! I asked him about it, and he said because "the $400 is usually not what they charge" he could not provide anything. That was a red flag for me, but I had already made the payment so I decided to ride along. I was then assigned a different person (Mark) who asked me to fill out a questionnaire, and right before they began "working" on the website, they asked if I wanted to add 'live chat' and 'payment method integration' to the project to which I answered in the affirmative, but then I was told they came at extra costs. When I asked why should I be paying for those when I had not been provided any breakdown upfront that stated clearly these "other services" were not included, I was told that's what my $400 covered. Then came Karen, the new project "manager", who basically parroted the same bs as previous "managers" when I asked about what exactly was included in my work. She even came up with yet other charges if I wanted them to do things like privacy policy, return policy, and some other contents. Finally, I had had enough, and when I decided to part ways with them and asked for a partial refund, I was told that my work was about 99% done when, in fact, all they had done to that point was to upload a theme, include an 'About' page which I provided them, include a phone number, and upload a logo(which I paid $50 for). Sadly, that's all my hard-earned $400 could get me. So my uncompleted website was handed over to me without any refund. On top of all this, the website was to be on a domain and hosting I purchased separately from another vendor, so all they had to do was to build the website and they failed to do so. To anyone looking to build a website, I would advise you to save yourself the headache and look for better and more affordable options out there. And if, for some reason, you still decide to go with designfication, don't let them push you (as they can be very persistent and persuasive) into making a full payment upfront without any form of signed agreement stating what is/is not included in your package. I have learned it the hard, I guess. Thank you.
Response from DesignficationSep 7, 2021
Dear ibrahim/Suraiya Yakubu, It is really sad to see your bad review here as you paid $400 for a 25 Products E-Commerce Store which we provided to you with additional discounts and $50 for a Logo Design, however on our website you can see our packages and prices. Please see below your email chain confirmation of your complete website delivery acknowledged by yourself to your account manager. Please Note: We are not allowed to disclose confidential information of any of our clients, but looking at the severity of the review we are releasing details such as website credentials, package prices, However credentials have been changed by the client of the website before posting this review. From: Suraiya Yakubu [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 20, 2021 4:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Website Live & Credentials Hi Karen, Thanks for your email. This is to acknowledge receipt of the final documents for the website, however, there was a request to update the phone number in the email I forwarded to you that was intended for Mark. Thank you. BI. On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 7:04 PM [email protected] wrote: Hello Ibrahim, Hope you doing well. This is to inform you that the website that we have created has been deployed live on the agreed terms that the content and product pictires will be update by the client , we are sharing credentials up and website is up and running. Keep this email safe as it contains some important details about your website. DO NOT PLAY AROUND WITH ANY CREDENTIALS UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING, ELSE YOUR DATA WILL BE WIPED OUT. Live Url: https://kelanaturals.com/ Admin Panel: https://kelanaturals.com/wp-admin/ Username: kelanaturals_admin Password: @kelanaturals2021# At this point designfication consider the project finished completed and delivered to you however we are here for you to provide you with support about any questions related to your website and keeping track of any bugs in the deployed version. Let me know if you need any additional information. Thanks & Regards, Karen Jacob Project Head Design Fication Cell: (872-246-8509) Email: [email protected] Website: www.designfication.com Thanks and Regards, Design Fication



