ez8aReviews of ez8a.com

I wish I could say that my experience with ez8a was wonderful, but it wasn't. The first consultant analyst assigned to me stated that we would start with the EDWOSB application first. That was the first red flag to me, as the first step needs to be the SAM.gov registration. I constantly had to follow up with her about submitting my EDWOSB application because she kept giving me excuses that she ran out out time today, or the system froze and kicked her out, etc. However, I was able to log in after a couple of attempts. Once she finally submitted the application, I logged in to check the status only to find that several pieces of information were entered incorrectly. She told me that the information carries over from the SAM.gov site, but when I checked the information in Login.gov, it was correct. Red flag #2. When I challenged her on it, she told me that it common for the personal information to have a couple of errors and that it is something that can be easily addressed in clarification with the SBA. I prefer for things to be done properly the first time-especially if I'm paying over $5000 for your company to do it. I also discovered that she never entered the information to state that my application was prepared and submitted by a consultant. Red Flag #3. The SBA asks for this information. At this point, I became so frustrated by my emails getting lost and having to resend them; repeatedly having to ask her if she was going to work on my application and only then would she log on to the site to do anything; lack of effective communication because she did not explain things clearly and I had to follow up with another email to try to understand what it was that needed to be done; having to follow up on requests for information; not being proactive, that I reached out to her manager and asked to work with a different analyst.. I shouldn't have had to keep logging in to the beta site to see the status of my application. I did not know about the errors in my application until I logged on to view the summary myself. She either didn't review it, or failed to see the importance of communicating this to the client so they are fully up to date. I was assigned to the senior analyst. She reiterated that I would need to show an additional $100k-$150k in revenue before they could submit my 8(a) BD application to the SBA because my sales were low for the previous 2 years and the SBA would require it. I sent an email directly to the SBA for clarification on this requirement. This was NOT true. The SBA confirmed that there is NO MINIMUM revenue requirement. Red Flag #4. At this point, I stopped communicating with anyone from ez8a and proceeded to submit my application on my own. I achieved my 8(a) certification without any help from ez8a. Save your money and your sanity by using a different consulting firm, or do it on your own.

Do not trust these people with your business or your money. After our initial conversation with Mark he was confident our business would meet SBA guidelines for certification. It wasn’t until he charged a second retainer I didn’t authorize that he let us know we didn’t meet guidelines. We gave full disclosure and transparency of our business at the initial consultation. The information given should have been enough to let him know we didn’t qualify however we were misled to believe it would. After requesting a call back from Mark directly and making an appointment to speak to him he and his entire staff ghosted us. He didn’t believe refunding our company even a 50% was fair after he misled us and we spend countless hours gathering documents. It was a complete waste of our company time and resources.

My experience is much like some of the others on here. You pay your money upfront, they provide templates that you fill out and then submit your application for you. In our situation, our representative Sarah Beck told us that there is a 180 day Procurement Acquisition Lead Time for the schedule we were submitting. We waited this amount of time without hearing anything back from the company and then called to obtain a status. It was only then that she checked on our application and found out she never received a confirmation for the package as one of the files she submitted was corrupt. After waiting all of this time, she informed we had no other choice but to resubmit the package and wait the 180 days all over again. I spoke with her supervisor, Nicole Hatchell, who was apologetic but did not offer any solution, including a refund of our money due to their company's poor service and gross oversight. As of this date, 11/19/2018, it has been two years and we still have not had a review from the Contracting Officer. Every couple of months a one-line email is sent to him to request a status, but this company does not do anything more to get your application reviewed or pushed through. I have read some of the reviews on here and the buyer should be aware that this company will not refund your money even with such a large mistake as they made on our application. I have called several times for Nicole Hatchell and have not received a return phone call. However, I see that she responds to the written complaints on here with after-the-fact excuses, which I am sure she will do with this review also. Additionally, I see that a group of their employees have reviewed their own company on their Facebook page. This is also rather unethical and shows a certain degree of desperation. BEWARE! Update... Although Nicole Hatchel's response states that her employees did not review their own company on Facebook, I urge you to go to their list of reviews and see the 5 star review from our representative, Sarah Beck, for yourselves. I have a screen shot of it if anyone would like it before it is deleted. As for her comment that I am speaking about 'other clients" in my review? I have no idea what she is speaking about? It was ez8a that submitted my application incorrectly and then did not follow up on it. And I have proof of this as well if required. As mentioned....let the buyer beware!

What happened to Stan Jones is EXACTLY what has happened to me. lgarrett18--Stan, if you want to talk this email is at outlook dot com. On 24, July 2015, I paid $5000 to EZ 8a who said that they would help me get my 8a certification. All they did was send me Excel spreadsheets and collected all of my PII (and my money, of course). They have done nothing else for me and when I complained they gave me a new representative to work with who did the same thing. They told me I needed to have clients before I could get my 8a and then left me hanging. It has been close to 2 years, I still don't have my 8a and they still have my $5000. They expect me to keep waiting until the end of the year and I still don't believe that they would be capable of performing, even if I gave them everything they need. I have lost trust and confidence in this company completely. I can't get my money back because it has been over 90 days. I told them I didn't have clients at the time I paid them, and they said it wouldn't matter because that criteria could be waived. The said that they would extend my services to the end of 2017, but the only thing they have given me is time and Excel spreadsheets. The new company I am working with sent me links to the 8a website that is used by the government to enter the information and upload the necessary forms that are needed by the government representative for my company. The people who work for EZ 8a work from home, they don't sound professional at all, in fact the first representative they gave me had barking dogs and crying babies in the background--that's when I first knew I was in trouble, but I gave them the benefit of the doubt. If you hire this company, then your expectations should start at the lowest point, and you should expect that you will receive nothing for the money you spend. I am a competent business owner who believed that this company would help me. I wasted close to two years depending upon them to deliver a much needed certification to grow my business. I DO NOT recommend this company, and if you wish to know more, please feel free to visit my company website Vigbizsolutions or Vero Integritas Global Inc. I have switched to Jonathan Clate at Paxton Hydra Inc. who has completed the initial process for me to be submitted to the WOSB program, and has done for me in two days (at less than half the price) of what EZ 8a took from me). In fact they could not do for me in nearly two years what the new company has done for me!!! Stay away from EZ8a!!!!

I hired them to process my 8a application about 1 year ago and paid them over $2000. They were supposed to handle most of the paperwork but once I paid all they would do is send me templates where I had to fill out all the paperwork. Each time I needed something else they informed me it would be an additional fee. Finally after months of back and forth my application was submitted and denied by the SBA. I hired a new company for about 1/2 the cost and within 3 months my application was submitted and accepted by the SBA. If you want to waste time and money hire EZ8a otherwise find someone else.