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BlogPress (theblogpress.com) has 183 customer reviews on Five Star Index, with an average rating of 4.4 out of 5.
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theblogpress.com
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Frisco
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2026
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Can't log in. recaptcha is a pain. all they are interested in are new customers.
Response from BlogPressMay 14, 2020
Hi Stuart.
I am researching your account - Have you reached out to our support team for login assistance as I'm not seeing a support request?
1. You can reset your password using the Lost Password link at the bottom of the form.
2. You can contact our support team at any time by clicking on the Blue Icon at the bottom right of the website.
I'm not seeing an active account for you? I do see an old account from 2016? Is this the account that you are attempting to login to?
Please reply here or contact our support team and we'll be happy to assist you.
Best,
Jennifer
BlogPress Customer Success
JB
James B.
Really Bad customer service
Really Bad customer service. Cancelled my account but they continued to take out. Owner does not want to refund money to accounts that have been closed and ones they owe money to. They also enjoy taking out more than one payment per month. Like kind of slipping that in hoping you don't notice it. So you have been warned. STAY AWAY!!!!! The company also stated an absolute lie when they commented and stated that I use foul and attacking language. Now that is desperate on their part. What company fabricates a lie about customers? THIS ONE! I never used foul language one time in my post but I was to the point. Isn't it strange that you do not offer customers a way to contact other than just email. You have no customer service experience at all and it really shows in how you treat others. Its amazing how you are labeled when you disagree with others. I am actually laughing about them saying I used abusive language. Good thing you do own your company. You cannot take criticism. I even read on this site they were reviewing my review to see if it meets their terms. You asked for reviews and you got one that was honest. Please show me anywhere where I used foul an attacking language. You can't because I did not! It is sad for a company to lie on customers and it really shows there character. I
Response from BlogPressApr 21, 2017
Hi James.
As I've stated many times via our support system.
I'm not seeing a cancellation request in our system. How did you attempt to contact us? I will be happy to honor that request even if you sent the request to the wrong email address. I just need some sort of documentation that it happened - if you could find that email or support message, it would be very helpful.
In the meantime, I've canceled your account so that you won't get billed again.
If the regular payment fails on the scheduled date, it will be retried a few more times over a period of a few weeks. Your scheduled billing date is on the 18th of each month. It does look like the March payment for $14.95 failed a few times - that's why it came out on the 3rd. We then billed your account as scheduled for $14.95 on April 18th.
There is no scam here. Your account was canceled the same day we received your request on April 20th and you will not be billed again.
You signed up for a subscription service.
You were billed on a monthly interval as agreed.
You requested cancellation and your account was canceled.
The BlogPress terms clearly say that you will be billed each month until you cancel - this is reiterated on your receipt. The terms also very clearly say that there are no refunds after the 14-day trial period and that you are responsible for all charges until you cancel.
Everything is very clear and in black and white. There is no deception or intent to deceive.
I proudly stand by the service and the character of this company.
--Jennifer
BlogPress Customer Success
PB
Patti B.
Horrible experience! I did not receive a service for my money!
*** Updated*** Please do not fall for the reply posted below, and understand the unethical billing they attempted. To paraphrase the formal disclaimer received,"We are cancelling your service, so you will receive absolutely no product for your money, but we do still want you to pay half of the cost of the product we are not providing."
They are correct in saying they didn't cancel my account until we spoke after I saw the auto-draft come out of my bank account, but they cancelled it first, and THEN and only then told me they would only be refunding half of the fee.
As far as them reporting my post as "slanderous", I have the screenshots to back up my claim. Slander only occurs when what someone is alleging is NOT true. My bank agreed a company may not charge a dime unless they provide a product or service in exchange and returned my money, and if I decide to proceed with blogging, it will be with one of the many cheaper month-to-month providers I discovered via a quick Google search for "reputable blog hosting companies".
Also, I do not believe the marketing campaign claiming I received a significant value for allowing them eternal access to my bank account. On February 2, 2017, they sent me an e-mail offering me LIFETIME service for $97. It is my feeling that $97 for only one year is not a good value when some of their customers are receiving 50 years for the same $97.
***Original Post*** Beware of their auto-renew clause. I opened an account over two years ago and never did anything with it (seriously not one blog). I apparently missed the first "auto-renew", and they just tried again to charge me yet another $97 for a third year of service I am not receiving. I contacted them expecting a quick, ethical resolution. The customer service representative CANCELLED my service, then tried to charge me half of their fee, anyways. I am extremely disappointed with my experience, and feel as though they employed their small print to financially exploit me.
Response from BlogPressMar 1, 2017
Hi Patti.
As I explained in great detail over text, this was your 3rd yearly renewal and your account was not cancelled until we spoke. You made no attempt to reach out to us or indicate in any way that you wanted to cancel your account prior to this conversation.
Surely, you can agree that the responsibility to use, not use, or cancel your service falls squarely on you.
The advantage of pre-paying for the full year in advance is that you get a discount of more than 40% off of the regular month-to-month cost.
The disadvantage is that you will need to set a reminder for yourself so that you don't forget to cancel if you no longer wish to continue.
BlogPress is a subscription service, just like your cell phone, Amazon Prime, and Netflix accounts. It will continue to auto-renew until you cancel.
To help you remember, BlogPress sends out several reminder emails before your account renews so that you have ample time to cancel the account before the next renewal date.
The quotation in your review is factually incorrect and does match my statements or BlogPress practices: "We are cancelling your service, so you will receive absolutely no product for your money, but we do still want you to pay half of the cost of the product we are not providing."
Please see below for the correct and accurate policy on refunds and cancellations.
BlogPress provides full access to your account for the duration of your discounted, pre-paid yearly subscription as explained in our Terms of Service. BlogPress would never charge for a service that is not provided.
The BlogPress refund policy clearly states that there are no refunds outside of the 14-day trial period.
We do however make an exception for our yearly customers who may have forgotten to cancel their accounts.
We offer a 50% refund of $48.50 to our yearly customers because we understand that sometimes, you just get busy and forget...
It's our way of sharing the responsibility with you.
I'm sure you can see that is more than fair.
I hope I have answered your questions and concerns thoroughly. If not, feel free to reach out to our support team for additional assistance.
--Jennifer
BlogPress Customer Success
TO
toshiko
Complicated
I thought that this would be something that I could do to earn extra money and learn how to blog. But it has been an arduous process with little assistance. I admit that I have been assisted. However, I can only be assisted by email which takes to long in between my inquiries and their responses. I am not a blogger and have absolutely no idea what I'm doing. The tutorials are okay, but still not enough and don't compensate for my particular learning curve. I cannot interact with the tutorial. This process has been extremely frustrating so I have not bothered to do anymore with it. I'm sure this company is okay with the fact that I have not done anything else because they have already been paid for the year. I would not recommend this blog site or process to anyone. They should consider assisting new members verbally as needed. PS...If I could give less than one star I would.
Response from BlogPressSep 14, 2016
Hi there.
I'm so sorry that you're feeling frustrated. Blogging can be a challenge to learn as there are many moving parts. It sounds like what you're looking for is a 1-on-1 coaching program and that is not something we can offer for $14.59 per month.
Also, I'm not sure if you noticed, but we did recently partnered with Intercom to provide on-site chat/text support. It's not voice, but like I said that would not be possible at our price point. Most requests are answered in less than an hour during business hours.
I would love to hear more about where you feel the tutorials are lacking so that we can make them better. Our goal is to help you succeed!
-- Jennifer
BlogPress Customer Success
AL
Al
Poor customer support structure
Being restricted to email only makes it very difficult to make acceptable progress when you don't know what you don't know. For problem solving email work fine, but not for coaching / mentoring.
Response from BlogPressMay 26, 2016
Hi Al.
I'm terribly sorry for any misunderstanding, but we do not have a mentoring and coaching program at this time. We are considering the addition of a coaching program this year, but please understand that it's not financially feasible to offer one-on-one, over the phone, coaching for $14.95 per month.
Have you started the 90-Day Blogging Success training?
This training walks you step-by-step (text, images, and video) through everything you need to do to start a successful blog. It is the "know what you don't know" part of the training. Plus, we are here to answer all of your questions and help with any snags along the way.
Let me know if there's anything specific you need help with and I'll be happy to help!
--Jennifer
BlogPress Customer Success
MA
Martin
Terrible service
You only use email and some of the message appear to be automated? not sure, but I dropped my acct.
Response from BlogPressNov 3, 2015
Hi Martin. Thanks for your candid feedback.
Yes, it's true that we only offer email support at this time, but I assure you all support responses are from real people with the exception of the confirmation email that you receive letting you know that a ticket has been opened - that one is automated.
We hope to add live chat support in the very near future.
--Jennifer
