VocalReviews of vocal.media

This company is a BIG SCAM. Unlike Medium, which I have used for years, the website and support staff are horrible. After spending countless hours...trying to write and save my work, nothing would save. All I received in my numerous attempts to resolve the problem via emails were "form replies," over and over. I tried all recommendations to no avail for 10 days. This was, if course, after I FOOLISHLY paid an annual membership BEFORE using the site. The final suggestion was that I needed a newer phone (it is the newest model every other internet site, Medium.com, and all other apps throughout the world). Or I could use a computer, which I had also tried U SUCCESSFULLY numerous times. I finally asked them to refund my payment since I was unable to use the site. Then the email: sorry, we don't give refunds. Naturally I continued to receive additional daily marketing emails and had to block the company. Another lesson learned. I could not get a refund from my credit card company because by purchasing the service, despite it being non-functional, I had implicitly agreed to their no-refund policy. Any honorable company can refund funds if s customer is unable to use the service. I suspect the issue related to my location abroad, but the company had no interest in addressing the problem or inquiring ad to details. Only form replies...the same ones over and over, just from different individuals. I only now can file a claim with the NY Better Business Bureau and AG consumer fraud department. More wasted time but perhaps to dissuade other writers. KJ

Listen guys! Do not fall for it I got hacked and apparently many users had been as well, whic is unusual as the site should have fix their system at this point but no , it's a low quality website that doesn't garantee the earnings, forget about it your info and credentials and time are not worth it!

The same people get top story all the time. One persons in particular writes an article and straight away top story?? A lot of talents are ignored because of this. It's rigged to favour those with the social media to influence others to the platform to bring in more memberships. I'm not sure who judges the contests but they are looking for the text book clique of stories/poems rather than the diversity and creativity of writers.

I am very new in writing blogs and joined VM with enthusiasm and positivity. I studied the basics of blog and concept of writing articles to deliver a worthwhile read. However, a week or two after joining. They changed my password and cannot access my account anymore. I tried several times to gain access but to no avail. I contacted them but they didn't bother to respond back. It come to my terms that they shut down my account without any notice. Up to this day, I tend to forget the mishaps and stressful experience from Vocal Media. To those who want to start blogging, better to stay away from this site.

They deleted my account for no reason they didn't give me a warning or email me for any reason. All of my hard work 20+ story is wasted. I have been using vocal media for weeks now and suddenly I can't login on my account even though it is not hack since it's still connected to my email. Please don't use Vocal media, I got really stress and disappointed.

Absolute scam. Lured me in with a writer’s competition which I had to set up a stripe account for. Then started charging me fees that were not authorised. Stripe say Vocal own my account. Vocal say Stripe has to close it. And I can’t seem to clear out my bank details between them. Stay away from is scam platform.

Definitely not worth your time (or money if you're a vocal+ member). Vocal clearly has favorites and nominates the same people over and over again for top stories. I have yet to see an unfamiliar creator featured on their front page. Their challenges seem to be rigged as well. They receive hundreds of entries for each challenge, yet manage to read all of them in about two weeks? And most of the time, the winners' pieces make me raise an eyebrow (bad grammar, horrible structure, etc). Anyone who says this website is amazing is probably one of the "favorites."

This morning I woke up and it looks like someone hacked my vocal.media account and change the email confirmation. When I tried to confirm my current address it didn't work so I have to update thbe same address I signed up here. Now, my articles are gone. I'm done with this site after using it for 2 days!