Your Online PublicistReviews of youronlinepublicist.com

YOP is terrible. I have asked repeatedly for them to stop calling me, have taken every polite step I can think of to get them to stop badgering me, and they continue to call, sometimes 3-5 times in a row, multiple times per day, always from a new number from my area. Even if this company offered best product ever (which they don't) I wouldn't do business with them because of the harassing and disrespectful sales tactics. And to any YOP representative who reads this review: if you can take the time to write a reply that you apologize for such terrible service, you have the time to TAKE ME OFF YOUR CALL LIST!!!

They've been calling me endlessly trying to sell themslves, and always on a fake phone number that comes up as a local well known company to get me to answer the phone. Then someone with a very thick accent starts up and cannot even pronounce the name of my books. They offer nothing that would be of any value to anyone. They are just a scam. That's why they use a fake return phone info- as they are a fraudulent company that will take your money and provide you with minuscule to no actual services, which are not at all worth anything. I keep asking them to stop calling, but always there's another all from a different company name that they have NO affiliation with.

I've self-published a few books and had very little success. These scammers keep calling me about publishing them.

They somehow tracked me down to an unlisted personal number and called to pitch their services, which is frankly creepy and not the sign of a legit business. Nonetheless, I took a look at their website. It's full of unprofessional typos and would make any author associated with them look bad. Avoid, avoid, avoid.

An obvious scam. I published a book with WW Norton in 2017 and have had no trouble whatsoever promoting it. YOP called me cold one day and started selling me, with the caller stumbling over the name of the book, and unable to explain what it was about. I very clearly told them that I did not need a publicist and knew this was a scam company. Days later the same caller called back, saying "do you remember me?" and started pitching again. Somebody should shut down these crooks.

I had YOP republish my book and all went well in step one. Then step two (Which I don't remember hearing about in the beginning) can run you anywhere from $2000-$6000. Big scam!! I found when you say no they will call you up to 15 times a day. When you answer they keep you on the phone for hours. And the keep poking, poking and more poking. I had to threaten Bryan Larson with the police to stop phoning me. No! Means No!

This company has scam written all over it! Their "employees" are aggressive and unprofessional, with their obvious goal being to get your credit card and/or bank account information as quickly as possible! Paragraph 14 ("Payment Portal") of the contract they sent me to review reads: "Your subscription begins as soon as your initial payment is processed. (Subscription to what?) You will be charged, for the discounted price (discounted from what?) of $19.99 Monthly within the minimum locked-in period of 6 months, (what does that even mean?) the monthly rate stated at the time of purchase, plus applicable taxes. Your subscription will automatically renew on your Monthly renewal date until you cancel. You authorize us to store your payment method(s) and to automatically charge your payment method(s) every month until you cancel." After speaking with a supervisor, who sounded amazingly similar to Bryan, the person I was originally speaking with, it seems that, 1. the subscription is the cost for sending the author sales reports, checks, etc. (They're going to charge me to send me sales reports? But I can either continue to pay forever or cancel ...) 2. What happens when I cancel? Answer - you don't have to pay any more. What else happens? Answer - nothing. Then what am I canceling? Answer - your payment. Definitely something not right here! Don't trust them! Additionally, aside from the contract having a number of questionable legal paragraphs (which you absolutely should have an attorney look over before signing anything with this company!) the contract they sent me to review was laden with typo's, misspelled words and grammatical errors! Now I ask you ... what legitimate PUBLISHING company sends out a contract that isn't absolutely flawless with regard to that kind of thing!?

If you are an author, you'd better hope they don't get your contact information because they will call you constantly. They left a message for me on their initial call as I was not available. I did some quick research about them and found that the quality of their services is extremely poor. When they called me again, I said I wasn't interested and requested that they put me on their do not call list. I thought that would be the end of it. However, they continue to call despite this. My number is on the Do Not Call registry and when I mentioned this during the most recent call, the caller ("Joe") just laughed. I then explained that I would report them to the FTC for every unwanted call I receive. "Joe" had nothing else to say - I imagine his pre-written script did not cover that scenario. He then hung up on me. I honestly don't understand the logic. I have said repeatedly that I am not interested in doing business with them. At this point I am exasperated. What do they possibly have to gain by continuing to bother me? Maybe they just enjoy harassing their detractors, but I can't think of any business case for considering to harass me. I don't understand the positive reviews they are receiving here. My guess is that they are either fake reviews, or naive authors that do not know what a bad deal they got. EDIT: YOP's reply to this review is a lie. Just tonight I got yet another spam call from them.