It's pay-to-win, whoever pays KingPet wins. Just that simple. Also there is zero information on how to collect your winnings if you do "win". The money all just goes to KingPet, it's such a blatantly obvious scam I'm amazed they're still around but I guess there's a sucker born every minute.
I had my yorkie in this contest
You have to pay pretty much to win. I invest several hundred dollars and was in top 5 when the kicked us off the contest. They took my money and then through us out
And gave absolutely no reason for doing so!
Don't put your money into this they will steal it!
Initially, it was fun to unlock achievements, see the other pets pics and meet other pet owners. Once you realize the only way to actually rack up votes (you can only vote for your own pet 10 times in 24 hours) is to "exchange" votes with hardcore players in the other contests (there is a huge worldwide network of contests for pets, babies and children), it becomes so stressful and a full time job! I spent literally 32 1/2 hours on it last week! Many players say they want to exchange, then don't after they already have your votes. All this to win $50 or $100? Not worth it AT ALL!
I have investigated this website as part of my job and company funds. This business needs shut down! The "winners" are consistently the SAME accounts and unless you spend hundreds or even thousands of dollars, there's no way to get more votes than these accounts. A few of these account owners seem to be related to or connected to the owners of the company, Playground.
Furthermore, when you start getting enough votes to get close to having more than the regular winning accounts, the website either won't let you login or they start cheating you out of votes, even the ones that you purchase!
Don't waste your time or money! I am unable to login now. I get a response saying "too many login requests, try again in a few minutes". It's been 3 days. The contest I'm in ends in 3 days. I suspect I'll get access after it ends so there's no way for me to win this current contest.
I like Kingpet because it has entertaining games to play such as the Kingpet mini game. I also liked seeing all of the other cute dogs and voting for them. However, I had to give this review a 4 out of 5 because you can pay money for your dog to have votes. I do not think this is very fair but the app is still adicting and fun.
After developing relationships & trustworthy trades, they have started messing with people's accounts. They constantly lock them & don't allow you to place free votes. Don't kid yourself, they just want your money. As soon as you get ahead, they lock you out. No customer service to contact to help you. Invade your privacy asking fir documents they should not need for a "fun" little contest.
I entered the contest that just ended on 2/28/2023 and after being stupid enough to purchase votes, my dog got 1st in my state yet, there was no actual REAL money won; instead, I got 1,000 free votes for the next contest. This is a joke and obviously a scam. I had read that people's dogs won first or second in their state, winning almost $200 and yet I was dumb enough to spend more money that was basically just thrown away. It gives you false hope and excitement listing you're first through third in your state (Region) because you don't win any money. What a joke! I feel So stupid for paying as much money as I did, be smart and don't learn the hard way that I did, You all are SCAMMERS!
My cat was the winner of a KingPet contest last year. My winnings were $3,429. I submitted everything they asked for to claim my winnings. They sent me a message that I didn't qualify for any winnings. No explanation as to why. No way to contact anyone for an explanation. Just a computer generated message, saying basically, you're not getting anything, go away.
As shown on the site I should have won a cash prize. After winners were announced I waited to be contacted, only to receive a notification that I was awarded votes for the next contest. Many friends paid for votes to get me to the goal and this company is saying this is how their policy works and I will not receive prize money nor a refund. False advertisement. Do Not Pay for votes.
The closer you get to the end of the contest, the harder to win. You MUST purchase votes! People who cannot afford it will not win. These people use that money to support their stupid contests. You can literally see the massive jumps in some people's votes overnight. That's not from honest voting, it's from $$$$$$$
Not wasting my time again with this shady company!
How is it someone can just buy votes for their pet and take the win? Many people cannot afford to do that. Maybe prefer to win by their pet getting legitimate votes!
Not fair at all.
Having to buy votes to keep your pet in the competition is a joke, and if you win money
You are more than likely to have paid more money out for the votes than what you actually win. Then you have to show three forms of ID just to get your money.that's ridiculous.
You people need to be shut down for the way you conduct business. Dishonest Thieves!
My pup supposedly won $50 from the contest but they want access to your PayPal granted to them firsts while you submit two forms of documentation to them.
Simply BS, we didn't need to submit or grant access for votes. Smh
I hate thievery!
Fun contest, but cash prize only goes to Regional winner. We were 2nd in our state and received 800 votes, however in the beginning we were under the impression the 1st-10th place state winners won a cash prize because of how the prize grid was laid out.
Total scam we entered king pet and found out after the contest started that it was a total scam my kids were exited at first but then got really disappointed because our cat was in 365 place. And you can vote for yourself so that's how people earn first place and if you want lots of votes you have to pay.don't take the chance!
This is a website for "pet photo contests" in which they claim winners receive cash prizes. However, in order to claim a prize, they require all sorts of crazy information. When combined, this would lead to very easy identity theft. The require photo ID, bank account information, and even a PASSPORT. No way is this safe. If paypal and banks don't need you to submit a passport to deposit money, no way this company does. When I contacted customer service, I received text messages that sounded like a robot with very limited English ability. They never really answered any of my questions directly. Just stated things like "Passport to security members. Very secure."
I entered our dog in KingPet 3 years ago. As of today 3 contest right now. I never won anything on this app. But its fun and I have Never paid for Any of my votes. I wait every 9 min to get my next free vote but u can only vote up to 10 free votes a day. I'm on the site to check the dogs in the competition and to just see where my Thunder is. But it can be addicting but sometimes I forget to get back on the app by doing other things in general!
This is actually really fun and kinda addictive. I love going and checking where my pup or kitty is on the charts for my state and even the world. Its amazing that they give back to the community too, whether its with votes or actual money. Awesome page!
Not fair. People have to buy 10,000 votes to put their pet at the top, seriously? What's the matter you don't have enough confidence in your pets beauty that's real nice. You have to buy votes or trade votes with people? Can't this contest just be one on sheer honesty and your pets beauty?
Lots of my friends & contacts agree it appears Kingpet aren't averse to animal exploitation being as those who give you business by BUYING blocks of votes obviously get to the top of the leader board! How unfair is that?! Winning only means people have parted with money, its nothing to do with an animal being "worthy"! Stupid waste of time, I shan't be voting and I'm not wasting my time anymore. Wish to comment/refute this suggestion Kingpet?
I paid $60 for a vote of 5000 points and voted for my friends cat. She was first for a couple of days then she went to second place then I paid for about ******* vote for two days she was still at second place and i must have spend close to $5000 as my friend through a bad stage and i wanted to cheer her up so her cat can win the comp. I was in the middle of paying for my last 5000 points and the site went into finish mode saying the competition is over and there was one minute left as there was a time showing. Well I am going to contact my bank today and want a full refund as I think there is a fake winner who remains in first position so that people pay as they are desperate for their beloved pet to win. I voted for ******* points in one day and could not go to first place again except on the last day of the comp. You are right it is ripping elderly pensioners off.
Answer: You get one free vote every 10 minutes. Strangely enough you can use those votes for your own pet. People with 8000 votes in first 24 hours have clearly parted with a lot of money to buy these votes. It's definitely a scam site preying on the vulnerable.
Answer: Totally not fair! I agree with you. Rich people are going to win. They have no confidence in their pets natural beauty, that they have to go buy votes and do all this vote trading.And they just don't care because everybody knows who's buying boats.
Answer: You get one free vote every 10 minutes. Strangely enough you can use those votes for your own pet. People with 8000 votes in first 24 hours have clearly parted with a lot of money to buy these votes. It's definitely a scam site preying on the vulnerable.
Answer: Yes I do and I am pissed off my dog shortie won the July of the month his picture is on the July month page and I didn't get a discount on the calendar
KingPet has a rating of 2.9 stars from 85 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with KingPet most frequently mention and total scam. KingPet ranks 28th among Dogs sites.