For several years I have been testing songs using this website. They offered their Diamond membership for $99.00 for the year (Normally $199.00) and I figured it a good way to test out songs I intended to release. For the most part, the website is self-sustaining. Many issues you may have on set up are easily overcome with the interface. While the interface can be painfully slow by today's standards, the $99.00 price made it seem bearable. Unfortunately there are problems that cannot be overcome.
First, when considering the Diamond membership, its very easy to purchase. Clear directions to get your money exists. However, asking for a refund or cancelling the plan is very troublesome. Why? There is no definite way to do this EXCEPT through their "customer support" (more on them in a minute) The website says the right thing, advising you that should you want to cancel it will be done right away. But in actuality, this is far from true.

When you need customer support for ANY reason, good luck getting a response. This ultimately is the downfall of the site. I wanted to make changes to my home page that requires having a picture. There is no guide as to the dimensions of the picture needed. I reached out to them several times and got NO RESPONSE. Since there is no indication of where they are located, I thought MAYBE they are in Europe. It did not seem to be an American company based on some language on the site. Due to no response, I wondered if this might be a country that is at war and the site was running on it's own.

Finally, after 4 messages and a couple of weeks, I advised that I needed a response or I would need to close my account. Since I had two accounts with them that were premium memberships, you would think someone would respond. Not a peep. After a week went by, I finally submitted a request to close my account. They clearly state where to go to cancel your account, but when you go there, it goes back to the same page that states this information. So, it's an endless loop. Days went by without any response from them. Then 1 day before they were supposed to renew one account, they initiated a payment from my card. You might ask, why didn't I remove my card BEFORE they put the charge through. Simple answer: once you provide your card info, there is NO PLACE TO CHANGE THE INFO on their site.

I immediately contacted my bank and paypal (what I used to do this transaction). I showed them proof that I had requested the account to be cancelled and got no response. Paypal cancelled their charge and any future charges from this company. Still, I received no communication from this company.

To this day, I have not heard from them. One thing DID happen though, when the charge was refused, they changed my membership status and privileges which means someone saw my correspondence and made a decision not to contact me.

Using this site is not worth the risk to your finances. I was able to get my money returned because I used a buffer (paypal) to my actual account, but as you will read, many people have not had the same experience. There is not enough benefit (career exposure) to putting your money at risk. Find another company. Avoid this archaic one at all costs.

AS A BUSINESS, IT'S OK THAT THEY WANT YOU TO UPGRADE TO PREMIUM AND PAY

BUT IN ORDER TO CONVINCE YOU TO UPGRADE, AFTER A WHILE USING THE BASIC FREE, SUDDENLY YOU ARE FORCED TO UPGRADE OR ELSESUDDENLY YOUR ACCOUNT GETS EFFECTIVELY BLOCKED

THIS IS DONE BY REJECTING ALL YOUR PROPOSED SONG CAMPAIGNS, SO YOU CAN'T SPEND ANY OF YOUR BLICOINS BALANCE SINCE NONE OF YOUR SONGS CAN BE RECOMMENDED. THIS MEANS ALSO YOU CAN'T EARN BC, SINCE YOU ARE OVER THE 100 BC LIMIT. SO YOU'RE OUT

THIS IS BAD, BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE WORSE THINGS: ONCE YOU ARE "PARALIZED" STRANGELY ENOUGH YOUR SONGS ALMOST STOP GETTING PLAYED OR VISITED. WHY?

THIS MEANS THAT ACTUALLY MOST OF THE STATISTICS YOU GET (PLAYS, VISITS, LIKES) ARE FAKE NUMBERS, COMPUTER GENERATEDIF SO, WHAT'S THE USE OF N1M?

TRUELY, NONE IT'S OK TO ENJOY FREE N1M THINKING THAT YOUR MUSIC GETS HEARD AND PLAYED WIDELY. I SUSPECTED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THAT THESE NUMBERS WERE'NT TRUE SINCE I GOT ZERO INCOME FROM SPOTIFY AFTER TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SUPPOSED N1M PLAYS, AND THIS MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE, SO I KEPT INVESTIGATING

I DISCOVERED ALSO THAT MOST OF THE MUSICIANS THAT SUPPOSEDLY RECOMMEND YOU AND BECOME "YOUR N1M NETWORK" EITHER DON'T EXIST OR ARE NOT ACTIVE AND PROBABLY ARE UNAWARE THAT THEY ARE LISTED AND RANKED AS N1M USERS. THAT'S WHY THOSE WHO RECOMMEND, ARE 99% LIKELY TO RECOMMEND AGAIN (SO SAYS N1M) BECAUSE ONLY A FEW OF THOSE SHOWN ON THE RANKINGS, ARE REAL, EXISTING, ACTIVE MUSICIANS

THIS BECAME EVIDENT FIRST BY SENDING A MESSAGE TO MANY AND GETTING ALMOST NO REPLIES, AND ALSO BY NOTICING THAT MOST OF MY NETWORK WAS COMPOSED BY THE SAME PEOPLE OVER AND OVER AGAIN, WHICH PROBABLY ARE THESE (FEW) REAL ACTIVE USERS.

I GOT THE SAME RESULTS (AND NAMES) WHEN I REGISTERED IN N1M UNDER A NEW PROFILE (NAME, PLACE AND DIFFERENT SONGS OF MINE). STRANGELY, I QUICKLY ROSE AGAIN TO NUMBER 1 (THIS BOOSTS YOUR EGO AND INDUCES YOU TO UPGRADE, BUT IT'S A FAKE). OF COURSE N1M WILL "ELIMINATE" ME AGAIN, AFTER SENDING THIS CLARIFYING MESSAGE

IN SUMMARY: N1M IS JUST A USELESS EGO BOOSTING GAME, BUT UNFORTUNATELY MOST OF THE SATISFACTION YOU GET (FOR FREE OR PAYING A REASONABLE 100), IS BASED ON FAKE INFORMATION. IF YOU DIDN'T PAY, IT'S JUST A SCAM. IF YOU PAID, IT'S A FRAUD