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Nebraska
2 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Terrible. I would give it a -10 if I could. No customer service. I am seeing 3 different charges in the same month & I don't see any fees on their web site that match these charges. I can't reach them via email or phone. Stay away from a business that won't provide a way to ask questions about charges. I am reporting them as fraud to my bank!

Date of experience: October 7, 2019
GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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There is no information on your site which would help us to cancel our online store. We don't need it, it's not being used and when people use it they choose the wrong options. We have added contact pages and will deal with the clients directly. We now need to cancel the online store.

Date of experience: April 19, 2022
Colorado
1 review
4 helpful votes
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HORRIBLE
December 1, 2017

The removed their phone number so it is impossible to reach anyone. We paid $90 for the supposed "Gold Service" and I have been trying to speak with someone for over 4 weeks now. They never respond. Suddenly a completely different person emails me telling me the original lady I was working with is no longer there. Hmmm, wonder why! He continually lies to me telling me that he has tried to call me several times and has left voicemail messages, however there are NO calls from anyone at YOLA, nor are there any voicemail messages. The site is difficult to use, and a big waste of time. Horrible, horrible, horrible. They should be ashamed. Working to find out who the owner is so I can report them to the Secretary of State.

Date of experience: December 1, 2017
Oklahoma
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Thieves and Fraud
September 12, 2017

Get a bill to renew domain, once you click submit they sneak an extra charge of $90 in. Never inform you before hand. Refuse to refund. They removed their telephone number so you can't call. Tell you to contact through support. Don't respond til the next day and still tell you no refund. Found the number for the VP of Customer Service and she isn't returning my calls. I filed a case with BBB. I think if enough of us get together we can file a lawsuit on them scamming, fraud and stealing money not to mention ignoring requests.

Date of experience: September 12, 2017
Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Useless customer service
June 22, 2022

Not sure what bozo runs this outfit, but they screwed me royally. Unfortunately im stuck having to use them. They dropped the ball this year. They sent a domain renewal notice to an email that had been deactivated years ago. And godaddy.com bought it and it would have cost me hjndrefs to retrieve it. Anx I was on auto renewal no less. I literally had to buy a new domain and rename my website. And publishing to the web is now crippled. Im an independant musician and rely on my site so I am stuck using these bozos until i can figure out how to transfer my site's look, name and everything to another provider. I am quite sure it wont be cheap!

Date of experience: June 22, 2022
Canada
4 reviews
19 helpful votes
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Excellent
May 17, 2016

I have used Yola for over 8 years and have many sites on the web. Support is always ready and willing to answer questions and concerns within a reasonable time frame. My sites have a 100% up time and the templates are simple to use.

Date of experience: May 17, 2016
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

Hi Ron,

Thanks for your wonderful review, we're so glad our services have been helpful to you!

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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We signed on with Yola.com in 2007 and to this day it's the best business decision possible for a company our size with our needs. There have been times where we looked elsewhere, but soon realised that we're getting an amazing deal with a lot of flexibility other companies just don't choose to offer at the affordability Yola offers. And we're pleased that they are expanding and trying new features to offer us. But, the best part of this process is they are asking their clients to be a part of the decision process instead of just throwing templates at us with no say-so. Admittedly it is taking a bit more learning to get into the new swing of things, but that's not an issue thanks to their extremely responsive customer care team. We are in the newspaper publishing industry and Yola is the perfect solution for us. No matter what industry or retail you are part of, overall we enthusiastically recommend Yola to anyone looking for a pleasant and cost-effective change from many overpriced providers that offer exactly what Yola does.

Date of experience: April 23, 2021
Kazakhstan
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Worst site builder
March 14, 2021

If it was possible to rate it "0", I would, because it's totally useless. After you get through the initial steps: registration, choosing a template, adding text and pics, which takes time, you start to see the problem: nothing works beyond the pre-built template. You CAN'T customise.
Support sends you the same instructions that already led you nowhere. You make a screen video where you do EXACTLY what they say and showing it DOESN'T work, send to them and receive a response offering you to PAY for a subscription in order to get help.
QUESTION: Why would anyone pay if even the basic version of their template does NOT work? I would ask that question, if I were you.

Date of experience: March 14, 2021
Canada
1 review
8 helpful votes
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The YOLA scam
February 11, 2014

The YOLA scam - they get you on sneaky free website turns to little upgrades turns to $90 charges on your credit card 1+ years later that you didn't know were coming. I call this a SCAM. Watch out for charges into the future. You can try cancelling yourself in their secure site but they don't give you the option nor tell you to how to cancel subscription. You have to come to the I've been scammed and I'm pissed off forum. Beware of the YOLA SCAM CHARGES. Above in their official reply it says it is so that you have to be logged in to cancel- but they provide no way to do so- LIARS. SO I'm sending you your email and posting 10+ negative comments on beware of scams sites

Date of experience: February 11, 2014
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

Hi Gordon,

I'm sorry to hear you had a negative experience with us. Yola is a law abiding company and not at all a scam. We are transparent in our billing practices which are detailed thoroughly during checkout and also sent in email confirmations and renewal reminders. As a subscription based service we do offer an auto-renewal feature to ensure website owners don't lose domain registrations or have their websites go offline but you can always request for the auto-renewal feature to be disabled by contacting support@yola.com. You can also cancel your subscription at anytime by contacting cancellationa@yola.com.

Denmark
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Cannot figure out how to cancel my subscribtion so I was just got a bill from Yola. Didn't even know I had an account anymore (Which I was sure I had canceled) Seems like I cannot delete my account or delete my subscribtion!:-o

Date of experience: February 3, 2016
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

Hi Anne, please email support@yola.com from the email address associated with your Yola account and we will gladly assist you with this.

Portugal
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Lack of features
September 16, 2015

Yola is simple to work and it fits for a static small business page. But lack of features like blog system, contributor system or download website makes yola a three star rating.

Date of experience: September 16, 2015
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

We appreciate your feedback Angelo. Our focus is on small and micro business owners who want to get their business online quickly and easily!

GB
21 reviews
130 helpful votes
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AWESOME website builder!
September 8, 2011

AWESOME website builder! I purchased silver to get more features and it is worth it! Amazing customer support, they reply within hours! Easy to edit or manage your site. Couldn't be any happier with there services.

Date of experience: September 8, 2011
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

Thanks Gabriel!

Australia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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You can never cancel
December 7, 2020

I have cancelled my website and still been charged 3 years in a row and they continue taking money DO NOT GIVE THEM CARD DETAILS! Every year I cancel and every year they continue to charge me so angry now

Date of experience: December 7, 2020
Singapore
16 reviews
30 helpful votes
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Nice one or also great for some peoples i must say good site. Response is just nice.
Please visit and review sticktostudy.weebly.com yet only prescribed for 10th standard new site.

Date of experience: June 23, 2014
IR
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Thieves! Just run away
February 20, 2018

This site must be stop why still working they are thieves, they let you build site with tools and then sneak your money and ofc you cant do anythings with your site

Date of experience: February 20, 2018
Canada
5 reviews
11 helpful votes
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No real difference between free and paid accounts. Not worth the money. Free account with separately purchased domain is recommended.

Date of experience: May 7, 2014
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

Hi Justin,

We are happy to host websites with externally purchased domains, however a paid hosting plan is required in order to publish to external domains: For more information, please review our products and pricing information here: http://www.yola.com/pricing

Canada
1 review
5 helpful votes
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HAS ANYONE, ELSE/EXP, THE AMOUNT, OF DOWN/ DYSFUNTIONAL-TIME REGARDING THESE PEOPLE`S HTML, WIDGET? HOW DO THEY STAY IN BUSINESS. THE WORST, SERVICE, I HAVE EVER COME ACROSS, OR IS IT ALL JUST A SCAM?

Date of experience: May 10, 2011
GB
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Big scam
March 28, 2016

I have tried to cancel for 3 years to now avail payments keep coming out of my account. They are one big Scam avoid this service_
- Buyer beware!

Date of experience: March 28, 2016
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

Hi Helen,

We are happy to accommodate cancellation requests and are not at all interested in scamming our customers in any way. Please email cancellations@yola.com or reach out to us at support@yola.com and we'll gladly assist you further.

GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I cannot figure out how to cancel my subscription. I thought I did but got a bill for £55. Very upsetting

Date of experience: March 25, 2016
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

Hi Lola, I am sorry you are experiencing difficulties canceling your account. Please rest assured we will be able to help you through this process. If you could email support@yola.com from the email address associated with your Yola account, we'll be able to assist you further. Thanks!

Pennsylvania
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Tools, templates, and navigation is easy to use. HOWEVER: Yola.com has some very deceptive billing practices and it is VERY difficult to stop being billed.

Date of experience: April 11, 2013
Laura T. Yola Rep
over a year old

Hi Jeffrey,

I'm sorry you found it difficult to cancel your service. Simply contacting us at support@yola.com is all that's needed to cancel or change your subscription level and our billing policy is detailed in our terms of service here: http://www.yola.com/terms

Please let us know if we can be of any assistance going forward.

Overview

Yola has a rating of 2.3 stars from 25 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Yola ranks 118th among Website Builder sites.

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