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California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Firstly, the file conversion program itself is excellent. Super-smooth, easy-to-use, fast, reliable. Secondly, at this point they offer the ability to convert two files a day for free, which is generous IMO. I wanted to convert at a more rapid pace, so I subscribed. Once again, process smooth as silk. Finally, I did have one billing issue, probably my own fault. Customer service responded to me promptly, courteously and clearly, and rectified my issue 100% to my satisfaction. I know, I sound like some kind of teenage groupie, but what can I say -- I love it when a business really gets things right.!

Date of experience: July 7, 2020
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Thanks so much for the glowing review, Charles! It's great to hear you found our conversion service quick, easy and reliable, and we're glad our customer support team could help you out. Thanks, the Zamzar team

Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I don't do a lot of file conversion and I only use their free level of service. But every once in a while they come in really, really handy. Their site just works, no waiting or anything. The description of five stars here is "You love it so much you want to tell the entire world!" And in this case for me it's no exaggeration, because the world is a more convenient place because Zamzar is in it.

Date of experience: March 31, 2020
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Thanks so much for the great review, Steve! We're so glad our site helps you out!

Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I use Zamzar for audio file conversions, and it works as advertised; it's fast, it's easy. But, the customer service is excellent. They addressed an issue that turned out to be my fault, and went above and beyond to make things right, in spite of me being a dumbass. I don't have a verification as I've finished with Zamzar and cancelled. Thank you.

Date of experience: December 9, 2023
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

We're so pleased you like our service, Scott, and that our customer service team were able to help you out. Thanks so much for your 5-star review!

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So many sites offer a free conversion which turns out to require a standing order or even a direct debit which I would then have to cancel. Some offer a "free" service which is free only after you have paid a fee. Zamzar uploads, converts and downloads quickly. You get a download directly. You don't even HAVE to give an email address but if you do you get a notification. Didn't even notice adverts or spurious downloads that annexe your browser. How do they do it?

Date of experience: October 25, 2021
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Thanks so much for your great 5-star review, Steven; we really appreciate it! We're pleased to hear our free file conversion service helps you out! And yes, we don't display ads on our site anymore because we wanted to offer a better experience for customers. We operate a business model that generates revenue through paid accounts for people who want to convert larger/more files per day, and this enables us to offer a free service for smaller file conversions. Thanks again!

New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I had some trouble using Zamzar (not reflective of their product but rather my files and some other extenuating circumstances). Customer support reached out and worked with me. They went above and beyond to resolve things. I greatly appreciated their flexible and conscientious support.

Date of experience: June 11, 2020
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Thanks so much for the great review, Bethanie! We're glad our support team could help. The Zamzar team

Maryland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worked like a charm!
October 19, 2023

Had older files in the wps format which needed to be converted because I could not remember what their content was. Could not find my Works software to install, so went searching for a file converter. This did the trick. Thanks so much!

Date of experience: October 18, 2023
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Update regarding Quality
September 4, 2020
Updated review

After working with Zamzar representatives they have now corrected their conversion process when converting an mp3 to m4a file to basically match the quality submitted. I now find this process very satisfactory.

Date of experience: September 3, 2020
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

We're glad the converted files are now the quality you are needing, and sorry again for the issues. Thanks ever so much for posting an update. The Zamzar team


Converted Quality
August 29, 2020
Previous review

I'm confused about this service. Why is the quality of your converted mp3 to m4a so ridiculously poor? The mp3s (limit 2 per day as a free user) are 320kbps, but the m4a files returned are at 32kbps. They should be at 256kbps.

Date of experience: August 28, 2020
Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I ran into a very minor issue and the customer service literally responded within 10 minutes with a very generous solution to my problem that would have otherwise costed me a lot of money. I will already recommend this to all my friends who need a converter because of my interaction with their customer service. Amazing.

Date of experience: October 25, 2021
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Thanks so much for the 5-star review, Steven! We're so pleased our customer service team were able to quickly help you out. Thanks also for recommending us to your friends; we really appreciate that!

California
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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First time I had a. Cdr file sent to me from qa client that had it from many, many years back and wanted to use the image on their website. Well, no Corel Draw on my computer (use Illustrator, yes, Corel Draw is probably better) and I did not want to take the time to go to someone I know who has it to convert it.

Found a link in a forum to Zamzar and dropped the file onto the browser and was done in 5 minutes as an illustrator file. OH MY GOSH. That was easy and no watermarks and not strings. Thank You!

But the guilt ate at me. I should thank them or pay them something for their time and effort. But I do not need a subscription. It was my first. Cdr conversion ever. I will probably never do it again.

THANK YOU ZAMZAR!

Date of experience: April 29, 2020
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Thanks so much for the great review, Gerald! We're really glad our site helped you out and you found it quick and easy to use. The Zamzar team

Illinois
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Find
February 28, 2021

I dropped my. Docx into their site, and a few seconds later it popped out completed. Perfect results! Easy-Peasy!

This makes it simple and fast to convert the occasional document without bugging someone else to do it for me. Thanks, guys!
Kathleen

Date of experience: February 27, 2021
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Hi Kathleen, we're so glad to hear that you found our file conversion site really easy and quick to use. Thank you for leaving such a great review! The Zamzar team

Poland
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Dont use if u value your time uploading multiple files, got so annoyed converting my homework at 5 am for 30 minutes when they told me I cant dowload half of it that was already converted bc of their 2 free dowload limit I had to write a review of their $#*!ty site to relief myself

There are better and free websites

Date of experience: November 11, 2020
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Hi Teodore, we're really sorry to hear you had a frustrating experience using our service. We do offer 2 free file conversions per 24 hours, but if you'd like to convert more files than this then you would need to sign up for a paid account - unfortunately we have to place a limit somewhere so we can be a sustainable business. We're sorry if you didn't realise there was a 2-file limit for our free service when you uploaded your files. Apologies, the Zamzar team.

New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great customer service
November 28, 2023

Excellent customer service. I had an issue convering a file and sent an email to Customer Service. Less than 4 hours later, a Customer Support Specialist, Grace, responded. She asked me to send her the file, and her team converted it for me within a few hours. In the era of AI, it was a delightful experience working with a human and not having to navigate through a chat bot and trying to find a solution for the issue. Overall, a very easy and seamless experience. Thank you.

Date of experience: November 28, 2023
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

We're glad we were able to get your file converted successfully for you, Alexandria. Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a lovely 5-star review!

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I was interested in Zamzar and was told it was free, safe and legal. The song I tried to move from wav to mp4 was too big. Therefore, there was a fee. I don't know if I missed this information on their site, but I was under the impression this would be a free service.

Date of experience: December 18, 2022
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Hi Rae, we do offer a genuinely free service for files up to 50MB in size (and for two conversions per 24 hours). We try to make this file size limit clear at the point you upload your file, but sorry if you missed that. For files larger than 50MB, you would need a paid account. We hope that makes sense. The Zamzar team

Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I paid for the "$9 subscription" and the very next day 80 bucks was taken from my account by Zamzar, I didn't click another plan because the highest price for a plan is 25 bucks, I am greatly angered and will be taking legal action if I don't get my money back

Date of experience: May 13, 2021
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Hi Jared, Sorry you were charged an unexpected amount. It sounds like you ticked the checkbox to save money by paying annually for your account, instead of monthly, and this is why you'd have been charged $81. If you didn't mean to pay annually, we'd be very happy to change your account to a monthly one instead and refund the difference in cost. Alternatively, we can issue a full refund if you haven't yet used the account. Could you email us at support@zamzar.com and let us know how you'd like to proceed? Unfortunately, we don't know what email address you signed up with, so aren't able to email you directly about this. Thanks, the Zamzar team

GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Customer Service
November 4, 2021

Converted many files but 1 very complex diagram got 'stuck' Emailed it in as advised by the website and a fully converted file was returned to me. Brilliant!

Date of experience: November 3, 2021
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Thanks so much for the 5-star review, Andrew! We're really pleased our team were able to quickly help you out with the problematic file.

California
11 reviews
59 helpful votes
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If you want a fast way to convert songs or files from a website, I've found this very useful. Typically I just copy and paste a link from youtube, and zamzar emails me the the converted link into an itunes file. It's pretty inconsistent on how fast they send out the emails though.

Date of experience: May 14, 2010
California
19 reviews
90 helpful votes
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I was trying to convert a word doc and came up in google with a bunch of applications that cost $19.95. Found this site thanks to the reviews here and being free is great. I don't mind the ads they have on the page and it is so useful. Everyone should bookmark this page

Date of experience: September 3, 2010
Tennessee
4 reviews
4 helpful votes
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Couldn't have been easier
December 10, 2016

I had a single 3 page document to convert from Word Perfect to Word on my Mac. The instructions I googled did not work for me. I finally came across Zamzar and after reading the reviews decided to try it. I had the documents emailed to me in a matter of seconds. It was fast and free, and I didn't come across any hidden catches or small print, etc. Thank you Zamzar.

Date of experience: December 10, 2016
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Hi Charlene, We're glad you found us and liked our service! Thanks for posting your comment! The Zamzar team

Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Zamzar is top choice.
January 31, 2023

Excellent service – all the video and audio formats (4) I needed were accommodated.
Contact with service desk was efficient and helpful.
I highly recommend Zamzar.

Date of experience: January 29, 2023
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Thanks so much for recommending us, Stephen, and for your 5-star review. We're so pleased you loved our service!

Hawaii
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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It has been impossible to stop them from charging my card for months after we deactivated the account. This is a fraudulent company go somewhere else. Also, none of the Beta or experimental converters work whatsoever.

Date of experience: March 29, 2017
Chris W. Zamzar Rep
over a year old

Hi Mark, We're sorry to hear you weren't happy with our service; we are a genuine company who take pride in offering an efficient and helpful service. We do make it clear on our site (including on the account sign-up page) that it's the account-holder's responsibility to cancel their subscription when they no longer want it, and unfortunately we can't find any record of you cancelling your account with us; this is why you continued to be charged. We've now cancelled your account for you so there'll be no further charges. Your files all seem to have converted successfully through our site. If you had problems with any of the file conversions, could you please email us with the details, and we'll take a look for you? Thanks, the Zamzar team

Overview

Zamzar has a rating of 3.5 stars from 63 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with Zamzar most frequently mention customer service and email address. Zamzar ranks 3rd among Video Converter sites.

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shipping
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10