Wow. Zoplay. This might have been the single most worse business expense of my life. All that time trying to make the app work. Wasted.
If you're reading this then, you're probably thinking of implementing your own "uber for x" or some other type of clone web/mobile app. You've looked at the cost of hiring developers and it's out of the question. You've done some preliminary research on how to build it yourself and that's not realistic. So you come across the concept of purchasing script clones from some guys in a faraway country. A perfect compromise.
I did my research, I took my time and I spoke to nearly all the players in the industry (several of whom were actually the same company just using different names and charging different prices but that's another story), and I came to the conclusion that Zoplay was the best option. The most reputable option.
Sure there were a couple of bad reviews online, and I suspected a few of the good reviews weren't exactly from real people, but I was optimistic. I went all in and purchased the website, ios and android app. I got designers, marketers, financiers and managers. I was serious about giving this business idea a real fighting chance. I was already dreaming of my future success. I decided to go bed and throw my entire weight behind it.
Everything was perfect. The local marketing in my country was on point, the press picked it up, I was on shows talking about how it would be innovative blah blah blah. My team had found dozens of workers (It was the taskrabbit clone). The stars were aligning. But there was one problem.
It doesn't work... Not really.
The app was great for demos and presentation. Everyone who saw it was exciting. But when it came down to actually use it there were some issues that simple halted it from being functional. The payment gateway didn't work. The location services didn't work. The messaging system worked sometimes and then not others. The review and rating system was flawed. Workers would get a job, and then it disappeared. Etc. Etc. Etc.
I spent months trying to solve the problem with the team. And they responded to my messages, but they never ever actually fixed the core issues.
It was downright embarrassing. All eyes on me and this thing completely failed. The software just doesn't actually work in practical use cases. It was as if a very talented developer started the project, and then left after it was good enough to fool some people into buying into it.
I tried to be nice, and tried to be friendly, I tried to be threatening, I tried to be desperate. Nothing worked. Are you talking to a cool customer service guy named *? He's going to disappear. That basecamp forum looking promising? That won't be active in the long run.
I purchased the product in 2017 and I write this review in 2020. It still doesn't work. And far more serious than the money lost is the TIME lost. The damage to my reputation. Oh and did I mention the TIME.
Hat's off to Zoplay/ Casperon Technologies for creating a piece of tech that looks good enough to convince people to make a hefty investment towards it. Learn from my mistake. Buying clone scripts on the internet simply does not work. It's a trick, mud packaged in a chocolate wrapper, a massive regret.
(Edit this review was originally written on another site. I decided to post it here because I really don't want anyone else to fall for the same trap I did. Also be guided that a lot of the "positive views" appear to be fake upon closer inspection.)
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This Company called themselves Zoplay and they scammed me out of almost 2000$. DO NOT and i will not mince my word DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY as YOU WILL REGRET IT 100% sure.
It started with a guy called Simon giving me a full marketing speech on their product telling me they are the best in the market. I complained that it was too expensive but he told me i'll have lifetime update and that they were the best so i gave them my money.
Problems started after they installed a script (THAT WAS NOT THE SAME# AS THE DEMO) Their demo works perfectly without bugs but as soon they installed the program. BUGS started and problems also.
They passed the entire 6 months doing nothing else but FIXING more and more bugs. At the end of my support time they were still not done fixing the bugs and they abandoned with a piece of garbage that never worked.
OHHH YEAH, they will always have an excuse as why it works or not. So i made a complain here. The same day, the company contacted me saying they will give me 2 month extra and my company of the script.
But then i found that they deleted all the config files to FORCE ME TO pay them more money in order to make their garbage script work.
I have an handicap wife and child and it took me 2 years to save enought money to purchase this and these bad people not only stole my money but all my economies.
I BEG ALL OF YOU TO NEVER GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY FOR ANY OF THEIR SCRIPT>> NOT ONLY YOU WILL LOSE YOUR MONEY. YOU WILL GET SCAMMED AND GO TROUGHT A LOT OF STRESS.
Avoid yourself a lot of problems and DON"T BUY EVER FROM ZOPLAY
Wost thing that ever happen to me in year, i have never seen such level of incompetence in 20 years as a software engineer for the military.
I tried to hire programmer to fix the code. They told me it was so badly done that it was impossible to fix. You can find wordpresss directories and all sorts of things that should not be there, ti's a badly done system and the company scam the people by presenting you a demo that works but it will have nothing to do with the product you will receive.
NEVER AGAIN i will trust these people