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Complaint Review: eMerchant Club - Internet

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  • Reported By: tclbbs — Columbus Ohio USA
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eMerchant Club SmartLiving Company Emerchant Club Rip Off-Not rankable-No amount of marketing can NO help semi valley Internet

*Author of original report: Funny it took 5+ years for a response

*Consumer Comment: E-merchant club!

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I purchased a webstore from Emerchant Club and it looked nice (my own looked better).  The problem came when I could not get it ranked.  Come to find out it is a replicated site and not rankable in google.  No amount of marketing helped.  Nor did the countless number of hours I spent trying to fix the search engine optimization or keyword placement. 

I did however rank my page that I made and put on my webstore.  It ranked on the first page of google. However, TCL BBS Online webstore never ranked.  I did all sorts of marketing and nothing helped.  The problem is, its so replicated (duplicated) that no amount of work that you do will make it a profitable site.  Emerchant Club Misrepresents this product.  They say that you will make all kinds of money when n reality they know it wont bring you in much of anything. 

 

I lost approx $500 just in the purchase of the site.  Then another $20 a month on hosting fee , I attempted to close the account after realizing I was not going to make any money to cover the costs, (I did their "2-STEP" cancellance policy, and they insisted that I do an upgrade, I never agreed to), and just received a collection notice that I still owe almost $400 for hosting fees, even though I had cancelled the site and account.

I was smart enough not to purchase a lot of merchandise or catalogs that I did not need.  I did purchase merchandise for a flea market and since half of the flea markets I sat up in were selling the SAME thing, I could make no money.  They also prohibit your interacting with anyother webstore purchaser or they can sue you. 

They also make it where you cannot make a class action suit against them, as far as I know.  If I am wrong about this please , some lawyer let me know.  I am willing to be a member of a class action suit agains Emerchant Club.  I have had an account with SMC (now known as SmartLiving) in 1982.  Thats why I purchased the webstore from Emerchant Club in the first place

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#2 Author of original report

Funny it took 5+ years for a response

AUTHOR: Fred - (United States)

POSTED: Monday, February 22, 2021

 I had been using SMC since 1982, never had an issue until they pressured me into getting a website from them. I was using my own site, my own domain, and everything was working 100%. When I got their website is when things started going south. Read my Original post. BTW- I majored in marketing in school, so telling me to take a "marketing class" is like telling a fish to take swimming lessons. Get your head out of their buttcheeks and look around. If they were a REAL wholesale company, they would not be charging a yearly fee. They are no better than Sam's Club or Costco.

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E-merchant club!

AUTHOR: arai - (United States)

POSTED: Monday, February 22, 2021

Like any business, you need to market the website! just because you have a website it's like a little spec of dirt in a gigantic world! E-merchant offers a turn-key way to own a business. I have been with E-merchant for the last 15 years and I make good profits. But I also spend a few thousand dollars on advertising? Just because one doesn't know how to operate a successful business does not mean a distributor such as an E-merchant club is a fraud! 

My advise is to take a Marketing class at your local college!

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