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Businesses at MerchantCircle can and will remove any negative comments or reviews at this website. This is very unfair to the consumer who is not able to read the negative reviews that the businesses do not what consumers to read. Try writing a negative review at their website: merchantcircle.com, it will be eliminated within days by the business it was written about. Try to call their 800 number from their website: merchantcircle.com. *******203. It always says this business is temporary closed or want to charge you $34.95 to talk to them. Consumers need to stand up to these so call consumer advocate websites otherwise we the consumer will get taken and scammed into thinking these businesses have only wonderful reviews and do business with them. Stay away from MerchantCircle.

Email I received from MerchantCircle after 20 emails questioning why my review about "HEAT USA" was removed:

Subject: [#MGO-*******]: neighbor / listing-remove=Remove listing /
Date: 12/28/2010 2:46:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time
From: *******@merchantcircle.com

Merchants are allowed to manage their Reviews feature, hence, they can remove individual reviews or the entire feature if they so desire.

The MerchantCircle Team
800 W. El Camino Real, Suite 330
Mountain View, CA *******
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If you are looking for a free way to advertise your business, you might consider merchantcircle.com. They allow both paid and free services. I have not used the pay services yet as the free service does allow for more than other paid services I've looked into.

The Good:
-Allows you to list your website.
-Connect with local merchants. Send invites and messages for free.
-Upload products with pictures and descriptions.
-Create coupons that are shown for your local area.
-Write blogs and participate in writing questions and answers for just about everything.
-Show up on Google and other search engines. Google has already recognized it as link to my website which helps it SERPS.
-Received over a 1000 views to my profile and a handful to my actual website.
-Schedule an Appointment button on profile and the ability to install it and other widgets on your website for free.

The Not So Good:
-Currently I have not made a single sell from this community. (This in and of itself keeps me from giving it 4 stars. Communities like this are supposed to make you money.)
-Their paid services look nice, but they only add a little more to your free experience but cost a little bit too much for my taste.

Overall:
-A Great site for spreading brand awareness. It does this better than any other site I have come across so far. It can't hurt to have free links, pictures, reviews, etc. It has helped my Search Engine Placement. Just don't count on generating much revenue from the site and you won't be disappointed at all.