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SimpleSwap Reviews Summary

The company presents a mixed reputation based on customer feedback. On the positive side, some users appreciate the user-friendly interface, a wide selection of affiliate partnerships, and prompt service during successful transactions. However, numerous reviews highlight significant concerns, particularly regarding transaction failures, delayed responses, and difficulties in obtaining refunds. Many customers express frustration over perceived lack of transparency and inadequate support, with some labeling the service as unreliable or even fraudulent. Overall, while there are satisfied users, the recurring issues suggest a pressing need for improved communication and operational reliability.

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Absolute scam
May 1, 2021

Refuse to compete my swap after receiving my funds Even with the tx hash, wallet addresses, etc they refuse to return the funds or complete it or even look for it on their system.

Date of experience: May 1, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Dear James,

Thank you for letting us know about this situation!

Could you please provide your ticket number so that we can look into your issue in more detail? You can provide it as an update to this review. Thank you!

Looking forward to your reply.

California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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SCAM!
April 26, 2021

Like Bill S from 3/27/21 I had exact same thing happen. First transaction went smooth and quick on 3/23/21, now second on 4/11 they start their crap. Take your coins then nothing! When you email about transaction, they ask for pictures, then videos, then transaction picture, then transaction hash text, then exchange ID, then moree and more BS. I too had to contact, Coinbase, Youtube, local police and now FBI cyber crimes department. Stay away from these scammers!

Date of experience: April 25, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Keith,

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience!
Could you please provide us with the ticket number, so we can look into your issue deeply?

Looking forward to your reply.

Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They suck. Nickel and dime you, then complain about it and then they slam you with vanishing cryptos

Date of experience: April 25, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Tom,

Could you please describe your issue in detail, so we can look into it?

New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Stay Away
April 23, 2021

It's now been 48 hours and simpleswap has taken my bitcoin and not completed the swap. They will not refund me or complete the transaction. Similar to prior reviews, they claim it is stuck in the "sending" stage. They have my money and will not give it back.

Ticket # *******

Date of experience: April 23, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Joe,

Your issue was resolved successfully, we have notified you by email.
Feel free to contact us with any questions!

North Carolina
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Scam
April 23, 2021

This site is a joke... they took $200 worth of doge coin... after 24 hours I never received the exchange... after about 20 emails customer service said I was refunded...

This is a scam do not use

I finally received a refund, with less tokens than I started with... waste of time

Date of experience: April 23, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Jesse,

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience!
Please note that crypto should not be compared to $ as we don't involve fiat in any of our crypto-to-crypto exchanges and the prices of involved coins are subject to constant change.

Feel free to contact us with any questions!

Massachusetts
1 review
0 helpful votes
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SIMPLESTEAL
April 20, 2021

Simpleswap cant even complete a simpleswap they should change their name to simplesteal. Here we are 5 days after an attempt to swap a small amount of BTC. Transaction never happened! After 19 back and forth emails still no resolution. It is clear that they will hold your coins if the exchange rate changes before they complete it. They took my BTC in less than 5 minutes and never completed the swap and would not return the coins. They are criminals I will never use them again. Think twice before using simpleswap There are safer alternatives I learned the hard way. Hopefully they become a casualty of Progress and be held accountable for all their illegal activity. I will be letting everyone I know plus spreading this far and wide on Facebook and twitter Daily!

Date of experience: April 20, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Mike,

Thank you for letting us know about the issue!
Could you please provide us with the ticket number, so we will be able to check if the issue was resolved?
Looking forward to your reply.

Texas
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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A week ago I twice swapped ADA for THETA on SimpleSwap. All went well, took less than 20 minutes. I attempted a third swap four days ago and SimpleSwap has taken my coins and will not return them. Based on a few internet reviews, SimpleSwap uses the same language with everyone they steal from: "technical issue", "stuck on our liquidity providers' side", "we need more time to proceed this exchange", etc. Meanwhile they typically reply to further inquiries with robotic scripted answers such as "We will be back with update within X hours", "Thank you for understanding", "Your question will be forwarded to the management department for further clarification", etc. I really wanted to trust them and give them ample time to right the ship. However, after four days of inept replies, it is crystal clear that they had no intention of dong so. Say away from SimpleSwap if you value your assets.

Date of experience: April 19, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Trevor,

We deeply apologize for any inconvenience and would like to make sure that we always do our best to resolve any issue as fast as we can.
Some cases might take a bit longer due to the issues on our liquidity partner side, but it will be resolved for sure.

GB
1 review
1 helpful vote
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They are scammers
March 31, 2021

Simpleswap scammed me. I sent Bitcoin to exchange for another coin and they kept my Bitcoin for no reason except that they are looking into it: whatever that means. Its been over 2 weeks now. I have seen other reviews on trust pilit and reddit threads mentioning similar scams by simpleswap. The majority of reviews are fake. Be careful people and deal with a reputable exchange. UPDATE 5/4/21 now they have replied with lies. They are a none KYC exchange and I sent them everything and the kitchen sink and they never replied back but they reply back here with lies. These people need to go to jail. Absolute criminals.

Date of experience: March 31, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hello Mohammed,
Thank you for your feedback.
Your exchange was made through our partner.
The partner has an automated risk prevention system implemented through which each transaction passes. If a transaction is marked suspicious by this system, the exchange is delayed and the customer in question is then asked to pass KYС. According to European AML directives, KYC regulations and platform requirements, we asked you to provide us with a scan of your ID document valid in your country and additional information of funds origin. Transactions are evaluated on a variety of factors such as a deposit wallet and the address of receipt, amount, time and frequency of circulation. Unfortunately, your funds were reported as involved in illegal activities.
We can find more info about KYC procedure on our service: https://simpleswap.io/blog/the-kyc-procedure-on-simpleswap
We have already received the required information from you and sent it to our security department. We will defenitely inform you as soon as we receive any update from them.
Hope for your understanding and patience.

Florida
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Scam alert!
March 28, 2021

This is a scam! They get your first swap smoothly, then when you commit to other transactions they become shysters. Been waiting almost 8hours after my transaction cleared Coinbase and they're still saying it's "due to liquidity" or they're "asking their partners". Trying to get some dialogue from them and only get what looks like bot responses or broken English. Not sure how they're still in business. Still haven't received my crypto. Contacting SEC, FBI, and IG. Stay away from these crooks!

Date of experience: March 27, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Dear Bill,
We are deeply sorry that you have encountered this issue.
Unfortunately, your swap has been stuck at the payout stage. But please don't worry, your funds are safe and the exchange process has already been completed.
Once again we apologize for any inconvenience caused!

Washington
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Stay Away
March 26, 2021

Your company couldn't handle the volume from the Theta pump and didn't honor the original terms of my swap. It took two days to process my transaction and I lost 35% of my money due to your negligence. "David" was rude and unhelpful, I will not be returning and advise everyone to say away.

Date of experience: March 25, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Dear customer,
Your review is very concerning to us!
Could you please provide your ticket number or any details of your order so that we can look into your issue? Otherwise, you can contact our support team ([email protected]).
We are sure that there is a misunderstanding between us. Please let us know about your issue so that we can explain the situation or try to fix it. Thank you!

North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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TLDR; SimpleSwap won't send your coins if exchange rates change unfavorably for them, and will hold onto your coins waiting for them to improve in their favor. Otherwise they hold them hostage unless you want to accept fewer coins. Customer service will make up lies as needed.

*I'm posting here because they actively advertise (spam) on this sub regularly, and people have a right to know how they operate.

I recently sent several thousand USD worth of coins to SimpleSwap. They received the coins very quickly, confirmed it, then it was stuck on "exchanging" for hours. 24 hours went by, and I reached out to customer service, who eventually responded to say that it was a "one time technical issue" and that the engineers were working on resolving it. By the second day, they reached back out to say that the problem really was that the exchange rates have changed, and so the transaction had been automatically suspended as a result to protect my funds. SimpleSwap said they'll only be willing to send me fewer coins but not the originally agreed amount.

I replied and said that the new rate only negatively affects them, not me, and that they should send the correct amount of coins as agreed. SimpleSwap then claimed that actually the problem is really that I chose "floating rate" instead of "fixed rate" (which is a lie, I always have chosen fixed rate). This is obviously incorrect as had I chosen floating rate, the transaction would have gone through automatically since it would have made them more money, which itself is the reason I never choose floating rate.

So basically, if rates change, SimpleSwap only send the coin if rates change in their favor, otherwise they won't send you the agreed amount. Here it is over two days later and SimpleSwap still has my coins, and are holding them hostage unless I want to accept fewer coins, and they're making up multiple lies to try and cover themselves.

Date of experience: February 23, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Michael,

Thank you for sharing your experience! As we can see, your swap was created at the floating rate, not fixed. You can verify it on the exchange page: if you create the swap at the floating rate - you will see "~" symbol on th exchange page. If the swap was created at the fixed rate - you can see "=" symbol and 20 minutes time window for the deposit.

Indeed, your swap was stuck due to the one-time technical issue. That's why we have offered you a refund or complete the swap at the current rate.

We understand your dissatisfaction in this situation and we will do our best to issue a full refund to your address as soon as only possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

RU
1 review
4 helpful votes
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First time experience
February 23, 2021

That was my first time using this platform, I had many questions, but their support team helped me a lot. Thanks a lot for such a lovely support team. Gonna use it again.

Date of experience: February 22, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Cameron,

Thank you for sharing your experience! Our support team always glad to help.
We will be glad to see you again on SimpleSwap

Florida
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Expensive fees
February 17, 2021

I traded quite a few times there, before I found hotbit exchange. Their fees are at least 5 percents, even if they give you what they promised, in the beginning of the exchange, let alone that they may charge you much more, explaining it by "fluctuation of the market". To me it looks too much.

Date of experience: February 17, 2021
NL
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Nice service!
January 29, 2021

Nice service! The first time I used SimpleSwap and was very satisfied. My exchange took thirty minutes and I received coins at the best market rate. Deeply grateful, thanks!

Date of experience: January 28, 2021
GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Great Service
January 16, 2021

I am very satisfied with using SimpleSwap. There was a problem with my transaction(forget enter destination tag). I thought that I lose my money, but thanks to the technical team I refunded my money within an hour. I am appreciate your service guys, and what are doing for clients. Thank you one more time.

Date of experience: January 14, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Kevin,
Thank you for your feedback! We always glad to help, please note that MEMO is highly mantadory while you send the deposit.
We will be glad to see you again on SimpleSwap!

Uzbekistan
1 review
4 helpful votes
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They returned my Theta
January 9, 2021

I accidentally sent my theta to another simpleswap address. Happily I contacted them and they returned me all my sent theta. It's fair and worth to use the service without any suspicions.

Date of experience: January 8, 2021
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Yaj,
Thank you for your review! Please be careful next time. Our support team is available 24/7 for any questions!

District of Columbia
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Nice experience
January 3, 2021

Decided to try a new platform. Satisfied with the variety of coins, so easy to use, so fast to swap! Gonna use it again!

Date of experience: December 26, 2020
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Jassy,
Thank you, we have 300+ coins available for swap. Hope to see you soon on SimpleSwap!

GB
1 review
4 helpful votes
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I'm absolutely thrilled! The exchange was really very fast. First, I created several exchanges for small amounts to check the site, then I created a large exchange. And you know what? Everything was fine!
In our time, such a service is very rare.

Date of experience: December 13, 2020
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Laxa,

Thank you for your positive feedback! We highly appreciate it. See you soon on SimpleSwap!

Uzbekistan
1 review
4 helpful votes
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My mistake
December 10, 2020

I accidentally thought that I created a swap for btc and Theta coins and contacted the support of simpleswap. I insisted on to return my BTC coins because it went 3 days as I hadn't received my REN coins. The support explained to me in details that the swap was created for btc and ren, at first I couldn't realize it. But checked by myself my ren wallet again and made sure that I provided the wrong exchange id and the hash to the support.
Great customer experience, they resolve the issues of their customers fastly and individually

Date of experience: December 9, 2020
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Vasila,

Thank you for sharing your experience! We highly appreciate feedback.
Feel free to contact our support for any questions arise!

Brazil
1 review
2 helpful votes
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There are several month i use the SimpleSwap to make exchanges. I can say that i like the provided service. They work pretty quickly, and if there are some technical problems or if i have some doubts about the platform functions - they answer in 5 min. Highly recommend!

Date of experience: December 1, 2020
Rebecca L. SimpleSwap Rep
over a year old

Hi Bill,

Thank you for the review. Our support team is always ready to help. Hope to see you soon on SimpleSwap!

From the business

SimpleSwap is a user-friendly and reliable instant service for cryptocurrency and fiat-to-crypto exchanges. It is an easy-to-use and free from the sign-up platform that offers exchanges of more than 1000 currencies.

SimpleSwap is available as a desktop website and also as a mobile app for iOS and Android.

There are two exchange types on our platform: floating and fixed rate. You can always choose the most suitable option.

Moreover, SimpleSwap offers its customers and partners an Affiliate Program, Loyalty Program and Invite system.

The support is available 24/7 and provides quick and professional help.