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SmileBox

3.8

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SmileBox Reviews Summary

Smilebox has garnered a reputation for offering creative design tools that users appreciate for their potential and ease of use. However, the company faces significant criticism regarding its pricing structure, with many customers feeling misled by subscription terms and unexpected charges. Complaints about poor customer service, including a lack of phone support and difficulty in canceling subscriptions, are prevalent. Overall, while the product has loyal users, the negative sentiments surrounding billing practices and inadequate support suggest a pressing need for Smilebox to enhance transparency and customer service to retain its user base.

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value
319
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123
returns
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quality
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Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I love being able to create personalised greetings, facebook covers, slide shows etc. So many options - and to add music or sound waves... it's great!

Date of experience: November 27, 2014
Australia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It is a very amazing what you can do with smile box creations on this site and I am please with the results I get

Date of experience: November 27, 2014
Mexico
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Beautiful designs and themes in combination with music library¡¡

Date of experience: November 26, 2014
Ohio
2 reviews
6 helpful votes
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SmileBox quoted a monthly price for their premium service. However they charged me an annual amount. This is 12x what I expected to pay. I have asked several times in writing for SmileBox to adjust my term from annual to monthly, but SmileBox Customer Service has refused.
I sent one e-invitation to a dozen persons, and it cost me nearly 50 bucks. If you stay away from the premium service, you'll be ok. Just don't give them your credit card number, PayPal, etc. Check the BBB web site; there are over 100 complaints related to SmileBox billing practices.

UPDATE: Smilebox did eventually give me a partial refund.

Date of experience: November 26, 2014
Samantha T. SmileBox Rep
over a year old

Hi Karen,
Our Club Smilebox subscription is currently offered at an annual rate only, at the price of $47.88 (equivalent to $3.99/month, billed annually). If you have any questions about your account or billing, please email [email protected]. Thank you!

Wisconsin
1 review
0 helpful votes
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You lack "updating and adding", "Thinking of You" Category e-greetings, specifically LOVE, as I use it most every day to my lover (wife).

Date of experience: November 26, 2014
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is a great site for photographers who do personalized greeting cards. The designs are unique and well worth the membership. I am very happy with Smilebox!

Date of experience: November 24, 2014
California
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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If YOU don't have SmileBox, you might be lacking some essential vitamins! Get SmileBox and really PERK up your attitude. You won't regret it! They really know how to do it up right. Make your memories special and share them with those you care about! What better time to start than at the holiday season?

Date of experience: November 22, 2014
North Dakota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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It is really easy to use and fun to create all kinds of stuff!

Date of experience: November 22, 2014
New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I like the way it can make any type of card and it stores all your creations for you. I also love the way it pulls pictures from anywhere you want whether it's facebook or just a picture file on your computer. I have used smilebox not only to create graduation announcements, but to send them. No stamps needed and you can print them or send them to your favorite store to be print if you want a hard copy.
It's REALLY AWESOME especially if you have kids and want to send musical pictures to all your friends.

Date of experience: November 21, 2014
North Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Smilebox is awesome
November 21, 2014

Smilebox is awesome. I get to express myself through the collages and share them with myfamily and friend on Facebook. The albums are great. I recommend this site to everyone.

Date of experience: November 21, 2014
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I absolutely love Smilebox! I have so many slideshows and my grandchildren love to watch them. I do one for their birthdays and their school activities. It is just wonderful!

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Date of experience: November 20, 2014
Minnesota
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Not enough traditional religious cards to choose from like the last two years?

Date of experience: November 19, 2014
New Mexico
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I have used this site for so many occasions, for birthdays, grandchildren's visit, death of family members and there are so many other occasions that would take me for ever to mention. This is one of my very favorite sites. The templates and music is easy to use to send your family and friends current photos that makes a difference in their life.

Date of experience: November 18, 2014
Spain
1 review
1 helpful vote
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This is a nifty little piece of software, that makes brilliant presentations that can be emailed, saved and shared without difficulty. Easy to use (and download), with a good range of choice and ways of adapting it to fit what you want to do. Well worth it!

Date of experience: November 16, 2014
GB
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I been using this site for years, I was a bit worried by the box and the teeth I thought it might be a bad site
Well its just the opposite its wonderful, very good value, once youv'e join you can do so much and you can save on all the money that the postage stamps cost and save a fortune, as they have just gone up again
EXCELLENT SITE WELL DONE

Date of experience: November 14, 2014
Colombia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Smilebox me permite convertir los recuerdos de momentos vividos en una sinfonía de formas, de colores y de sonidos que generan en quien recibe la "cajita feliz" sorpresa, alegría, fascinación... eres feliz y despiertas felicidad!

Date of experience: November 12, 2014
Ukraine
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Чудесная программа! Хороший вкус у дизайнеров, легко и удобно пользоваться!

Date of experience: November 12, 2014
Kentucky
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Love Love Love this website! It makes it so much fun to share pictures on a slideshow! Highly recommend!

Date of experience: November 12, 2014
Florida
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Discovering Smilebox.com was a great opportunity to start designing new ways to share family photos. Their site was easy to use and offered so many cute ways to present photos or videos that could be sent to friends and relatives. Their monthly/yearly subscription isn't too bad if you do a lot of design work or wish to use social networking sites. Easy to use, options are many, and fun, delightful results.

Date of experience: November 11, 2014
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Smilebox is an easy way to make fabulous creations to send to family, friends, and students, (if you are a teacher)! The support is fast, polite and thorough, if you have questions about ANYTHING!
A smilebox can be ready to send in 5 minutes, but it always takes me longer because I have a hard time choosing from all of the amazing formats! Everyone I send Smileboxes to enjoys receiving them and they always look forward to the next one I send.

Date of experience: November 9, 2014

From the business

Smilebox enables people to tell the stories of their lives, big and small; in fun, simple and creative ways with custom eCards, slideshows, invitations and more.


smilebox.com
Founded in 2005
Redmond, WA