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WebsiteBox Reviews Summary

WebsiteBox has a rating of 3.7 stars from 722 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally satisfied with their purchases. Reviewers satisfied with WebsiteBox most frequently mention customer service, real estate and mark sanchez. WebsiteBox ranks 152nd among Website Builder sites.

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California
2 reviews
9 helpful votes
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When I first signed up in 2016 I edited my site and was able to build my site myself, without having to call in to the company for help. They closed down my old site. They claim they sent me e-mails, but they never did. I have all my e-mails and there are none from them. Even worse, the new platform is not user friendly, and I can tell the staff is overwhelmed. They are defensive and dismissive whenever I call in with issues. They tell me things are not set up, when they are (such as IDX) and when I tell them I have done it already they almost yell at me telling me it is not so. I feel like a crazy person dealing with them now. This is not a custom website approach, and I don't expect it based on price. I liked the old simplified version. This new system is complicated, time consuming, and nearly impossible. Not user friendly at all. Since I have already invested so much time, I will keep the site for now. If I was new and considering this as my website, I would definitely not go this route. Pay a little more and get a site that is workable. The new site is too complicated and full of items that don't work or can't be changed. Their solution is to delete the material in a section if it is not changeable. Not a good upgrade.

Date of experience: January 28, 2020
Dan Q. — WebsiteBox Rep
over a year old

Janice,

Sorry to hear about the issues regarding the transition to the new platform. We are certainly interested in helping you AND will gladly refund you back any money paid once I've investigated your account. We will also provide a free on-boarding to help get your website up and running. Simply call our 1-800 number and I will gladly assist. Ask for Dan - Director of Customer Support.

Pennsylvania
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Very Responsive
January 21, 2020

Recently I had experienced an issue with my website so I sent a message through the chat options on a day they were off and got my website issue resolved on the same day, within hours! The communication was Amazing! I highly reccomend them for your website needs.

Date of experience: January 20, 2020
Florida
1 review
8 helpful votes
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Wiped out months of work
January 16, 2020

They just wiped out my whole site without notifying me and said they revamped and i have to use the new site. No options like when i paid initially with different designs and templates. Nothing on their with my logo, company infor, nothing. If FREC went on right now I would be fined.

Date of experience: January 16, 2020
Dan Q. — WebsiteBox Rep
over a year old

Tina,

I am sorry to hear about your most recent experience with your website. We have been notifying customers for the past year that we are moving to a new platform. We are more than willing to help and we also provide a free onboarding session whereby we will help set up the new website within the platform including MLS, domain and editing of the content. Also the cost is absolutely nothing to you. I can understand the frustration that we have switched to a new platform and the time or effort which might be required, however we are looking to provide a better overall product to our customers and I can guarantee if you make the transition to the new platform you will enjoy the new features and benefits.

Please call me at 1-866-857-1657 Ext 1117 and we will get you started.

Thanks,

Dan

Minnesota
1 review
10 helpful votes
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I had been working on my website for several days. Then I could not access my website for several days. When it went back up, all my work was gone. I contacted the company three times and three times they said that the developers would get back to me or the manager would get back to me but none ever did. You will get ZERO support from this company. I guess the old saying is true. You get what you pay for.

Date of experience: December 12, 2019
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Humans answer your call and go above and beyond in assisting you! I can't really say that for most tech companies. I highly recommend them. In many cases, they can get a website built for you for just $200. Add the $99 website/hosting and, you have a professional website for less than $300! That's fantastic! TaxProsTax is an example of a $200 site. Amazing!

Date of experience: December 9, 2019
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent experience!
December 3, 2019

I'm so, so with technical stuff and the staff walked me through the set up and activation of my website so that I did it quickly and easily. I got it the way I want it; can maintain it easily; and my customers are very pleased.

Date of experience: December 2, 2019
Alabama
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Worst experience every
October 22, 2019

I bought the plan for a ONE TIME $99 fee. My website didn't work half of the time and I would have clients call me to let me know that my page wasn't loading. After correcting that problem, the content would have to be recreated by ME. Even now the website ha purged my brokerage's information and I have to keep going back in to FIX it.
So I received and email stating that I was automatically upgraded to the PLUS Plan at no cost. I get me credit card bill and I was billed $199 for the upgrade that I didn't ask for.
I requested a refund and it has taken over 2 weeks to get a respond only to have the refund be for only half of what they stole from me.
I am beyond disappointed. I am now going to have to take this up with my bank. So disappointed!

Date of experience: October 21, 2019
Dan Q. — WebsiteBox Rep
over a year old

JB - I am sorry to hear of the unfortunate experience you have received. Can you please call me directly and I will investigate this for you? Also, I can personally assist in getting your website and refund looked after.

Thanks,

Dan Quesnelle
Director of Customer Success
1-866-857-1657 Ext 1117

California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I just bought the pro plan on WebsiteBox and started to build my website but having technical questions I asked help to their support team. They were amazing and very clear explaining how to go from an app to the other. I needed only 15 min instead of the one hour planned. For the price and features you won't find anywhere better. Highly recommend.

Date of experience: October 7, 2019
South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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A great feature about Website Box is that their customer service anticipates what changes you are asking about in the website and then makes the changes for you! This eliminates a lot of back and forth emails the take time on both sides. Great job!

Date of experience: August 15, 2019
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am just getting signed up and had several last minute questions about what to do after i sign up. David was awesome with quick response and accurate information. Greatly appreciated.

Date of experience: August 1, 2019
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Excellent Support!
August 2, 2019

I am fairly familiar with computers but I decided to opt for a rep to help me. His help was very valuable. I took notes and was able to build the website by myself. I did have more questions and the rep responded to my email in a timely manner.

Date of experience: August 1, 2019
California
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Unless you know how to build a website, don't bother. I have had mutiple questions as things were not working right and it sometimes takes 1-3 days to get a response back. Nobody attempted to have an on board call with me, I made arrangements to have one this week and nobody even called me. I cleared my schedule for 2 hours for this! I've waited on hold for an hour trying to get someone. The site itself looks fine, but lags and very slow. When you click through to search it immediately says no results, 15-45 seconds later the results will pop up. Nothing is set up for you. Like I said, if you know how to build a site, or if you are not a busy agent that can spend time playing, it will probably work for you. Just like everything else, you get what you pay for.

Date of experience: July 26, 2019
Dan Q. — WebsiteBox Rep
over a year old

Brent,

Very sorry to hear about the negative experience regarding the building of the website and lack of a response. If you would like to have an On-boarding session with myself, I'd be happy to assist.

Please reach out to me directly at 1-866-857-1657 Ext 1117. Also, we are always looking to improve our customer service and appreciate the candid feedback, I would love to dig into this issue further to see where we can change our processes as you should have been called right away or at the very least been given a call to reschedule the appointment.

Hoping to change your experience to a positive.

Thanks,

Dan Quesnelle

Texas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Great Support!
July 25, 2019

Thanks to Noelle, she was very patient and informative! She let me know that the old system will be phasing out to a new System call Edge and send me a link to schedule a date for my transition to the new system. I did not feel rushed! Noelle was very helpful with me setting up my website.
Kudos!
Thanks

Date of experience: July 24, 2019
Pakistan
3 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Websites
July 24, 2019

Website is a just like search engine. Because they find all the information which you are required to find. So it is beneficial you user

Date of experience: July 22, 2019
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Just joined WebsiteBox after my existing web provider was shutting down and the step-in was charging an atrocious monthly fee. Fairly easy to set up, especially if you are hands on or have managed your previous website. A great team and very helpful. Definitely would recommend.

Date of experience: July 16, 2019
Pakistan
4 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Successful people always chose the business. Because business is the way to rule your own life and spend your time according to your wish.

Date of experience: July 4, 2019
California
1 review
3 helpful votes
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All started well for the office website that incorporated 2 MLS areas. IDX fee seemed reasonable, then suddenly without notice, San Francisco fee went from $100 per year to $100 per quarter, so $400 per year just to have the feed. After complaining, they no longer have San Francisco coverage. Talk about DISHONEST, they take the cake.

Date of experience: June 21, 2019
Dan Q. — WebsiteBox Rep
over a year old

Fred,

I am sorry to hear about the disappointing experience you had concerning your MLS fees and coverage. Based on what information you provided, I am not able to determine which MLS board you are affiliated with. We post all of the MLS fees associated with all MLS boards we have partnerships on the following link - https://www.websitebox.com/mls-coverage

We don't have any board in the California area with $400 per year fees.

We are completely transparent on any fees and set-up costs associated with our service. I'd be more than happy to discuss further and see how we can find an alternative solution - possibly posting your listings supplementary. Please reach out and we can figure out which board you were associated with and how we can find a suitable solution.

Dan Quesnelle
Director of Customer Support
1-866-857-1657 Ext 1117

New York
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I've had the "legacy" version of the Websitebox.com website for several years, and was happy with it. But, today, I started the upgrade to the new site. I was nervous about switching - so I called the support number before starting anything - and Dan walked me step by step through the whole process, and even did some of the fixes on the back-end for me. The new site looks so much more fluid and user-friendly. Can't wait to get the whole thing up and running!

Date of experience: June 4, 2019
Colombia
4 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Pagina excelente en su informacion, pero faltan mas opciones de seguridad de datos. Deberian tener mas noticias actualizadas sobre el negocio de las criptomonedas y sus beneficios. Dejando en claro los riesgos que se podrian presentar. Recomendar links de paginas para mas informacion.

Date of experience: May 28, 2019
Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Dan did a wonderful job guiding us through the set up of my Real Estate website. I highly recommend him.

Date of experience: May 14, 2019

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The $99 do-it-all website, IDX and CRM for real estate agents, teams and offices. No monthly fees. No surprises. Call us today at 1-866-857-1657 to get your website today!


websitebox.com
Founded in 2012
Toronto, ON, Canada