Comments for Niche Socializer Review - Pros and Cons of Niche Socializer

Comment on Niche Socializer - The Cons by Ken

Ken — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:47:58 +0000

Like others that have posted here, I’ve been waiting patiently (and now impatiently) for NS to work properly. Now, of course, I’m waiting for the upgraded software to be loaded for my one NS site, which supposedly will happen in the next week or so (but I’ve heard that one before). They have responded to queries, but it sometimes takes weeks for them to respond. Honestly, if this is how these guys think you should run a business, they need to find a new line of work. And of course, they found time to launch another product while neglecting NS, so I wonder how that one is working out.

So, if they do not come through with the upgraded site within the next couple of weeks, I will be seeking a full refund of my initial investment, plus the $97/month that I have paid for the “extras” for the past few months. They have not delivered as promised, so it doesn’t matter if their due date for refunds has passed. Right now, they seem like the typical IMers that release a prodcut, then abandon it almost immediately for the next quick $ hit.

Comment on Niche Socializer - The Cons by Sammy

Sammy — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:54:09 +0000

Good Morning,

I am also one of the unlucky ones who decided to buy this app and have only been disappointed with the level of service and support. I still think to this day they have not had their last webinar and I was also very surprised that there was no pdf manual created for the software. I did not mind the price of the product but now I feel like someone stole from me. I have only seen one successful site with this software but maybe it is from a person who has a close attachment to the creators.

NicheSocializer should offer a refund to everyone who purchased it. Also I am sure the 1000 or so people who did buy it will always remeber the two names who are attached to it.

Best Wishes to Everyone

Comment on Niche Socializer - The Cons by Judy

Judy — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:23:23 +0000

I too am glad I found you guys. I didn’t even know about the $97 a month thing and boy am I glad I’m not wasting money on that!

Like all of you, my site was loading at a snails pace with them telling me it was loading smoking fast. I finally had my sister in Arizona and a friend in Colorado write down the time it took for them to load Internet Explorer and a couple of other sites of their choosing and then write down how long my site was taking to load and then how long to log in. I sent that info to tech support and they finally fixed the problem. NS told me that it wasn’t HostGator’s problem it was on NS end, but there is no way they will move the site to HostGator.

I now have new issues, but none of the customer support areas will respond to my emails. I haven’t heard a word from them since August 3, 2009.

Has anyone figured out how to get our money back. I really wanted to have a successful site, but can’t afford to keep spinning my wheels on a site with absolutely no support.

Comment on Niche Socializer - The Cons by kay

kay — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:07:04 +0000

I am glad I found you guys. I am paying the 97 per month, but I don’t feel that I am getting anything. The teleconferences have not been happening. There is no forum for us to communicate. I have been getting responses from my support tickets but they’ve been slow. I did get a response stating that they were coming with new updates. Here is the screen shot http://screencast.com/t/KnFBqE8xr This upgrade is free and was suppose to be available first week of August but nothing yet.

Comment on Niche Socializer - The Cons by Jackie

Jackie — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:28:47 +0000

Hi Friends,
Well all I can say is it sucks!!!!!!!!!!! I have wasted countless hours building and rebuilding my NS site and I think it is time to take action! How many more people out there like us who are just haveing to cop excuses from NS support and tech staff?
This my experience I have over 60 A4 pages printed out from NS support ticket system. One problem took weeks to fix and to top it of I was told 2 times that the feature was working correctly well I might not me a programer or a techie but I am not a IDIOT.
I want all my money back because I deserve it! How about you guys? I have had some one monitoring internet cafes and trying to log in to my site for about a week now and this is after the NS decided that it was my server that was the problem now your lucky if you can log on once a day.
In regard to the slow issue I was told about 2 weeks ago that the software restriction to my site had been lifted and it was now working super fast yea it was for a while now it has been pointed else where and your lucky if it comes up at all!
I am going to my credit card provider and am going to lodge a complaint against them for not providing the product which was promised and that is probably the best thing you could do if they get to many bounce backs there merchant will lock their account. Please feel free to email me at jackie@extreme-herbs.com I will send you some of my support emails

Comment on Niche Socializer Closes Today (April 14th) by admin

admin — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 14:05:22 +0000

Well, I was responding to a claim that it was a “scam”. If it was scam, they’d run away with your money and you’d not get anything. Mikko said you didn’t need Niche Socializer at all to run a social networking site. I responded that if you’re a programmer then sure, you don’t need it.

As for the tech problems, they either help you solve them or not. Thanks for letting us all know that they have problems doing that.

Comment on Niche Socializer Closes Today (April 14th) by Jackie

Jackie — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:34:02 +0000

Hi James,
Misconception? Well it either works or it doe’s not so do you have to be a programmer to run your own social net working site?

I agree the video’s training is quite good for the admin but the software platform has a lot of problems well that is my experience any way perhaps I am just like Mikko and just don’t know what it’s all about.

So doe’s that mean that the software platform is useless to a novice like myself and Mikko?

Then if that is the case isn’t it misrepresentation in all the sales pages and promotional videos?

Because according to all the sales pitches I have seen any one can use the soft ware it is just a matter of click, click and hey presto your on your way!

Comment on Niche Socializer - The Cons by Carl

Carl — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:35:07 +0000

Hi, I’ve been deligently working my way through each step building my NS site. I must say the videos have been really good. But do agree with the others in terms of support, it does take quite a while to respond, that is if they respond. I am really surprised to hear about the $97/month fee, I thought it was part of the platform we purchased as a revenue source, not something you have to pay for to hopefully make some money, maybe this is a stage I haven’t reached yet within the steps. Nonetheless, my site has been developing and working and working sort of slower than typical until today. To my horror, my site failed to load with a broken link message. Sniffing the trail to find out the problem, like Steve, I found out from hostgator, this is the result of too many processes from pings going back and forth with phpfox confirming licensing, which explains the slowness. I believe this issue is the responsibility of Niche Socailizer and should resolved by Niche Socializer as what is suppose to be a working and performing product as this how they have promote it, sell it and explain it in their videos. Up until this point I’ve actually been satisfied, except support response times, the progress I’ve been making with my site and learing the components of the program along the way have been good, but am starting to wonder now after what I’ve just experienced and what the others have said before me. I don’t have the option to walk away from this nor do I want to as I think this has good potential and can only hope this issue is only going to be a small glitch in the road to prosperous site. Steve if you find a way to resolve this speed issue I wouldn’t mind hearing what youdid resolve it as it is very frustrating right now experiencing this sort of thing after spending so much money and so much time invested only to be stopped as I cannot do anything on my site right now due to this problem.

Comment on Niche Socializer Closes Today (April 14th) by JamesD

JamesD — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:39:17 +0000

Thanks for the useful info. It’s so interesting

Comment on Niche Socializer - The Cons by Steve

Steve — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:30:10 +0000

Further to previous, I’ve just been browsing the PHPFox site and the Dolphin software site.

I followed a link from PHPFox to one of their featured sites, and that seemed to be suffering the same slowness problem, so maybe it is not just NS. It also looks as though the ‘technical support’ is supposed to be being provided through the PHPFox people, so it’s maybe not surprising that I’ve had no response as they will have little incentive to do so. Although its price is less than NS, it looks as though you have to pay extra for features that come with NS (the basic version).

The Dolphin stuff looks really interesting, although there are costs on top of the free version, but that’s fair enough. Browsing sites created with it, I was impressed by the variety of looks (unlike NS) and also they were loading at acceptable speeds so I may try it. There is also clearly a lot of support from the developers and lots of other people - the thing most lacking with NS.

My only reservation is that Donphin doesn’t seem to be so well set up for monetizing as NS - but then, if you have many more members, there may be swings and roundabouts . There were advertising spaces, but those seemed to be mostly used for AdSense and I’ve done much better with other forms. I’ll just have to try the free version, I guess, and see how it goes.