Hidden fees & billing disputes (172 reviews in our sample)

1★ merchant review (full text)

Looking for a new dropshipping app. This one was apparently 'free' to start off with or have a 14 day free trial. It wouldn't let me choose a free plan no matter what i did. i'm just starting out & was told to get a free one to start off with, don't be fooled into thinking you have to pay especially as a new dropping site ! even the free trial wasn't free it was asking for $1.99 now !! SCAM ..... AVOID ....

1★ merchant review (full text)

Misleading application, I was charged incorrectly in my store and I simply can't get service. My store has never sold for exactly 30 days. I installed the app to find out and because it said the trial was free, I no longer used the platform and they sent me a bill for $248.00, and I can't get service. Be careful, if you have a problem, it is very difficult to solve. in addition to the very expensive cost.

1★ merchant review (full text)

This Company is A RIPP OFF Stay Away At All Costs. Product Lists at Walmart $23 and they are charging me $47 on top of it %3 sales fee plus every-time You deposit %5 and the subscription fee of $200 there is no way you can make money with this app. You better off order directly from Walmart or Amazon

1★ merchant review (full text)

If I could give this a 0 stars I would. Within 10 days of having the app I was charged more than $140 in some sort of subscription charges, before I’ve even made a sale!!! I’m absolutely livid and demand a refund please

1★ merchant review (full text)

Not great. Set up my products and the orders started coming in… However they, Printify, put a hold on my payment method for 24-72 hours. Some orders were processed and shipped. So I’m not sure why a handful or order and recent orders are being held. Makes zero sense to me. And if I want to add money to the Printify account, I can’t use a card, I have to use google pay, Apple Pay, PayPal, etc. it’s not convenient at all. So yeah, pretty not great first impressions.

1★ merchant review (full text)

This company is a COMPLETE FRAUDULANT company. You can heed my words or not. Just a for instance, the Quantity of Products they put in your store is a Fictitious number, straight out of THEIR mouths.As told to me by Zendrop. They reaklly dont know what they have in stock.So this is the chain of Events. Your customer orders something because you show yiou have 100 in stock the order goes to Zendrop who actually has 0(Zero) in stock. Now what does that make you and your company look like??? You look like your company that you worked so hard to get going ,a SCAM STORE. If I could . I would gladly show you a Transcript of my conversation with a Live Zendrop employee, I GUARANTEE you after reading this transcript from beginning to end, You would not believe what you are reading. You will be shocked. And please, if anyone reading this, knows how I can post this Transcript, please let me know ASAP so I can prove this Review I am giving

1★ merchant review (full text)

Ridiculous retail and even above retail prices for items supplied from the US. Worse, you buy an item coming from Amazon from a seller selling it even higher than many other sellers, and you are supposed to sell it on your store, applying a margin of at least 30% to cover fees? Ex: Seller from Amazon on Zendrop sells item at $ 369 while many other sellers sell the same item at $ 305/310....you don't have a choice but to buy at $ 369 because you were stupid enough to pay for a subscription, then sell at least at $ 490 to cover the fees, and make what? Now you are 60/70 % more expensive than average sellers on Amazon!!....Are you going to sell dozens upon dozens of this item when everybody sees everything going on online, particularly on the main marketplace Amazon....You have free apps now very easy to use that can compare prices for you in a fraction of a second and tells you where to buy!....Let's call it by its name.....!

1★ merchant review (full text)

I'm looking through Spocket for the millionth time after installing and reinstalling it. The real variety of products is in the aliexpress section which are just links to aliexpress products/sellers, not only can you import aliexpress for free with DSers, but blindly adding aliexpress linked products from spocket to your store is one sure way to ruin your reputation before you even start. Why? Most aliexpress products now are promoted by "CHOICE," the aliexpress version of Amazon, meaning aliexpress and choice will be all over the package your customer recieves. Meanwhile the US options are literally just random things added by random sellers they allow on the platform, looks like a thrift shop, bad images, immature and vague description etc, and we're expected to pay $40 just to get started building a thriftshop lol. Not to mention that their listings are so high expecting you to be okay with a few dollars, as if youre not going to be investing in paid ads which leaves you nothing.

1★ merchant review (full text)

Last night I asked syncee for help regarding Shopho.Co (Shopho, in syncee) a supplier of theirs that resulted in me losing tons of business, they asked me to delete my review here first, since the team can only help me post that. Their team is great, no doubt! The only trouble is Syncees inventory management, lack of vetting of suppliers, sometimes payment trouble and resolution if a supplier harasses or insults you! I had to cancel an order of 15 products due to inventory issues between syncee and the supplier. While syncee shows 11 products, the supplier claims the product was discontinued sometime back. Initially I had trouble paying for my order, syncee helped, I managed to pay. Post paying for my order, I reached out to the supplier (Shopho) over WhatsApp who told me that the product is out of stock and has been for ages. I asking for a refund, the supplier said “haha” and I had to raise a dispute over PayPal. After this the supplier resorted to harassing me over WhatsApp and name calling. I had reported this to syncee, they are ok with such behaviour and do not ban such suppliers from their platform. They don’t even have a policy in place for such behaviour. It’s a shame that such suppliers will only bring their business down considerably. Syncee is full of glitches that result in loss of business. They don’t have a vetting process for suppliers, they don’t display authentic numbers of products available with the supplier and somehow let the supplier cancel after payment goes through. The supplier said he didn’t feel like dealing with my order - resulting in a big loss of clients. Ps; when I asked ShopHo for my money back I got a “haha” and the following day this person hurled abused over WhatsApp! Incredibly unprofessional!

1★ merchant review (full text)

I installed and uninstalled the app on the same day - it isn't a viable business option from within South Africa regardless of what the app says. I have now been charged for the subscription fee. Within Shopify if the app is uninstalled the subscription is terminated for most apps. I can't for sure remember if I actively cancelled my subscription with Spocket (I've tried a LOT of apps) but this is the only app that still charges subscription despite the store being disconnected from them. Proof enough is that I don't have a time period of using the app next to my name on this review. I have been told the matter will be escalated and I will hear back from them in 24 - 72 hours but that doesn't stop a fairly large charge now sitting on my credit card.

1★ merchant review (full text)

This is a scam! Why NOT to use this: 1) They push you to sign up for their trial. Even when you cancel right away, they continue to charge you. I've tried to cancel three times and have been charged $300 U.S since. They refuse to refund me. 2) Their prices are way too high on the products. It's impossible to make any money with them. 3) Their positive reviews are one of two: Fake (You can tell from the "names" of the stores) or They are from people that got paid in credits from Spocket as soon as they downloaded the app. The only way this app makes their money is from getting users to upgrade, and then their app not working properly when you try to cancel. Just read the other 1 star reviews before you sign up.

1★ merchant review (full text)

There is no option to put in an FPO address, with no FPO option there is no way for me to use the platform. Called Customer Services and was on the phone for 2 hours to try to fix the issue and was not able to add the address. I kept getting told that they would call me back in 24 hours with an answer. I had to ask for an hour to talk to a manager, then the manager told me that she would talk to the billing department and was going to call me in 24 hours. I told them that I have not been able to use the platform because of this and requested a refund and was told that the manager could not do it and had to ask the billing department to do it and was not sure if it was possible.

1★ merchant review (full text)

Aviod this company! There are plenty of other Dropshipping companies that are reliable and trustworthy. I paid for the Plus plan and was told that I would be given a store and be able to check it out and request a refund within 5 days if I wasn't happy with it. They did not send me the store, the 5 days passed and they refused to give me money back. Apparently even though I had no store, I still had to decide within 5 days if I was happy with it or not! They said they would give me the store but not a refund, I did not want to continue with a company that provides misleading information to get you to sign up and then doesn't do what they say.

1★ merchant review (full text)

Worst experience since day 1. I was testing produced boom l am charged $57. I have no funds to pay for what l did not expect and l am not going to allow yoh take my money like that. Payment keep bouncing back, AI helpdesk said l must de-link the products so system will not take my funds but it keep updating the nexg scheduled day to take my funds. I am pissed of. I have debit orders that l must pay with my bank and now zendrop is greedy for nothing

1★ merchant review (full text)

I subscribed to the Spocket Standard Plan, which was clearly listed at $59, but my account has now been charged $200. This is misleading and feels like a scam. On top of that, their so-called “non-refundable policy” is unfair and unacceptable. Customers should not be tricked into paying more than the advertised price, and then be denied a refund. Spocket’s practices appear deceptive and unethical.

1★ merchant review (full text)

WARNING! AutoDS is a SCAM. It doesn't work. If you ask for a refund for the trial they put you through many departments saying this is the wrong department and there is too many tickets open we'll have to close this ticket game. They refuse to give full refunds. Be warned it is a SCAM!

1★ merchant review (full text)

"Much more trouble". I'm having issue over issue with them. Products have inventory on their page but when there is an order, it's out of stock?? After an order they ask me to pay another large amount for "adjustment", ruining the product margin. It's pointless.

1★ merchant review (full text)

Since the upgrade on Sep 12, DSers will process the order to AliExpress. It successfully gets there an I pay for the order. BUT the order simply disappears and is no longer in DSers...Not Awaiting, Not fulfilled,... NOTHING

2★ merchant review (full text)

Firstly, the trial period does not offer sufficient time for users with busy schedules to fully explore the platform’s features. Coupled with the fact that the platform does not offer enough functionality to justify even the minimal $2 trial fee, this can create a negative impression. For some users, this structure may lead to concerns about transparency and, unfortunately, cause the service to appear less trustworthy.

1★ merchant review (full text)

I really don't understand, if everyone can find products at shein? What is the difference to sell them? They are already selling same price even sometimes cheaper than item's cost price. Where is our wholesale buying prices? System is offering for the products to sell $35 which is already shein is selling from $10, it is not make sense. Please tell me if I'm wrong.

1★ merchant review (full text)

HORRIBLE BUSINESS. I signed up for yearly, but after I contacted them days after signing up to cancel because it didn't fit the right products for my store than I originally thought, they refused to give a refund of the $900 I was charged. How is this fair? I had to cancel and take the entire loss. BE WARNED. DO NOT SIGN UP FOR YEARLY.

1★ merchant review (full text)

My store was integrated in Shopify 10 days ago after investing a lot of time and money just to see that 90% of the inventory appears as "sold out". Have reached Printify more than once asking when this gonna be fixed and they just keep saying they don't know so I wonder who is supposed to know? Unbelievable! Time is money folks.

1★ merchant review (full text)

when you doing business with printful it feels like youre getting SCAM OR ROB. I try their subscription $24.99 for all these perks and come to find out you pay more then the "free plan" they don't even deserve a 1 star I don't know how shopify just do business with anyone that looks to deceive their customers !! NOT COOL!!!!!

1★ merchant review (full text)

They are abusive, "took $88 CAD from me for 15% refund policies" of my money, took it without authorization from my credit card, did not respect the trial time, overlooked the misleading advertising they provide. Who regulates this infamous arbitrariness? Beware of this modus operandi.

1★ merchant review (full text)

Don't fall into this pit! None of their products are professional level. Their system is completely based on subscription traps. I spent $200 and in return I saw product photos taken with NOKIA and garbage products manufactured in the back streets of China. Disgrace!

1★ merchant review (full text)

I am extremely dissatisfied with my experience with Spocket. After one year of using their service and paying $948 for an annual subscription (12/2023 to 12/2024), I only managed to sell 3 products, as all other orders were either canceled or undeliverable.

1★ merchant review (full text)

Asked to resource product, they give me a link of high price resource that I wasn't able to make profit. I add $52 fund in my wallet to process orders. When I closed my account they refund $42 while they got their fee by Shopify Bill.

1★ merchant review (full text)

BEWARE, this app is a complete RIP OFF. They will charge you heavily for basically nothing! My last invoice was over $400 USD and I have not even officially launched my website or sold a single thing.

1★ merchant review (full text)

I’ve been using Zopi since last year, and honestly, it used to be one of the best free dropshipping tools out there. You could actually import a decent amount of products, test new ideas, and build your store without hitting a wall every few minutes. But now? They’ve completely ruined it. They’ve limited the number of products you can add so badly it’s basically useless. Back then, you could import way more enough to test multiple niches and see what sells. Now, it’s like they’re purposely choking the free users just to force upgrades. The whole “credits” idea they added made everything worse. Instead of focusing on making the app better or giving more features, they decided to limit how many products you can add, so you hit a wall faster and have to pay. It’s super obvious all they care about now is getting more and more money out of users, not actually helping people start their dropshipping business.

1★ merchant review (full text)

No refund policy on canceled subscriptions, they stole my money, they charged me, I canceled and then they charged me again.