DPBUK.co.uk review - anyone tried dpbuk? Is it a scam?

[sturose]

Wish I had found this out before paying dropshipland.

I joined them about 11 months ago after falling for all their false claims of being the best.

I wasn't naive enough to believe that the initial fee would include hosting as I have been messing about with websites for quite a few years now but when I found out how much they were charging for their hosting which is compulsory I was shocked.

I decided to give it a go and they set up my website. I went through the various categories in my control panel looking at the wholesale prices and checking retail prices on other websites, most of the wholesale prices were higher than retail prices everywhere. Nothing like the sample websites they sent me to view before I purchased.

I decided to have a go anyway, started promoting by listing my sites on various directories, blogs, review sites etc and managed to get a few sales, approx £30 of sales in total.

At this point I felt uplifted so I proceeded to start an adwords campaign.

I spent about £100 on advertising and received sales of about £15 with about £4 profit for me!!!

I'd had enough at this point as I had started finding some bad reviews about the company and after reading more I have realised that I do not wish to be associated with them any longer. I have cancelled my paypal recurring payment with them, sent them written confirmation that I wish to cancel at the end of my 12 month contract and they have now removed my website which I am taking as their confirmation they have received my request.

By all accounts it appears that I am one of the lucky ones as they have cancelled my account when requested and I did make something albeit only a few pounds.

To summarise:

The website are very poor quality, I had to ask for support on several occasions due to links not working etc
The hosting is vastly overpriced, cheaper can be found elsewhere.
Their 'wholesale' prices are nothing of the sort.
The product ranges are poor.
I purchased a package which stated I would have every product in their range but after purchasing they offered me upgrades at a cost for other items to be added to the range.

All in all, a very underhand company who are not upfront about the true costs of the business they offer.

PS. Is it possible to transfer the domain once a contract has been terminated with them as I would like to use mine elsewhere but I have read that they will not allow transfers??

[DropshipForum]

PS. Is it possible to transfer the domain once a contract has been terminated with them as I would like to use mine elsewhere but I have read that they will not allow transfers??

Hi Sturose,

No it is not possible.

Dropshipland purposely includes a domain name (and charges you an exorbitant GB£10 for it) to keep a live hook once people realize what they have gotten themselves into and decide to cancel.

By keeping your domain, they try to make you more reluctant to cancel the membership. Don't fall for this trick. Domain names are inexpensive (try 1&1, GoDaddy, or 123-reg in the UK), and you should never let anyone have control of it but you. Also remember that search engine optimization is domain name specific; if you let anyone have control of your domain name, and they won't release it to you once you cancel, you will lose all the money and efforts you spent on generating traffic to your domain name.

Dropshipping can work, but only if you choose a very unique route. All these business-in-a-box dropshippers are a waste of time and money, not just because they are overpriced, but primarily because they deprive you of the uniqueness that is essential to making money from dropshipping and reselling.

Also beware that, since dpbuk was exposed, the site has tried to make us believe that online complaints found online since 2007 are somehow false ... or made up ... talk about a callous scam. Be careful of their tactics, they are only interested in your money, and they will tell you what you want to hear just to get it.

[Dayle]

Me and my Mrs got stung by these too around 8 Months ago.

Fair to say that they will be getting a written letter to cancel my website with them, I have already cancelled the paypal re-newal. We WOULD have sold quite a few things just a shame nothing we were to sell was ever in stock.

I see that BM Dropship who they use for there lingerie don't use any Bluemoon products any more and everything now is just overpriced garbage. Be warned people do not use DPBUK they are con men as we found out and luckily only lost £90 but still it isn't the point......

Moral of the story. DPBUK are con men and frauds. AVOID!