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BizIQ

Complaints

Customer Complaints Summary

  • 12 total complaints in the last 3 years.
  • 6 complaints closed in the last 12 months.

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  • Initial Complaint

    Date:03/05/2025

    Type:Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    ResolvedMore info

    Complaint statuses

    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    My problem is that they continue to leave themselves as Primary Owner on this business and my other business ************************ despite me asking several people at BizIQ several times over the past 9 months to do this for me.

    Business Response

    Date: 03/05/2025

    Hi *****,

    I just shared access to both ****** listings; great talking to you on the phone. Please accept my apologies for the lengthy process.  We typically don't have issues with this and are happy to let business owner's take control of their listing if they wish.

    **** *******

    Customer Success

    Customer Answer

    Date: 03/05/2025


    Better Business Bureau:

    I spoke with ****** from BizIQ and he very promptly took care of my issue.  It looks like in the past that the information was not relayed to the correct people to resolve the issue.  I am happy with the outcome.   
    Regards,

    ***** ******

     
  • Initial Complaint

    Date:01/28/2025

    Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
    Status:
    AnsweredMore info

    Complaint statuses

    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    Keep calling our business from a robo dialer. Refuse to stop. Never initiated any type business with these crooks, who robo dail businesses all over the ** from fake phone numbers to harass them. Wouldn't deal with them if they were the last man standing.

    Business Response

    Date: 01/30/2025

    Hello, 

    We have escalated this request on our end and will add the phone number to do not call tagging.  I tried calling to apologize for the inconvenience but was unable to reach anyone.

    Thanks!

    -Nate E

    BizIQ

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:09/12/2024

    Type:Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    ResolvedMore info

    Complaint statuses

    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    -I signed up 32 days ago (8/1/2024) for increased SEO, improved ****** search results and lead generation -I have given this company $2,305 over 32 days ago and have not received one lead, zero results on ****** search and they're just overall unprofessional and has little actual expertise on in this area (as we have been passed around for the most basic digital marketing questions and we were told their "expert" was out on vacation. -Their recommendation was to increase advertising budget (there was no issue around my budget upon signing up of course), add more pictures (really???) and increase reviews (I have seen other similar companies with less reviews appearing on ******) but how are we supposed to get more reviews when we have not received 1 lead in over a month??I would like a full refund from this company to satisfy my compliant, nothing more, nothing less.

    Business Response

    Date: 09/20/2024

    Hi ****,

    Thank you for sharing your concerns with us.  I know we've discussed your concerns about your service delivery and appreciate that you are working with us.  My team has confirmed that we are continuing to work together.  Please let me know if there's anything else we can do to assist you; we want you to get as much value as possible and truly enjoy your experience with us.

    ***********************

    VP of Customer Success

    - - - - - - - 

    -I signed up 32 days ago (8/1/2024) for increased SEO, improved ****** search results and lead generation -I have given this company $2,305 over 32 days ago and have not received one lead, zero results on ****** search and they're just overall unprofessional and has little actual expertise on in this area (as we have been passed around for the most basic digital marketing questions and we were told their "expert" was out on vacation. -Their recommendation was to increase advertising budget (there was no issue around my budget upon signing up of course), add more pictures (really???) and increase reviews (I have seen other similar companies with less reviews appearing on ******) but how are we supposed to get more reviews when we have not received 1 lead in over a month?? I would like a full refund from this company to satisfy my compliant, nothing more, nothing less.

    Customer Answer

    Date: 09/20/2024


    Better Business Bureau:

    I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution would be satisfactory to me.  I will wait for the business to perform this action and, if it does, will consider this complaint resolved.

    Regards,

    ***********************

     
  • Initial Complaint

    Date:07/08/2024

    Type:Order Issues
    Status:
    AnsweredMore info

    Complaint statuses

    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    I am writing to (1) demand the immediate return of all monies paid to BizIQ under the Agreement and (2) seek compensation for the substantial damages your company has caused to Falcon, including at a minimum all lost revenue since engaging BizIQ.In addition, this letter serves as formal notice that Falcon is terminating the Agreement. ****** expects you to waive the twenty (20) day notice period and to immediately cease charging our account.Falcon reserves all rights at law and in equity, including but not limited to the right to pursue any and all claims for damages, specific performance, injunctive relief, and any other remedies available under applicable law and equity. This reservation of rights includes, but is not limited to, potential rights and claims relating to:Violation of the Consumer Fraud Act: Including for deceptive practices and/or misrepresentation of BizIQs services.Fundamental Breach of Contract: BizIQ's failure to deliver essential services as agreed and well as the inclusion of substantively unconscionable clauses that are excessively one-sided in the Agreement that unfairly favor BizIQ.Breach of the Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing: This implied covenant is included in every contract.Gross Negligence and/or Willful Misconduct: BizIQs actions were grossly negligent and/or willful in connection with its deficient (and harmful) delivery of the services.This letter and the demands contained herein are not intended to be a waiver or relinquishment of any rights or remedies Falcon may have against BizIQ, and all such rights and remedies are expressly reserved.We hope to resolve this matter amicably and promptly. However, ****** is prepared to take all necessary actions to protect its interests and seek appropriate remedies for the harm caused by BizIQ.

    Business Response

    Date: 07/17/2024

    Hi ******, I'm looking forward to connecting about your concerns and issues this week.  **************** is reaching out to lock in a time.

    ***********************

    VP of Customer Success

    Customer Answer

    Date: 07/26/2024

    Im a little frustrated that there was no way to respond to the notice that you sent regarding my complaint. While a representative from Biz IQ has responded, the issues have not been resolved. They are reviewing the complaint and we will have a follow up. call the week of August 12.

    I am traveling out of the country until August 9,

    To confirm, these issues have not been settled, and the complaint must be reopened. Thank you.

    Business Response

    Date: 07/29/2024

    Confirmed, we are set to meet in August to resolve the issues and concerns.

    Customer Answer

    Date: 08/12/2024

    After missing a scheduled call on July 15, *************************** called me on unexpectedly July 19th to discuss my complaint. I was not in a position to take the call and we spoke briefly to arrange a call next week to speak.

    I sent ****************** a letter outlining the issues, but he did not read it or look at the condition of the web site. **************** stated that he was not familiar with how his company failed to deliver services as promised thereby causing considerable damage to my business and online reputation.

    I requested that he put together an offer in writing to settle this matter, but I have yet to hear from him.

    BizIq is an unscrupulous business that has no business being in business. Everyone I dealt with at their company failed to deliver services as contracted and destroyed my business. There are many other businesses who complain about the same thing. Why are they still in business?

    This complaint should remain open until after our call next week.

    Please let me know if you have any questions.

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:08/26/2023

    Type:Service or Repair Issues
    Status:
    AnsweredMore info

    Complaint statuses

    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    See attachment

    Business Response

    Date: 09/12/2023

    Hi *****,

    I'd love to make things right for you.  After reviewing this complaint, the only note I see is to "see attachment" but that is not available for me.  I'll have our team call you to discuss resolution.

    ***********************

    VP, Customer Success

    ************************************************************************

    ************


    Customer Answer

    Date: 10/06/2023

    -Why you are rejecting the business' response
    I havent rejected the business response.
    -Mention any additional concerns you would like the business to address
    For some reason my attachment is not attached. I have tried numerous attempts to re-attach resend, offer my attachments on a different format.
    -Restate your desired resolution
    My desired resolution is for your company to take my request for my files seriously and simply send my website files so I can forward them to another website company to get my site live online again after a month of BIZIQ running me around. I requested it from ******* in August. I aso requested it from ***** in August and to this day. Crickets, nothing, ***** Just more jerking me around and wasting my time money and efforts ever letting your company just simply builing me a website that gets me targeted traffic. Not targeted spam. The spam I get is 20x more than the targeted leads.
    I expect a 16k refund as spent much more than that and 2 yrs wasting of my time money and efforts.
    -If applicable, please send me any documents that support your rebuttal statement

    This is the missing attachment:

    To whom it may concern, I have had a horrible experience with BiZIQ of ******* **. I spent over 16k over about a 2 yr period or over $900 per month for a website that could not provide targeted traffic to this website BIZIQ made or built from scratch or ground up as a general contractor and handyman service in ****** **.

    We began in march of 2021 and ended our relationship in June of 2023 just over two years ago for a website that does a fantastic job of providing spam leads that weekly I would receive dozens of solicitors that wanted to sell me their service. Not homeowners that are interested in home repairs and remodeling.conversations, calls, texts, emails. Please tell me if anyone thinks that paying $900 per month for over 1.5 yrs is long enough for BIZIQ to show me an acceptable website that produces the target traffic we set out to get paid results with.. 

    After approx 16 months of me paying $900 per month for a full package or suite of services, I informed BIZIQ their performance was not acceptable, They admitted it, made some small changes then offered to drop my monthly payment to $599. Unfortunately it got worse on leads, although the stats showed small minor improvements on paper, but I made it clear that wasn't acceptable either. The problem was, they never did enough, they never took it seriously and just would say with time, it will certainly improve. It didn't, it got worse if it could be worse.

    In January of 2023 I informed BIZIQ I was making my last payment because their results and performance wasn't at all going in the right direction. I really liked working with ******* and her colleagues and the company in general as the reason I selected BIZIQ over many others was its excellent online reputation and reviews. The reviews are what I expected, but they aren't capable of the site they designed and built completely from the ground up and could take as long as they like. I was very patient and accommodating while we built out the site. It's beautiful, appealing, and has all the features to get the job done and attract traffic, except it was a dog even though my payments decreased, because they knew I wasn't satisfied with their results even at $599 a month for the same site but they took away social media posts. So they dropped my price and dropped some of my coverage and my traffic stayed about the same. It was so horrible, I was ready to replace them and take my site to a company that was able to simply get an acceptable amount of targeted traffic, not more spam. The spam just kept coming. I know they were working on it. But obviously their SEO experience is not capable of standing behind what they sell.

    In June I was contacted by one of ******* bosses ***** and she could care less. My only option was to keep paying my monthly bill while we waited for who knows years to get acceptable targeted traffic and not spam. The spam was 10 spam leads for every one acceptable good lead at minimum. ****** offer was completely careless of taking care of a great paying client that BIZIQ  refused to give enough attention to my SEO and make the necessary adjustments to get the traffic needed. It's as simple as that. It comes down to I had to continue to pay for unacceptable service while BizIQ is being paid for unacceptable service. I declined the offer and BIZIQ had the chance to turn it around, but instead felt they were due their payments while trying or practicing.. You tried for two years over 16k for a site that was a dog, why would anyone continue to throw good money after bad for horrible service? We ended it and you could have had a reasonable chance to prove BIZIQs reputation or charge a customer 16k for a dog until you did your job acceptably. That's it. I think it's obvious that you knew your company wasn't skilled enough to do what I've already paid more than a year ago.

    My website files were discussed and sent a couple days afterwards. Although little did I know, this email n for weeks was time sensitive. Surprise! I don't have access to a 16k website that I've paid for, but for some reason they keep jerking me around to send it when I requested it.

    I contacted ******* on Wednesday 8/16  to simply get the information of who her boss was that joined our call that was careless to salvage a good customer and careless to attempt to figure out how to resolve a pretty simple situation for a website marketing company. I asked her to tell me her name and email so I could contact her to get my files simply resent. Simple enough. Except I begin to get the runaround. ******* responded she was going to be off the next two workdays and Monday she would contact her team that does that to fulfill that request.

    Nothing 10 days later..

    I figured it out on my own  and contacted ***** instead on Thursday 8/17 to assist me even though ******* refused to answer what I asked for ****** contact info. Still today 70 days later BIZIQ refuses to send me my website files while I keep on the hook my new website firm and my site has been down for weeks. I've never heard back from *******. I just don't understand how you can treat your well paying clients and how you don't have more reviews like mine, because i've had a horrible experience dealing with your company's antics unfortunately.

    Business Response

    Date: 10/10/2023

    Hi *****!

    It looks like the site files were sent on 8/18/2023 to ***********************.  We can resend those if you missed the email.  I'll have someone from our team reach out.  Regarding refunds, we do have a satisfaction guarantee and have fulfilled work according to our service agreement.  We strive to bring the most value possible to all of our customers and are sorry to hear that you're not satisfied with the services.

    ***********************

     

  • Initial Complaint

    Date:02/06/2023

    Type:Product Issues
    Status:
    ResolvedMore info

    Complaint statuses

    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    I have asked to be removed from this email list three times but there is no opt out link (WHICH IS REQUIRED BY LAW WHEN YOU SEND SOLICITATION EMAILS) ************ boasts that theyre an A plus BBB company which I dont feel is appropriate either.Today at 5:23 pm:*********,I haven't heard back from you and I am feeling a bit like a stalker. It is that time of year for your bi-annual review of your ****** Listing package that you hired us to manage..Thursday February 2, 2023 9:20 am From me:This is my last and final request to be removed from your email list before I report you to the Better Business Bureau. From: ************************* <****************************************************> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 5:01 PM To: ***************************************** <*******************************>Subject: Can you find 5 minutes for us? *********,January 25, 2023 8:07 am From me:Remove me from your list or I am going to report you. This is my second request.Sent from my iPhone On Jan 24, 2023, at 8:21 PM, ************************* <****************************************************> wrote:?Hi *********,January 19 @ 2:34 pm I wrote:From me:Check your email. I sent you a reply on Friday. Please remove me from your list. From: ************************* <****************************************************> Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2023 1:32 PM To: ***************************************** <*******************************>Subject: Ready Now? Hi *********,

    Business Response

    Date: 02/14/2023

    We sincerely apologize for continuing to contact you after you requested to be removed from our lists. The representative has been re-trained on how to proceed with these types of requests. Rest assured you are now removed from all lists of BizIQ.

    Customer Answer

    Date: 02/14/2023


    Better Business Bureau:

    I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution would be satisfactory to me.  I will wait for the business to perform this action and, if it does, will consider this complaint resolved.

    Regards,

    *****************************************

     
  • Initial Complaint

    Date:01/11/2023

    Type:Sales and Advertising Issues
    Status:
    AnsweredMore info

    Complaint statuses

    Resolved:
    The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
    Unresolved:
    The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
    Answered:
    The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
    Unanswered:
    The business failed to respond to the dispute.
    Unpursuable:
    BBB is unable to locate the business.
    BizIQ FAILED to provide the service which we paid for. We paid $1,153.00 for a website Oct . 2022 and SEO services . The website was to three domains. In November, BizIQ charged our card again for SEO, although NO SERVICES had been rendered and there was not a website. As of 1/11/2023 WE DO NOT have the website on the 3 domains which we paid for.In addition, on January 6, 2023 BizIQ had the audacity to send a "fake" marketing reach report to us based off a nonexistent website for the time frame of Dec. ****, 2023. We want our money back . This is beyonf bad business

    Business Response

    Date: 01/19/2023

    We are working directly with the customer to resolve the matter. We pride ourselves on the work we do for our customers. We try to show reports in
    an easy to read format, but we are providing the customer with much more detail to show proof of our services. Many times our customers do not understand the depth of our services, which involves education to show the value of the hard work put into the services that have been provided.

    Customer Answer

    Date: 01/20/2023

    I am awaiting a refund for monies paid. There was not a discussion on the report that was previously attached, because there was not a website to generate a report on. 

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