Seven to Eight years ago it all changed for us here at Mom & Pop Business Funding.
We started to become a massive company in size.
That's when it transpired.
Yelp started to request a huge fee each year for us to have our 100,000 plus 5 Star Reviews people had posted on their site about our company.
The BBB (Better Business Bureau followed, almost in unison.
Shortly after, Glassdoor followed suit and the next thing you know, we were going to have to pay over $160,000.00 annually to have our "FREE" reviews on these three planforms that people have been so kind as to take their time and post a review on our company.
So we finally said, that's it, we've had enough and we told the BBB, Yelp and Glassdoor to shove it, like so many other business owners across America.
...and that is when these three platforms retaliated.
In no time, every 5 Star Review was Gone!
...and all that remained was the negative reviews!!!
Talk about extortion!
Now this is where it gets interesting.
Almost every negative review was/is from people that have never worked for/with Mom & Pop Business Funding, in fact, in many cases, they are posted by competitors in the Merchant Cash Advance industry!
It's almost comical thinking about it, if it weren't so unfair.
Who in their right mind would think for one moment that the Better Business Bureau would extort or blackmail a business owner/company?
Well, if you don't believe us, click on this blue underlined link and read the article and read the countless other horror stories online!!!
Now, could there really be a "trifecta" of sorts going on here?
Could Glassdoor be in on this also and extorting or blackmailing business owners too?
Yes, we mentioned the word "trifecta" and sure enough, there's evidence all over the internet of Yelp doing the exact same thing, blackmailing and extorting business owners to have the 5 Star Reviews on their sites. Here's one of many articles of proof of their extortion on the world wide web. Click this blue link.
Moral of the story is, that these three companies are just that, companies!
...and they have to make money and unfortunately one of the ways they have chosen to make their money is down right criminal, and there's nothing "we" as business owners can do about it, until laws are changed.
It is what it is,
...at the end of the day, they did NOT make us who we are, our ISO Partners did, as did their merchants that they funded loans for on our platform.
So sorry for what appears to be bitching and moaning, but hey, let's understand one another, we're made up of human beings also and we get upset just like everyone else now and again.
Peace!
Love and Kindness in your direction if you have read this far!
On behalf of Mom & Pop Business Funding, Bret Martin and Staff.
Interesting
Absolutely insane !