The Knot's harmful business practices require answers.
442 Comments
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Ann Ozier
2 months ago
They scammed me
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Lucas Morais
2 months ago
1. Deceptive and Fake Leads: A continuous pattern of unqualified, fraudulent, or automated inquiries that fail to meet reasonable consumer lead standards, misrepresenting customer intent and actual traffic metrics on your platform.
2. Unilateral Pricing Changes & Misrepresentations: Discrepancies between agreed promotional/listing rates and actual contract billing, along with misleading representations regarding category placement and guaranteed reach.
3. Lack of Good Faith and Honest Dealing.
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Kelley Nussbaum
2 months ago
As a small business starting from scratch The Knot was the first place I turned to to get my start in this industry 9 years ago. When you’re scrapping for every penny you can earn to grow your business expenses and marketing matter a lot and go hand in hand here. To feel not only financially taken advantage of but mislead by a company I was told to trust is disgusting. The emotional weight we all put behind the success of our businesses shouldn’t be used for someone else’s financial gain.
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Supporter
2 months ago
I paid for the Knot/ Wedding wire for one full year . As someone with a marketing background - I understand how to get a product to bring revenue from a website / software. I spent a great amount of time making my Knot/Wedding wire to produce results—— the results NEVER came. I booked enough to almost break even for cost over one year. The amount of FAKE leads was overwhelming - causing me to spend enormous amounts of time trying to reach- contact- book potential clients. I wasted a full year
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Sal Cortez
2 months ago
I was a client of both sites for a decade and was always suspicious of the leads
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Carissa St Clair
2 months ago
I was ripped off for a year from the knot. Even had an issue trying to cancel my plan after my contract was up. I had to reach out to the CEO to finally get it cancelled. Absolutely insane.
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Michelle Ficarra
2 months ago
This company just sends out fake leads and scams and take your money and keep you hostage to pay your remaining contract balance.
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Shannon Currie
2 months ago
The knot basically gave me fake leads and made it beyond difficult to get out of their contract.
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Jordan Poole
2 months ago
I have numerous examples of being misled and lied to, over and over again.
- Paying for Premium placement and still finding my listing lower than promised
- High volume of fake and spammy leads
- The attempt to raise pricing by 10% YOY with no data to prove
- Vague metrics
- In 5 years, I've had around 7 different account managers... they just keep on shuffling.
Would love to see acountability for the lies and gaslighting.
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IMANI INTERNATIONAL
2 months ago
As a DJ advertising on the Knot Wedding Wire, I have experienced fraudulent business practices in the form of false leads, difficult cancellation practices and scams
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Matthew Gormley
2 months ago
I am a wedding vendor
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Ashley Painter
3 months ago
My small business was exploited by fraudulent and appalling practices at The Knot Worldwide. Instead of uplifiting me, they took advantage of my situation. I hope they are held accountable and that is why I am signing this petition.
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sarah schacht
3 months ago
I personally experienced this fraud as a vendor on The Knot and Wedding Wire
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Sarah McQuade
3 months ago
I looked into Wedding Pro as a brand new small business owner hoping to be visible to potential clients. I was directly lied to and pressured with scare tactics to invest a ridiculous amount of money into a scam- money that is now a giant debt. They take advantage of small businesses to scale larger/partner vendors reducing chances of success while inflating industry costs for couples!
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Daniel Mockaitis
3 months ago
Have ONLY received fake leads.
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Louis LeMasters
3 months ago
A completely predatory company that cons people into signing years-long contracts of the back of misinformation, withheld information, false promises, false leads, and lies.
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Antonia Rankin
3 months ago
The Knot - Wedding Wire - Wedding Pro totally lied to me regarding statistics about the weddings they get and totally mislead me regarding the number of inquires they receive for micro weddings which I do.
At least 10 ghost leads in a 2 week period. They lied and mislead me and unfortunately I agreed to a 360.00 a month package for absolutely no leads.
My budget can’t handle that monthly fee plus other red flags were appearing. Emailed three times to cancel contract. Will not cancel contract!
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Teresa Garcia
3 months ago
I signed up for their site. Only to get fake leads and zero revenue. Was told at signup that I could cancel anytime. Then when I went to cancel, was told it was a 12 month deal.
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Lassen Gardens
3 months ago
As someone who values small businesses, I believe platforms like The Knot should operate fairly and transparently. Vendors invest significant time and money into these services and deserve accountability when expectations are not met.
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Leslie Hernandez
3 months ago
I was one of the vendors that didn’t have any ROI and I knew the leads where fake. My store front was elite and clear the leads where bad.
They scammed me
1. Deceptive and Fake Leads: A continuous pattern of unqualified, fraudulent, or automated inquiries that fail to meet reasonable consumer lead standards, misrepresenting customer intent and actual traffic metrics on your platform. 2. Unilateral Pricing Changes & Misrepresentations: Discrepancies between agreed promotional/listing rates and actual contract billing, along with misleading representations regarding category placement and guaranteed reach. 3. Lack of Good Faith and Honest Dealing.
As a small business starting from scratch The Knot was the first place I turned to to get my start in this industry 9 years ago. When you’re scrapping for every penny you can earn to grow your business expenses and marketing matter a lot and go hand in hand here. To feel not only financially taken advantage of but mislead by a company I was told to trust is disgusting. The emotional weight we all put behind the success of our businesses shouldn’t be used for someone else’s financial gain.
I paid for the Knot/ Wedding wire for one full year . As someone with a marketing background - I understand how to get a product to bring revenue from a website / software. I spent a great amount of time making my Knot/Wedding wire to produce results—— the results NEVER came. I booked enough to almost break even for cost over one year. The amount of FAKE leads was overwhelming - causing me to spend enormous amounts of time trying to reach- contact- book potential clients. I wasted a full year
I was a client of both sites for a decade and was always suspicious of the leads
I was ripped off for a year from the knot. Even had an issue trying to cancel my plan after my contract was up. I had to reach out to the CEO to finally get it cancelled. Absolutely insane.
This company just sends out fake leads and scams and take your money and keep you hostage to pay your remaining contract balance.
The knot basically gave me fake leads and made it beyond difficult to get out of their contract.
I have numerous examples of being misled and lied to, over and over again. - Paying for Premium placement and still finding my listing lower than promised - High volume of fake and spammy leads - The attempt to raise pricing by 10% YOY with no data to prove - Vague metrics - In 5 years, I've had around 7 different account managers... they just keep on shuffling. Would love to see acountability for the lies and gaslighting.
As a DJ advertising on the Knot Wedding Wire, I have experienced fraudulent business practices in the form of false leads, difficult cancellation practices and scams
I am a wedding vendor
My small business was exploited by fraudulent and appalling practices at The Knot Worldwide. Instead of uplifiting me, they took advantage of my situation. I hope they are held accountable and that is why I am signing this petition.
I personally experienced this fraud as a vendor on The Knot and Wedding Wire
I looked into Wedding Pro as a brand new small business owner hoping to be visible to potential clients. I was directly lied to and pressured with scare tactics to invest a ridiculous amount of money into a scam- money that is now a giant debt. They take advantage of small businesses to scale larger/partner vendors reducing chances of success while inflating industry costs for couples!
Have ONLY received fake leads.
A completely predatory company that cons people into signing years-long contracts of the back of misinformation, withheld information, false promises, false leads, and lies.
The Knot - Wedding Wire - Wedding Pro totally lied to me regarding statistics about the weddings they get and totally mislead me regarding the number of inquires they receive for micro weddings which I do. At least 10 ghost leads in a 2 week period. They lied and mislead me and unfortunately I agreed to a 360.00 a month package for absolutely no leads. My budget can’t handle that monthly fee plus other red flags were appearing. Emailed three times to cancel contract. Will not cancel contract!
I signed up for their site. Only to get fake leads and zero revenue. Was told at signup that I could cancel anytime. Then when I went to cancel, was told it was a 12 month deal.
As someone who values small businesses, I believe platforms like The Knot should operate fairly and transparently. Vendors invest significant time and money into these services and deserve accountability when expectations are not met.
I was one of the vendors that didn’t have any ROI and I knew the leads where fake. My store front was elite and clear the leads where bad.