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Thryv is a cloud-based business management platform for small businesses. The software includes tools for customer relationship management (CRM), marketing automation, scheduling, invoicing, payments and online reputation management. Thryv primarily aids service-based businesses in the United States, including local businesses and emerging franchises.
Visit www.thryv.com- Combines marketing, CRM and payment tools
- Advertises starting prices online
- Cloud-based accessibility
- Designed for service-based businesses
- Requires six-month contract
- Focuses mostly on small to medium businesses
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Reviewed Aug. 31, 2018
Two months ago, I got billed for two months, but it should have been taken care of via AutoPay. I called and they told me that I needed to update the info on my credit card, which I did. Taken care of, right? No! Two months later I get another bill, for two months, saying it's unpaid, plus a late charge. I call the billing dept. again, and they admit that they lost the new credit card info. Very polite people, but I resent having to spend more time on the phone to clear up THEIR mistake! Then I talked to 3 more people (supervisors and then Tyler in Resolutions Dept.). Tyler was hostile, and kept saying it was not their fault, he was completely uncare and blaming the mix-up on ME! I'm paying this co. over $800 a year for advertising, but this man can't humble himself to admit they messed up. He had a bad attitude. So, warning: If you have to update your credit card info for AutoPays, be on alert for them to lose your info and start charging you late charges!
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2018
Where do I start with how awful this company is. They should have stuck to phone books, because they know nothing about web design, maintain, transferring or customer support. First off our company made the horrid mistake of using them to “design”, and I use that word loosely, a website for us. Not only was it badly done, but we were not allowed to edit it ourselves nor would they make changes we requested. When they would finally get around to making changes (literally almost two months later) they would either be incomplete, or not what we had asked for. We had interactive links that went nowhere and some just were not even there. I am pretty sure they use monkeys in Dockers to write their code.
When we had finally had enough we decided to change our hosting to GoDaddy and was going to maintain the website ourselves since they were obviously not capable of handling such a task. I had been in contact with our Business Advisor Heather with hopes that she could facilitate a smooth transaction with her IT people and ours. That was laughable at best. I spent almost two months trying to get our website out of their hands. Back and forth emails between Heather, myself and their URL DNS Technician, Barbara, who kept insisting that they didn’t have a lock on our account that would allow us to transfer our website to another host, despite the fact that I literally sent them screenshots where it showed them having a block on our account that would prevent transfer. It’s kind of hard to argue with something when the proof is right in front of your face right?
Well one with common sense would think so at least, but argue and deny they did the whole way through the process, parroting the same response each time despite what I was showing them. Once our IT person got it straightened out they neglected to send our website files to us, then had the audacity to tell us they owned our content since they put it together. Well I am pretty sure legally they don’t but since the website they “designed” was subpar at best, and a fifth grader with Wordpress could have done better, I decided not to waste my time with them any longer. Instead I will direct my attentions towards warning any future or potential people looking to start up a website.
Stay FAR away from these people as possible, they are a plague on the business community and have no intentions of helping you grow your business despite their well-manicured speeches their sales team pitches you. They will take your money to make a quick buck, give you a wretched out of date website and subpar customer service. It’s appalling that they are still even in business and should be ashamed of themselves preying on small companies. I also am pretty sure half of the positive reviews are fake and paid for, because every other person I have spoken to has nothing but ill words for this sorry excuse for a company.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2018
I advertised through the Yellow Pages and then DexYP told me about their services and I started doing it. They have professional and courteous customer service. Their services have been very valuable as well. When I was in the Yellow Pages, the books were great because I was at A and the computer helped me too. DexYP did a bit of everything for me.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2018
Years ago I intentionally advertised with our local phone book. As the years went on I renewed my business advertising until I decided that I was no longer interested in growing the business any more than the customer base I had already established. I reduced my ad with them so only the business name, address & phone number appeared. Years went by & along came DexYP that took over the local phone book. To my knowledge I never renewed any contract with them however I actually paid the yearly fee for a few years as it was just another bill that came & got paid.
Finally I realized I hadn't been contacted for any renewal & they even had the listing incorrect regarding the business name & address (business had incorporated & address changed over 10 years ago), so when I received several bills I called them and spoke with someone regarding all of this. I was told they'd correct the matter & no further bills would be sent. However, the harassing phone calls have continued & now it has been turned over to a collection company. I am about to contact my attorney if this false charge continues.
Reviewed Aug. 24, 2018
Do not fall for how good of a product Thryv is because it is not. I signed up not even a month ago and found out the reports they ran on my online profiles to get me to sign up were fake. They wanted to manage my online accounts but can't because I already have someone doing them but was unaware that they were in good hands. Plus the calendar feature is very limited. You cannot turn off reminders to clients if you only want to use it for personal use. Then when you talk to your "Client Care Advocate" all they say is "I'm sorry". I want out of my contract because they cannot fulfill their end of the agreement, plus it's breach of contract in my opinion. They refuse to let me speak to a supervisor saying there isn't one. Don't fall for it like I did!!
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2018
Somebody from DexYP came to us and told us the services they can do and we thought we could use them. They do a website for us and do the coding. They also do a little bit of a social media stuff, like Facebook, and send out stuff on there. They made the website more professional and it's better than I would have done it, so their service is valuable enough. However, I didn't really notice a difference 'cause customers just go in, look at the website for an address or phone number, and that's pretty much it. Occasionally, we call the customer service to put some info on the website like change the hours or that we're doing a Christmas sale, and they do that. The reps we've talked to over the phone are professional, definitely friendly and knowledgeable.
Reviewed Aug. 22, 2018
DexYP reached out to us to be in their phone book. We have two phone books in town so it's tough to follow, but DexYP's service has been somewhat valuable to our company. I have not spoken to customer service lately but they have been friendly and helpful.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018
When the representative contacted me for the first time not only was I a new small business owner I was 6 months pregnant. I rarely had time to speak with the gentleman who continuously called me over the next 3 months. Finally I decided to move forward after being convinced that this software and website was going to save a lot of time and take a lot of stress off of my hands. Unfortunately after my daughter was born I found myself with even less time than I had before. I never even signed into the Thryv software for the first time.
After discussing this with my husband we decided that it wasn't worth it $200 a month and decided to cancel. Little did I know I was stuck in a 12 month contract. I took for granted that The representative I spoke with had morals and an ethical standard being that he worked for a corporation. I was adamant through this entire process that I did not want to sign any contracts. I don't even sign contract for my mobile phone and I use it every day. I was assured there was nothing to worry about. In addition this was going to make my life so much easier. When I called to cancel I spoke to my representative who then forwarded me to his manager who did assured me that the cancellation was being submitted. They never mentioned that I was in a contract.
Two weeks later I noticed I'm still being charged for the software and website so I called the 1-800 number. At this time I was informed that I could not cancel because I agreed to the terms and conditions of the 12-month contract. When I asked for a copy of this recording they stated that it wasn't in the recording but they did state that I would receive my terms and condition via email. It only mentions the 12-month contract in the email. apparently they don't feel it important to mention that it's a 12-month contract prior to sending you the email or the recording. And if you don't respond within 3 days to cancel you're stuck with the software for 12 full months.
Call me old-fashioned but I tend to do business on somebody's word. This gentleman took advantage of the fact that I had very little time to even read emails or answer his phone calls. I would definitely not recommend the service or DexYP as a whole to any new company or individual. The representative continues to lie about misleading me. I have researched the reviews and I am not the first person that this is happened to. They always fail to mention the contract. I only gave them one star because I had to.
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2018
We did an annual renewal of the advertising involved in White Pages. DexYP's salesperson e-mailed and called us. He was helpful, friendly, and knowledgeable.
Updated review: Aug. 22, 2018
I feel confident that this has been resolved and that is all I was asking for. I am changing my review to a 3 star because they did respond this time in a quick time frame and cleared up my issues.
Original Review: Aug. 20, 2018
I had called to check when our advertising was due to expire as we had closed our business September 2017. After almost a year (June 2018) I called again under the assumption that the ad ended in Aug. The rep told me that NO. It auto-renewed in Jan (again for a business that closed Sept 2017). Ironically they claim to have called us to confirm, not possible as the number for the business has been shut down so there is no way they called to confirm. Then the story changed and was that we had an auto-renew contract, even though they had been told we closed and did not document it.
Then I tell them to cancel it. I am not paying for an auto-renew that I didn't authorize and did not get a call on, they say it is in the contract. I sent in all the notarized "out of business" forms months ago and now getting bills threatening me with collections. FOR AN ACCOUNT THAT THEY RENEWED. I can't get them to call back and I called last week and was told they would send a message up to get this dealt with. I sent an email this morning and if they don't respond this week I will file complaints with an attorney and the Attorney General.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
We’ve been dealing with DexYP for 40 years. They run an advertising program for us and they also handle the prints, phonebook ads and some monitoring. Their services are valuable to our company. They’re a way for the people to find us and if there is a problem, they correct it. We’re satisfied with them.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2018
They are a bunch of lying Con-artists. They lead you on thinking they are setting you up with a website, and it's a Client Portal. People don't fall for this Scam!!! They have this sweet talking con artist lure you in and as soon as they get your money, you're locked in to their crooked system and you can't get out!!! They are White collared Thieves to say the least. God Bless!! Mike.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2018
Our company has ads and we have always been with the Yellow Pages, but DexYP owns that now and it has all been rolled over. We've been a customer for a year longer than I've been with my company and I've been here for 10 years. During that time, DexYP is what we've always had and we have never changed it. Their services are very good. I have a rep, Sarah and we talk quarterly or at least every six months. She gives me a call to find out how everything's going. I love her and she's a good girl.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2018
We’ve used DexYP for years now doing the advertising. They’ve always been proficient and their service has been fairly valuable for us.
Reviewed Aug. 16, 2018
We've used DexYP for advertising for years and we have a lady who calls once a month. She checks to make sure and advises us on everything so that we’re well aware of what’s going on.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
At a glance this seems to be a good solution but after signing up for a trial (you need your credit card to do so) I realized that they do NOT have marketing automation like advertised. Simply the ability to communicate with one message at a time. Do not be confused, their use of the word 'campaign' is not accurate. Additionally, you are required to call back to cancel (which I did and was told I had to call back because their system hasn't updated with my account information). Don't waste your time.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2018
We have been doing the Phonebooks through DexYP. We've had good luck with them and the rep has been patient to us and very good in explaining any of the other options. Customer service was very helpful.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
I went through all kinds of trouble to cancel my contract in February 2017 because they make it extremely difficult to reach someone who has the power to cancel contracts. I was relieved to be done with it and put DexYP out of my mind. Today, I got a letter from them saying, "your current advertising will automatically renew" with the amount that they will be billing me for! When I called, the only option is to leave a message. I know from previous experience that they do not return calls. Since I am not currently advertising with DexYP, how can they "automatically renew"? Do I have to waste a lot of time trying to get through to them to make sure that it doesn't renew?
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2018
We use the yellow pages from DexYP, and we appreciate their service for us, so that we can meet our guidelines. They’ve been good to meet, and schedule, and correct ads with.
Reviewed Aug. 13, 2018
We advertise in DexYP’s book and we have the internet on the phone. Their rep is phenomenal. He’s always on the ball and he always knows what’s going on. He goes over my account with me. We talk at least once a month and goes over where we can change things on the internet and where we can change in the book. He’s an asset to DexYP and every time they try to change, I tell them that I don’t want to change to anybody else. He’s so used to my account.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2018
I would recommend Joshua of DexYP. He reached out to me and we got their internet yellow pages service. He comes in all the time and lets me know about the new things that are coming out and how the different things are gonna work as well as the costs. He helps me in every way. The customer service is excellent and DexYP's service is very valuable to our company.
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018
My experience was terrible with Dex Media. Our Dex yellow page salesman sold us a telephone book add program. His sales pitch was it include a free digital program called THRYV. the first month of the program we received a bill for $624.00 and each month thereafter. I have contacted Dex Media nine time both on the phone and by certified mail. The salesman lied to us with a bait and switch. Dex Media when confronted with our complaint, claimed we agree to the charges and "Ha, Ha, Ha, Ha" you're stuck and must pay the charges. It appears this is the most dishonest company we have ever meet. Stay away!
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2018
DexYP does my company's Yellow Page listings. They run the Yellow Pages and I didn't think I have another option in New York. Other than that, the representatives are all very nice. Give DexYP a shot and see what happens.
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2018
I had some website changes and DexYP was not very good. I couldn’t sign in to my account and I kept trying to reset my password and it would never send me an email so I called them and apparently everything had been switched over because now the call center is in India. When I called they said that I will no longer be able to make changes on my website myself like I had done previously. I can’t even get in my Thrive dashboard.
I asked them to make the changes and they didn’t make them correctly. So then I had to call back and I spoke with somebody else and got some of the things fixed but not all of the things were fixed. There’s still stuff on the website that is not right and I just haven’t had the chance to call back again. This has been going on for 3 weeks. I had made the changes myself before and at that time it was Dex. I believe they were still out of Texas because I had a campaign manager and all that had switched and there’s no campaign manager anymore. This is the first time I’ve dealt with everything being switched over. I'm calling a call center in India so there’s a language barrier there.
Reviewed Aug. 9, 2018
We have Dex for social media. Their customer service reps are helpful and we're satisfied with our experience with them.
Reviewed Aug. 8, 2018
DexYP does our social media, website and Phonebook. My sales rep was great. She takes care of everything and anything that I do, I can ask her, and she will take it up and run from there. Their customer service used to be wonderful. Samantha was awesome. She constantly called to check. However, there were just a couple of little things I didn't like the double-dipping. DexYP used to be just YP and then they used to be Dex. And when YP merged with Dex, Dex decided to go ahead and sell two individual policies instead of it just being one big thing. Another thing that I didn't like is the guy who didn't call as often as the first lady did. Other than that, DexYP is very good and I appreciate everything that they do.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2018
I feel like I am living in hell. Nothing I do will end my relationship with Dex Media, Thryv, DexYP, whatever you are called. I've done everything I can think of, short of hiring a lawyer, to end my relationship with this company. They have supposedly ended my contract and promised not to invoice me anymore ever again. They've promised to take my information out of their system to end the automatic invoicing. I have email and text evidence of all of this. And I keep getting invoices! This has been going on for years now! I had to close a bank account solely because of you!
If I hadn't closed that bank account, I would be surprised to find hundreds or thousands of dollars taken from me, illegally from you. Now I wonder if my credit is being ruined because of you. At this point I guess there is nothing left to do other than seeking professional help from a lawyer to see if this can ever be straightened out. Thanks for showing me how truly despicable a company can be.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2018
We dropped DexYP. All they do for us now are our print and yellow pages. We went with a local marketing firm because I prefer dealing with somebody local that I can go and talk to instead of talking to somebody in Houston, which wasn't working for us.
Reviewed Aug. 5, 2018
Are you able to cancel my contract? My company is Mast Consulting, LLC. I started using the Thryv service in April 2017. I was told I could pay month to month and cancel anytime. After more than one year, I called the support line to cancel. They said "You have a one year contract." I did NOT sign a one-year contract. I want to cancel my subscription as of July 31, 2018. Can you do this? Please respond directly to me using the number on file.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2018
After a year with NO help in marketing, I pulled the plug and fired them. Then I find out, everything I paid for them to create for my company, they claim is THEIR PROPERTY. I am left with NO webpage, and I am now paying AGAIN to have someone create one. Sorry I can't give them less than one star.
Reviewed Aug. 3, 2018
Dex is the phonebook that basically everybody gets when they sign up a new, regular type phone service. It's the one that I always use and the one that most of the people I know use. They've been really good to deal with. I tried advertising in a couple of other books and they don't bring the number of phone calls that the Dex book does.
Tyler has done a lot to try and help me put together an ad for the Yellow Pages. I would tell him if I need to make a few changes, he makes the changes, and sends it back usually within a couple of hours. I'm trying to get the ad put together the way I think I want it to work and Tyler has been really good at helping. He's been great.
Reviewed Aug. 2, 2018
DexYP provides website service for our company. We're the type of business where we really don't have a lot of retail but there still has been a difference having the service. We have a good relationship with them and our interactions with the representatives have been great. They're a little bit pricey, but we've been satisfied with them.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
For your own sake, stay as far away from DexYP as you can. This business is a scam with a complete lack of ethics. I purchased a business that had signed a marketing agreement with DexYP. Upon taking over the business, I immediately notified DexYP that I would not continue working with DexYP. As requested by DexYP, I filled out their form documenting that I was not financially responsible for anything related to the former owner of my business. DexYP acknowledged that I filled out the correct form and they transferred ownership of the website to me. 13 months later I am getting collections notices and calls from DexYP despite the fact that I properly ended the contract and I have NEVER signed any agreement for their services. What kind of company does that??? Seriously, you are definitely throwing your money and setting yourself up for a lot of anger and frustration if you decide to have anything to do with this company.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
We have been with Dex since 2012 and have had some problems with them along the way but for the last year I cannot get them to update my Google Map page among other problems. I called them numerous times. They would say yes they can fix it but never do, also their Thryv product is a joke at this point. At first they gave me a campaign manager so I had 1 point of contact for all the online products then they switched me to a different campaign manager who I left messages and got no response. After that they tried to say I will no longer have a campaign manager and so I call the number and someone in another country picks up. They can barely speak English say they will help you then hang up on you.
Finally my local rep said he will get me a campaign manager again but never did. They say whatever it takes get you to renew but in the end the BAD service continues. In the last 6 years we have spend approximately $60,000 with Dex but this is the end. I have contacted Cliff ** numerous times. He always says they will fix it or he will call you right back but he never follows through. So after 6 years I would recommend to stay away from Dex.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
I called a few months ago Interested in advertising my company. Chuck was the rep. We went through all the information and he needed a credit card. I didn’t have one on me. I told him I would wait for my husband to come home and discuss this ad. Chuck said no problem. He will wait for my call. I called Chuck that evening and told him I had to cancel. It was early enough that the advertising in the book would be out yet. So I was pleased he understood. Now thinking everything went well I received a bill today July 30 for the ad. Now what do I do... Please help with this matter.
Reviewed July 31, 2018
Any concerns that I've had has been addressed by DexYP's reps. If I have articles that I want put up on Facebook or a newsletter article put on my website, they take care of that for me. Also, they called and suggested that we put a video on there. They came out and shot that. And that has been effective. Their service has helped increase my business. I get calls just off from internet searches fairly regularly. If someone was interested in that service, I would tell them that DexYP is effective.
Reviewed July 30, 2018
Our company already had DexYP before I came along, and now I follow it up since I came on board. We were in need of someone to manage our website. We're a small world and Facebook is a good page to have and it was all I was interested in. A lot of people say that they see our site and it looks good. I speak to a girl named Morgan who is my contact for things that I need and questions that I have. Prior to the switch, she was easier to get a hold of and more responsive. So, there seemed to have been a change. I can't really get anybody on the phone anymore. But since we also got everything up and going, I haven't been quite as needy and I tend to try to reach out via email. All in all, DexYP is decent for what they charge and I would refer them.
Reviewed July 29, 2018
Dan, a sales rep, got us started with DexYP. He came in to the store and introduced us. This was three years ago when we recently opened up this location and we needed help with our website. I wasn’t looking for anything. And when Dan came in and explained what Dex was all about and what they could do for us, we needed to have some help with our website.
We needed help with generating clientele watching in the door that was actually looking at an iPhone that was getting information. We would pop up if they Googled contemporary furniture, Orange County contemporary furniture, Laguna Beach, or Newport. And at first, it took a while for us to get to where we’re generated on the first page. And as time went on with the help of DexYP, they helped us implement it so that we now are generically on the front page all the time ‘cause Google now recognized us. We paid fairly dearly for that in the very beginning. We went from an SEO to an SEM or vice versa. We started out with one where we paid for clicks then we scaled down. Once we get generically set up with Google, we didn’t have to put the money into it as much anymore. I was very happy with it.
I would recommend DexYP especially if it’s a newer company who does not have a web presence. If you were any company, that would be important for you to be able to get yourself out in more of a media rather than ink ‘cause ink these days doesn’t draw the clientele, especially younger ones. You would draw the older clientele still, but not the younger.
Reviewed July 28, 2018
I wanted our company to get some exposure, so I reached out to DexYP. Everything was good with them and they were very informative.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
Thryv REALLY needs to offer a trial period – it took < 12 hours for us to determine that their system wouldn't cut it for us. Even on their highest plan of services, the features are very limited and missing basic things – for example, what they refer to as a CRM is closer to an contact database than any CRM I have experienced. They give you a 72 hour cancellation window so if you sign up on a Thursday, make sure you stay up until 2am to really take a deep dive – otherwise you're in for a 12 month commitment for overpriced nonsense. There are better alternatives at this price point.
Reviewed July 27, 2018
We have our company's marketing and website handled by DexYP. Their customer service is very good and they have been valuable to our company.
Reviewed July 26, 2018
I associated with them hoping getting correct reviews, pictures and name of my shop on the business page. After 10 months of paying $69 every months, I don't see any change and improvement. I called in 2 months prior the contract ended, and TOTALLY understand I need to pay full 12 months of $69. I didn't do any stop payment action to my business account, they simply discontinued withdraw last 2 payments from my account. The next thing I know is that they sent me to collection!!! They got my email, my shop number, my cell phone number and shop address, but they decided not bother to notify me, go straight to COLLECTION!! Good job, YP, I am proud of you!
Reviewed July 26, 2018
DexYP took over my "Google my Business" account 3 months ago without my permission. I have lost 6 my 5-star reviews and I was once was at the top of Google search first page and now on 3rd page. Don't do business with them. I have been ripped off of my Google status and they won't give me back ownership of my business listing. Unethical business practice if you ask me. Fighting for 3 months now over this matter.
Reviewed July 25, 2018
The lady who came in from DexYP was very nice. We decided to use their services and now we have our web page and local listing through them. All the questions I asked, their reps were able to answer. Anytime I had doubts, they would sit down and explain it to me. They would show me where everything came from and where it was going. Furthermore, my website manager checks with me every month and makes sure that I understand everything.
Having DexYP has been great. A lot of parents would come in because they've seen our website and because it's very interactive. I have a lot of parents who are bilingual so they speak either Spanish or another language. DexYP is able to translate the website into the language that is more comfortable for them so they understand everything. I definitely recommend their services.
Reviewed July 24, 2018
DexYP is doing a great job on our Facebook page of providing content and providing relevant ones to our business. Also, we see contacts made from the content that they are putting up on our site. They're keeping us upfront in the search engines. We're getting a good value. There were a couple of instances where things didn't get done as quickly as I thought they should or the ball got dropped, but my account manager stepped in and moved things along faster. Give DexYP a try.
Reviewed July 23, 2018
We got DexYP for website presence and website advertising and they have been wonderful. All the experiences and conversations that we've had are very professional. I’m very satisfied. All the representative that we’ve been in touch with have all been very helpful. It’s definitely been a very positive experience without a doubt.
Reviewed July 22, 2018
I reached out to DexYP at a point where I needed to do something more with our website. We were searching for help for it as well as general search engine help. I had positive interactions with their reps and they were very professional. Some of the processes on how to do certain things on the website are a little overly-complicated. Still, DexYP's team has been very kind to say that if those things are above our level of technology, then we could just send them the stuff and they could put it on our site for us. I would recommend this company to others. Most of the people who found us in the last year and a half did so through the internet, either through DexYP or through the services that they have us advertised on.
Reviewed July 19, 2018
I have had nothing but trouble with this company. When I expressed concern over the cost appropriateness of the advertising the salesperson said I could cancel. When I fully realized that I couldn’t afford it and it didn’t even come close to a good representation to what I do. I tried to cancel and ask that all representations of me taken. I was denied. I now out of business. I filed appropriate forms. They have denied that and are still trying to collect. This has caused me and my family emotional and financial damage.
Reviewed July 18, 2018
We really like DexYP's website for our company. We can edit it and do whatever we want to with it for the most part. We have also enjoyed our experiences with the customer service. They’ve all been really helpful and I have enjoyed getting to talk to people on the other line. We got hold of everybody all the time and they’ve not any issues there at all, except for once where we had to call a couple of times. We haven't had them call back immediately, but just that one time. The only downside we have with DexYP is that it’s a little expensive. Still, their service has been valuable to the company. I’ve really enjoyed that they've done all of our Facebook posts and some of the little things.
Reviewed July 17, 2018
Before I started in our company 4 years ago, they have been working with DexYP and the DexYP service has been valuable. We use them for the phone book. Some of my interaction with the customer service team went okay while there are some of them where I’m still standing and scratching my head. They usually send us a bill then we mail them the payment. But for some reason, they are sending us two bills. One bill is for $200 a month and the other one is a $25 bill. Why don’t they combine those all into one and send one bill like they used to? Other than that, our experience has been good.
Reviewed July 14, 2018
I signed up initially on 2/7/18 for what the rep informed me was a presence program. I was told I was getting a 50% discount. It turned out the program was useless. I called, texted and emailed and no response. When I called to cancel they assigned a new rep, gave me a different program and assured me it would work. I gave them my business credit card for the new amount of $240.00. This was another useless program, everything they promised in writing was not done.
Then they charge my credit card $340.00 twice in 1 day without authorization. I sent Koree over 15 emails, screenshots of the text messages and her solution was to refund me $200.00. I am a small cleaning business and what DexYP did was the equivalent of me charging someone for cleaning and then not provide the service. How can the company justify charging a card I did not authorize when I signed the 2nd agreement. The calls are recorded and Koree is fully aware that I gave my business credit card and not my personal.
Reviewed July 13, 2018
We have been a DexYP client as long as the yellow books have been published. We advertise with YP separately before they merged, so now we have two separate accounts with the company. It was originally Verizon then it was transferred to SuperMedia, and then Dex Media, now DexYP. They host our website and I’m satisfied with what we get from them and the support that we receive from them as well.
Reviewed July 10, 2018
We used the old Dex text service and while there was also a huge issue with Dex (lost my entire text list when they changed providers) the old interface was simple, straightforward and reliable and the pricing was great! Thryv's platform tries to be everything to everyone and is a terrible option for those wanting to send text messages. The creation page is awful - multiple sections - the delivery is slow and erratic (sent a text at 3:30pm and wasn't delivered until 3am - and then delivered twice!) and the general premise behind the platform is flawed (companies don't send the same type of content via text as they do via email). I don't use the email program but if it's anything like the text delivery - I'm sure it's filled with bugs. My recommendation is to find a company that specializes in either text or email because this all in one is nothing but trouble!
Reviewed July 10, 2018
We're originally doing advertising with DexYP and their customer service has been good. They're friendly, helpful and experienced.
Updated review: July 10, 2018
Our issue was resolved and we are very happy with the outcome.
Original Review: July 9, 2018
I am trying to cancel our contract. The office kept giving me the run around. After I finally spoke to Kyle ** in resolution I was informed that if I want a copy of the contract I need a court order. How can someone follow the rules of a contract and not get a copy to know what the rules are? How do I know that is my contract date? I was told I was sent out a letter to review the advertising content however I never received that. I have been here for 2 years and I haven't seen one yet. Unbelievably my contract renews in July, but I have to give 30 days notice, and I missed it by 28 days. This contract was supposedly in place in 2010. There has been turnover here in the last 8 years.
Reviewed July 3, 2018
DexYP has a reputation that made us end up with having their service. We've been using them for years and my contact person is great. However, the changes are terrible. About two months ago, they started to keep adding and changing different things that are not working on this end and they're not able to fix them. And I'm not the only one that's complaining about them either. They haven't handled it yet and their customer service is waiting to get answers from their managers.
Now, I don't know where some of the calls or my leads are coming from. So DexYP needs to stop changing programs. When it's working perfectly fine, there's no need to be adding items that nobody is asking for that are causing more confusion than good. They need to figure out all these issues that everybody has been having and get them fixed so that we can run our businesses. And if you're considering DexYP, be cautious on what products you'll be getting because sometimes they're not worth it right now. Some are good, some are not.
Reviewed July 2, 2018
I have been a client of this company for many years, but this year, after I signed a new contract, their service has gone downhill. I pay monthly faithfully and it isn't cheap, yet they have changed their platform for Thryv and it is not user friendly. OR, if it is, no one has fixed it for me so that I can utilize it. When I chat, they inform me that someone with authority will contact me. I started this back in the beginning of May, a full 2 months. I physically spoke with someone last week, and again was promised a call back from someone who can help. Crickets, yet again. Yet, they sure do collect my money every month. They don't have a problem with that.
Reviewed July 2, 2018
I signed my company, **, up for digital advertising with YP originally and then DEX bought them YP out. I pay $871 per month for digital advertising. Since I started tracking the performance back in February 2018 here are the results: Feb-8 calls -- 4 someone selling me something 2 were for services I don't provide and 2 were legit. Mar-10 calls -- 5 someone selling me something 3 legit -- 2 robocalls. Apr-5 calls -- 1 someone selling me something;1 legit; 3-robocalls. May-5-calls -- all robocalls. Jun-11-calls -- 2 legit--9 robocalls.
I've notified customer service; my sales rep; his supervisor with no one stepping up to admit that the service is not working and definitely not worth the money. I'm now stuck with a contract that doesn't expire until November or February--it's hard to keep track because any changes on the account ends up extending the contract. So my advice to you is DON'T DO IT UNLESS YOU ARE PROVIDED SOME KIND OF TRIAL PERIOD. You will mainly get phone calls from other businesses trying to sell you something or robocalls.
Reviewed July 2, 2018
We used to be with SuperMedia then they switched over and became DexYP. It was confusing then but everything was taken care of well so there was no harm done. We've been with them for a long time and the service is fairly valuable. Our boss mostly wanted to have a little bit of exposure online if people were searching for us. But he's not a huge advertiser and we stay simple. So, as long as it is easy for people to find us, then he is happy. We like the reports where we're able to see where we're getting calls from, whether it'd be online, from Facebook, or whether it'd be from our ad on the Yellow Page part of thing. That's helpful. Also, the customer service has been good. DexYP has all done a good job for us and I would recommend them.
Reviewed June 29, 2018
I am so tired of dealing with this terrible company. I have been with them since 2012. At first just yellow page ads. Then, I stupidly signed up for an online marketing campaign with them and the results were subpar. I signed a contract and felt obligated to perform my end of it, even if they did not really perform their end of the bargain. When the end of the contract was approaching, I both called and sent in a written notice terminating the online portion of the contract, as I was required to do. I got a confirmation number that they received my termination notice.
The next month, I got an email notice of an invoice that included payment for the terminated service. I called them and explained that it was not supposed to be charged for the terminated part of the service. The person on the telephone confirmed that I had terminated the contract and that I should not and would not be charged. When I got my credit card bill, they had charged me for the terminated services. I had to file a complaint with my credit card company to cancel the improper charge.
I also have told the account rep to only call me on my work number as I do not always have my cell phone with me and do not always check messages. Please, I reiterated, only contact me at my business number. Nope, she calls the cell. I got a mildly threatening message yesterday evening that my charges were going to go up considerably for the print ads unless I accepted her offer for a “package.” I have hated my dealing with this terrible company and want to cease doing business with them ever again. This means that I will not have print ads in the phonebooks, because they are the only game in the entire state, but so be it. I refuse to be threatened and toyed with by this company any longer. I plan to seek an attorney to explore options for redress on how I have been treated.
Reviewed June 28, 2018
DexYP does my website and their service has been very valuable to my company. They did a good job with the website. Also, I have good interactions with their customer service representatives.
Reviewed June 27, 2018
I have been with DexYP for a number of years and am finally retiring. When I called DexYP to stop the ad I was told that I had to pay an additional 14 months because the yellow pages had already been printed. I was not given this notice beforehand. I also found that they had been advertising in the wrong county without my consent. After about 45 minutes with the adviser and getting nowhere I asked for her name so I could put in my review. She gave me her first name and hung up on me. She said they would send it to collection. They are easily the worst company I have dealt with in my 45-year business life. Beware.
Reviewed June 23, 2018
We've been the the company even before they were purchased by DexYP. So far, everything's okay. DexYP is good to have. I would recommend them because anytime we get new clients, they do call us. And a lot of the times, if they’re not referred from other clients or people, I’m assuming that that’s where they get the information from.
Reviewed June 22, 2018
Every year since I started my business back to 1997, I have to sign the contract to in order to bind our agreement, NO one ever told me about the cancel request needs to be make before a certain date or it will be renew automatically. I told David not to continue any advertisement, didn't sign any contract in 2016, this is a FORMAL request already, after I found out I was charged again. I called and talked to David and another rep, I got the cancel confirmation.
In May 22 2016, I confirmed with Eula again on the phone again, she confirmed to remove and cancel the contract and not to charge me anymore. David, every year I was very reluctant to keep the print Ad, you always tried to sell me the print again and again, eventually I gave everything up in 2016, please please speak out for me, you know everything from the very beginning, you should not try to avoid the responsibility.
Reviewed June 21, 2018
We used to have YP and I was not pleased with dealing with them. Dex bought them and dealing with Dex was fine. I had dealt with the sales rep before and so I had a prior relationship with him. Our interactions have been fine. Overall, DexYP is worth talking to.
Updated review: June 25, 2018
The company refunded our business, which made us happy
Original Review: June 19, 2018
Very disappointed with the service advisor of this company, when he came and explained to us what Thryv was we were unsure if it was something we wanted to do, he told us that we should give it a trial run and if we didn't like the services we were free to cancel at anytime. Not one but two people heard this service advisor say this, as we are learning more features of programs we have to have in order to run our business we find that these programs have many features that we chose to possibly use Thryv for, when we send emails about canceling we are given the run around about who has to cancel the services.
Finally call to cancel after 2 weeks 'cause we are not getting anywhere with emails and am told that we are in a 12 month contract, never once were we told about a contract and again the service advisor told 2 people that the account could be canceled at any time. Very disappointed, with the service advisor and the company. We are a small family ran business who take pride in being honest with our customers and hoped for the same from those we do business with.
Reviewed June 19, 2018
We contacted DexYP because we were doing an information launch to update our clients of our new contact information. We were very specific about what our needs and assured they could complete the task. After sending them our files, I was informed the files had been duplicated and the only way to correct it was manually. I had to correct that error at my expense in my office. The mailing didn’t happen. The Facebook account, was not as represented. I tried contacting the gentleman that I spoke to when I started this process and he is no longer with the company.
I spoke to another young man about my account and he apologized to me and very honestly told me that they were trying to work out the kinks. They were going faster than they had expected from the buyout and sometimes things happen. His honesty is why they got two stars. The rest can learn from him. My business is based in Hendersonville and I got a call that I am being charged for an ad being run 5 hours from our office that we never approved. In fact we specify we’re told we could not run ads no more than 20 miles from our office.
Things happen, when your employees tell your customers something that isn’t accurate. Use it as a teaching moment and move on. You lose more business not accepting responsibility and being accountable. You’d be surprised how far a genuine apology can go and an effort to make thing right as opposed to becoming defensive and deflecting. It doesn’t matter why it’s wrong, if it’s wrong it’s wrong and it needs to be fixed.
Reviewed June 19, 2018
YP was the phonebook in our area and when they came to us, I bought it. Now,we use the phone listing with DexYP and they have been fine.
Reviewed June 18, 2018
DexYP has been working with us for years. They used to be somebody else then they became DexMedia and now DexYP. Our interactions with the representatives have been fine and I would recommend DexYP.
Reviewed June 17, 2018
The service DexYP has provided me and the people that I've dealt with had all been very good in the second half of my experience. The first half was disjointed, but they made some changes apparently and it all got very smooth. It was all professional and that's what I've been dealing with for the second half of my experience with them. The actual management of what they're doing for me is very good and they give me all the reporting I need.
The biggest issue I had is that I went into the service knowing that it might not be something that would work for my business, but I was willing to try it. And I have, so far, not realized any return from it. That's a little hard to swallow. But I would not be able to identify the specific problem other than my business might not just work this way and I might not be able to get customers this way. So, make sure your business actually fits into the whole digital marketing scheme. But if you're gonna do it, Dex is a fine company to work with.
Reviewed June 16, 2018
We're a garbage service and we've been in business for 68 years. DexYP now provides the service for the phonebook that we have and others should definitely go with them as well.
Reviewed June 15, 2018
Updated on 12/7/2018: To this date it has not been completely resolved. I negotiated with them to void my unpaid balance which was caused started by a sales representative that fraudulently pushed through an advertising campaign for 2016/17. Yes this has dragged out for this long. Provided is a letter from DEXYP that they would correct the issue by reversing outstanding bills that they claimed and put into collections with my account. They have also offered a refund credit that was suppose to be sent in a form of a check in amount of a $1000.00. To this date DexYP customer service care team has ignored my emails and has refused to make good on the $1000.00 refund check to me after several attempt to contact them. Provided is an email that promised me credits, refund, with an apology. Still waiting and the lies continue.
I am warning all customers with DexYP that if anything ever goes wrong you will spend hours and hours dealing with people to don't care about you. Apparently 25+ years of business, approximately $60,000.00 in business over the years means nothing. I settled on getting a $1000.00 credit rather than the full year paid in full $3660.00 for a ad campaign that was fraudulently pushed through by a representative that no longer works at DexYP. I fault myself for being ignorant and even agreeing to work with DexYP. I should have been refunded the full amount. Please keep in mind all of this was automatically withdrawn from my credit card on file with DexYP. I am hoping that a class action lawsuit will be file against them. Fraud and nothing but lies...
Original Review: Doing business with YP Marketing Solutions/DexYP is a big mistake. I have been doing business with Yellow Pages for over 25 years. Most of the time the advertising packages goes without any issues. Several times throughout the years there have been minor to major errors. I would just let them go as the issues were partially resolved. My 2016/17 advertising package was the final straw. The advertising contract was never authorized. I assume that I did not have a contract that because the sales representative never called me back; he claimed that he tried to contact me repeatedly. This could not be verified by YP. As a result of him not being able to get hold of me; I was told that this representative had a manager sign off and force the contract through without my permission.
I personally did call the representative number and left messages that I would like to speak with him before the deadline. He never did so I assumed that the advertisement for 2016/17 would not be placed. My concerns originally were the cost effectiveness of the packages they offered. I also wanted to also inquire about a change my web address and other information on my listing. Since the sales representative never call me back I assumed I would not have advertising package with YP/. In May of 2017 I discover I was being billed the unapproved YP advertising in additional to significant higher amount than previous years. I looked on the internet and print ad. I call to inquire about this billing and that I did not approve the contract.
I ask the billing department to provide me with a statement of the breakdown cost. The billing department said that there was a huge mistake so they claimed and that I was billed the standard nondiscounted rates. I asked if I could get the name of the sales representative responsible for the contract. They were unable to provide me with the Sales representative's name. I was told that he was no longer with the company. The billing agent told me that for now they can credit me all of the errors in the billing but would not be able to cancel the contract. I would have discuss this with YP sales division. Since then I have been in discussion with YP trying to resolve my dispute. I was never given the itemized list billing statement per my request.
During this time I decided that I would stop making payments until I get someone to discuss my contract. My account by the way was put into collections with some company. As of recent I was put in contact with a representative by the name of Todd. At the beginning Todd made it sound like they were really concerned about my account. I became concerned as Todd kept delaying his promise to call me back. I kindly accepted his reason for delays in responding to my dispute. This dragged out for about a week and half. Todd tried to make it sound like they gave me huge credits and adjustments to my account already. I told Todd that the adjustment were only the error in my contract; even the billing department sent me a letter of apology for the error in the billing. I stated that the error in billing should not be part of the contract dispute. These credits and adjustment are mistakes admitted by the billing department and YP Advertising.
I then requested for an itemized document of the billing period and the contract and what was credited to my account. Keep in mind these numbers were discussed over the phone. Todd kept insisting that we offer me a huge amount of credits to my account. I kindly ask for a printed document of the credits and adjustment because it was difficult for me to understand what I was being credited for. The conversation immediately became confrontational and defensive. I was told that I am going in circles and I have no idea of what I was talking about and/or doing. He kept telling me I did not listened to a single thing he said and that he has spend 30 minutes of his time trying to explain to me.
The representative told me that he is done with this conversation and that he would send me an email within the next day or two and would like a decision from me. There was never any discussion on what I needed to make a decision on. It has been several days now and no email as promised. He wanted me to text him my email so that he could send me an email. I simply asked, "Will you email me the breakdown of all the cost and credits." Again he insisted that I am not listening and that a email will be sent discussing the conversation and facts. I was then again told that he was done with anymore conversation.
If this is how YP Advertising/DexYP treats its customers; I highly caution to do business with a company that has this attitude. Rambling off numbers and circumventing the original premises of the dispute seem to be problematic with YP. Base on most of the reviews on Consumer Affairs; It is apparent that there is a major problem with how they do business and treat their long term customers. Their contract agreement is designed lock you into a contract even though I never agreed or signed off on the Ad contract. There is a clear breach of contract by the sales executive. There is no proof that he called repeatedly. I even ask for a copy receipt of the certified letter of contract. To this day none of this has been provided.
Reviewed June 15, 2018
Long ago, I heard DexYP has good service. We got their service and it's been excellent so far. They've been working with me very well and helped us out a lot. There's been an increase in traffic in our business that we could accredit to Dex. We're happy and we also have great interactions with their representatives. Give DexYP a try.
Reviewed June 14, 2018
DexYP is very professional. They know their material and they are accessible. They contact me on a reasonable basis to inform me of how my campaign is going. They're doing everything right. I have referred them to professionals that I do business with.
Reviewed June 13, 2018
Our company is in the process of downsizing. And during this process increasing my cost of advertising is stupid. The salesman kept telling me what is best for my business by increasing my advertising cost. According to DexYP only got 50 something clicks last year. We are booked up a week in advance for the most part. So apparently my business doesn’t thrive by DexYP. I told the salesman to work this out with the secretary gave her name. And he never once asked for her when he called. People that were in my office when he called laughed at me repeating the same thing over and over. I have been in business for several years and have never dealt with a salesman like that. Not that I wouldn’t advertise but I have no intent on spending more. Then he talks about phone books. I haven’t received one in years. But only AT&T customers will receive a book.
Reviewed June 13, 2018
I signed up with Thryv about 6 months ago hoping my on-line presence would improve and I would be able to get more customers. Unfortunately, it hasn't made any impact on my business. The other services provided by Thryv don't really pertain to my type of business. I would have been okay with all this except they won't let me out of the contract. I feel conned. I am an unhappy customer who will never work with them or give them a good recommendation.
Reviewed June 13, 2018
DexYP's representatives have been amazing. And with DexYP, we get a little bit more calls than normal now. I wish it was a little bit higher, but we're slowly getting there. And overall, DexYP has an amazing program for small businesses as well as big businesses.
Reviewed June 12, 2018
I've used DexYP for years and thought of it as a yellow page replacement. We have a print directory but as everything is moved to electronics, they're providing more services online for people to find us. I look at DexYP as a necessity of advertising in business. And I know it's not a social media service, but I look at it as another leg of advertising that has to be out there on the internet.
Reviewed June 11, 2018
The customer service team at DexYP is very personable and knowledgeable. We reached out to them for Google Ads and online advertising and with their service, I've seen an increase on loans. Their service has been very valuable.
Reviewed June 10, 2018
I needed somebody to take care of my computer stuff ‘cause I’m not real good at checking it and I don’t know what DexYP is providing since once I told them what I wanted but I haven’t heard back from them. They did this online booking but I don’t have online booking, so I had to say “Hey…” and they took it off right away. It’s done pretty good for me in that I get a lot more customers calling from different areas, but it just seemed strange that nobody got back to me.
Reviewed June 9, 2018
We've been working with DexYP for seven years and it's been a good experience. I have their service that optimizes my online presence and everything is fine. I'd recommend it and I'd tell others to go for it as well.
Reviewed June 8, 2018
Our company reached out to DexYP when we were looking for web page design and advertising services. Their service has been valuable to our company. They've managed a website for us and we've had a good experience with their customer service. It all started 30 years ago with the Nynex Yellow Pages and they transformed over time.
Reviewed June 7, 2018
Everything is fine with our experience with DexYP. Being a specialty office, we don't really advertise a whole lot, but we do have some advertising through DexYP. So it has been interesting to see and track some of the phone calls and the clicks and make sure it's still working for us for the monthly calls that I get just to keep me up to date with what's going on out there.
Reviewed June 6, 2018
I went through DexYP for my yellow pages and eventually, that expanded into the media market. I've had 3 to 4 representatives with them and there has been a lot of moving around with the company changing. Initially they were combined with the phone company and then they separated. While customer service has been decreasing, the first representative whom I dealt with was phenomenal and one reached out to me recently. Overall, DexYP has been very good for our company. It's a good product if one does not mind the expense.
Reviewed June 5, 2018
I've been doing business with DexYP for 10 years. When I first went to them, it was for the phone book which they used to have until these went extinct. Then I reached out for the electronic media service when that got to be more popular, until we had the website. They've been doing the full service media help for us, such as advertisements and managing our website. Everybody I've spoken with at the Customer Service of DexYP has been very helpful or at least tried to be. DexYP's service has been very valuable to our company. I've got more business and I know who to deal with.
Reviewed June 4, 2018
Using DexYP has been very valuable for our company. We advertise locally in phone books and their online service for that. They also have email addresses and we're interested in that. I'm gonna be contacting them to set those up for me as well. Their reps have been very good and I'd recommend DexYP.
Reviewed June 3, 2018
We have a long-term relationship with DexYP and we still do the telephone advertising and online advertising with them. If I have any questions, they respond by email or by phone. So there are no issues with customer service.
Reviewed June 2, 2018
DexYP did a presentation to us. They offered some rates that were special to us and that's why we went with them. They've been doing Google AdWords, display ads, phone monitoring, pretargeting for us. Things were really good for our first year. But then, we're about six months in our second year now and it's gone down and I've noticed that since they combined with Yellow Pages.
Our customer service used to be a lot better than it is now. They have updated their system and right now, there's no online portal so that we can go in whenever we want to and check our display ad performance and Google ad performance. So that's been a little bit disappointing. They also did away with their online portal for paying in their invoice system and so, that has caused a lot of confusion on our end that has yet to get worked out. Also, our old representative got promoted and we now have different people over our account and I just haven't been as satisfied with them as I was with who used to be it.
There's also been a really big confusion on our invoice. They took an invoice for $17,000 which is about $12,000 more than it normally is. When we got the bill, I notified the main account manager Dana. She checked our account and said that we only owed $8,000. And so, I asked if I could get that sent to me and maybe explain what the difference was and why it was higher. And they said that they would get something to me within a few days and I haven't gotten anything yet and this was about two weeks ago now. And then also, I had asked for my account statement once I had gotten that invoice and it took them about a week to get me a correct account statement.
Reviewed June 2, 2018
DexYP reached out to us. We were looking for somebody to assist us with our social media, that’s our emphasis currently in terms of advertising. The idea was for them to facilitate that. We're a very small company. We're very lean and we have few employees. And essentially what DexYP does is they keep us upfront and very visible. For instance, if you were to do a Google search, gas fireplaces on Long Island, their job is to make sure that we come up on the very first page with a prominent presence and they seemed to have accomplished that. I police it from time to time and sometimes the exposure isn't what I'd like it to be and then I get on the phone to my account manager and I say “Listen, I've been entering these generic searches and we're not coming up. My competitors are, but we're not. Let's get this fixed.” And they do.
However, three years that we've been affiliated with them, they seemed to have a rather robust turnover to put it mildly. It seems like every time I reached out to them for one reason or another, there was the previous account manager was no longer there, that it was replaced by a new account manager, and I wasn’t too crazy about that. But currently, the account manager that we have now, he’s been very helpful. He does what I ask him to do. I'm old and when it comes to computers I'm an old dog that’s really hard with new tricks. So, I appreciate their expertise on various levels.
Reviewed June 1, 2018
Completely lied to us to sign up. Said this program was not a contract and it is. They will not respond to cancel. Zero customer service. They have ignored me. They continue to charge me. If all this isn't bad enough the actual product is completely useless. If we entered estimate or lead information it was crossed with others or completely lost. We had clients calling and wondering where we were because the program deleted appointments. We had clients responding to us by email or text about estimates we never received. This lost us business. We had estimates merge with others so that when a client was ready to accept our estimate they were accepting completely wrong details and information. The program is very messy and non functional. Not work the $200/month of our monthly spend with DexYP to have this Thryv program.
Reviewed June 1, 2018
DexYP is a local phonebook in our area. They got a lot of people looking for our services our way. Their customer service has been good, and their reps have been helpful and courteous, too. I recommend them.
Reviewed May 31, 2018
I had a good customer service experience with DexYP. Everyone has been polite and helpful. They helped me figure out the bill when I called them about it. They’ve also answered every question I’ve had. The sales rep also calls monthly to see how our campaign is doing. Just for advertising, they have brought in some calls for us. I'd recommend DexYP to another business.
Reviewed May 31, 2018
We are existing customers in Thryv and we had the digital yellow pages then DexYP rolled out the new Thryv, the DexHub. We were told about some new features and it's like a one-stop shopping. It's a portal to do newsletters and it has all our client contacts. We can also have call to actions done on the website. The service has a lot of value and we get leads through our new website that they developed. It's great and I love it. The customer service has always been great, thorough, professional, and on time. My contact who I've had for years is fantastic. He follows up and makes sure everything is on target. DexYP is doing a great job and we have a great experience as well as a great relationship with them. Others should give them a try.
Reviewed May 30, 2018
We had a manager here who wrote our contract with DexYP for advertising in order for people to know more about our business and for us to have more flow of patients. I have monthly phone interactions with DexYP's reps and they give me an update on how we are doing and what it is that we need to work on to get more patients.
When patients go to our website and they try to go under doctor of gynecology, it's easy for them to get our information and set up an appointment. Furthermore, whatever questions I have, their customer service reps are always willing and able to help me. Whenever I needed some information, they get back to me within a really short period of time with answers all the time.
Reviewed May 29, 2018
We hired DexYP for our online marketing. My account rep is Sheila and I speak to her fairly often. And I meet with my support group every month. So far, so good and we are starting another contract so we're gonna get to try another year with them.
Reviewed May 28, 2018
We were in need of a website to be redone and we were dealing with them DexYP on some level and we just expanded working with them. They originally were doing phonebooks a long time ago, and now they've gone into the internet. We limited the paper phonebook 'cause no one cares about it anymore, and they presented a package to us that was reasonable and we went with it.
It's great that I don't have to take care of our website every day anymore. They post things on social media and they prep them so that I can see them a month ahead of time. So if I think what they're posting is stupid, I can just delete it and not see it. It's been a net to the good for us. They're responsive if I have to get ahold of them. The girl that was our account manager who would often reach out to me left, and now I have someone that reaches out to me very less frequently. But that's just circumstantial.
There's a whole bunch of companies out there that are, for all intents and purposes, the same, and what they do for you on their online presence. I like DexYP, but shop around and talk to them and take my advice. I'd say yes to them, but what they do is not unique. They hit us at the right time with the right price and they do a good job for what they do.
Reviewed May 27, 2018
We've been using DexYP for our yellow pages ad and upgraded over the years. However, our customer service experience with them has been terrible. I can't ever get a hold of anybody. I have questions and I call and I'm called back and told they don't work there. Someone tells me they'll be in touch and it just doesn't happen. I called a guy who was supposed to be our new account manager and I had to call somebody to figure out his name and get his phone number. He said he'd call me back after he got out of a meeting in an hour and now I've been waiting for about 8 days. Also, every time I try and call an account manager or whatever they call the person who's in charge of our account, it's somebody different. It started out as some Jonathan guy that I talked to one time. And then when I tried to call him, and it was some other lady. And then I never heard that lady. It was a complete mess.
Currently, we're using DexYP for Thryv. They do our website and I told them to transfer it. I sent them all the information they needed to do that. Still, they've been sending us emails about possible problems with our website, with the domain, because it didn't transfer to them when we first started. For some reason, they pointed it instead of transferred and now there's a problem. We hired them to deal with this stuff and they're bugging us about doing their job.
Still, we get pretty good feedback from our customers. They say that they saw our website and it's great. We also seem to be getting high search result from our customers who Google cabinets in our area. While we like DexYP's product, their customer service is an issue and they need to work on it. We're satisfied with the website but we can't get help when we need it. We're cabinet makers, not marketers. We paid money because we don't know how to do this crap.
Reviewed May 26, 2018
Having already been with DexPrint, we decided to have more of an online presence with DexYP. The world is going more towards online-based marketing and that's what we wanted to focus on. We thought working with DexYP would be the best way. Plus, it's a one-stop shop. They do everything. They work on Facebook.
Whenever I called, customer service at DexYP has been pretty good. I have my own account manager whom I deal with and he has been excellent. He calls back every month. We had some main keywords which we were using and Antonio really did his job to research words which would work better with our demographic and our area. He found what words were being looked up more often. However, I haven't gotten a follow up on Facebook and on the video. That's supposed to be from the technical team but I ended up not getting a call from them at all.
I wish they would give me a breakdown of what they're doing on our Facebook along with the month-end report that they give me stating how many people have looked up our keywords and how many people have been to the website. It would be nice to find out what's going on with our Facebook and what they're planning on posting in the future. Nevertheless, I think it's an excellent program to sign up for especially if the person or company signing up is really busy. It covers a lot of bases, especially for smaller or privately-owned businesses.
Reviewed May 25, 2018
I had been with Dex for quite a long while and I looked at expanding my advertising into internet a little bit more than paper. They have very good customer service. They follow up all the time. They always call for all the dates that are set for follow ups, and they are very cordial. Dex has been handling my phone fine, and we're building up so that we can increase the amount of calls that we get. We're just continuing to work and tweak our advertising.
Reviewed May 25, 2018
DexYP reached out to us about our website. The reps we spoke with were fine. They're always helpful and always there to answer questions we have. DexYP has streamlined the process on our website for us and made it a little more user-friendly. Any time I have any issues, I just give them a call and they're always willing to give us suggestions on any layouts that we need differently. Our rep, Dominic, checks in quarterly to make sure everything's going well and to see if we wanna change or add anything or do anything differently. Also, they helped us coordinate our Facebook page with our website. I suggest others to look at DexYP for a small business.
Reviewed May 24, 2018
DexYP is so awesome. They turned my business into a business over three years ago. Without them, I would not have a business. I'm doing what I need to do. They are like employees to my business. They work for me. I have no good time so that's a good thing.
Reviewed May 23, 2018
We reached out to DexYP for advertising purposes and the website. Usually, someone calls us once a month. Their reps are always very nice and personal. And if we have any changes they help us really quickly. DexYP has been really, really valuable to us. It has been a great experience, so far.
Reviewed May 22, 2018
DexYP does a good job. They bought another company that we are using for advertising. And now we're working with their employee who does the advertising for our company. We’re working things out here but I’m not leaving them. And I would recommend them.
Reviewed May 22, 2018
THIS IS A COMPLAINT I LEFT WITH THE BBB. I honestly would not know where to even begin. All I can say is read the reviews and do the math. I have had every and all of the problems and then some from all of the people's complaints. I too have spent thousands of dollars ($20,000.00-$25,000.00) per year and have been threatened to be sued for their incompetence on so many different levels. DON'T BE AN IDIOT! READ THE REVIEWS AND DO NOT HIRE THIS ADVERTISING COMPANY.
THIS WAS THE ANSWER THAT DEXYP GAVE TO BBB: "Thank you for the opportunity to address our client's concern. We have spoken with ** and have resolved the issues to his satisfaction." Here is what I responded back to them, "To whom it may concern, This is not true. Nothing has been resolved yet. When this company does what they told me that they would for my compensation then I will write/leave a comment and let everyone know it has been resolved. Thanks, **"
HERE IS WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE. After I complained to BBB about this someone got on the ball and the phones started ringing off the hook. Then a representative for the company wanted to show me that all the problems were fixed and that I should try them one more time. DUMMY ME I tried one last time only this time I told them that there was so much that had gone wrong in the past I will only do a 3 month contract with them. They agreed to do that. HERE WE GO AGAIN.
After signing the new contract the phones went dead again. I call my rep and he told me some story on how the site wasn't ready yet. So I waited another week like he told me to and still nothing. 2 months later still excuse after excuse and finally they figured out that their call tracking number (CTN) was the wrong number and that's why the phones went dead. They said to give them 3 more days to fix the problems with the site and I gave them that time. After that allowed time I was told they needed more time so I gave them 2 more days. I received a phone call from all 3 of the people working on the problem my Rep, his boss and the lady who does the actual work behind the scenes.
They said that they didn't want to deal with this problem and could not do anything for me. I am now going with another company and have already had positive results with the new company. However I still need DEXYP to take me completely out of their system. They told me they would have it out by Tuesday 5/22/18 and guess what WE STILL ARE NOT OUT. People please be wise and listen to all of the complaints that this company has against them. I can't count the amount of complaint websites that are out there about DEXYP. I also do not understand why the government does not shut this business/people down due to complete fraudulent actions.
Reviewed May 21, 2018
We go back when it was Yellow Pages, then they became SuperMedia and they were doing online sites, and then they went to Dex Media and now, we were going to Thryv. We’ve been with them since 2009, from taking forever to get organically seen to finally getting to page 2 after almost 10 years, so it was slowly but surely. But every single time, there’s a downtime during that transition and it always seems to happen around March-April timeframe. I'm not very pleased with the Thryv. DexYP rolled out the Thryv at the beginning of May and my business basically stopped because I had not been getting any of the leads from my website anymore with the enhancements that were made to make the experience better.
I live in Virginia and our business does tree work. We depend on storm works as our cake income, so to miss one phone call could be a $50 to $2,000 job. So when the phone stopped ringing and no leads were coming to the email, I knew something’s wrong. I called Samantha, our campaign manager, and she told me everything was good, and then told me how great are organic listings are and that we might need to do these paid leads whenever there would be a sudden event. Then I said, "Yeah. We can talk about that. That's cool."
The next week came by and I started getting my persistent previous customers trying to get through on the system. When you land on our site, there was this horrible pop-up box and it would take you away from our site into Thryv to schedule an appointment. I didn’t ask for that and I hated it. The pop-up box force everyone to schedule an appointment to meet. But people weren’t asking us for tree work. If they wanted to meet, they would call and tell me that. These are inhibitors and barriers to keep my information to get through. Then, I tried and sent one and I went through the pop-up screen and picked the date. When I got a reply, it took me to the Thryv website and then it said that I needed to reset my password and I had to click a link and they would email a link to do it, but I got no email link. I have done it again and there has been no email link to reset my password, and I’m still waiting for it as of right now. So, I gave up on that.
I asked them about it and a nice lady told me upfront that the notification part of the emails was currently being worked on and it would be rolling out in the next five to seven days. When I called Samantha the second time, she said they had enhancements rolled out and Thryv 3.0 came out and asked if nothing was affected. But I told her that I was affected and asked her to get rid of it immediately. Not only can my people not get through because of this pop-up screen, and then once they are actually, successfully able to do that, it still doesn't come to me. It's still sitting there in notification land, waiting for it to roll out in five to seven days.
I pay $2,199 a month and this is what I'm paying to get? We don't have the money to wait for these unexpected, unforeseen non-income periods because of website enhancements that no one has told us it was coming, or have not done anything to enhance anything, but have made it worse and now I get no phone calls. Back in December, our AutoPay got all screwed up but I had it straightened out. And then, I got billed twice and got charged 5,300 bucks in April. But it was inadvertent and I got apologies in the end. And I only owed 500 bucks because of the mistakes in the accounting department, which I was okay with. But only to find out that three days later, they had rolled out enhancements that didn't do anything for me. So now, I just paid 5,300 for absolutely nothing.
They’re calling for storms again and here I sit waiting for whoever to feel like rolling out some primary way I receive my information to get my income. But on a general day prior to May of 2018, things were splendid. Samantha is a trooper. She stopped what she was doing the other day to help me at least get rid of some of that stuff. Unfortunately, she only could do so much and then her hands were tied and she could not do anything after that. And then to turn around and tell me that I need to buy leads and pay for clicks during an event is not the response I should be getting. Had I gotten what I paid for, to begin with, we wouldn't be needing those.
Samantha is great. But the turnover was incredible so every time I turned around, I would get a new campaign manager, then I got to sit down and call that campaign manager and the whole story again to get them up to speed. Also, Jay, the sales rep I had for a long time, was nice. There were a couple of reps before him, but Jay was fantastic. He was very receptive and on point, and he followed up. He called me back when I left three hysterical messages on his voicemail because at the height of when I really needed them, I was told it was just broken and we would get it in five to seven days.
DexYP hosts our website and we do the SEO campaign and all of our advertising with them. We are relying on them for everything, but there is not enough communication. But overall, they've done a great job. Their service is valuable and it works when the website works. So I’m frustrated on the part that they have rolled out something that isn’t complete. And in all fairness, this is the first time that it has been noticeable and the timing sucks because no one planned on a week of storms at the beginning of May either.
Reviewed May 20, 2018
DexYP has good service which is very valuable to our company and they've been extremely helpful in doing our phonebooks. The customer service team is very knowledgeable and good to work with.
Reviewed May 19, 2018
Customer service at DexYP has been good. The company has been under different names over the years and my web page moves with it. They keep my web page going nicely and that's the value. However, they just changed the whole dashboard recently. I can't get in my website to make changes because of that. Before, it used to be just going and I can make minor changes. Nevertheless, DexYP told me that's going to pop up again at some point. I recommend their service.
Reviewed May 18, 2018
DexYP wanted to change the hosting, so we needed to make some changes to the name servers on the server on the webhosting. I called them about that and the I got the voicemail. Three days went by but they didn't call me back. And then I called my rep guy who was very attentive and he got a hold of the people. But unfortunately, their timing was crappy and I wasn’t able to do it when they called me back. We've been trying to get this done for two weeks now.
I signed up with DexYP because we would have a better value using them than the other companies. We recently added another social media function to our account. We're gonna have some pop-up ads. They're controlling our website right now. And it seemed to be keeping the phone ringing. We switched from a standard website to a website that people can look up on the phone. So overall, I’m pretty pleased.
Reviewed May 17, 2018
I wanted to get involved with social media so I reached out to DexYP. Currently, they're helping me with my web page. However, I'm a little confused with it all. So, they're going to be coming down and sitting with me and saying what they're doing. Nevertheless, I think their service works and I'm happy with it. Still now that Dex and YP have merged, I have a feeling that I'm getting too pushy beyond certain things. They said I have to wait until the end of the year until I can get things settled. I'll be happy when that's done.
Reviewed May 16, 2018
This company is a big ripoff. Do not trust them. They do nothing never ever have they helped me. They hire idiots. I'm trying to get out of the company and they refuse to give me all my material to start a new website POS. I have a qualified person. Now they screwed the whole street and then the lady quit. Really can't say what I want to check. What they have my calendar is Dec 2017 for events mainstreetrestaurantyl.com. Creeps.
Reviewed May 14, 2018
So how do I promote my business when in two days DexYP has had my two restaurants totally screwed up and overlapping so people are ordering pizza to go and when they get there, there is no order 'cause phone number is wrong and order went to other restaurant 1.5 hours away. Nobody follows through even when I beg them to fix my sites while my new restaurants are struggling for growth.
One thing most won't find entertaining and I am personally tired of seeing it before you can put your email in the box you have to delete KKK. So if you accidentally don’t put in email your business listing will have KKK for your email. Someone's humor equals potentially damaging results in your business listing. I don’t get the KKK humor. In fact I find it very offensive. Maybe public opinion will drive them to fix my services but at this point it looks like cancelling and moving to someone else is best chance of helping my business. Firestorm Pizza in North Carolina is being destroyed by DexYP.
Reviewed May 11, 2018
DexYP's service has been very valuable to my company. Beyond the phonebooks, we have Facebook and the website set up through them. While we wish DexYP's service was not quite as costly, we're very satisfied with them.
Reviewed May 10, 2018
I signed up with them after being pestered by Lori **. She will say anything to GET you to join. I think she has sold her soul to the devil. Nothing that she has promised me in terms of new business and online visibility has come through. Just a plethora of lies and deceit. Joshua ** will ignore all your calls and not have time to deal with your issue which they cause. They are the absolute worst of the lot. Run away as fast as your feet can carry you. They are a scam.
Reviewed May 9, 2018
I have contacted customer support, contacted my Business Adviser and contacted a Business Automation Specialist all to no avail. Have been trying for a week and a half to get a simple update on my website that you people maintain. Nothing has happened and I really can't seem to find anyone interested in giving me the customer support that I am paying for. Someone reach out to me, solve this problem. Does anyone at Thryv give a crap about customer service? It's a simple change on the coupons on my website. Someone do their job.
Reviewed May 9, 2018
I told my “marketing consultant” Jordan ** repeatedly, starting in January 2018, that I no longer wanted DexYP services, and to mail me any paperwork that might be required to officially cancel, if there was anything I needed to sign. I also informed his supervisor Dave and the alleged boss Chris **, after Jordan continued to ignore me and pursue his repeated sales calls to me. Now they are claiming that I have an automatically renewing contract (which I never saw and never would have signed), and are trying to bill me for over $1000.00. Beware these crooks! Do not do business with DEXYP!
Reviewed May 9, 2018
I hired DexYP when my company moved Boston to Quincy to help with the online presence with the major changes. DexYP did not do what was contracted was hired for. I would not use them and would do your homework. At the end of the day they sent me to a private collection company. Fight me for $201.58. I just paid them. Just get them out of my life. Don't trust this company. They make sound good promises they can't keep. Get you for year contract. They're just a boiler room operation. Trying to take advantages of small businesses.
Reviewed May 7, 2018
DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!! I own and manage a surf school and thought this would be great for us. Unfortunately that was not the case. I was very interested in their full package of website, video and marketing. I was told they could replace my current membership management system with most if not all the same features. As I was setting my account up I quickly realized that I would have to manually input each and every class I offer for every single day of the year. Highly inefficient. Upon realizing this I asked for a full refund and to cancel my contract. That process took more than two weeks and I still have not seen my refund.
I was told on two different occasions that the contract was cancelled and that I should see my refund in 2-3 business days. Each time, nothing happened and I had to follow up with the sales agent to see what was happening. I had no real issues with the sales agent, at the time, which I expressed to her directly but the second time I contacted her, she got very defensive via text, telling me that she had done everything she could and eventually stopped responding altogether. Other reviewers mentioned Thryv discontinuing communications as well.
I finally called their main business line and then was informed that I was not given a refund after all but a credit instead and that a check would be issued in 2-3 weeks. That is when I asked to speak to a manager or supervisor. They transferred me to customer care for dissatisfied customers. I could not get a clear answer of when my money would be returned to me. I asked the manager(?) if I could be notified of when I would be receiving my refund and he told me that the billings does not reach out to customers, so I asked if they could communicate with him, which he responded yes. With that, I asked him to follow up with me to notify me of when the money would be returned so I could personally better manage my expectations and know when to call back if they did not follow through, as was my experience over the last two weeks.
Well, it is no surprise the money still has not been returned and the manager still has not reached out to me. This has been a total headache and I am so glad I did not refer my friends business to them. Originally I told my friend how great this was going to be and it has been everything but. There are plenty of other companies out there... Go with someone else. Do not use DexYP, Thryv or whatever they call themselves unless you like feeling frustrated.
Reviewed May 7, 2018
After several attempts to contact our account manager to simply cancel our subscription, I have had no luck. I just want to cancel the subscription and just keep getting told the same thing, that we need to speak to our account manager as he is the only one that can assist me with canceling. This is extremely frustrating.
Reviewed May 7, 2018
DexYP was good and I was happy with it. I’d recommend them.
Reviewed May 6, 2018
I got DexYP as an alternative to the Yellow Pages. They host our company's website and it costs $204 a month. We have a decent website and we get a lot of activity off of it. Whenever my director calls with a question she always gets the answer she needs. DexYP has been very easy and good to work with.
Reviewed May 5, 2018
Our DexYP salesman convinced us that Thryv was the future of running a business rather than the Yellow Pages, which will be obsolete in a few years. He said that our website was outdated and not up to high Google search standards. So we bit the bullet and signed on with Thryv. We were assigned someone at DexYP to contact as we were learning the system. It seemed to be that we were assigned a different person each week, but we only found that out when we called to talk to someone and they were no longer there. Our website took over a month for them to get it back to us.
They told us that we would be able to make changes to the website ourselves, but there is no training, help menus or instructions. The videos we paid for were amateurish and not very useful. Just recently, they updated software and for a week I have not been able to do anything on the website or send e-mails to clients. They cannot tell me when they will resume those services. I have sent client updates for them to update our database and they have not done that either. For the price of $399 per month, they are not ready to provide a complete service. I am not a happy camper!!!
Reviewed May 3, 2018
I'm a small business owner and customer of the Thryv company. The rollout of the new platform occurring this week is not going well for me, and will cause major customer issues if this is not resolved today. Someone had the great idea of conducting internal training during the first week of rollout, my salesperson is out of pocket as is my implementation consultant. This isn't the first issue I've had with this organization, I'm trying to work with their team to rectify this but I really can't wait for weeks to have this issue fixed. It is my opinion that the platform shouldn't have been released in this state as I think I'm just starting to uncover the issues that are occurring, I don't have the time, patience, or desire to be a test subject for a beta release. I frustrated, annoyed customer.
Current Issues: Sales initially oversold capabilities, they are working to rectify this but still an issue. Customer Portal not ready, can't access the website, and new features are showing up like scheduling, file upload, auto pay, document upload, however these are not set up, nor did anyone say anything about the new platform specifics and what will and will not be available. All my contacts are in training, I'm assuming this is new platform training, which shouldn't be conducted during launch. Overall uncoordinated launch. Immediate Issues: Client interface needs to be fixed asap. Website access needs to be granted asap, I'm not going to submit help desk tickets for every issue and then wait for some random person to start helping.
Reviewed May 1, 2018
Unfortunately, our company has attempted to cancel an advertising contract with DexYP and have fought them since February 2017. We spoke to a representative on the phone and followed exactly what they said to do. We were told that it was automatically renewing and the names of people who set it up. The names were not of any employees that have worked here in the past or now; which YP was informed of that fact. We were told by multiple YP associates all in different conversations that it was taken care of and our account will be zeroed out; that we shouldn't receive any more bills.
We are now getting threatening phone calls from a second collection company that we have forwarded a detailed communication log to that outlines dates, YP representative names, case numbers given and the information discussed but with no progress being made as they just keep threatening litigation. We have asked on multiple occasions for a copy of the contract with no success. We are very disappointed with this company and the way this situation has been handled.
Reviewed April 27, 2018
I signed up with DexYP in March 2018 after a long song and dance with what they could do for me. After doing my due diligence in looking at the reviews I signed up with them to take over my 2 websites and SEO. 2 weeks later I heard nothing further other than my monthly fees have been withdrawn. I reached out to both the Business Automation Specialist and my salesperson with messages left for each. A week later I followed through with 2 different messages and emails on separate days. Approximately 2 days later I followed through with another set of messages and emails as well as a complaint to the Business Automation Specialists supervisor. Again NO RESPONSE!
This week I have called 3 different dates... Monday, Wednesday and Friday. On Monday I found out that my Business Automation Specialist quit or was fired!? My new Business Automation Specialist was contacted with a message, still waiting!! I called again on Wednesday spoke with a call specialist who was researching the issue and was going to call me back on Wednesday.
It's now Friday and I haven't heard from that guy. The new Business Automation Specialist is again out of the office, her supervisor is out of the office. The call center can't help me other than transferring me to voicemail. But the salesperson is also officially no longer employed at DexYP. It's apparent that DexYP is going through issues that is costing them customers. At this time, All I want is to end this contract and move on since there has been a breach of contract and the promises made by both sales and the original Business Automation Specialist. Absolutely nothing has been done to rectify the situation by DexYP and I foresee a waste money by staying with them.
Reviewed April 27, 2018
We've been on DexYP for 50 years as it was really the only method to find out who was in business at one time, before Google and the internet. However, the value of the service has been getting lesser every year. People don't go to the white pages or yellow pages anymore, so it's probably something that eventually will fade with time unless they do upgrades, I imagine. DexYP has a pleasant customer service though and the rep seemed to know what she was doing. She tried to sell me more stuff, but everything's budget-conscious right now and I was even considering dropping it. There's just more money involved with their other services and I'm already on Andy's List which costs a small fortune and I do real well with.
Reviewed April 26, 2018
We’ve been with DexYP for decades for advertising and it seems all good with their representatives. They stop in every once in a while and they check up on us too. I would certainly recommend doing advertising with them.
Reviewed April 25, 2018
I was in business for 28 years, a small business that was known very being HONEST. So I am having a tough time dealing with DexYP practices. I closed my store January 7, 2017 (yes, over a year ago) and I am still receiving bills. I called them December 2017 to let them know I was closing and not to renew my contract. I received a bill a few months later to find out they have renewed my contract for another year, but if I send them a notarized letter showing the closing date, I would no longer be billed. So I paid to have a letter notarized which seems ridiculous. I called and they received it. Kept calling for months to let them know I am no longer in business and I am still getting bills as of April 9, 2018. I am wondering why the phone, State, BGE, payroll, and other advertising companies were able to close all my accounts on January 7, 2017 and DexYP is the only company that continues to bill me.
Reviewed April 25, 2018
The previous owner of the business had been using DexYP when I first had started here. Now, we've been using DexYP for at least 5 years and their services have been very valuable to the company. We were using them for the website initially but the doctor has switched over. We're currently using DexYP for our phone book services and customer service has been very good. Everything's usually very smooth, efficient, and doesn't take long to get the things done that we ask to have done. I would tell others to use DexYP. I could give DexYP their contact info, tell them how to get in touch and where to get started.
Reviewed April 24, 2018
We gave DexYP a try to see how it might help us facilitate and coordinate things at the assisted living facility. We started with DexYP 4 years ago and we availed their full service media help. They've been doing yellow pages and listings, and they are hosting and managing our website. They have the Facebook page as well but that never worked real well, for whatever reason. Their services have not generated more clients for us directly or indirectly, but that's the nature of the facility and the clientele. Right now, the contract's coming for renewal soon and we're gonna make some changes. We're not going to renew because we can no longer afford whatever it's costing at $600-$800 a month and we're not seeing even any indirect result. Other than that, it's always been a positive experience whenever I've had to relate to personnel or get assistance with things.
Reviewed April 23, 2018
A business rep from Dex Media visited my office in October 2016. She explained they could get my website to be more visible on Social Media, help me get new patients in the door (I am a Marriage and Family Therapist). I told her I did not have a big budget, since I am an independent practitioner. She said they had a very affordable plan that could do wonders for my business. She asked for my credit card and said I would be billed monthly, and she would be checking on me from time to time.
In February of 2017, I had not seen any increase in calls, and no one that didn't want to use insurance. (Insurance only pays a fixed small amount for each visit. Far below that which is reasonable and customary.) She said she understood and would talk to her manager about it. I had no idea I was on any kind of binding contract, I had never seen anything on paper about terms, etc.
A couple months later the charge reappear on my credit card. I called the agent again. She did not call back. (She left the company.) I called her manager, who was too busy to call me back. I asked my credit card company to please block the charges. A few months after that I started getting bills in the mail at my office for the Ongoing Charges. I talked to Customer Service, they were very nice, but didn't care about my story and there was nothing I could do but pay the charges. I am still getting bills, but from collection agencies, and they are adding interest every month. I feel like I am in some type of Hell! Help!! PS agent asked me to initial HER PHONE for my Credit Card charge, never mentioned an ongoing, not cancellable, contract!
Updated review: April 24, 2018
After receiveing my complaints, DEX YP called to resolve the issue by cancelling the contracts as well as waiving all the fees.
Original Review: April 23, 2018
I took over a business, and almost a year AFTER the business was sold to me the previous owner's WIDOW received a bill from DEXYP stating she owed 2 payments and one was past due. The previous owner had agreed to publish ONE ad with DexYP but then passed away. No one was aware of the ad. DEXYP renewed an ad, without verifying if the information was correct, and began sending bills to a deceased person at a wrong address. They refuse to cancel the contract, and not bill for the ad that should have never been. Whole thing is a mess and their 20 departments can't communicate to each other on what the heck is going on to get it all straight. Needless to say, since the WIDOW has enough to handle, I am now paying for an ad that has nothing correctly listed except for a phone number. Because, the only way to cancel an ad, even though it is completely wrong, is if the phone number is changed. What a crock. HORRIBLE!!!
Reviewed April 23, 2018
We have yet to hear a solution from Dex Media. On 11/6/17 all we received was a letter stating that they checked their records and find everything is order and that they would be closing our file. Which is completely fine but we have yet to receive any refunds and we keep receiving bills. The following are letters that we sent to them and the response we got was the above letter from 11/16/17. We have also kept asking customers who call in if they have the phone book from Dex Media and still not one customer has said yes in the North Port area.
1st letter send to Dex Media: April 14, 2017. Re: Distribution of Phone Book - This letter is to inform you that you are in breach of our agreement and are no longer to charge our credit card. We will not be paying for a service that is not being provided as described by Wanda **. We will expect a credit back for the first 2 months of the year. This is due to misleading distribution. Distribution was cut down and eliminated in multiple areas that were all previously covered. We called your Atlanta office and they admitted that they had not distributed to all areas. We have spoken to multiple customers throughout the North Port Area and not one of them has received the phone book. These customers are all in our main area of business, and we were told they would receive the phone book by Wanda **.
I have a list of multiple address that I can send to you where the phone book was not distributed. When we spoke with Wanda about this issue she told my secretary that I needed to calm down, that it has only been 2 months and that she could take the address and distribute to them. We have spoke with people from all the different areas of North Port and they have all stated that they did not receive the phone book. So this is not just a couple of houses but all of North Port. As per the contract Dex Media is to distribute to North Port and Venice area and that was not done. We at the office also did not receive a copy of the phone book. When we looked at the phone book online we also noticed that our phone number was incorrect, the phone number should be **-**-8299 not 8229. These are issues that affect our business directly, since you did not provide the services we had contracted for. Thank you.
Second letter sent to Dex Media via certified mail to office in Texas and Tennessee: October 24, 2017 Re: Breach of Contract - To Whom it may concern,As we have stated in our previous letter, we do not intend to pay for any goods and services that we did not receive and we furthermore would like the money that has been paid out to your company for the first couple of months before we noticed your breach of contract. We at no point, were told about any distribution changes and when we called, we were told that they distributed to the area of Venice and no mention of North Port. When we spoke with the sales rep Wanda ** she told me to tell the owner “to calm down” as she laughed stating that f we gave her the addresses to the house not distributed too in North Port she would go ahead and take care of it. That would be all of North Port.
This is part of an email that was sent to us in regards to the distribution issues: Distribution is targeted to those consumers who use the directory the most, based on market research. Consumers also have the option to use our online directory, Dexpages.com. Those who choose the online version of the printed directory are viewing the advertising you and your colleagues have placed in the printed book.
When Dex the distributor of the Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda and Super Media the distributor of Venice/North Port book merged I specifically asked about Distribution changes when they merged. I spoke with Wanda ** and was assured distribution would not change in the North Port area by dropping the Port Charlotte/Punta Gorda phone book. So we went ahead and did that. We have been very specific about location and distribution and were assured they would not change.
We were also told that the phone books were not distributed in the North Port area because they did not want phone books to be laying in peoples front door.On 10/20/17 we received a call from Wanda ** stating that she had no idea that we were upset about being lied too. Yes lied too would be correct. We paid for a goods and services that were not delivered. When we first spoke to Wanda about the issue of distribution and also finding out that distribution has been late by 2 months, she said that it had only been 2 months and that is when the statement of telling the owner “to calm down” came in. 2 months which account to about $4000.00 that we paid expecting goods and services, that were not delivered. We have asked North Port residents about the phone books that were delivered to their homes and not one has mentioned your phone book.
Your company has negatively affected our business due to the lack of advertising. Due to the lack of advertising this has resulted in a lack of income that we had budgeted for. We have email multiple times to get explanations and all we get are vague answers. Goods and services were not delivered that is called stealing and we would like a refund of what we paid. We have requested answers in writing, explaining distribution changes and reason why we were not made aware of changes and have receive nothing. Furthermore we here at the office have also never received a copy of the phone book and were told to go to the web site to find our ad. We also told your company of the phone number being incorrect and no one has brought that up to us. Thank you.
Reviewed April 20, 2018
We had some yellow pages advertising with DexYP and the conversation we had with their local rep about the service that they provided led us to doing the website with them as well. Their service has been fairly valuable to our company and we've had good experiences with them.
Reviewed April 19, 2018
I signed up for DexYP services and wasn't given proper disclosure as to the exact services that would be provided. My experience with Dexyp was a very disappointing one, to say the least. The organization has horrible customer service and refuse to address any of the issues that I brought up as a client. The website that I was given was supposed to be dynamic with a personalized search engine, which never worked. I was supposed to get $50 a month of boosted facebook ads which I never received. I was supposed to have a videographer come out to shoot a video for the website, never happened. My rep. Jeff ** misrepresented the company and himself completely. Dexyp also tried to say there was no way out of the contract. No, buy out, no other option but to stay on a contract I'm not happy with. I recommend that anyone considering doing business with them, to not do business with them.
Reviewed April 19, 2018
DexYP is a good company. We've been using their phonebook services for years and we've had a good experience with them.
Reviewed April 18, 2018
We've been with DexYP for at least five years now and they have a good product. It lives up to what they said. We don't do much advertising so both their online and their print services help out a great deal with us. Their representatives have been very good and helpful as well.
Reviewed April 17, 2018
We are a dental office and we feel that we still need a phonebook presence, a paper phonebook, one thing you can hold in your hand. And also we're interested in the internet listing for us. We reached out to Dex because we've always used them for our Yellow Page advertising. However, when I phone them, I am a little frustrated with some of the directions that I have to follow to get to what I want. But everything gets handled fine. We also have an auto credit card payment every month and that seems to be working just fine too.
Reviewed April 16, 2018
I have 2 emails stating that the account is closed, and I am still getting phone calls from the office that it is not closed. I have send them checks that they put in the account and deposited them and they still continue to call. DO NOT AND I REPEAT ADVERTISE WITH THIS COMPANY. THEY HAVE CAUSED US A LOT GRIEVE!!!
Reviewed April 16, 2018
We've been here since 1943 and we've been with Dex for a long time. We probably started with them in the 80's. They're a good company and everything has been fine.
Reviewed April 15, 2018
We’ve always been with DexYP for our advertising. Their service has been valuable to our company. They do the advertising for our yellow page ads and that’s important. However, it had a lot more impact years ago than it does today because a lot of people do the internet. It’s the computer age, but we still do have people that look in a phone book. I’d tell others that we never had any bad experience with them and it was something that would be worth looking into.
Reviewed April 14, 2018
My company needed to show up in the yellow pages book, so we reached out to DexYP. One time, we were going to cancel our agreement with them but their guy convinced me not to because he was a great salesman. Furthermore, my experiences with their customer service have been really good. I've never had to call them for anything except one time when we had lost an employee when she retired and we had another one who passed away. That time, we were trying to make budget cuts and reformat our business. My boss and I were wondering what our agreement with DexYP was for so we were going to cancel it.
But, DexYP's salesman helped me understand what their company does and did a new graphic design for our ads in our yellow pages while bringing our cost down a little bit. Now, I find DexYP's services rather valuable. A lot of our customers still use the yellow pages as we have an older demographic of clients who don't go straight to the computer. So, working with DexYP has been successful for us. The company is making sure that the job is being done.
Reviewed April 13, 2018
I've been advertising with DexYP for about a year. The account rep assigned to my account apparently left the company which is why I didn't get a return call from him for over 3 months. I finally started calling customer care on April 5, 2018. The only thing I've been able to find out is that I don't have a business advisor. I have called at least 10 times and have spoken to 4 different people who keep telling me that they are going to "reach out" to the sales department and have someone call me back (immediately, before the end of the day, we have a trouble ticket, etc.). I finally called the corporate office this morning and left a voicemail with the Customer Care Manager. You guessed it - I am still waiting for a return call. To add insult to injury they auto bill my account. I getting -0- results from the advertising and -0- customer service.
Reviewed April 13, 2018
I wanted to cancel in July 2015. I was informed I cannot cancel. Have to pay through the year 2015. Then the Dex Media continued to bill the company through 2016. Called again in May 2016 to cancel. Was informed I cannot cancel. Have to pay till end of the year. I refused. Dex Media send to collection agency. Now collection agency has recorded this collection On my personal account. My credit score has gone down from 800 to 612. I am devastated. Dex Media is really does unethical business in spite of numerous calls continued the billing.
I am an employee of Sampatti Corporation. It is wrong to hold against my personal credit. After the person’s death how can the company continue the billing? I am still struggling to correct the situation. Hope consumer affairs look into the practices of Dex Media. Stop this unethical practice. I want justice for destroying my credit rating. I was applying for mortgage. Now I cannot! Please someone help me. Dex Media is destroying my name and reputation. This is defamation of character! I demand justice!
Reviewed April 13, 2018
I want to cancel and get out of DexYP 'cause I'm old and weak. I've been in the business for over 40 years, and it's time to let somebody else do it. But my overall experience with them has been good. I'd tell others to think about using it.
Reviewed April 12, 2018
Beyond over this company! This company has such a lack of communication, misunderstanding, and empty promises! They don’t value you as a PAYING customer! Management doesn’t step in and make things right. Was working with the website team to edit my website and they don’t follow through. Take 7-10 days at times to update the site with changes I requested. I was told this company would help me with some of the many task when running a Beauty Salon. Yet they have been an extreme headache... months later and paying later still don’t have the website updated correctly!
Reviewed April 12, 2018
HUGE Scam... Steer Clear these guys. Do what you can do yourself for free! Their reviews don't contain words because they are probably fake. They will try to lock you into a 1 year contract to help you get your business out on search engines YET you won't ever see any results. Then their billing department is screwed up and doubles bills months screwing up your banking. They refunded 1 charge. However when I asked to cancel this contract because I wasn't receiving what was promised I got a huge run around from first Customer Service for DEXYP who bills you and drafts the money. Then the original guy who called me my so called "Business Advisor" says he can't cancel my contract early only his supervisor can who is out to lunch.
He comes back conference calls me says he wants to fix with customer service lets 3 way call and get on the same page. The 3 ways Customer Service and by coincidence gets disconnected so I explain once again to the man on the line the story. He says they are lying. They can cancel it, "Let me put you in contact with their boss Bernie **. He's the senior supervisor and will fix this". NOPE. ALL LIES, terrible customer service!! Scamming people daily... Get a real job all of you Ryan ** "Business Advisor", Joey **? "Business Advisor Supervisor", and Bernie ** their Senior Boss... ALL A JOKE! CAUTION!!!
Reviewed April 12, 2018
We've been in business for 28 years and it's been that long that we've had a business phone line. We've always had pretty good service from DexYP. I'm not computer savvy, and they are very patient with me to help me through getting the webpage up, and I'm very happy with that. I had to speak to someone last week about my website and not getting emails forwarded to my regular email, and they fixed the problem. The only time we didn't have great service was when we had somebody that took care of our account make appointments to come see us for advertising and they didn't show up or call. And we took care of that ourselves by speaking to their boss and telling him how unprofessional we thought it was. But we're happy with our ad and it's working for us. We ask people, "How did you hear about us?" It's either through the phonebook or our webpage. I would recommend DexYP 'cause they seem to be working hard for us.
Reviewed April 11, 2018
The policy is if you discontinue with this company you will lose your website and all the time and energy you put into giving them the information for the site. All the language and time spent up loading video and content to help build the site gone! They will not let you know this either. I was not given a warning that if you don't continue with the company your site will be taken down and never able to retrieve it. I was told that I can start another contract with them and they will rebuild that site. What kind of fool would I be to do that again?! This is their solution?
The reason why I did not renew my contract was because this company fell short on their promises as far as marketing. They didn't put up content until I kept after them. They were supposed to 'boost' posts which they did maybe a few times. It was supposed to be done monthly, The text app they promised never worked. I can't tell you how many campaign managers I had and they were supposed to give me updates and assist in my social media development. So 5000$ and one year later I have nothing to show for it. Even now after I called and complained they fell short of even calling me back as I was promised. Zero stars for this company. Look elsewhere to do business. DO NOT WORK WITH THIS ORGANIZATION.
Reviewed April 11, 2018
I would advise everyone to stay as far away from DexYP as you can. They will take your money they and lie to you. They promised me the world. Promise me top placement. How many search engines I would show up on going. They was going to build me a website that would show up at the top searches and certain towns. I was promised top placement and then come to find out after they get me do to accept their terms and conditions and charge my credit card all of this was a lie and then they can't get no one to call me back. I advise everybody to not use this company. It is nothing but a scam. Look at the reviews on the Better Business Bureau and everywhere else. There a continuously shaft in people. My advice to anyone is stay far away. I am in the process right now of hiring an attorney.
Reviewed April 11, 2018
We’ve been with Qwest Dex, now DexYP, since 1989. We do have something in the yellow page listing in the printed book and we also do online. So far, my experience with their customer service has been okay. Our business is still strong so their service seems to be working. So we just do it more just to have a presence out there.
Thryv Company Information
- Company Name:
- Thryv
- Company Type:
- Private
- Ticker Symbol:
- DXM
- Year Founded:
- 1986
- Formerly Named:
- Yellow Pages / Dex Media / DexYP
- Address:
- 2200 W. Airfield Dr.
- City:
- Dallas
- State/Province:
- TX
- Postal Code:
- 75261
- Country:
- United States
- Website:
- www.thryv.com
