I signed up with UK bride for a year's advertising on their platform. It was an absolute waste of my time and money.
These are the facts upon which I base my conclusion:
1. Over the year I spent at least 40 hours following up "leads"
from UKbride. This included sending hundreds of emails, text
messages and making many polite phone calls.
2. I am an experienced and qualified wedding photographer.
I offer great value for money and have photographed
hundreds of weddings over the last 20 years.
3. I gained absolutely 0 (zero) bookings from UKbride.
4. UKbride use a rolling contract with suppliers which basically
means that unless you read the fine print and cancel in a
very specific time frame, you are automatically contracted to
pay for the following year.
5 Uk bride took a very hard line on following through on this,
with threats of legal action made to me.
6. Uk bride claim in their marketing that over 90% of supplies
book the following year. Maybe this is in good part related to
their use of rolling contracts with suppliers?
7 When speaking to a Uk bride representative about the issue
they were more concerned about how my online activity might
tarnish the company's reputation, rather than being
committed to come to a fair and reasonable resolution. Again
they threatened me that their legal team may have to become
involved.
If I could give Uk bride 0 Star Rating, I would.
As a wedding supplier I would totally avoid this company.