presshook.com Reviews 3

I pitched a journalist on behalf of a brand 1 month ago and now, they are sending invoices more than a month later when I am no longer working with the brand. There was no communication with the journalist or the platform in between about our chances of inclusion in any press. they are threatening to send us to collections if we dont pay. it looks like we dont have any other option. If you have pitched on any paid placement on press hook and have since then forgotten, please be prepared for sudden invoices. Definitely not recommended, especially not their paid placements.

Big cheats. I closed account and they keep charging $250 every month for atblest 6 months. They even remved company profile irvinei.com from their website bit still charging

I'm a journalist (with over 50 years experience) who was invited to join Press Hook and subsequently had many sample requests approved. However, only 1 of them was actually shipped/received. When I complained about that I receive this reply from Kelly on Feb 19, "While we do everything we can to facilitate connections and partnerships between brands and members of the media, sample requests are not a guarantee."

Same day a reply from CEO Michelle: "Apologies to hear this – let me connect with the team and see what we can figure out. Thanks for bringing this to my attention."
It turns out my account was closed WITHOUT NOTICE many days earlier as I could not login or reset my password.

On Feb 20 Talton wrote that I did not meet their criteria of having >10,000 unique views of my articles w/in a 3 month period. "We periodically review media accounts, though feel free to reach out again in a couple of months if you'd like your account reviewed sooner."
I replied stating their firm was unprofessional and requested the confirmed samples to be sent but there was no reply. Uggh!
If possible I would give Presshook 0 STARS!
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The Trust Pilot reply from PressHook on April 11th (posted below) has many inaccuracies/lies:
1] It totally contradicts the email received from Talton stating why my account was terminated. See above
2. "I ordered wine in bulk" is a lie because I only received 2 bottles of wine which I was planning to review for Splash Wines where I'm a part owner.
3. Stating "Multiple complaints were received from brands" is preposterous, because I did NOT receive ANY OTHER brand's samples despite many being approved. Not 1 brand messaged or emailed me with a complaint or question
4. I requested a tech product from China to be reviewed as I've done many times for tech websites. Ex: "Review of SideTrak Solo 17.3 inch portable monitor" at IEEE Techblog. The rep of that company messaged that it would be sent after Chinese New Year but it was never received!