If you are a blogger that uses Tomoson, do not feel as though you are safe through that portal. Recently, I had the most horrible experience. I was shipped a product from Day by Day Beauty and in exchange they were supposed to pay $50 for the review. Well, let me tell you this did not happen at all.
I received their Vitamin C Serum in the mail and since they were paying a fee, I put them at the top of my list. I tested out their product, which is amazing by the way, and then posted the review.
The representative emailed stating that my price was too high for her. Keep in mind my Giveaway blog is a two-year-old blog and I have a decent social media following. My blog gets more than 100,000 visitors per month and I promote the posts on the main page of my blog for at least a week across social media channels. However, the price of $50 was too much when bloggers with similar stats charge much more than this.
The Ugly
This company led me on to believe that they were going to pay after I discussed how I had spent time expediting their review and I even left an Amazon review. I liked the product so this was not a problem at all. However, pro bono work is definitely not done on expedited measures. Long story short, after being asked to make amendments to the post, such as including two of their links linked to specific words she decided it is best to just remove the review and take it as a loss.
Even though I did like their product, I felt as though this company is very unprofessional and that will deter me from purchasing from them or recommending them to anyone. I will leave my Amazon review up but other than that, I cannot help them promote since they have a motive of manipulating bloggers.
I figured I would share this warning here so other bloggers can avoid being scammed by them and wasting their time. Bloggers work hard to upkeep their blogs and we spend a lot of time promoting and testing out various things so we can leave customers honest reviews. We may not depend on blogging as a full time job yet when someone swindles us, it takes its toll. We have invested time into something that would have been beneficial you know.
Have you ever had a bad experience with a company when blogging? If so, feel free to share in the comments section below to prevent other bloggers from experiencing the same thing.
Work at Home Journey 
I know some of your readers advised you to get paid before you write, however, as a blogger who does sponsored posts, I know this is not always an option. Bloggers have to trust the companies with whom they work. I hope you find a few other good networks with whom you can work.
Thanks for the heads up on this company! I am so sorry you had such a terrible experience!
Terrible. I’ll remember that name in case something from them comes our way. Sorry that happened to you.
I’m sorry that is really horrible of them and I appreciate the heads up. Definitely a company I will not work with. Sorry for your experience.
wow that is horrible! That is o what they agreed upon. I am so glad I stopped working with Tomoson years ago.
I have had 3 bad experiences with Tomoson and don’t even go there anymore. In my experience, they do nothing to help follow up to make sure winners receive their prize. Sorry to hear you had a bad experience also and that you did all that work for nothing.
Jen,
I have always had great experiences with Tomoson. Well, so I think. No one has ever complained about not receiving a prize from a company through Tomoson. This experience has opened up my eyes though.
Oh no, I am so sorry that the company did this to you. That is very unprofessional on their part.
I’ve definitely had bad experiences. I proceed cautiously with every blogging experience now, and I’m planning to get out of review altogether. They are a TON of work.
Wendy,
I love doing reviews. I have gotten to experience sailing, going to Busch Gardens for the first time, and trying some amazing products. However, when I am not doing pro bono work I expect for companies to hold up their end of the bargain. I could never imagine not doing reviews at all but I will have to become more selective.
That’s terrible and is certainly not going to serve them well. Thanks for the warning.
I would hope that Tomoson would have stepped in and helped out in some way. What a bummer!
Liz,
That is what I was hoping for too. I received one email from them and then I explained what was going on more in detail from them and asked them what could be done and I have not heard nothing back from them yet. So, I had to take it upon myself and just remove the post and clean out my social media promotions that I had already posted.
Terrible… Terrible behavior this company showed. Don’t understand why they think you should do this for nothing.
Oh that’s awful! That would leave a bad taste in my mouth too. I haven’t had any experiences like you have so I don’t have any “words of wisdom” to share. Did you have a bad gut reaction before all of this or were you blind sided?
Heather,
This is my first bad experience with an advertiser in the blogging world. I never expected this to happen. I figured advertisers would all have morals since they are getting promoted. I could see if I left a bad review or something. But, even when I have had to leave companies bad reviews they were appreciative so they knew what they needed to work on. I have read horror stories from other bloggers similar to this yet I guess I just never thought it would happen to me.
I don’t post until after payment is received, so maybe that is an option for you in the future?
Robin,
For private advertisers that is what I do. However, this went through Tomoson.