Alright so this will be my honest first impression review of the service. I ordered the lower tier package, with a coupon code. I was contacted the next day with a keyword recommendation. The keyword does have over 1000 searches as advertised. I approved the keyword and a few days later I was asked to purchase the EDM domain, install WP, and provide cpanel access or WP login details if I was uncomfortable with cpanel details. As I have other sites as subdomains along with this one I opted for WP details. I provided the details and over the next few days the site began to form. It was very similar in design to the sample I had received, but with unique content and a relevant to the broader category logo. Today the site was "delivered" with a few pages of content, a gallery, an article with a video, the seo guide, and some recommendations.
So there are some problems I have noticed. The first is the article quality. The written articles have good spelling, but are a gramatic disaster. I will be going in and changing the article's grammar a bit. I don't necessarily see this as a major downside as the articles are at the level of english I would expect for the price of the site, but it is worth mentioning. If you want a site with good english and grammatically you may not get it here.
This one is a bit larger of an issue. I was told to order the .net domain for my EDM keyword. I did, but curious about where the .com was, I searched it. There is a nearly identical site residing at the .com with no monetization on it. It uses the exact same theme, the exact same structure and layout, and has the same keywords. The content is different from my site, but very similar. I asked through e-mail what was up, and they stated they do not own the .com, and do not sell the same keywords to multiple people. Again this one still digs at me because of how eerily similar they are, but as I am buying for the main intent to check the service for future orders I let it go. So be aware, when you are offered your keyword check it against different domains, and compare those domains to the sample given. Again I am not 100% on whats going on here, but it is really unsettling.
The monetization is also not included by default. They state in the SEO guide which plugins to use for different monetization. This is no big deal for me but might be for others. The SEO guide states it would be best to obtain 10 more articles to rank well, and some basic SEO tips and links to other guides. Nothing too revolutionary, but it is useful for the site.
They claim the link package will be drip fed over the next week. This is fine with me, it makes sense. They stated that they will not provide a link list to verify, but to check ahrefs. This could be a downside for people without premium memberships to backlink checkers.
Overall I got mostly what I expected. I am happy with the timing and happy with the results. The issues I see are well within my ability to correct, and fall within my expectations at the price range. I am worried about the .com site issue, but i'll see how it goes with the site. At the end of the day I would recommend the service to a friend, with the caveat to look into the other domains before approving a keyword.
I am curious if other people who have bought the service have the same issue with their domains? That could show more of whats going on.
I will wait about a month to see how the site ranks and post an additional review. I will also add 10 articles as they suggest. I will wait to monetize until after a month as they suggest as well. I will not link build until after 1 month. I want to see how their links rank the site first for review sake.
ETA: info about next review