GoFundMe has a rating of 2.7 stars from 507 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about GoFundMe most frequently mention freedom convoy, canadian truckers, and political pressure problems. GoFundMe ranks 1st among Crowd Funding sites.
I must say great customer service, quick response and very professional. I was very pleased with all the help, I was having a issue with uploading a new campaign. I emailed support and within minutes, I got a response, help and answer to my problem.
Date of experience: September 21, 2018
I was confused with the tip option. In the 'total charge' box I put in the amount I wanted to donate. But what I had unwittingly done was agree to tip this amount on top of what I had donated. I contacted customer service and they refunded the 'tip' immediately and with good grace. I deducted a star because in the tip option there could have been a 'no tip' option which would have been clearer for me.
Date of experience: September 4, 2018
I started a gofundme to help out with an operation my dog was having. I was having a bit of trouble navigating my set-up and the tech support was right on it and really quick to answer all of my questions and help me out. It was very wonderful and reassuring to have someone help me, especially as I was very emotional given the nature of gofundme request. They have been wonderful.
Date of experience: September 20, 2018
Bunch of thieves. They stopped payments to Canadian truckers. The donated funds were almost 10 million dollars and the truckers do not access to it because of political pressure. Basically they remove the donation page and froze the funds. They will reimburse donators.
This will affect your future as you will be investigated. Morons.
Date of experience: February 5, 2022
I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis and created this fundraiser, this is the second time GoFundMe deleted this account along with by WePay owned Chase. They did not give me an answer this is disgusting and disgraceful. I might potentially contact an attorney about this. If I can give 0 starts I would. This was my link https://www.gofundme.com/anthonyjrodriguez
Date of experience: September 14, 2018
I needed at various times support to add a donation offline, to deactivate a campaign, to add a photograph, add a bank account and such. I consulted with several staff members. I always received immediate response, willingness to help and kindness. Very pleased with my experience.
Date of experience: September 12, 2018
Glad to hear that you were pleased with your experience, Vanessa. Here at GoFundMe, we do everything we can to resolve any issue you may have!
I would recommend to stay away from this platform. If you donate money and the money are misused, they are not refunding you. They told me that they were working with the organizer, and they think that there wasn't any misused of funds. Of course that the organizer is not going to recognize that the funds are misused if the organizer is the person who want to keep the money. The funds were donated for a cancer treatment, but the person who supposed to get the treatment sadly passed away before she could receive the treatment. If you ask me, the funds are not used for the purpose were donated.
Date of experience: May 31, 2023
Jenna was awesome. She was very responsive and gave me specific solutions to try, and it worked. I thought it was going to be much more complicated than that so I was happy that it was simple and quick.
Date of experience: September 19, 2018
I closed my accountant because I reached my goal but then wanted to send out an event update to those who donated. Within 5 minutes of asking how to reaccess my account for this purpose I had received a webkink with re-authorization.
Date of experience: September 11, 2018
Glad to hear that we could address your concern quickly and kindly, Jeffrey. We’ll always be here if you need anything else!
You are a disgrace. People gave to the Canadian Convoy (a peaceful protest) and you freeze and hold funds yet you support BLM and organizations who burn and loot businesses. Will NEVER give through your corrupt company again. #classactionlawsuit
Date of experience: February 5, 2022
They have allowed Political threats to influence their decision to deny access to funds donated to the Convoy effort in good faith. This is criminal in nature and is unethical at best. This is exactly what the protest is about in part as well as the removal of all unconstitutional. Antares and to end HATE SPEECH BY THE PM with his attempts to divide the country. You should be ashamed!
Date of experience: February 4, 2022
Cant change password contact customer support changed 15 times still not letting me in Keeps saying network down for 5 days must be some foreign county
Date of experience: September 30, 2023
Jared part of the GoFundMe Customer Service Rep has been so awesome in helping me and Sarah Rice out with the page. He should be made CEO of the company itself!
Jared is excellent, helpful and patient and dealt with our problems in a very professional manner. I'd highly recommend him in any job across the USA.
Date of experience: September 21, 2018
Responses to my queries came quite quickly, which was great as I was very focused on what I was doing and didn't want to sit around for hours waiting for a reply - I needed to complete the campaign and get it reviewed to start sending out. Answers were exactly on point, I didn't need a long back and forth conversation to clarify things, and the people responding were all very polite and seemed happy to help - I felt like I was talking to a friend!
Date of experience: September 4, 2018
Disgusted with this service. By NOT doing their fact checking as they have said that they do, you would have found that this is in fact a peaceful protest. As always protects do upset some folks, that is in fact the very nature of what they are meant to do. Change never happens without a little upset as the ones "losing" power are upset. This decision by GoFundMe will have far reaching effects. With the advent of etransfer and other forms of currency transfer I can easily see GoFundMe becoming a dinosaur and will go extinct. I for one will never use or support this platform again. I will find a way to donate directly to the cause. In this case the FREEDOM CONVOY 2022 and help our truckers again!
Date of experience: February 5, 2022
I was having great difficulty inputting my contacts into the Email system. After about 5 attempts I contacted Customer Service and Brittany tried to explain to me how to do so; I went online and after 3 more attempts, found that adding my contacts to an email couldn't be done. Brittany; went online... found an error in the program and corrected it, and contacted me accordingly. All done!
Date of experience: August 31, 2018
My experience with Go Fund Me has been absolutely FIVE STAR. What that means for me is the presence of SUPPORT. Not two or three days later but close to immediately. Some of us are a little tech challenged, but no worries, there is a kind, well trained person available for you. Kudos to the marketing team that figured out positive key words like, Happiness, kind closures (not just sincerely) and Team. Thank you for making Go Fund Me a possibility for so many with overwhelming needs beyond their control.
Date of experience: September 12, 2018
So happy to hear that you had such a positive experience, Connie! Technology can be so challenging sometimes. Luckily, we’ll always be available to lend a hand!
So I set up my first GoFundMe ever, and it has been successful. Nearing $8000 in just a few days. However, one participant uploaded a photo that was confusing to many others. The wife in the family I was trying to raise support for asked that I remove that photo. I could not figure out how to go in and remove it. It was grouped with others in one posting.
So I figured out how to contact GoFundMe tech rep and via email I was able to screen capture the posting and get the needed info to the Tech Rep. The removed that posting with the photo for me (had to remove the entire posting and figured that would be the case). It stopped the confusion.
The entire family and I were happy and your folks were quick, efficient and pleasant. Thank you very much. R/ Jim Oas 9/12/2018 Poulsbo, Washington
Tip for consumers:
Do not be afraid to ask in the evenings. Someone was online ready to help even after normal local businesses would have been closed.
Date of experience: September 12, 2018
We’re so glad to hear that this experience was helpful for you, James. It’s great to know that you’ve been able to receive such helpful support for your campaign! We’ll be available for you 24/7 if you have any other concerns at all.
Was able to resolve the issues i had with it declining banking info the representative i spoke with was friendly and quick to respond back with any futher questions im happy with Go fund me costmer care team
Date of experience: September 2, 2018
I had set up a base Go Fund Me but wasn't really ready to do anything with it yet. I deleted it and built the new one but it would not set up correctly. I reached out to customer support and Mary had it fixed in minutes. My Go Fund Me page is online and hopping thanks to Mary!
Date of experience: September 8, 2018
Give hard-earned cash to the brave truckers' freedom convoy and watch it diverted to BLM (amongst others), apparently at the behest of a Schwab YGL globalist politician?
No thanks!
You should recover the payment but DON'T ask for a refund - make a fraud claim with your card provider. Each one costs them at least $15.
Tip for consumers:
Avoid! Go to GiveSendGo.com
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Freedom Convoy donation
Date of experience: February 5, 2022
I am very stressed out and frustrated with gofundme. I created a campaign to help my family in Lebanon from the explosion, but I can't withdraw the donations that have been made! I wrote dozens of emails and asked for help but not one person from gofundme has answered me yet. There is absolutely no support at all! I'm starting to think gofundme is a scam because there are still 2 donors that have put money in to help people that need it, and I have got no answers from gofundme. Do not use Gofundme! If anyone that works for gofundme is reading this- please email me at: *******@gmail.com
I would be very surprised if I actually hear from you because right now I am very disappointed in your service. Very angry! I will be spreading the word about this awful situation as well.- Fai Fadia Kanaan.
Date of experience: September 2, 2020
I created my first ever GoFundMe page for a very young friend of ours who is battling cancer again for the 2nd time. I must admit I was having a difficult time trying to figure out how to assign the husband as the beneficiary so they could access the funds but Jorge was quick to respond and help me in the right direction.
Thanks so much!
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Date of experience: September 21, 2018
GoFundMe Customer Service representatives always responded in a timely fashion to any questions I had regarding our GoFundMe Campaign. Receiving a quick response helped reassure any concerns we had. We were always satisfied with the answers given. Customer Service representatives were always positive and found solutions to our problems.
Date of experience: August 28, 2018
This is wonderful to hear, Tina! Thank you for sharing your feedback. You can absolutely count on us to support you each step of the way, should you need help with anything else.
Never, ever, ever donate to charities though GoFundMe, they are a corrupt socialist organization. If they don't agree with choice of whom you want to donate to, they will simply pick a beneficiary that they support from an ideological perspective. Defund GoFundMe!
Date of experience: February 13, 2022
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Hello, Anthony. Our thoughts are with you in all you're going through, and do not take the removal of any account lightly. For security reasons, our Trust & Safety team and payment processor WePay review all accounts to ensure they meet our Terms & Conditions, which all customers agree to upon signing up for GoFundMe. As noted in our Terms, GoFundMe reserves the right to remove any content that violates these Terms. We're unable to share further review details as they are proprietary, but your account has been removed, and we appreciate your understanding as we work to keep GoFundMe the safest place to give.