Comments on: OfficialWire

By: Jenny

Jenny — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:04:53 +0000

ups and downs the the service, owner or customer service rep is EXTREMELY rude all faults are with you (control panel is very buggy), I did however receive a good amount of hits from the 5 releases that I submitted but another con is that if you cancel the service all of your releases are hidden! so in essence your paying for the same releases month after month where as if you use something like PRweb per release is higher but it stays up and its a one time fee.

By: James

James — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 13:43:50 +0000

One thing that it doesn’t mention in the review above is that once you have released a press release under one of their subscriptions you then have to continue your subscriptions ad infinitum if you want them to be public. Finish your subscriptions and your content will be hidden unless you pay again.

I am also very unhappy as I am currently paying twice for the same subscription. I took out the quarterly subscription (to unhide my press releases!) and was advised by Greg to cancel the subscription as I could get a better deal by using a discount code for the ongoing monthly subscription. What he didn’t say was that Official Wire doesn’t do discounts, even when it is they themselves who advised you to cancel, so for the next three months I will be double paying.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:26:09 +0000

I tried yesterday to issue a release through officialwire. A disappointing experience I am sorry to say. After paying my 20 british pounds and receiving a login and password, there is no way to actually upload one’s release. Everytime you click on the ‘submit release’ link it asks for another 20 pounds.

Sent them a message to this effect have not heard back.

By: Web Goorrilla

Web Goorrilla — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:07:13 +0000

Thanks for the Reviews folks..I won’t use them either!

By: Beth

Beth — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:14:20 +0000

I’ve been using OfficialWire for about a year now, and the tracking service it touts does not seem to work. I don’t see a lot of pickup of the releases either.

By: B. Lerch

B. Lerch — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:24:25 +0000

First off, the price shown above (34.99) is in UK pounds…it’s actually about $60 per month. I’ve used this service about a year…the upload is a bit confusing, and the owner is rude if one asks questions. Initially, I put up with it due to price, but I’m now reconsidering, as I’ve not seen good pickup from the distribution. The “tracking system” they tout has been in Beta for over a year, and the search engine options they offer usually turn up 0 results. Not professional.

By: J. Price

J. Price — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:11:09 +0000

A LOT of the press release services you see out there are not REAL press release services. That is, they only post your release online or to feeds or to “consumer subscribers”. I went with OfficialWire because they actually send your release to members of the press who are interested in receiving news from your industry and are looking for news ideas. Also, the cost of Official wire is not prohibitively expensive for my small business to justify. I’ve used them a couple of times now and like the results, so I plan to keep using them.