Domestika

I bought a .99c course from them but unbeknownst to me that also sign you up to an annual subscription of $329 USD. What sort of third rate company has a business model based on such deception? Scammers.

They are a trap. Suck you in with a "free" months prescription and discounted courses only to automatically enrol you in a YEARS Subscription. $580AUD automatically Debited from my account once the month was up. Forced to pay for a year for a service that I barely touched, only accessing a $1.40 course. I don't care how transparent they think they are with these automated responses, they are taking advantage of people.

This is a large platform that provides online training courses - including art. I have some friends that have been happy with their purchases and had no problems. I purchased (paying with PayPal for extra protection) a $1 painting course (normal courses range upwards from $5) and received it. It wasn't exactly what I wanted so I only did the first… Read more

stage of the course. 30 days later PayPal advised that they had paid Domestika - from my account - A$588 for annual membership. I had seen no indication of this when purchasing the initial course. On searching, I found that I had received an email notifying me of the potential payment a week before it was made, but it had unfortunately gone to my junk mail. I attempted to get a refund as I had no intention of ever purchasing any more online courses - this was my first, and the mechanics of my computer location at home made it impractical. Eventually Domestika advised (yet again) that as I had (unknowingly) entered into a contract with them, they had a no refund policy. This email from Domestika arrived at the same time I was seeking a refund via PayPal, and they rejected it using the same contract clause. I have contacted my bank who pay my PayPal accounts, who are following up, but I hold little hope, as they will be trying to get the funds from PayPal. I subsequently checked Trustpilot website (which I obviously should have done initially) to find hundreds of abysmal reviews. Even the initial AI overview on Google Search mentions the high rate if dissatisfaction. It has been an expensive lesson (PayPal at least assisted my in preventing any further payments being made to them). I am 80 this year, have health issues and upcoming medical bills. This seems so unfair. I couldn't find the initial documentation of my course purchase, but many others say there was either well hidden - or not existent - mention of joining the premium annual membership at purchase. I feel so sorry for people who have been scammed for huge amounts, but even this significant amount leaves an empty feeling in the pit of my stomach. I can only spread the info as much as possible. Takeaway - Please steer well away from Domestika. A short follow up. I am delighted to say that the scam team at NAB came good and arranged for the full refund. I wonder if it is was partly due to my negative views on a number of platforms. Domestika were obviously aware of them as the tried to friend me on facebook - after refusing the refund. If you have been scammed, then don't give up, and do everything within your power to get your just refunds. It's about time governments and authorities banned this membership by default scheme from operating at all. And Paypal should not automatically make payments to organisations that have been publicly red flagged, without getting permission from the account holder.

SCAM CHARGED $569.41 for a subscription after a $1.99 purchase Viewed just part of a video about home styling with plants for $1.99 and have been charged $569.41 for a subscription I don't want. I have contacted Domestika to cancel and refund me but… Read more

I have had no reply what so ever!! I will never be able to afford this cost and at the moment it has gone through PayPal so my account is outstanding $569.41. Worst experience ever !

I signed up for what looked like a ~$50 course trial for 2 dollars and was later charged ~$600 AUD for an annual subscription that was not clearly disclosed. I tried to cancel immediately — there is no clear or accessible cancellation option in the account. Even after contacting support, it was not cancelled. I also found the course quality… Read more

disappointing and stopped using it after day one.

This has been a very stressful experience. Please be extremely careful before signing up.

I did not have a good experience with Domestika Plus. I was charged $559 AUD for an annual subscription without clear warning that the renewal period was due and that the price had increased significantly from the previous year (nearly doubled!). I contacted customer support immediately requesting a refund and received either generic responses or… Read more

a refusal, despite not using the service after renewal. The auto‑renewal process is not transparent, and the refund policy is extremely rigid. This is disappointing for a creative learning platform, and I would strongly recommend others read the fine print before subscribing. I would not subscribe again. I am happy to update this review if the matter is resolved fairly. My order no is C52520996T35614232

I would prefer to give no stars to Domestika. If you sign up for a course, they will charge you a very expensive subscription a month later. This occurs without prior warning or any information. Their website is misleading if not purposely deceptive. Stay away from Domestika.

Beware, it's a scam! I had the same experiences as many did before me. I regret not looking at the reviews first. Domestika uses deceptive practices. I bought a course for $1.99, thinking it was a standalone purchase. Only afterward did I discover that this also enrolled me in a Domestika Plus annual subscription, charged at $391.78. They do not… Read more

make this clear during the checkout process. The only mention is in fine print in the invoice after the fact. This tactic is clearly designed to trap users into auto-renewals without informed consent.

SCAM !!! A tief may have policies but is always a Tief you buy a very cheap video and after a week they charge you 330 USD unrequested yearly plan , nothing on 3 web pages you pass through before buying states that you will subscribe an annual plan. you discover it only after you click "pay" this kind of behaviours has to be punished by the law… Read more

i reported to reportfraud.ftc.gov will report to other authorities and frode websites I will open a file

Would give 0 stars if I could right? After reading everything that was said here, it totally checks out. Now here's the thing, I actually cancelled my trial subscription and yet this still happened. I was still charged the $300 USD. They sent me an email response to say that I may have forgotten to cancel it. NO I DEFINITELY CANCELLED IT!

Took $570 out of my account on Christmas eve. Won't respond to my emails despite causing financial hardship. All I received was some automated email. Other than that, no response. Im a single mum and this has caused a lot of problems financially for me. I feel scammed

I am very dissatisfied with my experience with Domestika. Unlike my purchases on Udemy (I have more, than on Domestika, and this is not a coincidence), where I never encountered any deceptive practices, Domestika has failed me on two separate occasions. Because of this, I have decided never to buy from them again. They charged me a substantial… Read more

amount during a time when I was in urgent need of those funds. As a European consumer, I have the legal right to withdraw from an online purchase within 14 days under EU consumer protection laws. Unfortunately, Domestika deliberately obstructed my attempt to exercise this right, which I consider a serious violation of these regulations.

I strongly urge potential customers to be cautious when purchasing from Domestika until they demonstrate respect for consumer rights and improve their business practices.

I paid 99c for a course and was charged almost 300 dollars for a subscription I never agreed to. No terms were shown. No trial was shown. Nothing on the checkout page made it clear that a yearly plan existed. Support refused to refund me. After checking online, I found many people with the same problem. The same hidden subscription. The same… Read more

sudden charge. The same refusal. This looks like a pattern.

People should be warned. A simple 99c purchase turned into a charge for a service I never chose, never used, and never approved.

I purchased a course for $6.99 and was actively misled into and unknowingly commited to an annual subscription of $560 aud. When trying to contact for a refund their customer support was an absolute joke only receiving automatic emails in my requests for more information. They are intending to take advantage on consumers and have lodged a complaint with the ACCC and disputed the transaction with my bank. Do not use this service

Please be aware of this fraudulent company.l!! They have deducted over $300 USD from my account, and it has been impossible to reach a human to get a refund or at least just be charged for the month. I do not have that kind of money right now; I need to pay my mortgage, and the cost of living is incredibly expensive. The moment my card was… Read more

charged, I reached out to Domestika, but I keep getting the same automated response.

I have no idea where to go to ask for help. They operate in a terrible way. I can't even remember signing up for the trial; I was just trying to purchase a course that cost $0.99! The course I bought was absolutely rubbish; I didn't even finish it! There aree hundreds of comments about these bullies ripping off people. This situation has caused so much stress and anxiety, and they have set an operational model in which people can't be assisted and listen to by replacing their customer service with Ai!!! I Hope this review helps people avoid buying something from them!

Domestika charged me $586 for a year-long membership, after signing up for a cheap course to try it out, because they then charge for "Domestika Plus". Sent an email, explaining the circumstances (not high income plus multiple disabilities) and their response was less than satisfactory. Greedy company.

Same experience, these guys are sneaking a one year subscription together with the cheap courses and they rely on the people not noticing the subscription. While the cheap courses are refundable, the one year subscription is non-refundable, even if it started the previous day. I went to the bank to dispute the pending transaction, they say I have… Read more

to wait until the transaction completes and then only raise a dispute. This should be illegal practice, but somehow our current systems allow it.

If I could give them a zero, I would. I was charged for a year's subscription without any notice. They do not respond when questioned. It is unacceptable that my credit card can be charged without advance notice. Domestika handles customer complaints with a standard response that is given to every other customer (and there are many) with similar… Read more

problems to mine. This company employs sneaky tactics to trap its customers into renewing their subscriptions. This is an unscrupulous business that prefers to trap its customers into paying for something they don't want. Reputable companies don't need to use these kinds of cheap tactics.

Looked at a trial course that was offered as free for a few weeks, was mildly interesting but not worth the money. I cancelled well within the trial period but didn't receive a confirmation, tried again to make sure. I received a bill for $350 the next month! I reached out to customer service letting them know that I had cancelled and… Read more

obviously had not even tried to log into the course again because I had performed the cancellation process. They sent an automated reply telling me to check the terms and conditions of cancelling, and that they would not take any action to fix this mistake. I have filed a fraud charge against this company and plan to fight this predatory behavior. STAY AWAY. Their cancellation process is complicated on purpose and has no solid way of confirming cancellation, it is clear they do not have faith in their courses and have to rely on gray legal areas where they trap people by not allowing them to quit, even when the person does everything they are required to do. I hope they are prosecuted for this highly unethical behavior and are shut down. They give all other online learning platforms a bad name. My goal is to make sure no other victims offer any payment information to Domestika, as they will abuse trust and effectively steal from people just trying to learn a new skill online.

I was absolutely shocked to find a $329 USD charge taken from my PayPal account for a Domestika Plus auto-renewal without any prior notice or reminder. This amount is nearly three times my weekly grocery bill, and I had no idea the subscription would renew at such a high price. My previous payment was under $1, so this came completely out of the… Read more

blue. I had that money set aside for essential bills, and this charge has caused me serious financial stress. To say I’m disappointed is an understatement. It’s left me feeling sick and taken advantage of. I will never use Domestika again, not even for a $1 course and I strongly warn others to be extremely cautious when signing up.

Scam run. This guys are disgraceful getting rich over us. They offer you a subscription and after months charge you 150aud from your bank account and if you complain cry whatever they got your money and they don't care about their reputation. It's a scam run

If you have an issue with a payment or money deducted for a subscription, look out. DOMETIKA will avoid answering your emails and messages. Yes, there is a contract, they make it easy to sign up to Domestika Plus, deliberately don't send any reminders and hope you forget to cancel, then take your money, then run and hide. When you contact them,… Read more

you'll get an automatic response only. Only after more than a week of sending emails and messages, I finally get an answer through Instagram and the result: No Refund. Even explaining to them that a Plus subscription causes financial hardship, the answer from Domestika is still: No Refund. I asked to escalate my request to someone senior, that can make a decision; they went silent. They don't care if you can afford to pay or not, they just want the money.Their refund policy for plus subscriptions is to never refund.

I wish I had of checked this sight before hand.

My Experience with Domestika’s Plus Membership I want to share my recent experience with Domestika, as I believe their practices around the Plus membership are misleading and potentially designed to trap customers into paying for something they never intended to purchase. After buying what I thought was a single course, I later discovered that I… Read more

had been automatically enrolled in a 30‑day free trial of Domestika Plus.

Domestika claims they send reminder emails before the trial ends so customers can cancel if they don’t want to continue. However, I never received the critical reminder email that was supposedly sent 7 days before the trial expired. Without that notice, I had no reason to believe I needed to take action to avoid being charged.

When the 30‑day trial ended, I was billed a huge annual fee for a membership I never wanted — hundreds of dollars, completely out of line with the small one‑off purchase I had originally made.

I find this approach deceptive and unfair. The combination of automatic enrollment without clear consent, ambiguous communication, and the absence of the promised reminder feels like a deliberate strategy to secure unwanted subscriptions.

Based on my experience, I would strongly caution others against purchasing from Domestika. Their practices around the Plus membership appear borderline fraudulent, and the lack of transparency has left me with an expensive, unwanted subscription

AVOID AT ALL COSTS - or it will cost you!!! Domestika just tried to take $569.16 from my account, via PayPal, for a yearly subscription I never signed up for or even knew existed! Over the years I've watched a few Domestika courses, but even though the teachers on the platform can be genuinely talented, the company's horrific business practices… Read more

are nothing short of stealing - if not criminal! They have turned in a SCAM company and PayPal is no better by continuing to back and support them, despite being aware that many people all over the world have had the same thing happen, and reported it to them. I have spent many frustrating hours trying to reach a real person at Domestika and PayPal but have had to resort communicating to a bot. The only reason I wasn't robbed is because I didn't have enough money in my account - maybe a better business model would be to target financial advisors - not starving artists. I filed a complaint with PayPal thinking they would be my safety net (it's why I signed up for them in the first place) but it got shut down literally within minutes with no way to prove or discuss my case. Shame on Domestika and PayPal for preying on a creative community who are just trying to bring some beauty into the world. Don't pay for a single Domestika video or it will open the door to these thieves!