Our Grade – D+
A shadowy site that has hints of life but probably is a ripoff.
At a Glance
SpectSocial is a new service shrouded in secrecy and painfully-obvious fake reviews. The pricing suggests that it is a human-touch growth service, but it’s highly likely that it’s a basic bot.
Business Analysis
| Item | Result |
| Growth Type | Unknown |
| Quality of Service | Unknown |
| Business Registry / Location | Auburn, Alabama |
| Traceable Team | The owner’s name is “Chris” and the parent company is Bali Media, LLC, but there’s no records whatsoever. |
| Functioning Phone | No |
| Longevity | <1 year |
| Doesn’t Misuse IG Branding | True |
| Active Blog | No |
| External Sites | No |
| Dashboard / Account Management | No |
| Offsite Testimonies | TrustPilot is filled with fake reviews |
| Forthcoming About Password Handling | Not really |
Pricing
SpectSocial has very expensive plans which intend to indicate that there are humans working on your account. I highly doubt that humans will be working on your account.
Even compared to category-leader Ampfluence, this is a pretty awful deal and I’d be shocked if people are actually paying for this.
Service Details
The Elite and Pro plans provide whatever you’d expect to see from a service costing 1/3 or 1/2 the price. It’s unclear what the value proposition is here.
It’s very likely that this is a one-man operation that just happened to be really late to the game.
Integrity & Reputation
The header of the website contains an “As Seen on MSNBC” banner. This type of thing should be illegal because it’s incredibly misleading. This company didn’t pop up on MSNBC the minute the owner created the website, but the banner has been there forever.
Next, Trust Pilot. The reviews look good, but then you realize that all the good ones are clustered around May 2019 and that they’re all generic. Some of them even reference being customers for “years.” That’s not possible.
Obviously paid shill reviews
Conclusion
If a service that has barely been around for a year offering services at the same price point as Ampfluence was actually worthwhile, maybe you’d actually have seen them appear on MSNBC.
This space really doesn’t need new players, especially ones that lie on their website and deceive customers. However, if the owner submits proof of having more than 100 active customers, I will upgrade this rating to the C range!