• Home
  • Blog
    • All Posts
    • Color Management
    • Computer
    • Dance
    • Exhibits & Publications
    • Gear
    • General
    • Photography
    • Lightroom
    • Photoshop
    • Travel
    • WordPress
    • Family Photographs
  • Portfolios
  • Achievements
  • Workshops
    • Digital Printing Workflow and Paper Choices
    • Private Sesssions
    • Speaking
  • About
    • The Site
    • A. Cemal Ekin
    • Contact
    • RSS Feeds
    • Site Map

Kept Light Photography

Photography and Writing by A. Cemal Ekin

Wibiya

June 12, 2010 by Cemal Ekin

 

There are many options for a Web site, especially for those running under WordPress. Playing with different tools allow me to learn what is out there and how beneficial they may be to me or to my clients. Based on my experience, I may use or recommend the tool to my clients.

One such tool is a toolbar from Wibiya.com which I installed after starting an account with them. After exploring its features, I decided that it did not offer me any value and asked their tech support to remove my information. I wish all these companies added a simple feature “Delete my account”, upon clicking it would delete all the information I provided. I have been trying to get my name and e-mail removed from their system for the last 3 days, for some bizarre reason these Web companies latch on to your information with octopus tentacles and would not let go. All they succeed in getting in return is strong negative feeling, at least from me. I will not use their services, nor will I recommend them to any of my clients. These companies need to understand the value of treating the customer right and with respect. Only then, will they have a chance of building loyalty not by holding on to my information with an iron grip.

If you are interested in adding a toolbar to your WordPress site, I suggest that you look elsewhere and contact them before signing up to find out if they will remove your information on demand.

Stay away from Wibiya!

(Apparently, Wibiya is no longer available, thank goodness!)

Filed Under: WordPress

About Cemal Ekin

« Photographs From The Polaroid Collection
Wall Street Journal Cannot Stop e-mail SPAM »

Comments

  1. Moran Matyash says

    June 13, 2010 at 6:10 am

    Hi,

    Please contact me at [email protected], with your registration details so we can move forward with the removal of your account. I apologize for the delayed response from our tech support. I’m not sure when you sent your request but I would be happy to assist you.

    Best Regards
    Moran Matyash
    Wibiya Community Manager

  2. A. Cemal Ekin says

    June 13, 2010 at 7:33 am

    Since you saw the link to this post on the request chain #852, you know how long ago I submitted my request; at the time of my post 3 days, now 4. Why does it take a public post like this to get some response? As I wrote in the communication thread on your site, I solved the problem myself thank you. My information no longer has any value to Wibiya.

  3. Robson Grant says

    July 11, 2011 at 8:51 am

    I have had a similar experience with Wibiya. The Social Chat would not accept my password in order to moderate the chat and I submitted a support ticket and received a reply a few days later by a support rep who didn’t have a very good grasp of the english language and I told him that I was interested in upgrading to a Premium Account if I could get this issue resolved and he told me that there was nothing he could do to help. I have since contacted Wibiya via the email address posted on this thread as well as Conduit who will be acquiring the Wibiya platform to let them know that they should provide further training to their support reps and/or ensure they hire support reps that can read and write english since it’s the universal language or they may lose business.

Subscribe for New Posts

You may use the form below to subscribe or to cancel your subscription to new post updates.


 

Great Salt Lake Folios Collection

Great Salt Lake: Eight Folios of Aerial Photographs

Great Salt Lake: Eight Folios

Aerial Photographs in one bound volume, printed on heavy stock. Gorgeous! A great gift to self or another photo lover at $30!

Buy one today!

By Cemal Ekin in Bound Folios

74 pages, 10.75″ x 8.25″
Wire-O bound, Lay-flat viewing.

Collection of all the photographs in the eight folios of Aerial photographs of the Great Salt Lake in a bound volume, expertly printed.

View the collection of photographs, The Great Salt Lake Folios.

Find out more on MagCloud

Hear This

Below are some snippets of information I found interesting and noteworthy to share with the visitors of this site. They will change from time to time, have your bookmarks if you like any; they may disappear from here without notice.

Meet Adnan Onart

Adnan is a fellow countryman and a photographer from Boston. I missed his recent exhibit due to the weather and my being under the weather! But, he has put together a small website to make the show available online with explanations for each photograph. I highly recommend you visit the site, you will not be disappointed.

A Shadow, Adnan Onart

If You Are Told To Follow The Rules

Forget the Rules

You may also enjoy reading the following posts on this site:

If National Geographic Photos Were Judged by competition judges

Rules, Learning, Experts

Reactive vs. Reflective

Archives

WordPress Themes

I use and recommend StudioPress Themes. They are reliable, well-designed, and well-maintained. Actually, I started using a theme much before it became a part of StudioPress, Revolution!

Return to top of page

Copyright Notice

All photographs and writing are:
© 2018 A. Cemal Ekin · Kept Light Photography
All rights reserved. No work may be used for any purpose without prior written permission.
Contact me for more information.

Copyright © 2018 · Magazine Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in