Description

Voyage MI (Voyage LA) portrays themselves to be an online magazine to highlight small businesses local to your area, specifically targeting the creative community. At first glance, it seems legit and like an amazing opportunity to be featured! I had seen other local small business friends featured, so I thought it was legit and so excited when they reached out to me. Once my article was published and live online, I was so excited! I couldn't wait to share. Then they offered me a printed piece of my article feature and I figured sure, what a great keepsake and to show off for my business. After I paid the invoice, which also was legit, the communication completely stopped. I was initially told 4-8 weeks for my print, which I knew could be realistic considering my background in print marketing, I could understand sometimes print production and shipping timelines are long. After the 8 weeks, I started reaching out and following up with no response. I tried reaching out to the billing email as well and no response. I have followed up with both emails numerous times over the last month+ and nothing. After doing some digging online, I've found some social media posts about how it is a scam. They find creatives to feature online (for free) and then entice you with upselling a print piece, only for you to pay and never receive it, and then get completely ghosted. MAJOR SCAM!!!