Web Design & Development for Diamond Company
- Web Design Web Development
- Less than $10,000
- June 2025 - May 2026
- Quality
- 0.5
- Schedule
- 1.0
- Cost
- 0.5
- Willing to Refer
- 0.5
"The most memorable thing about this company was not creativity, professionalism, or technical skill."
- Advertising & marketing
- Chicago, Illinois
- 1-10 Employees
- Online Review
A diamond company hired Cynergy Studios to design and develop a 28-page website using Wix. The team was responsible for building a publish-ready site with custom branding for the client.
Cynergy Studios failed to deliver the website, and the client only received an unfinished homepage with visible typos. The team had disorganized and inconsistent project management, stretched deadlines, and lacked accountability. Moreover, Cynergy Studios was unresponsive and argumentative.
The client submitted this review online.
BACKGROUND
Please describe your company and position.
I am the Business Development Architect of Teal Diamond Organization
Describe what your company does in a single sentence.
Cynergy Studios was one of the worst business decisions I have ever made. I signed a contract with this company almost a year ago for a 28-page website for $700. Almost one full year later, they still have not delivered the website. The homepage is incomplete, full of issues, and still has typos. Not the full website. Not 28 finished pages. Not a polished final product. Just an unfinished homepage after almost a year. From the very beginning, I made it clear that my website had to be built on Wix. I was so firm about Wix that I made them put it in the contract. This was not optional. It was not confusing. It was not a suggestion. It was a written requirement. Instead of honoring the contract, they spent nearly a year building a low-quality, unfinished website on their own platform and then tried to pressure me into paying extra money to publish it on their server. That is not a misunderstanding. That is bait and switch behavior. They called me constantly when they wanted my money, but when it came time to address the fact that they breached the contract, failed to deliver the website, ignored the required Wix platform, and tried to force me onto their server, suddenly the urgency disappeared. I gave them everything they needed to succeed. I provided a detailed website map, written instructions, section-by-section direction, and AI-generated mockups for the design. They did not have to guess. They did not have to create the vision from scratch. I handed them the blueprint, and they still could not build the house. In my opinion, Cynergy Studios is incompetent at best and predatory at worst. The work was sloppy. The communication was manipulative. The delays were ridiculous. The platform issue was unacceptable. The attempt to charge me more money after ignoring the contract was insulting. This company took almost a year and could not complete one proper homepage, let alone a 28-page website. If you cannot follow written instructions, honor a signed contract, spell-check a homepage, or build on the platform the client specifically required, you have no business selling website services. Based on my experience, I would not recommend Cynergy Studios to anyone. I believe people should be extremely cautious before doing business with them. Get everything in writing, do not trust verbal promises, do not let them control your hosting, and do not assume they will honor the platform you requested. I am now preparing to pursue legal action because this was not poor service. This was a year-long failure to deliver, a failure to honor the contract, and an attempt to push me into paying more money for a platform setup I never agreed to. Scam alert. Save yourself the stress, the wasted time, and the legal headache.
OPPORTUNITY / CHALLENGE
What specific goals or objectives did you hire Cynergy Studios to accomplish?
- 30 Page full websight
SOLUTION
How did you find Cynergy Studios?
Other
Why did you select Cynergy Studios over others?
Pricing fit our budget
How many teammates from Cynergy Studios were assigned to this project?
2-5 Employees
Describe the scope of work in detail. Please include a summary of key deliverables.
The scope of work was the design and development of a 28-page professional business website for my company, Teal Diamond Organization, for an agreed contract price of $700. A critical requirement of the agreement was that the website be built on the Wix platform. I made this requirement clear from the beginning and specifically required that Wix be included in the contract because ownership control, platform accessibility, editing flexibility, and direct publishing rights were important to me as the client. The project included creating a fully functional, polished, and publish-ready website with custom branding, professional page layouts, responsive/mobile-friendly design, navigation structure, animations/effects where appropriate, and integration of my company branding, content, and service offerings. I provided extensive direction for the project, including a detailed website map, written instructions, content guidance, branding direction, visual references, and AI-generated mockups for multiple sections and pages to clearly communicate the desired design and functionality. Key deliverables included completion of all 28 contracted pages, development within Wix as agreed, implementation of the provided branding and structure, functional navigation between all pages, professional formatting and proofreading, final revisions, publishing readiness, and transfer of full ownership/access control to me. The expectation was delivery of a completed and operational website consistent with the agreed platform, project scope, and visual direction provided throughout the engagement.
RESULTS & FEEDBACK
What were the measurable outcomes from the project that demonstrate progress or success?
The project did not produce the measurable outcomes that were promised or expected under the agreement. Nearly one year after execution of the contract, the primary deliverables remain incomplete. The contracted 28-page website was not delivered in completed form, the homepage itself remained unfinished and contained visible typos and quality issues, and the website was not developed on the Wix platform as specifically required in the contract. Although extensive guidance, branding direction, mockups, content structure, and page mapping were provided by me throughout the project, there was no successful completion of the agreed deliverables that would demonstrate meaningful project success. The website was not finalized, not properly published under the agreed terms, and not delivered in a manner that allowed me to fully utilize it for business operations, branding, marketing, or customer acquisition. The only measurable “progress” during the engagement was the partial creation of draft website elements and unfinished design concepts over an extended period of time. However, these drafts did not satisfy the contractual scope of work, did not align with the required Wix platform, and did not result in a completed 28-page operational website. As a result, the project failed to achieve its intended business objectives, timeline expectations, platform requirements, and final deliverable standards.
The homepage remained unfinished with visible typos after almost a year, the overall website lacked polish, and the deliverables did not align with the detailed instructions, website maps, branding direction, and AI-generated mockups I provided. I essentially handed them the blueprint and they still failed to build the house correctly.
Describe their project management. Did they deliver items on time? How did they respond to your needs?
The project management throughout this engagement was disorganized, inconsistent, and failed to meet reasonable delivery expectations. Items were not delivered on time, deadlines continuously stretched over the course of nearly a year, and the overall project lacked the structure, accountability, communication, and execution standards expected in a professional web development engagement. The original agreement was for a 28-page website, yet almost a year later the project remained incomplete, including an unfinished homepage with visible typos and quality-control issues. There was no reasonable justification provided for the extended delays relative to the size and price of the project. Instead of reaching completion milestones, the project appeared to remain in an ongoing draft state without meaningful progress toward final delivery. In terms of responsiveness, communication was inconsistent and appeared heavily focused on collecting payment rather than resolving project issues or honoring the terms of the agreement. I repeatedly communicated that the website was contractually required to be built on Wix, yet the company continued developing the project on its own platform despite that requirement being explicitly stated in the contract. When concerns were raised regarding the platform issue, incomplete work, delays, and attempted additional publishing costs, the responses became argumentative rather than solution-oriented. I also provided extensive support to help move the project forward, including detailed website maps, written instructions, branding direction, AI-generated mockups, section-by-section guidance, and ongoing feedback throughout the engagement. Despite receiving a highly detailed blueprint from the client side, the company still failed to deliver the contracted website in a timely or professional manner. Overall, the project management reflected poor execution, weak communication, lack of adherence to contractual requirements, failure to meet delivery timelines, and inadequate responsiveness to legitimate client concerns regarding scope, platform requirements, quality, and completion.
What was your primary form of communication with Cynergy Studios?
Email or Messaging App
What did you find most impressive or unique about this company?
Honestly, the most impressive part of this experience was watching how confidently this company operated while failing to deliver basic contractual obligations. I have never seen a company spend nearly a full year producing an unfinished homepage with typos while simultaneously ignoring one of the clearest requirements in the contract: build the website on Wix. What stood out most was the amount of energy spent trying to justify delays, platform changes, and additional publishing costs instead of simply completing the job correctly the first time. Despite being given a detailed website map, written instructions, branding direction, and AI-generated mockups for multiple sections, they still could not execute a professional-quality website. Another unique aspect was how responsive they became whenever payment was involved compared to how unresponsive and argumentative they became when confronted about breaching the agreement. The contrast was impossible to ignore. The entire experience felt less like working with a structured web development agency and more like dealing with an unorganized operation pretending to be larger and more capable than it actually was. Unfortunately, the most memorable thing about this company was not creativity, professionalism, or technical skill. It was the combination of excessive delays, poor execution, ignored contract terms, and the attempt to charge additional money after failing to deliver the agreed project. Deadlines were continuously missed, progress was painfully slow, and there was no sense of urgency when it came to actually delivering the finished product. The only thing that seemed to move quickly was payment requests.
Are there any areas for improvement or something Cynergy Studios could have done differently?
Yes. Start by honoring signed contracts. If a client specifically requires Wix and even has it written into the contract, do not spend nearly a year building the project on your own platform and then attempt to charge extra money to publish it on your server. That alone destroyed trust and turned what should have been a straightforward website project into a contractual dispute. The company also needs major improvement in project management, communication, transparency, quality control, and basic execution. A nearly year-long delay for a 28-page website is unacceptable, especially when the homepage itself was still incomplete and contained typos. Spell-checking a homepage should not be a luxury service. Another area for improvement would be honesty about capabilities. If the company did not have the skill, staff, infrastructure, or intention to properly complete the project as agreed, that should have been communicated upfront instead of dragging the client through months of delays, excuses, revisions, and platform confusion. They also need to stop operating in a way that makes clients feel trapped into their own hosting or server ecosystem after a contract has already been signed with different terms. Clients should not feel pressured into paying additional fees because the company ignored the original platform requirement. Most importantly, the company needs to learn that collecting payments is not the same thing as delivering results. Calling consistently for money while failing to consistently address breaches, delays, incomplete work, and client concerns creates the impression that revenue collection is prioritized over actual fulfillment. Overall, Cynergy Studios could have dramatically improved this experience by doing four simple things: follow the contract, build the site on Wix as agreed, deliver the website within a reasonable timeframe, and provide professional-quality work instead of excuses. Nearly a year later, the contracted 28-page website still was not completed properly, the homepage contained typos, and the company ignored one of the clearest requirements in the agreement: build the website on Wix. Instead, they built it on their own platform and then attempted to charge additional money to publish it on their server. Endless delays, poor execution, and contract issues turned a simple website project into a complete disaster.
RATINGS
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Quality
0.5Service & Deliverables
"The quality of work did not reflect professional web development standards."
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Schedule
1.0On time / deadlines
"A nearly year-long delay for a 28-page website is completely unacceptable, especially when the project was still incomplete."
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Cost
0.5Value / within estimates
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Willing to Refer
0.5NPS