Dark pattern: signup to Domestika Plus Bought a course, they signed me up for a free Domestika Plus trial. I'm usually extremely aware of addons they put in my basket. This time, I didn't see it. They probably made it a dark pattern. 30 days later, they charge me $99 for 1 year of Domestika Plus, which I never used. Scummy dark pattern behavior and this was the last time I bought from them. It is telling that in their contact form "I want a refund for Domestika Plus" is actually one of three subjects you can pre-select.

Beware!!! The company charged me £95 for an annual subscription that I did not register for. I only bought a £5.60 course. I contacted them and they told me the refund button is on the subscription. But it wasn't showing and now they havent responded to my emails. I can't afford to call them so just sending regular emails hoping they will answer. This has gone on for more than a month. BE VERY CAREFUL when purchasing courses from Domestika as you may un witting be signing up for a years subscription! It is very misleading.

Billed USD $95.29 for Domestika Plus without my consent Did 3 delightful art courses, but then found I had been subscribed to Domestika Plus without my consent and billed USD $95.29 on my credit card. I have applied for a refund, and now need to check if it has come through. Customer service non-existent. Beware! Keep a close eye on your credit card. Pretty dodgy business practice, even if the courses themselves were very good.

A dystopian company A dystopian company that will suffer reputational and legal losses from its actions. Yes, they charge you for an annual subscription, but the worst thing is not the fact of this, but the fact that they have no live people in technical support and are completely closed to any communication on social networks. They won't hear your request and will send you template emails dozens of times that won't help you. Also, the fact that you can't delete your payment data from their service is remarkable (their financial department deserves hell for such dark patterns) I don't need a boilerplate response under this review, better provide me with a live person who is able to hear me and conduct the refund process Domestika is a place with good courses, but now I will not recommend it even if all its courses become free for life. Its reputation has been destroyed by itself.

Have to agree - They like to entrap with "plus" year subscription fees Domestika has good content but their business practices are a bit slimy. If you buy any class make absolutely sure that you cancel out your credit card on their servers after purchase or they will use it to auto-bill for the year subscription with no real warning. And the only way to do that? Pick any course and click buy button Go through until last page before purchase In small text link under red purchase button, delete the credit card that has been saved on their servers Cancel the buy by deleting everything in basket Again, they are either ignorant of best practices, tricksters, or incompetent. None are good looks.