Unitel Direct Ltd Reviews 

3,412
TrustScore 4 out of 5

4.0

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Evaluating 142 reviews, reviewers had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the staff for being exceptionally helpful, professional, and polite, consistently providing excellent guidance and support. Many appreciate the quick responses and positive interactions, building confidence in their processes. Reviewers often highlight the great service, noting its effectiveness in achieving positive results like improved search engine rankings. However, some customers noted significant issues with service, particularly regarding website performance and payment practices. People reported that created landing pages were ineffective, failing to generate customers and often not found through general searches. Additionally, some reviewers were dissatisfied with payment transparency, mentioning unhonored verbal agreements or concerns about payments for undelivered services or unrequested renewals.

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Consumers find staff to be positive, with many reviewers describing them as helpful, polite, and... See more

Service

Customers consistently note ambiguous experiences with service, with many expressing extreme disappointment... See more

Customer service

People report ambiguous experiences with customer service, with many expressing significant dissatisfaction.... See more

Website

Customers had negative experiences with website services, often reporting a lack of information or details... See more

Payment

Reviewers highlight negative aspects of payment, with many expressing dissatisfaction with payment processes... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I contacted Unitel today and was greeted by Jason on Customer Services who was most polite and professional. Having explained my enquiry to him, he handled it very well and was most informative and... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Samson has been very helpful during the last few weeks when my internet stopped working. There were several issues, one resolved by OpenReach and one by sending me a new router which should arrive tod... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Melissa and Alex Greenwood were extremely helpful with my query and did an excellent job in sorting everything out for us. They very professional and are a great asset to your team.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Jason was very helpful. We are still weighing up the products and services with Unitel but Jason was very helpful in gaining all the information we needed to do this and followed up with us to discus... See more


Company details

  1. Online Marketing Agency
  2. Telecommunications Service Provider

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Unitel Direct are one of the UK's leading and fastest growing Web and utilities suppliers in the UK. We have over 400 staff working for Unitel and our group of companies. We operate one of the most successful switching sites for fuel and telecoms in the UK. Over 5,000 customers use Unitel and our group of companies every month. Our pricing for our utilities are some of the cheapest in the UK


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Majestic Event Hire

We have been with Unitel for 3 years now and I must say was a little sceptical about this kind of service. Michelle and Melissa have been involved I’m my accountant from the start, created great alternative domain name website pages that help direct more clients to our main site. These pages now rank all on the first page of Google. This does take time but once you’re up there they do maintain the SEO, keeping you on the first page of search engines. It’s a service that once you buy into it you’ll have to keep it going otherwise these sites will drop down the search ranking's. Be prepared to go for the long term not short term to see the real results.
Thanks for the good work Unitel and look forward to the continued support.

Adam - Director
MAJESTIC EVENT HIRE

16 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Fake webistes, ZERO leads

We have wasted so much time and money because of them. So first of all, they cannot help to rank your website on Google. They will create fake websites that will lead to your main website (they will present this in a careful manner that you won't relise!), which will seem dodgy to any customer. So after paying them a lot of money, we have received absolutely ZERO leads, and they do not care about designing the website etc.

Please be extremely careful with this company because they are running a scheme that you will never be able to get out of the contract, and they will use made-up phone call transcripts against you when you have clearly emailed them that you wish to cancel their services.

They do not care about you after taking your money, and as I said, you cannot cancel with them because they will threaten with legal action, and they will waste your time and your employees' time, so be careful with them.

19 November 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Unitel Direct Ltd

Dear BTS Cars,

I am sorry to see you have felt the need to place this review.

Regarding Google, you are not allowed to give legal guarantees for rankings. With that being said many of our customers do rank on the first page of Google which I can see one of your domains are.

The "fake websites" you refer to are landing pages for your main website. We use generic domain names i.e. a service in an area to help potential customers find your business if they did not know your business name directly. We create you a website and do the SEO behind the site to get it to rank on the search engines and we have a main website link on the website so that potential customers can go through to that site should they wish to.

If you wish to cancel you just have to give the correct notice as stated in your contract and our T&Cs. Our lines are open from 8am - 6pm with agents available to handle your query regarding cancellation policies should you have been unsure.

I can see your account is with our debt department so I will leave it in their hands to discuss the outstanding balance.

Regards
Unitel.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

If I could leave 0 stars I would

If I could leave 0 stars I would. Do not do any business with this company in terms of online marketing or whatever else they do. Empty promises, lies, shoddy websites, and therefore, no results. Stay well clear.

10 February 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Unitel Direct Ltd

Dear Janos,

I have passed your concerns on to a senior member of the team who will reach out to you to discuss this matter.

Please look out for a call so we can resolve this.

Kind Regards
Unitel.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Do not trust this company

Do not trust this company! All transactions other than invoicing are done verbally so that when their account manager lies and fail to do what he agrees to do you can't prove it. Once they have your business they make it as difficult as possible to cancel.

31 December 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Unitel Direct Ltd

Dear Chris,

I am sorry to see you felt the need to place this review.

Along with our verbal contract we do also send an E-Contract which is a copy of our verbal contract.

As with most businesses we have a cancellation policy. This is read out to you and is included in the E-Contract which is sent over to you. Our cancellation policy can also be found in our T&Cs.

I can see you a no longer a customer of ours. So I will wish the best for the future.

Warm Regards
Unitel

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Feedback for Melissa and Alex

Melissa and Alex Greenwood were extremely helpful with my query and did an excellent job in sorting everything out for us.

They very professional and are a great asset to your team.

5 February 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

By a lottery ticket! Better chances of ROI

Please do no use!
Promise the earth - deliver swear FA

Having used them and still tied in until June - we honestly got absolutely zero ROI, save your money and buy a lottery ticket ….. better odds on a return.

31 January 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Unitel Direct Ltd

Dear David,

I'm sorry to see you have felt the need to place this review.

Having looked into your account I can see your domain is ranking 1st page, position 1, on Bing, Yahoo & Google which is fantastic.

With marketing we cannot guarantee leads, we can only put your businesses where customers will find you, which we have done.

I can see you are currently liaising with our debt department, I will see what further things we could do to possibly increase traffic to your business.

I am sorry to see you have not had a return on your investment. Please look out for a call from us to try and get this resolved for you.

Kind Regards
Unitel

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Extremely misleading and dangerous!

Extremely misleading, unauthorised charges, and no results whatsoever!

Unitel Direct found me online and then bombarded me with nonstop phone calls in January 2025. I was promised they would boost traffic for my piano lessons business and told they would take £58.80 to purchase a domain name on my behalf.

I already had a website, but they claimed this would help visibility. Later I discovered there is no evidence that this domain helped my business at all. When searching for “piano lessons in North London,” nothing appears connected to me, my business, or my phone number. I was never shown proof of advertising, ownership, or results, and the domain does not appear to belong to me.

A few days after the initial charge, they took over £1,000 from my card without my clear permission. There was no explanation of what this charge was for. Domain names cost £7–£10, yet they charged over £1,000 with no work delivered.

For an entire year:
• No reports
• No communication
• No phone calls answered
• No students gained
• No benefit to my business

When I tried to contact them, nobody responded. I repeatedly emailed stating I was no longer interested and asked them to stop contacting me. Instead, they continued sending marketing emails.

Because they took this money without authorisation, my business account was pushed into overdraft, causing serious financial stress.

Now, in January 2026, they have sent another invoice for £1,100, claiming the contract automatically rolls over for another 12 months. They say cancellation only counts if done within a very specific “bracket,” and cancelling even one day outside it “doesn’t count.” This feels deliberately designed to trap customers.

There is:
• No transparency
• No proof of work
• No measurable results
• No customer support

I strongly advise anyone: do not engage with this company. If they call you and introduce themselves as Unitel Direct, hang up immediately.

Very dangerous business practices.

—H Stogden

28 January 2026
Unprompted review
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Reply from Unitel Direct Ltd

Hejran,

I have took the time to look over your account given the bold claims within your review. I will detail my findings below.

Firstly, the payments. You came onboard paying a setup fee of £58.80 and it was agreed that the remainder of the balance would be taken out at a later date. On the 22nd Jan you then took out a further domain name which the payment was agreed for.

Regarding the visibility of your websites. I have just checked both of your generic domain names and they are both ranking on the first pages of Bing, Yahoo & Google which is fantastic. Screenshots were also sent to you with your rankings and statistics on, so saying there was no proof of this is simply not true.

I can see you liaised multiple times with different members of different department and whenever you sent an email we responded to you or called you.

We have a cancellation policy as majority of business do when it comes to business to business contracts and this is outlined to you when you come onboard. As well as in our T&C's and your E-Contract that you signed.

I have arranged for a senior member of the team to give you a call so we can resolve your concerns so please look out for said call.

Warm Regards
Unitel.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid at all costs

This company contacted me with a promise of the best website generating lots of new leads, I paid over £700 and immediately I was contacted by someone else from the office with instructions of how to leave a review on here, he then proceeded to tell me , word for word what to write, I told him I’d leave my own review once I’ve seen what you can do for me, a few months later I was contacted again, they said I haven’t got any new jobs because I’m not listed on google, after paying them another £500 to rectify this they done nothing, now the jokers want another £750 saying I didn’t cancel in time and when asked where my work comes from I said Checkatrade, they then said those Checkatrade leads are from Unitel because it’s linked to my site(which it isn’t) they promise the world, deliver nothing and try to claim everything as their own, I have since created my own google listing and low and behold they’re trying to tell me that they created it, the lies they come up with are beyond belief, avoid at all costs

18 December 2025
Unprompted review
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Reply from Unitel Direct Ltd

Mr Lambert,

Thank you for your review, I am sorry to hear that you're unhappy with the service you've received.

I've now taken some time to look into your account and I am shocked to see your review.

The website that we built is ranking on the first page of Google in position number 1.... above your checkatrade listing. A screenshot of this will be sent to the email address we hold on file for you.

I also took the liberty of checking the exit link activity of your site, this is the report that shows how people left your website. Your mobile number (ending 656) and Facebook profile have had hits regularly.

I've arranged for one of our customer service agents to give you a call to go through the rankings and report mentioned here to help you understand the work we have put into your marketing and to highlight the achievements of it.

Ranking number 1 on Google for my chosen keyword and area seems like a successful campaign to us.

Regards
Unitel

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