Makeachamp レビュー 17

Much to the same story of others. My campaign ended in December but my funds have not been released. I am a disabled veteran sled hockey athlete and this sport is rather expensive. My friends and family took the time and their money to contribute to helping me progress in this sport but I cannot get to their donations. I have sent multiple emails, chat requests, and phone calls. The only option they are giving people is to either get frustrated enough and forget about it or seek legal action. Save the headache. Seek legal action. You guys should be ashamed of yourselves for real.

Never use this platform !!
The funds I collected were never paid out !!

DO NOT GIVE THIS ORGANIZATION YOUR MONEY!!! IT'S A SCAM...THEY DON'T LET YOU CANCEL YOUR MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION...PLS DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR MONEY. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CANCEL FOR MONTHS AND THEY WON'T LET ME.

Makeachamp is a real and wonderful platform for athletes!
We were able to set up everything easily and just the way we wanted. Near the end of our campaign, we reached out via email to ask about the fund transfer process, and their response was prompt and professional.
We have heard similar positive experiences from many other athletes we know (even if they didn’t leave a review themselves).
This review is for anyone who may be unsure about using the platform because I was once in that position too. I’m so glad we decided to go for it! Thanks Make a champ, we did it and I we are thankful.

Back in Feb 2025 my son started a Makeachamp campaign, finding the features on the website provided just what he needed. He had an ambitious target of £10,000 but was thrilled to raise £2,827 over six weeks. This would give him the funds to represent the UK at International windsurf wave events in the Canaries.

He ended the campaign and received an email saying money would be transferred to his bank in 5-10 days.

Two weeks later, no money…
So he sent an email to Makeachamp customer services.

Two weeks later, no money, no reply…

So I started looking into Makeachamp and discovered some harrowing reviews on Trustpilot. Checking out their Facebook and Instagram it was clear something happened in 2021. Before that there were loads of uplifting stories of athletes raising money. And after, no posts, nothing… And on Trustpilot, pre 2021: rave reviews, after 2021 a whole stream of people complaining they could not get their money…

What an ingenious scam I thought! Build a great reputation, then get “marks” to raise money and just keep it all for yourself. Maybe the founders were in on the scam, or maybe they had sold it to some Russians. It all looked plausible… I did a bit of digging:

I had to sit my son down and explain that he wouldn’t be getting any of the £2,800 he was relying on. Actually he took it really well, but the bit that really hurt was how the generous people who had donated would feel. Devastating…

My son is not a quitter and looking through the Trustpilot reviews, some people suggested they got some money back by threatening legal action, or getting the police involved. So digging around we decided to sent this email to their support email.

"I received the “Your campaign is over!” email on 8th April saying the transfer of funds can take 5-10 working days. On 21st April I sent a follow up email but as of now I have received no funds.

I have received no reply to my email and today I left a message on your answering machine.

I am concerned that your organisation may be committing criminal fraud and I will report this to our local law enforcement agency to ask that the RCMP is informed of your activities.
I will also be lodging a report with the National Cyber Security Centre here in the UK.

This will also be shared on Trust Pilot and I shall try to inform athletes with active campaigns.

I look forward to a speedy transaction of my funds."

To our astonishment, half an hour later, we received a reply from Michael Shpigelman (mshpigelman) promising to transfer the funds straight away. And the next day my son received £2,710.87. Not quite all he was owed but what a HUGE relief.

So if you are struggling to get your money - huge sympathies, but don't give up!

I had exactly the same problem as Jessica King and I have used exactly the same method as she did to get my funds.

Thank you Jessica!

I will never use Make a champ platform for campaigns again.

The campaign was amazing until I requested our funds. A little icon pops up that says they received the notification and they would respond within 24-48 hours. I waited a few days and heard nothing. So I went on the website and requested the funds again, also no response. I then used the message app on the website which no one ever read or replied to. I then emailed and left several voicemails over a two week period with no replies. I was getting very frustrated at this point!
I finally sent an email that told them I could contact the Quebec Office du la protection de consommatuer to file a formal complaint as well as contact the Montreal police department. Surprisingly I received a reply email within a half an hour telling me that my funds would be transferred with 48 hours. They actually were! I hope this information can be helpful to anyone else having this problem.

Another one scammed by Make a Chump. They will not pay out the funds that were donated

Can we please start a class action lawsuit on makeachamp!?? they have stolen so much money from hardworking people and athletes. Most of our donations came from LT, Captains, Det, and Police Officers and it's not fair to anyone, especially my son who was robbed of the funds he raised to have to go through this. They have never returned my emails phone calls and chat attempts. We cannot let this organization keep intentionally stealing from innocent kids like ours!!

Very disturbing to hear of people unable to access their funds when the campaign has ended on Makeachamp.

Dear Makeachamp, do you have a valid reason?

They were very kind and supporting during the campaign, but now that I requested the funds they simply disappear... I hope this is a temporary situation, I will promptly correct my review if this is the case...

PS: After a more concerned e-mail, they promptly reply and I received the funds a few minutes later. Many thanks for the support!

I am very satisfied with my experience with the MAKEACHAMP fundraising platform. This is not the first time I have used it. It is easy to use, good visuals, good contact/donor management system... Very user-friendly platform and the staff is very nice. They are always ready to help with any question/pocedure. Thank you MAKEACHAMP to help me reach my goals thru all this years.

Great fundraising platform. Top notch support!

Our campaign ended the beginning of May for our sports team. It is July and still no funds available! They aren’t responding. We sent one last email and it still no response, will seek legal action.

I set up monthly donations from sponsors to help cover ongoing costs, as well as raised funds for individual international events.
Make a Champ continues to take funds from my donors credit cards, Make a champ does not give options of cancelling monthly donations.
I used them for 2 years, they seemed great at first… however everyone who has used them complains about the distribution of funds and that is the truth! No they do not distribute the funds according to their website. As I said Make a champ continues to take monthly donations from my sponsors despite being asked repeatedly to stop.
We have had to get the police involved as Make a Champ continued to ignore requests for funds for months and would not distribute funds. After the police made calls to make a champ I got an email saying “sorry your requests went into the junk mail folder”
I feel they likely use Make a Champ web platform as their personal piggy bank and scramble to pay (with zero break down of fees charged) when athletes go to collect their funds.
Make a Champ’s lack of action nearly prevented us from going to Olympic Trials, if it wasn’t for a family member. Unfortunately I spent the majority of the event waiting and stressing about the promised funds that were supposed to be received while at the event. This negatively affected our experience since the funds did not get distributed until the last day of a 5 day competition.
Yes they had my account information perfectly, I’m Canadian, it was a Canadian bank account, they are a Canadian company (according to their website) so there would be ZERO issues on the banking end for being in the same country since Canada has banking laws.

Make a champ also claims that it’s low cost to athletes, they sure keep a LOT of money for being low cost! Roughly 50% of all funds I have raised, they have kept!!
Do not trust these guys!! It’s unfortunate that a “Canadian” company will take advantage of athletes like this :(
The unfortunate part is that athletes do not have time to write reviews, and make a champ is crafty with scrubbing review platforms, and disabling reviews.

Do not trust!

Campaign ended about 2 months ago, I have requested the funds countless times, no answer to email, chat or phone calls