Complaint Review: Houghton Richards Pty Ltd - Perth Western Australia

Where do I start ... This company is the latest in a long line of "business” ran by Rich ard train er. Before you do any business with him google him !!! He is a convicted felon with a host of failed businesses behind him leaving a trail of debt and destruction behind him. This "business” originally started in Perth and after having a physical address in Perth and after appearing to have a number of complaints about the business it suddenly up and moved to a remote address in Sydney.

There are numerous complaints online about this business and the way they conduct business in a relatively unregulated industry of domain names. I have been contacted by many of my colleagues in the same industry whom have been contacted by this company promising increased rankings in google by buying portfolios of domain names. This has proven to be a complete fabrication and every single IT specialist and web designer I have spoke to have debunked this as false, misleading and can actually do the exact opposite. Since receiving many complaints online they shut down their business page and relocated to Sydney setting up shop there in a fake office (I know this to be fake as I have visited their office) offering the sam service with a fancy new website which looks the part but it too is filled with lies. They have no offices abroad where as there website claims to have offices all over the world. Other than their website there’s is no mention of them in any of the countries the claim to be in. For a company supposedly pertaining to be at the forefront of online searchabily and rankings their own presence in these countries is very, very, very hard to find ... no addresses, no contact number, no mention in local search results ... nothing ... no where .... hmmmm !!!!!!

So now onto the crux of the matter, After purchasing several names ( since found out at vastly increased prices) it appears they just register brand new domains that have 0 ZERO history for $2-3 and then I sell them as the hottest property available for $1,000’s to unsuspecting fools. These worthless portfolios they sell do absolutely nothing to help online rankings the way they use them and can actually blacklist your site causing irreversible damage to your standing with Google. Worse than that (if it can get any worse) these domains that you buy as part of your online portfolio are never transferred into your personal or business name. This means you have spent $1,000’s to bitcoin something you never own and in order to gain control Houghton Richards have to provide a code and then accept the transfer request. ... and do you think they do this ..... !!! I have no idea how this business is still allowed to operate and the business owner in court/behind bars especially due to his past. My advice ... if you are ever contacted by this business, run ... run as far away fas you can and put a complaint in about them .. then some action may be taken as the owner of the business is a nasty nasty piece of work !!!!