I contracted with Michael Allton of Stadia Studios to build my companies website using Drupal in late 2010. His communication (both quality and timeliness) was excellent at first. Then, I made the mistake of paying him. It seems from reading the other reviews, this is common for Michael to be quite responsive and friendly during the sales cycle and then that goes away once he's been paid! He committed to developing our website in 4 weeks, it took him 8 weeks. Even then, the website had 1 major item left out from our initial requirements / mockup and 2 items not working correctly. There was a period of 3 weeks during the 'development' where nothing was updated on the development website and Michael stopped returning any & all emails and voicemails...very frustrating period when you have a deadline for the website to start up a new business! Because of the delay in development, I put myself in somewhat of a bad position where I didn't have time to change over to another developer. I agreed to go live with the deficiencies that Michael wouldn't address without additional money (despite agreeing to the items 8 weeks earlier). The website was up and running then, hosted on Michael's server. This was somewhat of a strategic mistake on my part as well...as we experienced multiple outages (2 of which lasted entire days) and the general communication during these outages was sporadic and sometimes testy (as if it was our bad for asking for a status update while our company website that customers use daily was down). In about June or July of 2011, Michael went in without any communication and cancelled the paypal autopay for the annual hosting fee. It's clear that he already got his money and wasn't interested in the $100 per year hosting and wasn't interested in keeping me as a client (well, because, he already stole my money...so, what good am I to him now). Shortly after the website was live, I contracted another Drupal developer to implement the 1 major item left out and fix the 2 pieces of functionality not working. She also has completed at least 3 other improvements to the website that Michael said were impossible (obviously, to get out of doing work). In addition, I have contracted with another hosting environment and migrated my full website over to that company...prior to my 1 year 'anniversary' for hosting with Stadia Studios. I am completely happy to be done with the 'professional' relationship with Michael Allton and Stadia Studios. If you are looking for either web development OR website hosting...do yourself a favor and look elsewhere. There is a reason why the company has an 'F' rating from Better Business Bureau: http://www.bbb.org/stlouis/business-reviews/web-design/stadia-studio-in-chesterfield-mo-310264656 Look elsewhere...you'll save yourself time, money and headache!!! read more

Micheal Allton of Stadia Studios seems professional at first. We hired them to make our website in Drupal... but then months went by past the project milestones and final deadline of the site creation, and he kept delaying, showing us nothing. Finally we were tired of delays and asked for a refund. He said he couldn't give us a refund because he'd spent the funds on his own personal stuff and can't pay us money he doesn't have. His Better Business Bureau report is an F standing. Once he had our money, he delayed and delayed until we couldn't do a credit card chargeback, then his tune changed and he became blatantly rude. I wish I'd read all the scam reports about him before hiring him. He clearly just gets people to pay for services he makes excuses for never delivering. read more

I GOT TAKEN FOR $600 ...and have filed suit for breach of contract. I hired them to build a website for me and gave a $600 deposit. I was informed that expected time to completion would be about 3 weeks. Several weeks later, with no work having been completed, I inquired about the delay and he told me that he had been having trouble figuring out how to do it. Over the next 5 months, no work was ever shown to me despite my continued inquiries into how the project was progressing and continued promises that he would have something to show me very soon. I finally pulled the plug on the project. He eventually admitted that the delay was his fault but only offered a $250 refund which has yet to materialize after 18 months. I have proof of everything I am claiming in the form of every communication that I had with the company. Anything they deny or dispute about this is simply not true. In my dealings with them, I experienced not a shred of integrity on their part. They followed through on absolutely nothing of what he promised. Not one single thing. If you'd rather not take my word about them, check out the following: They lost a similar court case to another customer: http://stadia-studio.pissedconsumer.com/ripped-me-of-for-1575-haven-t-seen-a-penny-yet-20110302224595.html Here is another complaint: http://stadia-studio.pissedconsumer.com/stadia-studio-received-my-payment-did-not-finish-the-project-20110530240361.html And the Better Business Bureau gives Stadia Studio, LLC a rating of "F": http://www.bbb.org/stlouis/business-reviews/web-design/stadia-studio-in-chesterfield-mo-310264656 Are you still interested in doing business with Stadia Studio? read more

Mike Alton is a scam artist. He seems professional and represents a legitimate business but he is complete idiot and has wasted over $2000 of mine in delivering nothing. Unless you are building a website that simply states your name, DO NOT USE THIS company. I am filing a lawsuit for my money to be returned. He has wasted 6 months of my time and will continue to give you excuses like my internet went down, or there was a death in his family. At this point, with all the excuses, I dont think he has any more family members left. What a scam. Wish i saw these yelp comments before hiring him! read more

Stay Away! Stadia Studio LLC ripped me off for $1,575! Also have a rating of "F" with the Better Business Bureau (didn't find that out until after I figured out I was being taken). Paid for a website, got absolutely nothing in the end but a bunch of excuses. Seemed like a great company at first. Made a lot of promises then all of a sudden they weren't experienced enough to program my website. Recently had a judge rule in my favor for $1575 but no attempts from Stadia Studio to pay and I'm sure I won't get anything, and of course nobody from Stadia Studio showed up in court because they knew they would lose and they know they are crooks. Thanks again! read more

RUN from this company. Mike Alton's game is to Take the Money and Run, so stay away and keep your money, and avoid a Total Waste of Time. I lost about $800, but worse, I lost 3 months of critical development time. He never produced anything usable, and he stopped replying to emails when we began asking to see results. read more