If you like being insulted, paying top dollar for poor service, then The Next Wave (David Esrati) is your company. If not, look elsewhere. See David's rant below. He never accepts responsible for his arrogance and poor service and poor quality of work. I hired David several times in the past. The last two times his work was over priced and poorly done. I offered to pay him after he transferred my domains names which he repeatedly delayed doing. Once he transferred the domain he said he didn't want my money and then he shutdown my site during the transfer window of time. As I said, look elsewhere. read more

The Next Wave worked on original logo and marketing materials- everything from business cards and stationary to custom real estate signs, all of which have generated business for me. The team is easy to work with and meets deadlines, and freely shares marketing advice along the way. Prices are very reasonable. Been a client for about 7 years now. read more

Really first rate work. Very knowledgeable about what works and what doesn't. I am constantly getting compliments on my signage and t-shirts. David and his staff are real troopers. I recommend the Next Wave without reservation. read more

I recently had the next wave print out all of my company's shirts, sweatshirts and promotional products. Everything came out awesome! Extremely fast turnaround and their prices were better than the competitors. read more

I hired The Next Wave on Oct 4th 2012 to produce a video and create a few banners for a business event on Oct 25th 2012. I emailed my concepts for the banners and video Oct 4th after our meeting.They started working on my video right away but I didn't hear anything about my banners so I emailed him my concern on Oct 15th. He eventually responded to me on the 16th that Wed the 17th is the cut off date for printing. Yet I had not even seen the first rough draft at that point. Oct 18th I went into the office to do my voice over for the video and I noticed they were working on my design of the banners.(A day after the cut off date, they were just starting)They did not seem concerned about the printing, so I assumed since they took so long to start my project that they would work it out with the printer. On the 19th I received the first rough draft of only 1 of the 3 banners they were doing for me. I asked to see the other 2 and they said they were not ready. They tried to blame me for not sending them the photos for the banners, yet I did that the first day on the 4th.I did not hear anything more the rest of the day. After not hearing from them by 5 oclock (I figured they were busy working on the other banners) I called Matthew and he was out of the office so I spoke with the owner David(for the first time).He wanted to know what I did not like about the banner. I told him this is not what I asked them to do. He said to me "do you want this to sell or to be boring" I was insulted as this was my brand I have used for years. I did not need them to recreate my banners. I hired them to do exactly what I asked and have it printed( banners to match my already existing service menu).He then said "you hired us to design your banner" I said " Yes,I hired you to design it the way I asked you to" Obviously all the time I took to meet and draw out exactly what I wanted and show him the current menu and brand that I needed them to copy was a waste, and the guarantee that they will produce my product in time was a lie. After them waiting until the last minute to start my project and wasting both of our time, David remarked "well, we needed this to be to the printers a week ago"(that was the day they started the project)He offered my money back for the printing and I asked for the open files so I could take them somewhere else at the last minute to be printed. David agreed over the phone. Then he decided THE DAY BEFORE the event, when I was to pick them up, that now I owed more money for the time they took to go back and make all the corrections. So, the day before my event, I was asked to pay more for unfinished work that he went back to correct to the original way I asked them to design it to look like in the first place. I didn't even have time to get them printed anywhere. Why would I pay for product that is unfinished, and unusable? At this time he refused to give me the refund he offered and I refused to pay for the service. The problem is, I had to pay half up front. I went through my bank and asked for my money back. The bank has tried multiple times to contact the company to try to close this dispute. Last I received an email from David on Dec 19th threatening to take me to court. He says in the email that he has been in business for 22 years etc.,and any judge would agree that not only should I pay him, but, he would get the judge to charge me 3 times more. I do not like to be bullied, especially by someone who is totally in the wrong. I don't think anyone would agree that I owe for a service and product that was incomplete and usable or not completed to my satisfaction. If this is how he does business, I don't know how he is still in business. The Next Wave's motto is... "Our job is to make you more money than you pay us" What a joke! They were rude to me, aggressive over the phone and unprofessional. I cant say enough about how horrible my experience was with this company, and still no product to show for such the hassle. read more

I attended a casual networking event that had David Esrati speaking about website design. I was impressed with his ideas and out of the box thinking and in the need to create a brand image for my business. I eventually took his websitetology course and was excited about the possibilities for my business future. That was about 8 years ago and I am happy to say that my businesses have grown and our brand has developed along the way. While I would like to think I have a good idea for design and what I like, it is also great to know someone is willing to take the better interest of my business and push it further to accomplish more. With The Next Wave hosting my websites and assisting on tasks as needed, it is a simple phone call to a local person to get assistance. I get compliments on marketing materials they have helped with and they always deliver on time and at a price better than others charge for lesser quality. I recommend David for others who are open to refreshing new ideas and they are glad for the referral. read more

The owner David is very smart, very creative and has great ideas. He provides a great product at very affordable prices. David genuinely cares about his customers as well as the city of Dayton. I would highly recommend the Next Wave. read more

I have had my logo redesigned along with a number of other ideas fleshed out using The Next Wave. I've been very pleased with the results. Easy to work with. I feel they really care about my business. read more

The Next Wave has done excellent work for my business and other organizations I have volunteered with. Big-city advertising agency talent here in Dayton, Ohio with very reasonable prices. Again, they do great work. read more