Cloud9Paperie review for DPO Dynamic Product Options

May 22, 2019

Excellent app, and I literally tried every single product option app that allowed price changes! This one is newer so doesn't have as many reviews, but I'm glad I didn't let that stop me. In my opinion, this is by far the best app out there for options! I had 2 questions and both were responded to very quickly. The 2nd questions was a bit more "custom" and they made the changes required and let me know what was done. The reasons I love this app compared to the others in the app store: 1. Dependent options work really well and are intuitive to use. I have a lot of options that depend on the quantity ordered and the prices increase as larger sets are ordered. This app handles the pricing perfectly. Also nice that you can make options hidden at a very detailed level, so you can keep you product page looking "clean" and options reveal themselves as other options are chosen. 2. The interface makes sense when setting up options, but I am fairly computer savvy. I think someone relatively new might be overwhelmed a bit because of all the choices, but that's what makes this app so flexible. The documentation was well written and, again, if you have a questions you could just ask through the app (it has a support tab right in the app where you can track your tickets). 3. This app adds variants to the product when a customer adds the product to their carts, which is amazing! Another bonus to this app is that since the variants are added to the products automatically, all discounts or coupons work perfectly! **OTHER APPS add cloned products to your store so your product admin becomes bogged down in clones. With the OTHER APPS using cloned "hidden" products, the sale would only affect the original item and the options wouldn't show the discount. There was a complicated workaround with those other apps to make it work, but definitely not ideal.** SO, this app is amazing, all discounts worked perfectly right out of the gate and no extra products bogging down your admin. 4. This app seems to load a bit quicker than the other app I nearly kept too, and has a little animated icon to show when it's loading and when it's adding to the cart, so the customer can see what's going on and doesn't have to wait long on the product page. 5. Styling the options is one of the coolest features! Another app I used let you upload image swatches, but even adding my own custom css, I couldn't get different option images to show up as different sizes. THIS app has css areas built right into each option so you can adjust the image size per each type of option - genius! This is an advanced feature and you will need to know css to do this - it's code and not something a beginner would know, but could be researched online or asked about in a ticket if all else fails. So now for my address stamps, for example, I have my main image options in the largest size, my secondary options (that are hidden and depending on the 1st option chosen) in a medium size so they fit all on one row on the product page once revealed, and then my ink color swatches are in a much smaller size. No other app had this functionality. 6. Options are editable in the cart and the popup looks just like your product page options, so it's a good interface for the customer. 7. The option templates are amazing! I can create a template and apply that to many products at once, so if I ever need to edit the options, I can just edit the template and all products will update. I do wish this feature was included in the $19 plan instead of the $29 plan since I don't need any of the other $29 options and other apps include this at the lower level, BUT since I love the app function so much, I'm willing to pay the extra upgrade.