Athena Gaia review for GemPages Landing Page Builder

Jan. 15, 2021

We've been using this app at least 2 years. First, SUPERB customer service - fast and friendly. We use this to augment the site with landing pages incorporated into the main nav. It's easy, but runs best if you are detail-oriented to check your settings (ANY pages on Shopify with heavy images or fancy animations will load your page and reduce speed). So work smart, and the app works even better for you. WAY better than coding your own pages natively in Shopify. There's good looking options here for templates and build-your-own. EXCELLENT options to change what features show on what devices - i.e. you can have video background show on desktop, with an option to turn that off for mobile and show an alternative on mobile. This is excellent for speed and user experience optimization. Their features have improved over time with more and more control. I will say since I have coding experience that goes back decades, I find that coding experience helps to keep the pages optimized and consistent between devices. And coders will always "get it" with advanced options. You do NOT need coding experience to use this. I'm just saying it's an advantage with all things digital. If a page is created for our site that is not made by me, I will always go in and "clean" it up, since not all drag and drop features appear consistently the best for their devices. This is not a bad thing at all — if anything, it shows the power you have to control how your pages look across all devices. This is a GOOD thing. I'm just giving a tip to pay attention to that when using these templates. Overall excellent app. On my wishlist that I keep begging them for: PLEASE let us create a META image per page, if that is ever possible. Know that GEM pages will pull your Shopify main META image when sharing the link. That is frustrating, so I'm happy to hear about a workaround. But if that's the only bad thing, I'll take it!