PayWhirl Subscriptions
PayWhirl Subscriptions: Simplify Recurring Payments
Rating
4.8
feedback
174
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#972
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July 9, 2025
We don’t recommend this app. We used it for several months and later discovered backend issues that had been costing us revenue — with no clear alerts or way to catch the problem early. When we finally identified the issue, we couldn’t resolve it through the app’s system or support. We were also paying over $100, sometimes even $200 per month, which made the experience even more frustrating. We’ve since switched to Seal Subscriptions, which is not only more affordable but also quickly resolved the issues we were facing. The one bright spot was the customer service — Sergey is extremely friendly and genuinely tries to help. But despite his support, the app just has too many limitations to be sustainable for our business.
Thank you for sharing your feedback. We're sorry to hear about your experience and the frustration it caused. Our team takes pride in delivering reliable performance and a robust set of features, so we're disappointed we couldn't meet your expectations. It's great to hear that Sergey provided friendly and helpful support during your time with us. While we're sorry you decided to move on, your feedback is valuable as we continuously strive to enhance our app and user experience. If you're open to further discussing your experience, we'd appreciate the opportunity to better understand your situation and explore possible solutions. In any case, we wish you continued success with your subscription business.
Dec. 9, 2024
After 2 years working with them. the subscription options will stop working on your product after a while, you have to remove it and add it again. i already lost 13 subscribers since working with paywhirl. Customer service is the most chilled and certainly not the fastest. I would not recommend
Thank you for your feedback, and we’re sorry to hear about the difficulties you’ve experienced. We understand how frustrating it can be to have your subscription options disappear unexpectedly. This issue sometimes occurs due to theme-related conflicts, and we’d be happy to take a closer look at your store’s setup to ensure things run smoothly going forward. Please feel free to reach out to our support team directly with more details on your current theme and any recent changes made. We’ll review your configuration, troubleshoot the issue, and help guide you through any necessary adjustments. Your satisfaction is important to us, and we’re committed to working with you until the subscription options display correctly again.
Dec. 25, 2023
Horrible. I uninstalled the app before renewal still they charged me amount , no point of contact . I want my money back
Hi, Sorry to hear you are having issues. We are showing that you are on the free plan and there shouldn't have been any charges from us. If you are showing a charge from PayWhirl, please contact our support at [email protected]. Best, Team PayWhirl
Aug. 9, 2023
Terrible experience that negatively impacted our cash flow. First I'll address their response: 1. I signed up for a paid plan, which they say is supposed to come with better support so if it's even worse than this, my lord they need a lot of work. 2. They said their app won't work with Shopify but clearly their reps don't know this because no one told me that or we wouldn't be here, just more terrible service. Original review: I had to get a support rep to help set up the Shopify store since the directions on the site for set up are outdated (as per the rep), but I assumed it was set up correctly. Unfortunately with each payment (of a four payment plan), it places a new order and charges us for the on-demand product cost. Now I have to cancel all orders, refund everyone and figure out how I'm going to get these customers back. And of course, support takes way too long to respond, already a few hours in with no resolution to the second issue in two weeks. They told me to refund on Shopify, I do so and it says "request declined." What they didn't tell me was (I'm assuming) that I needed to cancel the subscription first so I did it in reverse and hope it works. Not sure until I see us the biz refunded for multiple orders. If the website direction is wrong and two reps don't know what they're doing (and support takes way too long), how can you trust this app?
Hi, We're truly sorry for the difficulties you've faced with our app, and we value your feedback. We want to clarify that our Shopify app doesn't officially support layaway-style payment plans, which we're making clearer in our documentation. We also acknowledge the misunderstandings with payment refunds and order processes. We're working on improving communication to avoid this in the future. We're improving our support response times, and on our paid plans, we offer priority support for more prompt assistance. Could we arrange a call with our support team to discuss your concerns and find a suitable solution? You can schedule it by contacting us at https://calendly.com/paywhirl-team. We're eager to understand your situation better and regain your trust. Thanks for your understanding, and we hope to make things right. Warmest regards, Team PayWhirl
Sept. 7, 2022
This App is truly terrible, I lost many regular customers as this app has a bug where it stores your customers cards and then empties their accounts. Avoid!
We're sorry to hear about your experience with PayWhirl. We help thousands of merchants process subscriptions and other types of recurring payments successfully on Shopify. Upon reviewing your account, it looks like the issue stemmed from a unique scenario whereby your account was paused due to nonpayment and then resumed after several months of inactivity. Because your subscriptions were still active, it caused some customers to be billed for the months while the app was inactive after you resumed service. However, this could have been avoided easily by pausing subscriptions during the months you weren't shipping or reviewing your account before continuing service. Our support team is always happy to assist or answer questions from merchants and is available via live chat, phone, or email if you want to circle back.
Nov. 30, 2020
App seemed to work but can't communicate with Amazon FBA so it's useless for us. Not happy with the customer service - it took them almost two hours to reply to my inquriy and then he explained that they don't support "pickup orders", when I asked why they're changing the message about shipping methods for subscriptions when sending it to amazon. From there, it took him another 20 minutes to my reply where I said I'm not asking about pickup orders... After another 2 hours going back and forth, I gave up and realize this app doesn't work for us.
Thanks for your feedback on our new app, I'm sorry we weren't able to meet your expectations. The app is free and in a beta/launch phase until early 2021 while we work to expand functionality as much as possible. As for your specific issues integrating with Amazon FBA and the StandByte app, It should work with some configuration, but we don't have control over the "delivery method" language shown at checkout and relayed to Amazon FBA. That would be the responsibility of the StandByte app. You may also be able to configure Amazon FBA to read different values. Orders are now generated by Shopify and we don't have a ton of flexibility as we have to rely on their tools. They also control the checkout experience as everything is now processed through Shopify Checkout. That being said, we're willing to try and work through this issue and earn your business if you circle back. We'd love to help if we can.