Yotpo: Loyalty Rewards Program

March 3, 2019

I have had problems from the beginning with BOTH SWELL AND YOTPO. WE are now three weeks in and they still CANT get it right. To make matters worse. they are trying to charge me and I haven't even reached a full 30 days yet. we are on day 17. This is CRAZYYYYY. I am looking for other options at this point. support is HORRIBLE, INCONSISTENT, AND FRUSTRATING!!! the tech support is horrible because it takes FOREVER to get problems resolved. To my understanding- they outsource for their tech support. MAJOR problem. I bought into the whole "YOTPO SWELL" thing because they are the same company and I have NOT been able to get anything working as they advertised. EXTREMELY disappointing so far. Hoping these two companies get it together and fix ALL of my issues that I have requested help for or I will be going to another company and requesting a FULL REFUND you guys need to get it together! too many different reps handling the same account and not everyone is trained the same. One rep helped me with one issue and then the next rep messed up what the previous rep did. he sends me emails and I respond REPEATEDLY yet he ACTS like he is not seeing me emails. THIS IS THE WORST EVERRRRR!!!!!!! HORRIBLE

Feb. 18, 2019

Using with Shopify POS work 1/3 times and now stop work, contact by email and chat but no one reply.

Feb. 13, 2019

This app is very user friendly. Hoping to generate a lot of revenue very soon. With more promotion I think it will do well.

Feb. 12, 2019

The app isn't rendering icons correctly since we launched it, the "refer a friend" option doesn't even show up. we have been reaching out to support to no avail, and are extremely disappointed in the service. We upgraded, thinking that the free version was glitchy on purpose, because we had launched it via our newsletter (because it initially appeared to be working correctly), and were worried about our customers experience. We want a refund for the upgrade and to discontinue using this app. Shopify should not be encouraging faulty plug-ins/apps to their customers. We have spend a lot of time setting up to no success, and it's very upsetting that there is NO SUPPORT!

Feb. 9, 2019

I had to cancel my subscription for Swell before even launching the app due solely to the lack of customer service from Swell, which was recently acquired by Yotpo. After many hours configuring the app on my own, I contacted support with three final (and uncomplicated) questions. After more than two weeks, two additional follow-up e-mails to support, and additional e-mails to a sales rep, I have still not received a single response from Swell's support team. Even worse, the sales rep suggested that I pay more to receive better service on the premium enterprise plan. I paid approximately $300/month for the gold plan, which is the highest self-service tier. I also investigated Yotpo, as I was looking for a product review app to integrate with Swell rewards. After following up multiple times with a sales rep for help and information, I was quoted about $8K/year. It would be absurd to pay this company anything, let alone $11K+/year, for this level of service. There are plenty of other options for both rewards and review apps.

Jan. 27, 2019

The app works well, however, as a free plan member, it baffles me why clients that sign up through the Subscribe prompt are not automatically entered into my subscriber list on Mail Chimp. The video does not work, so there is no guide to follow for the setup.

Jan. 17, 2019

The potential for this app looked amazing. But the support for installation and setup is non-existing. The campaigns we have created are not showing the pop-up. I wrote to ask Swell for support but just got a screen shot back saying everthings looks okay - even though in the screen shot the campains for reward is not the same as the ones I have created. I have started a support chat but seems there are no real persons there - just an email saying we have created a ticket for you. and then no reply to that for days. Hope the installation issues will be solved and the app proves to do some of the fancy stuff they so highly claim they can do.

Jan. 15, 2019

Too many issues with this app! We are constantly having customers say they cannot access their account along with a boat load of other issues.. The points are too easily redeemable. A lot of customers just don't get how it works which tells us its not as user friendly as it coule be. It is not worth the trouble but now that our customers are used to it being on website its hard to delete the feature. So we are looking for another app to use.

Dec. 31, 2018

So far I LOVE this app! It has been very easy to use. When there were aspects that I couldn't quite figure out how to customize the videos explained everything perfectly. Thank you for creating such a great platform for the everyday person trying to do everything themselves to run their business! I hope this helps us grow faster.

Dec. 28, 2018

I love the payment structure of this app. It allows me to build my business so I can afford the app.

Dec. 23, 2018

Great app i really help in this department. Frees up some more time for me to do other things around the office.

Dec. 11, 2018

Still trying to figure out but the referral program seems to be limited or missing options for editing...

Nov. 21, 2018

FELLOW SHOPIFY PLUS MERCHANTS BE WARNED! We signed with Swell in early May on their premier Platinum plan. Overall we have had a very negative experience and have repeatedly found bugs in their platform that have had negative financial ramifications for us. One of the main things that attracted us to Swell was the more customized program design they offered. This process was OK although small delays did sneak in when we needed to pick up on relatively small (but important!) design elements. Overall the our impression was a 'good enough' approach, which to us seemed counter to the stated aim of driving as much traffic as possible to the rewards page. Their developers also struggled with Shopify theme code management outside of Shopify (we use Github). The soft launch of our program was late July. Soon after launch we found a couple of serious bugs in their platform that has significantly dented our confidence in it’s reliability. One issue (awarding points for the purchase of gift cards and purchases using gift cards) was promptly resolved. However we have been waiting more than three months for the resolution of a bug affecting the treatment of refunds. We also complained about the slow speed to load a customer’s point balance but was told this was expected behavior. The Swell team have been slow to respond to emails. I am still waiting for a response to an email I sent 9 days ago to our dedicated ‘Client Success Manager’ for example.

Nov. 18, 2018

Its easy to use and I love it... You can use this app in a lot of ways. I recommend it to everyone.

Nov. 18, 2018

Took me a bit to learn, but once I navigated to all the different settings, I was able to get the rewards ready for our customers to start signing up. Great useful tool for giving incentives to our customers.

Nov. 1, 2018

Easy to use. Easy to customise too.Easy integration to shopify and also tell you analytics of the shopify customers using the swell program.

Oct. 25, 2018

Every since we started using this app, it has increased our repeat business tremendously. It is so easy to use and customize. I think every business should have this on their store.

Oct. 23, 2018

It's an awesome marketing tool for customers to not only earn rewards but to also repeatedly come back. This app makes it easy to customize your reward program and is a must have for your store!

Oct. 19, 2018

Unbelievably, the pricing structure is programmed to include Point-of-Sale sales when determining your tier. So not only is Swell structuring what they charge you based on orders that they have absolutely nothing to do with whatsoever (offline sales), but they then want to claim a surcharge per sale for each of those offline sales when your total net number of sales exceeds a certain number (depending on your tier, its 200 for the $29/month plan). As though they deserve payment for your offline sales. Utterly absurd. Swell should be ashamed of themselves. There's plenty of competition in this space to avoid this underhanded approach, even if doing so purely on principle. I believe this is the first negative review I've taken the time to write about any app.

Oct. 15, 2018

Just downloaded the app the concept seems cool. lets see how it works. 5 stars on the concept. ill update my review and let you all know.