Amazon MCF by ByteStand

*I will gladly change this review to 5 stars if/when this issue gets sorted as I hate leaving anything but 5 star reviews. But after a total of 7+ hours on the phone (conservatively) with staff from Shopify, ByteStand, and Amazon, and still not being able to get this app working as described, I feel this is a fair rating based on my experience; I am sorry.

CONTEXT:

The gentleman at ByteStand was very nice and professional and we trouble shot via shared-screen a lot of possible issues until everything seemed to be done correctly. However, allegedly I am still unable to fulfill international orders via ByteStand on FBA Export Eligible inventory. I was told that this is an Amazon issue, not a ByteStand issue in spite of my inventory being FBA Export Eligible.

While on the phone with Amazon, they are told me that they do not allow "non-media" products to be internationally fulfilled via 3rd party fulfillment software, so there is a massive discrepancy here in what ByteStand FBA says they do vs what Amazon is telling me.

I politely insisted that they were incorrect and escalated this case all the way up to Catalog Captive Team and then escalated it again to "Leadership" (with screen shots) insisting that this app should be working and that it was set up properly and that the problem must be on their end. The case is still open. However, I expect Amazon sweep this under the rug via ninja-closing-the-case-on-the-down-low and/or ninja-merging-the-case-with-an-unrelated-case-closed-weeks-ago which leaves me pounding sand for the last 2 days.

Besides the app not working properly for me, the people at ByteStand were very nice and professional.

An app is only as good as the support. Cara here is a rockstar! Wow. We got set up super fast and the interface is so intuitive! Thank you.

International shipping through FBA (Multichannel fulfillment order) by this app doesn't "automagically" work if the items you are selling are

1. Ineligible for FBA export program. (you can check the eligibility in your AMZ Seller central account)
2. Non-media. (Only the following media products are eligible for international Multi-Channel Fulfillment: books, movies, videos, and DVDs (BMVD products)

FYI, https://sellercentral.amazon.com/gp/help/help.html?itemID=200149570

I'm going to uninstall this app. It's a real bummer.
Customer service is great, though.

Cara really helped us solve our problems. Although they shouldnt have happened in the first place she really did help put things right.

Responsive customer service, they were able to effectively walk me through issues. - UX is clunky and there were some tricks to get around some of the bugs
- No issues with functioning

Awesome customer Service. Helped us along the way getting set up. Very happy with their service and app.

I was looking for an app that helps me fulfill my orders from Amazon inventory and this app is just what I needed. Besides, their customer support is absolutely awesome! Cara helped me to sync my products and went over the line to help solve my issue. Five stars!!

UPDATE
The 90 day free trial was a promo made available by the company, I was not "given" it as a gesture by them. Seems like they're annoyed that offer existed! The company's response exemplifies the attitude you will experience. Check out other critical reviews to for much of the same. No response on the bugs either, so I guess that should say enough!
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Cara is a wonderful support rep that's conscientious and hard working, any issue we ever experienced that she could help with was resolved by her speedily, with care & true professionalism.

Unfortunately, I cannot say the values of the company. We rolled past our free trial by a total of 4 days over the holiday period and therefore fell into a paid period.

After experiencing a few bugs and gaps in the product we had already stopped using it, we asked for a courteous refund but the company refused even though it's clear we'd stopped using the app before this date from our usage logs.

Bugs & holes include:
- inventory update feature not correctly updating which cost us a few days in sales as it would keep marking products out of stock - painful in Q4
- unable to remove markets from billing without the developer
- pricing updates only match list price, not sale price of amazon listings - made this function impossible to as the primary function is to match up Amazon sale pricing to shopify store

Ultimately given we didn't use the product for those 4 or so days & one of the paid features didn't function correctly throughout, it would have been reasonable of the company to refund.

I would be glad to remove the negative areas of my review if this can be resolved.
I'm not sure that $100 is worth souring a relationship.

Seamless experience for fulfilling Shopify orders with Amazon FBA. Customer service is extremely prompt and helpful!

I would rate this service zero if i could. I asked one of the customer service representatives Gennifer if they could guide me through on how to set it up properly as the service wasn't working probably and this is the message i received

"Unfortunately, our FBA Shipping app can be complex to setup. It may be a better use of your time to explore other shipping options."

Basically saying they couldn't be bothered.