Marsello: Loyalty, Email, SMS

I have been with them for almost 10 years (since they were known as COLLECT loyalty). Highly professional team - and Roz and Vicky I have worked with are really great!

The loyalty rewards program we offer through this app is highly valued by our customers, especially frequent shoppers. Recently, I needed help on short notice to make a special promotion work. John from the customer support team stepped up and took care of everything promptly, much to my relief. I highly recommend this application.

I was an early adopter of this app on the free plan. They decided to do away with that plan and are asking a min of $1,500 a year to unlock my data (that's a pretty big jump from free!)

It's unfortunate that an app that's supposed to help me build loyalty with my customers would treat their loyal users with such disrespect! I am scared to trust them again even if I did start paying. I don't know how to get my data out so I can keep my promises to my customers.

Priced out of the app. I was a loyal user of this app, but they increased their rates while decreasing the benefits. As a struggling business, I could not afford the rate increase and lost all access to my customer data, including their loyalty points.

Although the app itself has great features, the support is the worst I have ever experienced. I have been waiting over a month (close to two) for technical resolution of a problem the Marsello tech caused and they keep blowing me off by rewriting my complaint in their own words or just telling me they are too busy or by not bothering to reply at all for days. If you think you may need assistance with the app, look elsewhere. They re
really not interested in helping existing clients.

While the issue above was resolved, the company randomly claimed that their "prices were too low" and they raised the cost of my subscription by like 1,000%-- it went from about $30 monthly to over $160. So, BEWARE... if you think this it it available at a "good" price, they may decide again to "make their prices match competitors" and mark up what you're paying by orders of magnitude. And at this point, like me, you may find that you're in too deep to change. BEWARE.

Beyond that, their site does NOT work well on mobile. If you're looking for something you can manage on the go, this is not the app for you.

Furthermore, they charge you based on customers but offer no method to determine if those customers are active (even though they have a Lost Customers segment). Once a name is on your list, you pay for it forever, even if it is "lost." They should have an opt-in preset email flow so clients can regularly audit their lists to keep costs low.

Easy to Use and Boosted Our Revenue!

Marsello is fantastic! It's super easy to use, even for beginners. Setting up email campaigns and loyalty programs is a breeze. We've seen a significant boost in our revenue since we started using it. Highly recommend!

Marsello has really improved and took into considerations our product requests. Martin does an excellent job communicating which is rare from other loyalty programs. The shopify integrations have improved. I highly recommend Marsello. We have tried every loyalty program on shopifys app store and they fit our needs best considering we lean heavier on in-store retail vs e-comm.

Disappointing Experience — Overpriced, No Refund, Poor Support

We had a very bad experience with Marsello. They charged our business $300 CAD even though we never got to use the app. When we reached out within 30 days, explaining that we found their service too expensive for their poor features and wanted a refund, they outright refused.

Their customer support was unhelpful and dismissive. Despite the fact that we hadn't benefited from the platform, they kept the full payment — which feels like they simply took our money without delivering value. For a loyalty program, their pricing is overrated and the service (poor features) does not match the cost.

I strongly do not recommend Marsello to any business. Poor policies, bad customer experience, and no flexibility. Be careful before signing up — they do not stand behind their product.

Caution: Unreliable Service and Unresponsive Support

We had a very disappointing experience with this company. After dedicating three months to testing their platform, we encountered numerous bugs and technical issues. Despite this, we were charged in full during that entire period.

In the first month, we were billed for an API and an additional site, despite not having any additional sites. We raised this issue multiple times but received little to no support. Our main point of contact, Jason McLean, was dismissive of our concerns, repeatedly stating that their company is exceptional and without faults.

Unfortunately, their loyalty program was completely unusable due to persistent bugs, and their customer service was slow to respond. When we requested a refund for the services we couldn’t use, we were told that they do not offer refunds, citing their terms and conditions.

There is alot more to say about it, but we will leave it here.

We strongly advise caution if considering this company.

Customer service is absolutely terrible. The experience has been disheartening and only foreshadows what is to come if we stay with them. We just signed up with Marsello and as soon as we became a paying customer, we couldn't get a hold of anyone. BEFORE signing up, I met with several staff members and they all seemed quite eager to help. Support does reply to our emails but the response time is usually about 6 or more hours. Even then, you reply and they don't get back to you for another few hours with a very generic response. How do you expect a business owner to sit tight while being kept in the dark? Customers have already signed up and waiting to use our loyalty program, only to be told it isn't working. This has a negative impact and only serves to discredit our business in the eyes of our customers. 'Ghosting us' speaks to their lack of professionalism as a whole. Their point system is buggy and it is evident. They haven't ironed out all the kinks.
EDIT:
The issue was escalated and the technical team took over. This are up and running now.
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Now we are experiencing the same issue again and we are being ignored.