PayWhirl Subscriptions
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Merchants highly recommend this app for its effective subscription management capabilities, which improve both operations and customer experiences. It offers a free version suitable for small businesses and features customizable subscription plans and billing cycles. The integration with Shopify and platforms like Klayvio is seamless. Customer support, particularly from staff members like Sergey and Lincoln, is frequently praised for its responsiveness and helpfulness, including support with custom coding. The app is noted for its user-friendly and reliable interface, with ongoing feature enhancements contributing to long-term merchant satisfaction.
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We did get excellent help and support from Sergey at PayWhirl. We are blown away by the support and service!!! All Our best! COWASUN
I've been using Paywhirl for a few months now for my subscription box business. I've struggled to set it up and had a few issues along the way, but the reason I'm giving it a five-star review is that the support is amazing. I've had phone support with Lincoln at least 4 times, and he's always been able to resolve my issues. I even had an issue with the order of how the Paywhirl subscription options are displayed on my site, and Lincoln offered to make a coding change just for me.
I used this app to add layaway payment options for my customers. Ryan and Larry helped with installation. They were great! Professional, responsive and seemed like always on call when I needed assistance. After testing a few times it looks to be a simple flow. Only issue is with the monthly payments there’s shipping tax added ea monthly payment. Hoping they sort this out soon. As long as Ryan is behind the scenes I feel comfortable enough to stick it out and work around it. I’m certain they will resolve this issue.
I signed up to test the beta version of PayWhirl to offer a recurring donations option on my website. The app is the easiest to set up compared to the other options out there. However there was a more limited functionality. The support team was helpful for getting this worked out.
Absolutely 5 Star!
Been using this app for 4 years and it just keeps getting better and better. Service is friendly, intelligent and helpful.. I ask LOTS of questions and have never been treated anything other than favourably. The people are Respectful and knowledgeable and speak clearly and the app powerful and flexible.
Thank you so much for your 5-star review and for being a loyal user for four years! We're thrilled to hear that you find our service friendly, intelligent, and helpful. Your satisfaction is our top priority, and we're glad you find our team respectful and knowledgeable. We appreciate your kind words about our app's power and flexibility. If you ever have more questions or need assistance, please don't hesitate to reach out.
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
amaaazing app! I have about 15 apps that support my shopify store and this is one of my favorites. they are constantly adding new features and their customer service is AMAZING! quick responses from a real person, love it! highly recommend.
Lacking in features vs other subscription apps and has bugs.
- Barely any reporting or analytics are available
- no support for customers to swap products
- You have to force customers to create an account before checkout (reduces checkout rate) so they can manage their subscription. No post-checkout account creation prompts.
- Subscriptions renew at a different time from when the customer signed up. Sometimes this can tick over to the next day (your customers will enquire about this)
- I've had subscriptions not being cancelled multiple times - leading to the customer being charged again.
- No upsell or cross-selling features or one-time purchase discounts with subscriptions
their shopify app is severely lacking compared to their external software which is unfortunate. The only positive that this app has is its integration with shopify checkout as opposed to redirecting.
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review and share your feedback with us. We genuinely appreciate your honest insights, as they help us continually strive to improve our product. We’re sorry to hear that your experience with PayWhirl wasn’t up to our standard when you wrote this review, and we acknowledge the frustration that some of the features and issues you pointed out may have caused.
Since 2021, we have been working diligently to enhance our Shopify app and we’re excited to share some significant updates that directly address the concerns you’ve listed:
Enhanced Reporting & Analytics: We have greatly expanded our reporting and analytics features to give you more actionable insights into your subscriptions.
Product Swap Support: Customers can now easily swap products within their subscriptions, providing a more flexible experience.
Post-Checkout Account Creation: We've introduced options to streamline the checkout process, including post-checkout account creation prompts.
Subscription Renewal Timing: We’ve refined our system to ensure subscription renewals align closely with the customer’s original sign-up time.
Cancellation Improvements: We have bolstered our cancellation process to prevent unintended renewals and charges. We've also launched support for setting up cancellation prevention workflows to encourage customers to stay subscribed.
Upselling, Cross-Selling & Discounts: We have introduced features to help merchants offer one-time purchase discounts and effectively upsell or cross-sell products.
We understand that our integration with Shopify checkout is valued, and we are committed to bringing our Shopify app experience in line with the high standards of our external software.
We would be thrilled to have you revisit PayWhirl and explore these new features. Our customer support team is also on standby to assist with any questions or to guide you through the updates. We aim to offer an app that is robust and feature-rich and meets the specific needs of Shopify merchants like you.
Thank you again for your review, and we hope we can turn your experience around with these improvements.
Warmest regards,
PayWhirl Team
The best thing about this app is the customer service. They are super quick but also they are willing to help you with everything you need.
PayWhirl’s support team is awesome! They are helpful, courteous, & prompt. They even helped me on a Sunday and was able to have everything worked out by Monday afternoon. Shoutout to Ryan for being so GREAT!