Reviews (2,174)

Overall rating
4.8
Counts per rating level
  • 89% of ratings are 5 stars
  • 9% of ratings are 4 stars
  • 1% of ratings are 3 stars
  • 0% of ratings are 2 stars
  • 1% of ratings are 1 stars
What merchants think

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Merchants highly recommend this app for its effective referral program management, noting its user-friendly interface and robust features like customizable HTML and CSS. They appreciate its seamless integration with platforms like Shopify and Klaviyo and commend the exceptional customer support for its responsiveness and helpfulness.

April 23, 2021

Just signed up for this app. Customer service was awesome- the next available timeslot was next week but Derek Benito made time for us this week so we could launch our campaign ASAP. Thanks again so much Derek!

Vara Safety
United States
3 months using the app
ReferralCandy replied April 23, 2021

Super glad to hear. I'll pass the kudos to Derek. Thanks! -Bryan B.

February 17, 2023

Fast and attentive response from their customer care team. Cris was great! :) His instructions helped me make the update I was looking for.

FEND
United States
3 months using the app
ReferralCandy replied February 17, 2023

Thanks for the review! Reach out again any time you need assistance!

April 17, 2019

I've been using this app for some time now and it's been a great product for my business. Customer service is great too, I recently had a matter that Tomas helped me with and he made it such a pleasure, informing me along the way until it was resolved. Thank you

Eco-Vegan
Australia
3 months using the app
January 7, 2016

These guys have excellent customer service! I've only just started my trial and so far so good. Would definitely recommend this app. App is straightforward and easy to navigate. Awesome app guys!

Staavias
Australia
3 months using the app
May 25, 2021

I'm using Referral Candy with Bold Subscriptions. It took a bit to get used to during the setup, but the customer support were attentive and helped me with all the integrations I needed setting up. Thanks Tom for your great work!

Coffeefusion
Australia
3 months using the app
ReferralCandy replied May 27, 2021

Glad to be able to help. Reach out if you have any questions! - Tomas K.

January 26, 2021

Derek at Referral Candy has been incredible helpful in helping us set up our referral scheme and answer some FAQ's - I couldn't of asked for better customer service!

Supakit®
United Kingdom
3 months using the app
Edited April 19, 2021

I was with Referral Candy for like ... 8 or so years. It was great that they handled the payments to my affiliates. But it was annoying that they took 3.75% off the first 3 sales of someone who was referred once, even if those 3 sales spanned across 8 years! And that they didn't have an option to create more than one referral level. And that they filled up my shopify with discount codes constantly, and badgered my affiliates without me really consenting to that - that is, they would email them to invite them, even after I had turned off that feature. I am annoyed that the referral alternative app I've chosen is not as easy to pay affiliates, but it has more features and is not sucking my blood or harassing my customers. ALSO! Its report of referral sales is very misleading! only on further research did I learn that some customers who have been customers for years, when they make a purchase, even if it's past their 3rd purchase, RC still counts this as a referred purchase. So, on someone's 7th purchase, they record this as a referred purchase - so those report emails I get make it seem like my referral app is working great, but in reality I just did a good job of keeping a customer that I got once through this app a LONG time ago.

NeuYear.net
United States
Over 7 years using the app
ReferralCandy replied April 22, 2021

Hey Jesse, we’ve been trying to contact you these last 2 weeks to try and resolve all the concerns you brought up. Since we haven't heard back, I wanted to try and address them here and perhaps have the opportunity to discuss them directly with you.

“..they took 3.75% off the first 3 sales of someone who was referred once, even if those 3 sales spanned across 8 years!”

- A referred customer is someone who may go on to continue purchasing from your store for life. We consider all their purchases as "referred" because they may not have followed through with their purchase without the incentive offered through the referral program. And from all those referred purchases we only charge commissions on the first three. More details can be found here (https://help.referralcandy.com/support/solutions/articles/47001056253-is-commission-charged-on-all-purchases-that-a-referred-friend-makes-)

“..they didn't have an option to create more than one referral level.”

I can see how having more flexibility in terms of rewards can be helpful, especially since you have thousands of affiliates. I’ll bring it up with the team.

“..badgered my affiliates without me really consenting to that - that is, they would email them to invite them, even after I had turned off that feature.”

Sending too many emails is definitely a bad experience, I apologize for the inconvenience this caused your customers. This is easily resolved by toggling the controls in the email settings page of your dashboard (https://help.referralcandy.com/support/solutions/articles/47001155651-email-settings) so I was hoping we could dig deeper into what happened.

“..some customers who have been customers for years, when they make a purchase, even if it's past their 3rd purchase, RC still counts this as a referred purchase.”
“..on someone's 7th purchase, they record this as a referred purchase”

This should not be the case. As mentioned previously, commission is only charged on the first three purchases that a referred friend makes. -- Jaime R.

July 12, 2022

This integrations is great at creating referral campaigns for existing customers and being able to give an incentive to the referring party. We used this and it was good for UGC and influencer marketing.

Thermogel Body Toning Gel
United States
About 5 years using the app
ReferralCandy replied July 18, 2022

Thank you so much for this feedback and we are so happy to hear our services fit your needs. :)

March 5, 2019

Excellent customer service! Really enjoyed getting this account set up with their team. Excited to see what the results are!

Through the Grapevine
United States
3 months using the app
October 26, 2023

Great app. Their customer support is fast and attentive.

Cases Papaya
Brazil
3 months using the app
ReferralCandy replied October 30, 2023

You were awesome too! Thank you so much again for this review. :)
- Jon