Referral Candy & Affiliate
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Merchants highly recommend this app for its user-friendly design and seamless integration with other platforms, enhancing marketing strategies through effective referral programs. They praise its responsive customer support and customization options, including HTML and CSS editing. The app supports multiple languages and is credited with boosting business growth and sales through efficient campaign management.
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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!
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.
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.
Excellent customer service! Really enjoyed getting this account set up with their team. Excited to see what the results are!
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.
Thank you so much for this feedback and we are so happy to hear our services fit your needs. :)
This is a fantastic app for referrals that has almost everything you need. More importantly, the support I received from JC has been awesome, timely, and greatly needed. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this app. One tiny feature that could be added to make the best integrated app would be rewards for certain actions by customers: sharing on social media, following an insta page, etc
I appreciate this feedback so much. Thank you for your time today and looking forward to seeing great results form your campaign. :)
- Jc
I just started using this app and so far it has been a delight. I've been working with Tippy to get my bearings. I feel so comfortable now and could not have done it without their help.
Mr Derek provided the best support so far, Glad to find a good referral program. All the best! Good service.
best referral app - have tried them all!
Great app. Their customer support is fast and attentive.
You were awesome too! Thank you so much again for this review. :)
- Jon
Benz Jalali was very helpful. Accomplished my requests candidly and sorted out my issue. Great Customer service.