Spoks: Email & SMS Marketing

My low average spend with Klaviyo per month was $970. I was constantly suppressing profiles and having to limit my email campaigns so I wouldn't exceed their crazy limits and spend more. I was hesitant to try Spoks but it has been a great alternative. It's not perfect but I'm a done is better than perfect kind of person these days.

For $39 I can send an email daily if I want. It has the capability to display dynamic products based on collection like Klaviyo.

I honestly don't use a ton of the features because I don't have to. I can hit a large majority of my database easily and regularly and that's what is important to me.

The problem with Instagram these days is that it is very easy to be tempted by something that doesn't sound feasible for the price, only to discover that itwasn't/isn't. We are a very small business, and yet we need to use all the tools used by the larger businesses. We were using Kalviyo, and yes, it was good, and yes, we were not using it to its fullest extent because, quite frankly, we're too small, with not enough time to make as much use as we maybe would like to. My biggest gripe, therefore, was a) the monthly emails we would get telling us that we were reaching our limits and b) the monthly bill, which, whilst not large compared to many, was something that was becoming more and more difficult to justify.

I decided after a little bit of umming and ahhing to bite the bullet and make the switch. I am absolutely delighted to have done so. Not only was the transition as painless as it was promised, but without all the add-on features being added by Klaviyo, the Spoks platform is easy to use, easy to understand and with the mobile apps I can check on my campaigns and flows on the move and even start drafting a new campaign on the move too! I am sure there are some fancy things I could have done with Klaviyo that i might not be able to do with Spoks, but ultimately who cares. This is a very tidy program, with a clean interface and I love it.

Nice and simple - easy to use. Does not get anywhere near klaviyo in functionality. Flows are challenging as the yes/no splitting is handled in a cumbersome way using filters. Another recently discovered failing is that it does not sync contacts or subscribers into shopify when they sign up in spoks - bit of a fundamental failing. However, it saves me a fortune, so i am hoping it will develop quickly to plug some of these shortcomings, then maybe i'll raise my star rating a bit.