Recharge Subscriptions App

We are in the process of switching from Bold Commerce to Recharge Pro, and most of this review reflects our experience regarding our implementation, which we feel will still be in progress until later this summer when all of our subscribers are transacting on Recharge instead of Bold. Our Recharge Implementation Manager insists our implementation project was complete before we even had our first transaction on Recharge. The platform seems robust, but we haven't had time to fully explore it because we're working through the rest of our four-month implementation on our own without support from our Recharge Implementation Manager. Once we immerse ourself with the platform, we reserve the right to modify our rating, but so far, not a good start. Specifically, our experience included the following:
• We consistently ran out of time on nearly every scheduled call with our Implementation Manager and he repeatedly pushed back against our requests to extend the length of calls to correct for this.
• Our Implementation Manager resisted repeated requests to have more than one 45 minute call per week.
• Our Implementation Manager seemed more interested in marking tasks complete vs. accuracy. He grew impatient during conversations to quality check tasks that were thought to be complete, but not verified.
• Our Implementation Manager claimed he doesn’t have a phone number. When asked why, he indicated it was for quality purposes. That was either absurd or a lie, but possibly both.
• Our Implementation Manager, and later, his Manager, narrowly defined the terms “migration” and “implementation” and insisted our implementation was complete a full week before we actually transacted our first batch of transactions on the Recharge platform, and over four months prior to when the remainder of our subscribers begin to be billed on Recharge.
o Our Implementation Manager informed us that we would not have any access to him or telephone support while finishing the incomplete implementation phase, and instead, we’d only have email support to complete the implementation that he insisted was complete.
o We received no migration support for integrating Recharge’s highly-touted automation capabilities into our workflows. We were sold on these capabilities and expected to receive help implementing them as part of our implementation project. Because of this, we do not feel like we're receiving the full value of the Recharge platform.
• Our Implementation Manager was a no-show on a scheduled call and later justified his absence by claiming we “have already launched for new subs”. He did not cancel the call, and a future scheduled call was also not cancelled.

We're not in love with the ReCharge app. It's a bit non-intuitive and wonky for customers to easily make changes. Seems most can not figure out how to log in to their accounts. I WILL say that we've recently had an issue that we have been dealing with ReCharge Customer Support, and they have been fabulous. Specifically Zachary and Hector. Prompt, efficient, and effective has been their troubleshooting. They're exemplary.

App has a ton of issues with almost zero support or "above and beyond" support (only support is "we cant help but here is a list of developers you can pay OR the immediate defensive response of "this isnt our fault")

Unilateral changes made that we, as a client, are then forced to edit code to comply or pay developers to keep up. The backend dashboard has been updated looks wise but still lacks a handful of common sense, small edits to make life easier for our support team in account management.

EDIT: The only truly positive experience we've had is with Nick from eshopgenius. His development work is valued and extremely beneficial.

Thank you to Matt J who was able to help us same day! Gives us lots of peace of mind knowing we can reach out and right away hear back. Thank you!

Fonctionne bien mais les abonnement sont trop dispendieux.

I wish I could get fixes to dev issues. I still have to request from CS to get orders manually processed, I used to have permission but it changed somehow and now I don't. I asked to get permission and was not able to because it is under an email my team doesn't have access to. ReCharge could not edit permission for me.

After a lot of back and forth, we finally have the app running and it seems to be working pretty well. My biggest complaint is support is EXTREMELY slow to respond at times, which can be frustrating in ecommerce. All my questions and issues were handled and handled correctly, just wish there was a little more ease of access to support, vie chat or anything.

Our subscription business was previously with Bold. We transitioned to Recharge last year, largely based on the aesthetics of their customer portal - it looks slicker and we thought it would make for a better customer experience. Unfortunately, the back-end of Recharge has been a disaster for us. Our subscribers have been unable to update their payment method since DEC 27, 2021. It is now FEB 21, 2022. That's nearly two months since we've alerted Recharge to this issue, and unfortunately the problem still persists. We receive daily emails from our subscribers (who WANT to continue) but they're unable to update to their new credit card - and they have no choice but to let the subscription expire. I continue to follow up with Recharge every other day or so, and am told that they're "working on it." They've offered up a few workarounds, none of which worked. Needless to say, it's been a pain managing irritated customers (loss of time), and it has resulted in a loss in our subscription revenue (loss of money). But more importantly, it has been a such a poor experience for our most loyal, long-term, avid users. The last two months of listening to our subscribers' frustration, and watching our subscriptions decline has left us feeling unsupported and powerless, since there's still no fix. Below is just one of the endless customer emails we've received. This experience has been everything you want to avoid as a business owner - it's embarrassing and a poor reflection on everything we've been working to build. Recharge might look better, but Bold actually worked. CUSTOMER EMAIL: I have tried three separate times to access the subscription page with no luck, always a "third party access" issue. My card I used to pay for the subscription is expiring and since I can't update it I suppose I will just let you figure that I am cancelling my subscription. Thanks for the great soap that I have had and good luck. ***MARCH 28TH 2022 UPDATE*** Unbelievably, this issue still persists -- THREE MONTHS LATER. I have been passed along to six or seven different support reps. There has been no correction - nor any indication that they have even been able to identify the issue. It's been a constant flow of "our team is looking into it", "we're getting close", "we need an API key" (which has been supplied three times now) then the next rep steps in and repeats all the same responses. It is absolutely crazy that it's been three months; you'd think someone at Recharge would acknowledge this absurdity of this, and simply dedicate some time & thought to correct the issue - but it's obvious our business doesn't matter to Recharge. We'll await the next email of "we're working on it...." ***One Year Later Update***: While I still cringe at how painful our transition was to Recharge, we've since had an incredibly positive experience working with their team that manages their Bundles product. ADOLFO & PAOLA specifically are WONDERFUL. Since they are worth five stars and my migration is still one star, I'll change my rating to three stars. Long story short, I would not recommend migrating over to Recharge from an existing subscription platform, but if you're starting fresh, Recharge is certainly an option.

Account login functionality for the consumer (front end) can be faulty. The analytics are good, but could be enhanced.

They gave me my refund of surprising new charges after 7 days back and forth with Shopify support and them.