Appstle℠ Subscriptions App
Lees welke hoge kwaliteitsnormen Shopify hanteert voor snelheid, gebruiksgemak en waarde voor de merchants
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They make changes in production without notifying customers, resulting in customer portal downtimes of more than 12 hours. Or they upload new features without testing them properly with the result that “things” appear that don't work or don't fit the aesthetics of the portal.
Most of their support tickets take between 24-48 hours to resolve because their agents have limited knowledge and have to pass the issues to their developers.
Some of these issues result in financial and reputational losses for those of us who use Appstle.
They do not calculate shipping rates correctly, so many times orders are shipped without shipping costs and this means losses.
And much more.
Dear Merchant,
This is Ria, the co-founder of Appstle. I apologize for the inconvenience you faced. I have reviewed your concerns and connected with the Merchant Success Head, who will contact you to discuss any remaining concerns related to your store.
We hope things are now working smoothly and as expected! Please do not hesitate to contact me at ria@appstle.com or support@appstle.com if you have any other questions. We are available 24x7x365.
j'étais contente mais après les modifications faites, mes produits ont disparus et il y avait deux fois le même point sur mon site. J'ai demandé d'arranger les erreurs et la personne a dit qu'elle n'a rien fait et m'a envoyé une video. Apres avoir insister en lui disant que je ne sais pas comment faire car je n'ai pas touche a changer des produits et que mon site a ete cree par un professionnel, il a finalement modifier ses erreurs. donc en resume en general ca se passe bien mais vraiment aujourd'hui c'etait pas top du tout donc je mets une etoile pour aujourd'hui.
Dear Merchant,
This is Ria, the co-founder of Appstle. We understand how the appearance of two subscription options on your product page could have caused confusion and frustration. I would like to explain the situation thoroughly, and clarify what happened.
Upon reviewing your case, we discovered that the issue was not due to any change we made, but was a result of a pre-existing configuration. Specifically, the product was added to two subscription plans, which led to the two subscription options/widgets displaying on your product page. This setup had been in place before we made any updates or changes, meaning that no action on our part contributed to the problem you experienced.
Once you informed us of the issue, we immediately investigated the cause and resolved it within just a few minutes. To ensure you fully understood what had happened, we also shared a screencast video that demonstrated how the product had been added to both subscription plans. Additionally, we provided an explanation of the steps we took to resolve the issue and ensured the product page was displaying correctly.
We genuinely appreciate your feedback and are always working to provide all our merchants with a smooth and seamless experience when using our app. Your satisfaction is our highest priority, and we are committed to clarifying any further questions you may have. Please feel free to reach out to me anytime at ria@appstle.com.
It says its free until $500 but then to be able to use it they tell you that you need to pay this and that.
Then you’re jus loosing you’re time setting up this app to find out after about prices that were not advertised before.
THIS IS NOT OK !!!
This is Ria, the co-founder of Appstle. I apologize for any confusion you’ve experienced and would like to provide some clarity.
We have multiple pricing tiers, as outlined in the Shopify listing page. The plans are based on monthly subscription revenue of the merchant as well as the sophistication of the features. In the FREE plan, the subscription widget setup in product page in available. We believe this feature is essential to get up and running in subscriptions, and hence is a part of the free tier. I believe our support engineer demonstrated this feature for you.
Please find below the relevant links where our pricing plan is outlined:
- Shopify Application Listing Page: https://prnt.sc/C2VPudvabNy5
- Application Billing Page: https://prnt.sc/dATFgONC6tQK
- Website Pricing Page: https://prnt.sc/16a6Pbs6ohaK
- Working Widget on Your Product Page: https://prnt.sc/9VD8K1b7PWle
Beyond having the subscription widget on product pages, you had requested the integration of the widget on your store's custom landing page. As outlined in our pricing plans, this feature is included in our Business plan and higher tiers. This information is stated on our application billing page, pricing section, and website (all links are shared above). Appstle's pricing tiers and feature gating are based on the development cost, infrastructure, 24x7x365 support, etc.
At Appstle, we are committed to transparency, and the pricing information is available across multiple platforms shared above. If you have any further questions or need assistance at any time, please email me at ria@appstle.com.
You can also reach our 24x7x365 support team at all times. Our team always strives to go over and beyond to help our merchants succeed.
Thank you for your understanding.
Worst experience ever. I never write bad reviews but I feel compelled to warn others against the repeating issues I faced. The customer portal was always having issues. repeated issues. sometimes double processing issues. the worst. When I would reach out to tech support they would say "looks good on our end" as if they had no responsibility for fixing their coding issues. I stayed with Appstle far too long. Now I have new subscription app with amazing tech support and I am kicking myself for not jumping ship earlier. buyer beware.
Dear Merchant,
This is Ria, the co-founder of Appstle. Thank you for the 1.5 years you were with Appstle, and we are sorry the last few weeks' were not up to the mark. While we regret that your final experience led to the feedback, I'd like to address the points. We hope you give us another try.
Customer Portal Issues:
Customer portal is an integral part of our app, and our team ensured that every reported issue was thoroughly investigated. After multiple checks by our team, the portal was confirmed to be fully functional each time you reached out. In instances where adjustments were needed based on your specific setup, we provided detailed guidance and solutions to help optimize the experience for your customers. We have now added a more detailed and step by step guidance document and video, to help merchants setup their perfect customer portal. Also, we are always available 24x7 to real-time guide merchants anytime needed.
Double Processing of Orders:
The double-processing issue was linked to a setting in the app that allowed customers to modify their billing intervals. This was a feature enabled by you, which is designed to offer flexibility to your customers. When this issue arose, our team provided personalized instructions, including screencast videos, to help you disable this feature. These settings are always fully within your control. We have now added more merchant tutorials within the section, and switched to an easier merchant UI, to make the settings navigation very easy.
We hope you will consider us again in the future as we continue improving and evolving our services.
Dec 10, 2023 UPDATE: STAY THE HELL AWAY. THEY JUST DOUBLE AND TRIPLE BILLED HUNDREDS OF OUR SUBSCRIPTIONS. WE HAD TO MANUALY FIND, CANCEL AND REFUND OVER 300 ORDERS AND LOST OVER A DOZEN SUBS. YES THEY OFFERED A 20% DISCOUNT AFTER APOLOGIZING. JUST A LOT OF HEADACHES. TRYING TO FIGURE OUT A MIGRATION STRATEGY...
January 9, 2023 UPDATE: Like I said before, they will pacify you, blame Shopify, tell you they opened a ticked with Shopify, and you will never hear from them again. Still have not heard from them - supposedly they opened a ticket with Shopify - but they were very quick to reply to my review update / change on Dec 5 when I dropped them to 1 star.
December 5, 2022 UPDATE: After approximately 16 months of using the app, I am changing my rating just because of lack of support. Support has really gone so downhill over the last 6-9 months, it is sad!!! Changing my 5-star review to 1 star because response time has become unacceptable. I was probably one of their first 100 customers. I have over 4000 subscriptions and have been very patient but really their support has become an issue. It's not just "growing pains" anymore - they will pacify you and/or blame Shopify until you're blue in the face - to the point where you just give up and try to find a workaround.
Dear Merchant,
As we shared the error, it's coming while invoking Shopify API. We are filing a partner ticket but until then, we can't do anything about it. We are not seeing that issue with any other store, hence we will need to consult with Shopify on it.
Regards,
Ria
It's been extremely frustrating working with Appstle as our subscription management app. We've been trying to fix all issues and talk to the developers, but things don't improve, they don't really take their time to understand what we are asking, and what is not asking and work towards answering or fixing them.
Sometimes they answer by saying they don't have a certain feature and in fact, they do, their customer service just doesn't know it. The only reason we haven't left Appstle is that every time we change a subscription app it affects OUR customers' experience and we don't want to cause another friction with them until we find a better app/solution.
I would NOT recommend purchasing/adding this app to your Shopify store, and if you have one to recommend to us, please do, we'd really appreciate it.
Dear Merchant,
This is the co-founder and CTO of Appstle. I sincerely apologize for failing to meet your expectations. I have sent you a detailed email. Hopefully, we can address all your requirements by end of the week.
Looking forward to connecting.
I cannot recommend the app. I recently asked for support to set up a shipping profile so customers from a specific country would get free shipping when subscribing to a product, and customers from other countries would still need to pay shipping. What happened? The App has a serious flaw and customers outside these countries that are meant to receive free shipping were not able to check-out at all anymore. I have lost sales due to this app and when raising this to their customer service - their attitude towards the issue was absolutely unacceptable. Instead of being curious to understand the issue they basically blamed me for their flawed app. I cannot recommend this app and surprised they have so many positive reviews.
Hi Dear Merchant,
This is Ria, the co-founder of Appstle. I really apologize for the inconvenience you faced. I have gone over your concerns, and have also connected with the Merchant Success Head who you spoke to regarding the issue. Thank you for providing us the opportunity to connect 1:1 to explain the shipping setup for subscriptions, and to work on your requirements real-time.
We hope things are now working smoothly and as expected! Please do not hesitate to reach out to me at ria@appstle.com or support@appstle.com if you have any other questions. We are available 24x7x365.
Bug after bug after bug!!! This app is poorly made. I've used it over a year now and every 2 weeks there is a serious bug that needs to be fixed. The ONLY reason I have not switched apps is because they have no way of migrating the subscription data to a new app, so we need to leave the app installed for our older subscriptions. DO NOT USE THIS APP, SAVE YOURSELF THE HEADACHE!!!
Hello,
We have checked out the issue thoroughly on our end with our developers, and according to the investigation, we believe something has changed in your theme, and it intermittently loaded our script twice, which caused the widget to show up twice on the product. We have made updated our code now, and things are working fine.
We've emailed you about the fix as well. Could you please confirm if the issue is fixed on your end? Please feel free to reach out if you need any other assistance, and we will be more than happy to help.
Since Appstle, similar to any other software, is a tool embedded in your store site, any change to your store (theme update or installation of other apps) may sometimes result in overriding or conflicting code. If that happens, please either involve your developers immediately to correct the conflicting codes, or reach out to us. Our support team is highly technical and will be able to fix it immediately.
The app doesnt even work. It does not show up in the product page and there is no way to customize it.
Dear Merchant,
We apologize you had a less-than-stellar experience with the app. We try to support as many themes as possible. However, for a few themes (especially if it’s a non-Shopify third-party theme), the widget might need additional configuration. We often do this configuration on our end to best support our merchants.
We have gone ahead and configured the widget on your store :). Please go ahead and take a look. We have 24X7 support and have updated you on the chat as well. If you need any other help with your store’s subscription offer, don’t hesitate to reach out to us.
Had to remove the app, installed it for about 1 hour, try to fix a shipping issue (the product was for $0 of shipping in shopify, but the app added a shipping cost of $12 for no reason). Impossible to reach anyone from the US or Canada via customer service, all coming from India. Their english was really bad, and not only did they not solve the issue, but made everything worse. There's so many apps for subscription our there, do yourself a service a choose another. At least you might have a shot at minimally good customer service, and not too many is
Hello. This is Ria, the co-founder of Appstle. I went through your chats with the team. As our Merchant Success Engineer as well as her Manager mentioned in the chats and the custom video guide that she made for your store, your shipping rate was coming from your Shopify shipping profile itself. In fact, that’s why the one-time purchase shipping price and subscription shipping price was exactly the same. Since your one time purchase shipping was $12, for order values below a certain threshold, the same applied to subscriptions too. Let me assure you that no other Shopify native or Shopify compatible subscription app would be able to help you here, unless the shipping profile is created on the app side (which the Manager explained in the video she made).
I went over the loom my teammate shared and it was very well-explanatory. And no, shipping on checkout page is not calculated based on IP address. It’s based on the shipping address you enter.
As for the location of the team, we are a California based company HQed in Menlo Park. We provide 24x7 support for merchants by having support team across geographies and timezones. Since, your ticket came in at 8 PM PST (outside work hours in the California), it was handled by our team in Asia. I personally did not see any communication or language issues in your chat or video, as our entire team across geographies are native English speakers.
Please dont hesitate to reach out to us at support@appstle.com if you have any other questions.In fact, I am sharing it here so that others can decide it on their own. And no, shipping on checkout page is not calculated based on IP address. It’s based on the shipping address you enter.