The Barrington Garage

It's challenging for small businesses to find affordable apps that get the job done without complexity and excessive cost. Clay accomplishes that for us. I've been able to add a wholesale customer group that functions seamlessly within our retail site. We only wholesale our artisan pewter brand, Crosby & Taylor. Clay allows us to limit wholesale pricing to only those products while keeping everything else at retail. Clay is intuitive and easy to set up, and their team is incredibly responsive and helpful if you hit a snag. It's exactly what I needed to get our wholesale operation off the ground, and I'm confident it can meet our needs for expanded functionality as we grow.

Veeqo is the solution I've been searching for for years. Every multi-channel aggregator I looked at was either outrageously expensive or cumbersome (or both). Veeqo solves my inventory sync issues, and its integration with Amazon Buy Shipping gives me all the convenience and seller protections I had on Amazon Seller Central. There's a learning curve to any such software due to the complex nature of multi-channel aggregation, so be prepaid to study their support articles. But Veeqo is as understandable as anything I've looked at, and their support agents are refreshingly knowledgeable and responsive (Amazon, pay attention). Veeqo continues to improve, and they frequently add functionality based on user feedback. My multi-channel inventory is synced, and I'm getting fantastic rates from the major carriers. Veeqo is simply the best.

Nembol seemed to be precisely the solution for which I've been searching, but unfortunately, they were unable to get it to work with my Amazon account. Inventory updates would sync only to, not from, Amazon. Quantity syncs resulting from orders placed on Amazon would not post back to Nembol or Shopify. They blame Amazon for the problem, but I have other third-party apps that integrate with Amazon, and there are no issues. I give them high marks for their responsiveness, but after weeks of troubleshooting and hours of effort, we came to a dead-end. They should probably reconsider touting Amazon compatibility. If they can ever resolve their Amazon bugs, I would certainly give them another try, but for now, I have to keep searching for a solution that remains elusive.

Wipeout is the perfect solution for managing the visibility of my inventory. One click to hide out-of-stock products, one click to show back-in-stock products. It's that simple, and I give it 5 stars.

If you're looking for simple background removal, you'll be happy with this service, but if natural shadows are important to your images, you'll probably be disappointed. When I photograph my products, I take the time to adjust the lighting to create shadows that look real and highlight the product. Unfortunately, their approach is to knock out everything but the object and then add in artificial shadows. My experience has been that their shadows look contrived and unnatural--not the professional quality I need for my site. Given that they charge extra for adding shadows, that's just not acceptable. To be fair, they do seem to be willing to try over and over again to get it right. I've gone through four revisions on my most recent order, but I still don't have an acceptable image. I could have easily done it myself in that amount of time.