Parker on the Porch
United States
Reviews (6)
Editing my review, as Shopify does not allow replies: I did respond to your emails—"No thank you, please close my account" is a clear response. I'm not interested in a promotional offer, especially one limited to 12 months. You also asked which service I switched to. That’s not information I’m obligated to share. As a provider, it's your responsibility to understand the competitive landscape. Additionally, your platform only supports hosting up to 250 files, which does not accommodate larger businesses like mine. For years now, my files haven’t been hosted directly on SendOwl—only links have been provided. So no, your service does not offer true file hosting at scale. _________ Based on the reviews here, it’s clear we’re not the only company frustrated with SendOwl. We've used SendOwl as a backup to Digital Downloads for the past 10 years at our grandfathered rate of $29/month. Recently, we received just 30 days’ notice that our rate would be adjusted to be "in line with similar apps." I didn’t expect the increase to be so extreme — our new rate is $599/month, a staggering 1965% jump. This is nowhere near competitive with other apps. The most frustrating part is that SendOwl won't actually host my files — they only host links to my files. Meanwhile, other apps host the actual content. So not only am I paying more, but I’m getting less compared to what other platforms offer. Fortunately, this has motivated us to move to self-hosting for a fraction of the cost. Not a good look, SendOwl.
Developer reply ·
We appreciate your candid feedback and understand that changes to pricing can be challenging. This adjustment marks our first price increase in over 15 years. During this time, we've maintained legacy plans to support our long-standing customers. However, to continue providing reliable and scalable services, it became necessary to realign our pricing structure. Shopify App Store While we cannot discuss specific account details due to privacy considerations, we can share that our new rates are competitively positioned. In fact, I personally managed your support tickets and when evaluating the relative fee based on a percentage of sales (note: our SaaS pricing does not actually charge a % of sales or per order fee, it is all inclusive on those regards), our pricing is approximately one-tenth the cost of a key larger competitor. Regarding file hosting, we offer both hosted and self-hosted options to provide flexibility based on your preferences. Choosing to self-host is a feature available for your convenience, not a requirement imposed by our platform. We also want to note that we reached out to discuss your specific account details and explore potential solutions. Unfortunately, we did not receive a response to engage in a productive conversation. Our support team remains available and willing to work with you to find a suitable path forward. We value your business and wish you the best of luck going forward.
Zooomy has been seamless for our store for well over a year now. Anytime I need help they are super quick to respond and know what we did incorrectly. Great app! Customers have no issues.
I have used digital downloads for YEARS. For the past few months I’ve experienced numerous issues with my customers not being able to download their orders. I can’t get into products to attach files as well. Service has been not helpful. No explanation. No we will fix it etc. The last support email suggested I switch to a different provider. If only that was so easy when you have 1000+ digital files to MOVE. So upsetting.
Developer reply ·
Hi, there. Thanks for taking the time to leave your review here with us. I'm sorry to hear of the recent issues you're experiencing with our Digital Downloads app, along with the negative experience you've had with our internal support team. I apologize if the Support Advisor you were speaking with initially didn't offer the proper support that you were looking for. While I know that your initial attempt at contacting our team wasn't ideal, we'd love to have another try at assisting you. To do this however, we would need you to reach out to our live support team so that we can authenticate you against the correct store, in order to securely access your account and help investigate the issues in more detail. I understand that you may have reservations about contacting our live support team once more, though I can assure you that all of our team members intend to help as best as we can. So from here, please login to your store on our Help Center: https://shopify.link/VRd6 to start the contact process. Just a note that it'll be helpful if you can share specific examples or screenshots of the errors that both you and your customers are seeing, to help our live support team effectively proceed with the most appropriate troubleshooting on your account. Thanks! -Kimi, Shopify Support
Coming back to edit my review. Ezra contacted my store after our review. He was apologetic and had made an error in responding to our email. We moved forward and he developed coding for SendOwl to intergrade with Customer Hub. It works perfectly and I am pleased to be using this app. If you deliver digital goods and need a 'download here' link in your account area reach out to them! Thank you! I emailed Customer Hub with questions on how to add coding for my downloads. They never responded to my emails for help. So I removed the app before I was charged. I would expect a response from an app within 7 days. What if I had a pressing issue and needed an answer?
Developer reply ·
Hi, thanks so much for the feedback and so sorry you had a bad experience. I went back through our emails and found your email to us. I unfortunately closed the case because of the auto-reply attached and didn't see the question above. We've put in place a new process so that can't happen again and I've replied to your email as well as reset your trial of the app. We also agree and would expect a response within 7 days and always aim to reply much faster than that. We've love it if you'd consider re-installing the app and letting us help with your initial inquiry as well as any others you might have. Looking forward to hearing from you. Ezra
Great app, does what I need. Raj was quick to answer and help me with some code adjustments. Highly recommend.
