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Are you still going with sparkpay? Checking them out now, do you think it's a better option then shopify?
Also, it might intergrate with MailCheat(Chimp),
https://www.sparkpay.com/MailCheat(Chimp)
Yes, I am going with Sparkpay. They do integrate with MailCheat(Chimp). They put mail chimp in their email section instead of their Apps section so I couldn't find it. LOL
Sparkpay has alot of challenges. There are some things that they did that make you scratch your head. BUT... You can pretty much mess with almost everything, so if you are HTML savvy you can customize it to your needs. Their support has been really good. I just call them and ask them a bunch of questions and they answer them and I fix my issues in real time.
I'm pretty much a Sparkpay backend expert now.
But I still can't figure out international shipping!!! They are telling me it's my USPS integration login and password and I need to call the USPS. I can't imagine calling USPS to ask them about technical integration questions.
Whether it's better than Shopify? I don't know.
But here is why I will never use Shopify:
- Lack of your own SSL URL checkout at the lower level subscriptions. That is just going backwards. This will lower your conversion rate. Not good for you.
- Forcing you to use Shopify payments or 2% fee. They are bleeding money from you guys and you don't even know it. You guys are paying .8% to .5% higher in fees per transaction. So if you are doing $100,000 a year, you are paying an extra $500-$800. Add that to your monthly bill and thats $40-$70 a month more! You are really paying +$100/mo to use Shopify because of this.
- Real-time carrier shipping only at $179/mo level? WTF, this is so basic that most $20/mo carts do this.
I just did a calculation and if I switched from BC to Shopify AND I wanted to keep all the same features, Shopify would cost me $840/mo to run 4 stores. Sparkpay is costing me $160/mo for 4 stores. It's a no brainer for me.
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