Bananatag (discontinued) vs SalesHandy

Likelihood to Recommend

Bananatag is very well suited to creating messages that are going to be used on a regular basis but don't require much in the way of changing or amending. It is also a very handy platform to track sending emails and the watermarking technology is very handy. As far as range of designs compared to something like Mailchimp it doesn't compare well.

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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My first time contacting SalesHandy the person in live chat answered all of my questions and understood me. I was very happy. The second time the person didn't understand me at all. That's when I became aware this wasn't an American company. I asked for the same person I got the first time and we started e-mailing, but he clearly didn't read what I wrote on two occasions, so he wasn't addressing my questions. This started to waste my time and frustrate me. Then the e-mails stopped coming and I had to keep e-mailing again trying to get a response, until they finally stopped altogether. I was literally just about to sign up for a paid account when this all happened. I told them I was going to go to their competition, and they didn't care, they just ignored me.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Sales

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Pros

Easy to use and install, particularly with Gmail for business.
It has a simple feedback system, if a client reads an email, you get an emailed read receipt telling you the time of them doing so.
It runs in the background, is virtually undetectable and will not hinder any communication in the slightest.

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Chandler Elmore

Marketing Technologist

Full Cycle MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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The email drip campaign execution is simple to use and allows emails to be sent in 60-90seconds intervals which is very important when sending a big number of emails.
They have a very easy to understand customization fields that allow the user to view each individual email before sending to check for any potential errors.
Good integration of templates into the campaign set-up field with just a few clicks. Don't need to copy and paste.

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Sean Foo

Co-Founder / Principal

SpeechSilver LtdMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Cons

Changing the format/size of blocks.
The range/choice of blocks that can be used.

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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I am missing SalesHandy's integration with Box. Screen sharing and live presentation process can be made easier.

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myriam caron

Marketing Enterprainer

Mitra EnterpriseBusiness Supplies and Equipment, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

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Bananatag (discontinued) Editions & Modules

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Additional Pricing Details

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General

Free Trial

Yes

Free/Freemium Version

Yes

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Starting Price

$9 per user

SalesHandy Editions & Modules

Edition

Basic	$9¹
Pro	$20¹
Enterprise	$50¹

per user

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Usability

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SalesHandy 4.0

Based on 1 answer

I assume (I still can't be 100% sure) that if they had cared about my business, it would have worked for what I needed it to do, which was track open e-mails and clicked links.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Sales

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Performance

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SalesHandy 2.0

Based on 2 answers

Due to me using the software for very long and their terrible customer service, this is why I rated them low. I did notice that when sending e-mails it does take a while for the e-mail to go through, but then the e-mail hits the inbox very quickly. Also, their site and live chat did have problems. I mentioned this to them and they eventually fixed the live chat, but then they ignored the site issues I had which is when I opened two tabs, one tab would show one thing, and the other tab an entirely different thing within my account. It was very confusing and wasted my time trying to figure out if what I had done actually saved.

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Verified User

Vice-President in Sales

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Support Rating

Bananatag (discontinued) 3.0

Based on 2 answers

Have not really had many opportunities to use the support function but my experience was limited and a little bit clunky. It was not particularly responsive or helpful in terms of trying to resolve the query I was working on. I think the problem was solved by another member of the team that worked on designing their own template.

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Marc Duke

Marketing Consultant

Marc Duke ConsultingMarketing and Advertising, 1-10 employees

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Alternatives Considered

Bananatag is a free-standing application that plugs into your email service provider. As such, you do not need to be logged into another application to see the results or the real-time tracking of emails like you would with other email trackers. The free application is great if you just need to track a few outbound emails, but the paid plans offer a much more robust tracking service that would allow you to get any and all information you could desire from an email being tracked

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Chandler Elmore

Marketing Technologist

Full Cycle MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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I'm now searching for an alternative to SalesHandy

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Verified User

Vice-President in Sales

Financial Services Company, 1-10 employees

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Return on Investment

It has sped up communication with the client because you have insight into how they are receiving and looking at material you have sent them.
It has not had any negative impact on the business or our operations.

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Chandler Elmore

Marketing Technologist

Full Cycle MarketingMarketing and Advertising, 11-50 employees

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Lead generation increased
Sales Engagement saves a lot time

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Lindsey Ericson

Senior Sales Engineer

Sales Monk IncMarketing & Advertising, 201-500 employees

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