ChannelReply, from Threecolts, is a channel management solution that allows ecommerce sellers to integrate channel communications (e.g. Amazon) into an integrated help desk software so that queries and order data from marketplaces can be viewed from a single location.
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QuickBooks Commerce
Score 7.2 out of 10
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QuickBooks Commerce (formerly TradeGecko) is a cloud-based Order and Supply Chain Management platform. TradeGecko was acquired by Intuit QuickBooks in August 2020, and plans to sunset the resulting product were announced June 2021 (it will be discontinued as a standalone product in June, 2022).
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Monthly and yearly subscriptions available to meet your business' needs. Cancel at anytime.
Basic - $99/month
Business - $249/month
Business Premium - $449/month
Enterprise - $999/month
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ChannelReply
QuickBooks Commerce
Inventory Management
Comparison of Inventory Management features of Product A and Product B
When you receive a message from a marketplace ChannelReply relays it to your help desk. When you reply to the messages it carries them to the marketplace's inbox. The automated scenarios do not work for this application. I need automated messages for some scenarios, however the application cannot provide such a feature.
Using TradeGecko requires to the company to make compromises. Which compromises depends on the business, what they are using for other 3rd party applications and what they sell. You need to be very good with excel since you are able to upload and modify most files, which gives you major control over your data. They however need to modify the way in which new inventory items get loaded, as it is quite awkward if you use variants. 'Reports' as has been described prior has improved dramatically and most if not all can be downloaded in CSV/Excel format. This allows you to build your own reports with the data from the system. If your business is very complex in nature, TradeGecko probably isn't the system for you. If you are doing thousands of transactions a day, again this is not the system. However, if you are a small to smaller mid-sized business, the system, its cost and the 3rd party applications make it worth a first second and third look.
- Couldn't integrate with existing QBO account. Had to set up a new QBO account and transfer all data, create lots of journal entries - was very time-consuming and labor-intensive. Caused some financial discrepancies to resolve.
- Have to process returns on Amazon and Shopify orders manually
- Tax-inclusive is not allowed - European sales are tax inclusive - can't import order with VAT included. Looks like the software is suitable for US only. Have to create such orders manually in Commerce and then manual journal entries in QBO
- Supports accrual accounting method only. In cash - it's a mess
- Support - not knowledgeable enough - I could only call for support (now they have chat) and they always had to get with the back-end and every call was not less than 1 hour. At the end I would get a link for the training materials
- Inventory not synching timely sometimes - I have a screenshot proving that inventory on our Amazon account was 0 but Commerce still had quantities, I had to manually press synch
- Shipping line from Shopify orders is not coded to Shipping income account but goes together with Sales of product income account
- When partial of the PO is received, not able to create a bill for the partial. There're only 2 settings: either bill created at the time of PO creation (for the whole PO amount - which increases your AP right away) or at the time the whole PO received. It works only when PO is shipped as a whole.
I highly recommend this application because it communicate the marketplace to you help desk so you do not need further agent seat on the marketplace dashboard. It provides easy usage. I did not give 10 points because it needs some improvement like automated messages. Its analytics would be great if it provides detailed statistics.
Actually, both software are not rival systems. They complete each other. I use both of them to contact the different inboxes. ChannelReply is not the primary system that you can communicate with the customers. On the other hand, if you do not use it you can lost some of the emails that are sent from the marketplaces.
Each of the applications has a specific place. We select and implement the best solutions for our clients based on their budget and requirements. This is often determined by integration requirements. We like to say that every application with do a different 95% of what you need it to. There will always be a different 5% to forgo between applications.
