ChowNow vs. Kartra

The ChowNow platform is rock solid with daily use. It is easy to set up and train new staff. Lower pricing with competitors is the only reason for the 8 of 10

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Kartra is a great platform for a service-based business that needs a moderate cost solution and one-stop shop for their business needs. Kartra has a marketplace of professionals that can train and or get your services set up in the system. The access to Kartra experts is valuable since the platform does have a bit of a learning curve and is not user-friendly when just starting out.

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• menu updating
• receiving customer data
• adding photos to our menu
• submitting refunds/adjustments to customers

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• Email Marketing
• Sales Pages
• CRM
• Payment processor

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• Better structure of Pizza menus to ease 86 toppings
• The new interface could use some work. Smaller fonts make the "tickets" difficult to determine correct information. The system defaults to the last ticket time - The standard system was actually more accurate

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• Training and onboarding
• Customer Service
• Initial set up

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I push customers toward ChowNow instead of the references apps because of a) ChowNow has lower commission costs b) ChowNow gives customer data access c) ChowNow allows me to better issue refunds or adjustments. ChowNow however does not provide as much visibility to "new" potential customers. This is just my guess -- there are less average users on the ChowNow app on a nightly basis vs. the UberEats, DoorDash, Grubhubs of the world.

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I switched from Teachable to Karta. Teachable was at a lower price point but I found it harder to use and didn't provide all of the features the Kartra offers. I also experienced holding on to funds for a long period of time after a transaction has been completed. I'm happy that I switched.

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• Returning guests from the email campaigns
• Offering easy to use online ordering has increased sales

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• Great return on investment because you are able to get rid of many of the other programs you may be using.
• Access to Kartra experts to get you up to speed on how to use the platform is a great value added within the Kartra marketplace. You can also add your services to the marketplace.
• The CRM within Karta is top-notch. Allowing you to segment and tag your clients based on your own criteria.

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