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    Cratejoy

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ACratejoy is an online subscription billing solution that provides clients with features such as a website builder to create a subscription store, flexible product options, customer accounts, and inventory management. In addition to the traditional subscription billing and eCommerce features, Cratejoy also provides search engine optimization, email and social media marketing, and robust diverse analytics reporting.N/A

    Vindicia Retain

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AVindicia's (formerly CashBox) subscription billing and one-time transactions billing platform consists of a billing system where merchants can define billing plans, issue refunds, create payment retry schedules.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    1.2
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    Support Rating
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cratejoy
    I will not recommend Cratejoy to anyone I know because I had a very poor experience with them. Initially, in my research, I had contacted Cratejoy to understand their platform more. I was led to believe that selling on their 'marketplace' would allow me to take advantage of a lower selling fee. We discussed how I would set up my shop and they assured me that it was done correctly so I would pay the lower amount. It took me over a year to realize I was paying the higher fee, which is about 10 times higher than the lower one. Fees are not listed anywhere in the Cratejoy administrative panels. They are not being emailed and there is no information about them anywhere UNLESS you think to go into your payment processor and look at individual transactions. Clearly, it's my responsibility to look at these things and see why the math is not adding up. However, at the time I signed up this information was not clear and I was given incorrect answers to my questions. I was operating on an assumption that took me a long time to realize and ended up costing me thousands in fees.
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    Vindicia
    This presents the customers with a customized invoice, it does manage a lot of attributes. The prices and dates with the entitlements and so forth. This also includes a great feature it will configure the invoice by fields with, clients, products, and a billing plan. I do enjoy that you can send the invoices and notifications automatically with the schedule that I have chosen. It is a great product, it ensures that the outstanding balances are accounted for and billed appropriately I do not really have any negative feedback on this product.
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    Pros
    Cratejoy
    • Markets your boxes in their marketplace
    • Sets up shipping so it's easier and cheaper
    • Helps get your online subscription boxes started
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    Vindicia
    • It helps with revenue renewal recovery
    • It conducts recovery across multiple currencies
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    Cons
    Cratejoy
    • Fees
    • Transparency
    • Customer service
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    Vindicia
    • Some of the functions are hard to use at first, not sure how to use them. You do get a hang of it after a while.
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    Support Rating
    Cratejoy
    Whether it be their upper management or their customer support crew, they have always acted and treated me like they care. Probably because we make them a lot of money, but nonetheless they do a great job whenever any issue comes up. I even met them in person!
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    Vindicia
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cratejoy
    Cratejoy streamlines the process so there's less to figure out on your own.
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    Vindicia
    We selected Vindicia since they were one of the only providers who could run a proof of concept test. The other providers were asking for exorbitant sums of money and good faith to show the results would increase.
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    Return on Investment
    Cratejoy
    • Lots of sales!
    • 10% commission paid to them
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    Vindicia
    • This product does have some kinks, yet I believe they are working on fixing them, I have had the software slow down and sometimes freeze.
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