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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Customer Focus

    Score9.6 out of 10
    N/ACustomer Focus is solution that includes order management, inventory management, warehousing, CMS, E-mail marketing, CRM, and general accounting functions. E-Commerce web stores are also included in the solution.

    $50

    # of stores and users

    Podia

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/APodia in New York offers their ecommerce platform for managing memberships and selling courses online.

    $39

    per month

    Pricing
    Customer FocusPodia
    Editions & Modules
    Standard
    $50
    # of stores and users
    Ultimate
    $99
    # of stores and users
    Mover
    $39.00
    per month
    Shaker
    $79.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Customer FocusPodia
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup Fee$249 Site setup and trainingNo setup fee
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    Features
    Customer FocusPodia
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Customer Focus and Podia
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Podia
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Product catalog & listings9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product management9.01 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Bulk product upload10.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Branding9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product variations9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Website integration10.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Visual customization9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    CMS9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Customer Focus and Podia
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Checkout user experience9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Customer Focus and Podia
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Podia
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Personalized recommendations9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO7.01 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Promotions & discounts00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Customer Focus and Podia
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Podia
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Shipping9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality9.01 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Order processing00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Customer Focus and Podia
    Feature
    Customer Focus
    -
    Ratings
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
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    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Customer FocusPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Customer FocusPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    Today, with a globalized competition and without truce, a company must evaluate and take into account its size, and use this to analyze which of the tools available in the market is more suited to their needs. If it is a small company, you can improve your customer service by incorporating a chat. But a company of national level must evaluate other aspects like: marketing, tastes, preferences, tendencies, etc. To achieve the effective management of relationships with our customers, this technology provides us with effective tools and easy access.
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    Podia
    In my experience, Podia has been well suited in every way! I am a small company with a couple of independent contractors, and I don't know how to build my own website. I am not very techy. I get lots of compliments on how my website looks! I have had some people support me with setting up my group emails for my email list and setting up automations, and these techy people complained that they needed to do more customization in the email formatting and programming, so I switched to Mailchimp for those needs. Otherwise, I have been very happy with Podia and I am grateful to have a platform that offers so many services/features. It's affordable and user friendly. My clients and students are happy using it, too
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    Pros
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    • Facilitates the interaction between the company and customers, through various communication channels, thanks to the storage of information of interest, such as the needs and preferences for products or services.
    • Access data of interest (about the clients, their histories, products, prices, etc.,) from any place with access to the internet
    • An extensive knowledge about the clients allows the company to present commercial offers adapted to their needs, so the income is also higher, through a lower sales cycle. The CRM allows to enhance sales and marketing functions.
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    Podia
    • Emails
    • Course hosting
    • Website creation
    • Website chat
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    • Cost is always an element to consider when purchasing a computer solution, both for the purchase of the software and for its maintenance, many forget about the ongoing support costs that come with software.
    • Many systems are backed up automatically through the cloud or through some other solution, but not all. So there is a good chance that the data will be lost. it is therefore necessary to take the safe backup forecasts in the event of any unforeseen occurrence and cause us an unpleasant surprise.
    • There is a difference between being served by a real person when making a phone call, to an automated attention system. Sometimes it is good to make the tasks more automatic, but it is also good to have a little personalized help to avoid losing the human value of relationships.
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    Podia
    • I sometimes wish there was more that I could customize on my website and digital programs
    • I wish their email service (for broadcasts/group emails) had more features and customization
    • I would like to use my brand font
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    Usability
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Podia
    It has a great user interface, it's fast to edit and create courses, to edit and create emails, to find chats, to develop the website. Support has been friendly and I haven't found anything that hasn't worked. It also has basically all the tools you need outside if a complete blog platform
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    Alternatives Considered
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    Sales management is based on the management of customer relationships and must be centralized so that its analysis is effective. The data that is collected must be available for the generation of statistics for decision making by the directory. This tool allows us to generate the necessary data to generate results, save time and production cost. The other products did not fit our objectives.
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    Podia
    Kajabi had lots of features all in one place. I liked their digital course creator program. I liked the ease of their their membership site program/host, too. It had an app for my clients to use. There were some problems with not being able to customize the look of pages, but they allowed coding/programming if you had training, so I sometimes hired someone to do that for me. I couldn't figure out how to use their website builder, so I didn't do much there. When it came down to it, I could use Podia and it was cheaper and easier to use. GoDaddy was my website host for a few years. I did a lot on there. It was my website builder and host and I liked it. It was easy to use. My website looked great. It had more features than Podia with blogging and connecting to social media. I had a storefront but it wasn't great for selling digital products. Back then, it wanted to show my inventory and shipping options, which don't apply for services and digital products. I did a little with my digital courses on there, but in the end, I liked other sites better for this. It didn't work out. Weebly was just a starting point for me when I create my first digital course. I liked how it looked and it was easy to build, but there are better options for this sort of thing now.
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    Return on Investment
    Customer Focus, Inc.
    • With the information available, about the clients, the company can know and segment the markets and develop effective and successful marketing campaigns.
    • With the information the employee can develop more personalized relationships with the client.
    • This customer service tool facilitated the administrative processes of sales to achieve higher performance and better results in the company.
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    Podia
    • It was the 1st system I used to launch my buisness and we did 100k within 2 yrs
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