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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    EvolutionX

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AEvolutionX is a B2B ecommerce solution from ECI Software Solutions, built for distributors, manufacturers, and wholesalers in markets including business supplies, industrial, electrical, plumbing, gas and welding, and medical supplies.N/A

    inkFrog

    Score5.9 out of 10
    N/AinkFrog headquartered in Phoenix provides auction management and ecommerce listing software for vendors selling through major ecommerce platforms (e.g. Amazon, eBay, etc.).

    $11

    per month 300 listings

    Pricing
    EvolutionXinkFrog
    Editions & Modules
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    Free
    $0
    10 listings
    Small
    $11
    per month 300 listings
    Basic
    $19
    per month 1500 listings
    Professional
    $29
    per month Unlimited listings
    Entrepreneur
    $49
    per month Unlimited listings
    Premium
    $79
    per month Unlimited listings
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    EvolutionXinkFrog
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThe cost of EvolutionX varies based on a number of factors including the scope of implementation, company size, desired integrations, and customizations. The best way to receive an accurate quote is to schedule an EvolutionX demo.—
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    Community Pulse
    EvolutionXinkFrog
    Considered Both Products
    ECI Software Solutions
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    inkFrog
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    89%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    95%
    Delivers good value for the price
    18 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    EvolutionXinkFrog
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of EvolutionX and inkFrog
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    7.4
    19 Ratings
    5% below category average
    inkFrog
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Product catalog & listings8.219 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Product management7.419 Ratings6.53 Ratings
    Bulk product upload7.118 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    Branding7.418 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Mobile storefront7.117 Ratings9.62 Ratings
    Product variations7.118 Ratings5.53 Ratings
    Website integration7.816 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Visual customization7.418 Ratings8.73 Ratings
    CMS7.114 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of EvolutionX and inkFrog
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    6.8
    17 Ratings
    12% below category average
    inkFrog
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Abandoned cart recovery6.916 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience6.717 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of EvolutionX and inkFrog
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    8.3
    15 Ratings
    1% below category average
    inkFrog
    9.4
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    eCommerce security8.315 Ratings9.42 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of EvolutionX and inkFrog
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    6.9
    18 Ratings
    11% below category average
    inkFrog
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Promotions & discounts7.017 Ratings5.42 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations6.216 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    SEO7.517 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of EvolutionX and inkFrog
    Feature
    EvolutionX
    7.3
    17 Ratings
    10% below category average
    inkFrog
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Multi-site management8.610 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Order processing7.417 Ratings4.73 Ratings
    Inventory management6.714 Ratings5.23 Ratings
    Shipping6.015 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Custom functionality7.917 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    EvolutionXinkFrog
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    Ecwid by Lightspeed
    Score10 out of 10
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    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    EvolutionXinkFrog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (19 ratings)
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    EvolutionXinkFrog
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ECI Software Solutions
    EvolutionX is great at getting a large catalog online in a hurry. Though the editing may take some time, the pull is a great feature to get you started. EvolutionX will give you the most professional looking site right out of the gate vs the competitors we have viewed. The person assigned to your account is a nice benefit and are very helpful and efficient this is an even bigger plus for those with no coding experience. EvolutionX may not be the best option for a small business, though the website may make you look like the big dogs it doesn't function as well yet. The cost of the service is high compared to what the customer gets from it after the initial set up and is the main reason why this isnt the best solution for a small business. It would be nice to see the price to be able to scale down or up in price with how well the site is doing after a set amount of time.
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    inkFrog
    Inkfrog is a useful upload tool for adding stock from your website to eBay and now also to Amazon, although we don't sell via the latter and we only list to eBay UK. I think it works better as an upload tool than an all-in-one eBay shop management tool and some tasks are easier to do directly on eBay itself. eBay also offers insights - such as offering trending prices - that Inkfrog doesn't. However it is useful in terms of being able to bulk adjust item pricing to include the cost of eBay selling fees. Inkfrog is probably ideal if you have a recognisable product to sell - with our offering it struggles with mapping shop categories (we use lots of sub and sub-sub-categories). Certain listing capabilities cannot be reproduced, such as quantity discounts, and I've never got to grips with mapping products with options and variations, so a lot is left out of our full inventory. Ultimately you will still need to find some time in your day to manage your eBay store - Inkfrog is not 100% reliable sometimes. Inkfrog will also take some of your time and a lot of patience, but ultimately is a huge timesaver for uploading products so it is worthwhile.
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    Pros
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Very easy to onboard products
    • Pricing updates are easy due to bulk editing (export to excel -> import back to EvoX)
    • It's easy to run promotions / sales with just a few clicks
    • SEO options with ready to grab site map
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    inkFrog
    • inkFrog handles product variants really well. Their platform pulls the SKUs and information directly from BigCommerce and then lets me easily customize each variant with different pictures which is really helpful.
    • It also makes adding multiple listings very easy. Since it imports the item specifics and description directly from BigCommerce I don't have to go through each listing one by one and I can just bulk upload our products onto eBay.
    • inkFrog also lets me set different templates for shipping, or profiles from different items and then I can apply those in bulk to items which saves a huge amount of time since I don't have to go through every item and change specifics.
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    Cons
    ECI Software Solutions
    • On the backend, it would be nice to be able to COPY a similar sku to edit and make its own - creating items takes too long
    • The option for drop downs for different colors / sizes / etc. could be nice
    • The ability to export pricing where you can see the cost too would be nice
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    inkFrog
    • The pre-built themes are really bad. Thankfully we don't have to use them and created our own.
    • The other issue regarding these themes is that they are locked behind a paywall and are a premium feature; subpar themes should not be charged to consumers.
    • InkFrog also connects with other marketplaces that we also sell on, such as Amazon. Unfortunately, it does not work as well with other marketplaces as it does with eBay, which is a shame since we would prefer to have it all in one place.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ECI Software Solutions
    It is a good platform with good customizable features for our customers.
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    inkFrog
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    ECI Software Solutions
    EvoX is a very user friendly platform, both for admin and customers. On the admin side, there are lots of KBs and videos to watch to learn more on the site and features of it. On the customer side, the features provided make it very easy for our customers. Quicklists are a feature we push to customers to make their ordering experience as easy as possible. B2B has a priority to make ordering as easy as possible, our customers are busy and need to place their orders quickly. If the customer cannot do that with your company, they will find one that does do that for them
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    inkFrog
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    Reliability and Availability
    ECI Software Solutions
    I havnt come across an issue like this since we’ve started using it.
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    inkFrog
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    Performance
    ECI Software Solutions
    Havnt seen any slowdowns.
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    inkFrog
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    ECI has always provided good support for us on EvoX. Weather it is via monthly conversations to the intercom system, EvoX is quick to respond and look into the issue. Our sales reps are also a huge support for us to contact on any major issues that may come up
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    inkFrog
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    In-Person Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    In-person training was not an option for us.
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    inkFrog
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    Online Training
    ECI Software Solutions
    Hard to remember specifics, but I think it was executed at a level where we were satisfied.
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    inkFrog
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    Implementation Rating
    ECI Software Solutions
    This project took some time for us to complete. Some of it was on our end with data cleanup, but overall I thought it went well.
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    inkFrog
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    Alternatives Considered
    ECI Software Solutions
    Evolution X feels better built specifically for our industry and helps to provide relevant supplier catalogues, it also opens us up to dialogue with new suppliers and partnerships to form around this. For instance our ACCO account has grown by x8 since we started adding their catalogue by Fusion Data via EVOX. PrestaShop is all added by spreadsheet and there is no pre-populated catalogue ready to add which means it relies on our in-house capabilities or the supplier to provide feeds to import which not many of them have
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    inkFrog
    We looked at Sellbrite. We really liked Sellbrite in view of its glowing reviews and integration with Etsy. However we didn't fully trial the program so I am not able to comment here more than to say that Inkfrog is by far the most economical option. We currently pay around $10 per month, whereas Sellbrite is nearly $50.
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    Scalability
    ECI Software Solutions
    10/10 is a hard rating for me to give, but I have been impressed with the scalability
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    inkFrog
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    Return on Investment
    ECI Software Solutions
    • Massive time savings for our AR Department as customers can now self-generate account statements, see past invoices, pay balances, etc.
    • Huge improvement for in-store customer service as our floor associates and reps can reference the website inventory to provide quick assistance to customers on their mobile devices.
    • Increased sales & revenue thanks to broader reach- most of our walk-in customers now start their shopping journey on our website to identify product availability and pricing.
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    inkFrog
    • Overall inkFrog has had a positive impact. It has really freed up huge amounts of time that would be normally spent manually managing eBay listings one by one.
    • It also has had a very positive impact by using the inventory management which again frees up huge amounts of time since I don't have to go through and manually manage all of our listings. We also do not oversell items anymore which is a giant plus.
    • inkFrog's template customization has also really really helped by making our listings much more aesthetically pleasing and more professional looking which builds a lot of trust with our eBay customers.
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    ScreenShots

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