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    Impact

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AImpact Radius is a partner management platform from the company of the same name in Santa Barbara, California. The platform touts tag management without technical assistance for marketers, tracking of all media channels for multi-channel and mobile marketing, call tracking for inbound calls, and affiliate / partner program management capabilities. Central to the platform is the Partner Manager, with its pay-for-performance affiliate management capabilities.N/A

    Rithum

    Score6.2 out of 10
    N/ARithum is a commerce network that helps brands, suppliers, and retailers work together to deliver connected e-commerce experiences. The Rithum platform helps brands and retailers accelerate growth, optimize channel operations, and scale product offerings.N/A
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    ImpactRithum
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
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    Impact
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    85%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    19 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    77%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    79%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    ImpactRithum
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Impact and Rithum
    Feature
    Impact
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Rithum
    -
    Ratings
    Dashboards7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Standard reports7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom reports7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Partner performance analytics7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Management Capabilties
    Comparison of Content Management Capabilties features of Impact and Rithum
    Feature
    Impact
    6.6
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Rithum
    -
    Ratings
    Content management6.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content sharing7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Partner collaboration tools7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Partner Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Partner Lifecycle Management features of Impact and Rithum
    Feature
    Impact
    6.4
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Rithum
    -
    Ratings
    Lead distribution6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Co-op advertising6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Partner discovery and onboarding7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Referral tracking6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Journey builder7.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    ImpactRithum
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.9
    (21 ratings)
    1.0
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Support Rating
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ImpactRithum
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Impact
    Any publisher looking to monetize their blogs would be a great fit. The size of the publisher probably doesn't matter. They have a wide selection of advertisers and publishers can sign up for free. Advertisers that are looking for great partners for their affiliate programs would be good fits. One of the benefits is that Impact really focuses on recruiting high-quality publishers.
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    Rithum
    Excellent for marketplace sellers with a lot of products - or those with a high turnover of SKUs. Not well suited to the small seller with only a few SKUs to promote. Also probably not suited to someone who only cares about a single marketplace. The real strength of it comes from managing multiple marketplaces through a single system.
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    Pros
    Impact
    • There are no hidden charges and tracking is instant and automated.
    • As an affiliate, Finding relevant offers and managing the programs is quite easy.
    • It has a great user interface which is quite easy to use and manage.
    • There is nearly zero downtime, which makes it much more efficient and reliable.
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    Rithum
    • Complex, Yet Simple Navigational Interface: ChannelAdvisor is a beast, but navigating through their platform is relatively straightforward. The overall heirarchy is very well put together.
    • One Feed to Rule Them All: With ChannelAdvisor, all we have to do is connect our inventory to their system once. Instead of having to construct and connect dozens of different product feeds to our internal inventory system, we simply connect to ChannelAdvisor and use the same single feed to build out all others' website templates.
    • Product Mapping Made Easy: Mapping product attribute data across a multitude of unique online marketplaces and digital marketing sites can seem like a daunting task. ChannelAdvisor does a great job of simplifying this process, providing easy-to-understand and manage feed templates containing helpful descriptions and categorization.
    • Business Rules and Lookup Lists: I use these all the time when "transforming" our raw inventory data to the specifications of any given feed. They are extremely helpful and super easy to build.
    • Efficient Product Optimization: Instead of having to deal with the time-consuming task of making minute changes to thousands and thousands of skus, ChannelAdvisor allows you to automate these changes in a matter of minutes. It's much more scalable for our business.
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    Cons
    Impact
    • User interface could be improved a little, as it is a quite difficult task to find the content or links
    • Approval from the advertisers sometimes takes a huge amount of time. If they can somehow reduce the response time, it will be great
    • New affiliates might find the onboarding process a little difficult
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    Rithum
    • Lack of customization, documentation, tutorials, support for the premium webstore
    • Lack of innovation. My client was told that the basic web store was being replace by the premium web store so they needed to upgrade. In my opinion the basic web store was actually much more flexible and robust than the premium web store. Now (it has been less than 2 years) they are making my client switch from the premium web store to "Shopify" and they are charging more money for this. My client was charged to upgrade each time and the process to upgrade was expensive, time consuming, and very convoluted. ChannelAdvisor needs to invest in their technology and migrate data for ChannelAdvisor changes technology. But the experience as an end user is very frustrating since the way of doing things keep changing and not always for the better result for the customer.
    • Channel Advisor needs better support. Help Desk, knowledge base, etc. there are a lot of things you can do with ChannelAdvisor but it is my experience that nothing is very straight forward and there are many different potential problems you will run into and ChannelAdvisor points the finger at "Google" or "Amazon" or "Ebay" instead of helping solve a problem from end to end.
    • It is quite expensive for what it does. I would not have advised my customer to use their product but they were so entrenched that they had no other choice.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Impact
    No answers on this topic
    Rithum
    Without ChannelAdvisor, our business wouldn't be where it is today so the idea of NOT renewing is out of the question. By not renewing we would have to hire more employees and have more of a workload for existing employees. By keeping costs low and employees effecient we have been able to grow exponentially.
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    Usability
    Impact
    Impact has had a major impact on our business. It is pretty easy to use if you don't have multiple accounts with them, so be sure you keep things streamlined. Otherwise, it can be confusing if you have to bounce between different accounts you've applied to. While they are managed under a single login, they can be difficult to distinguish between when trying to see how successful your campaigns are.
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    Rithum
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Impact
    We've been reaching out requesting support for two months and no one has responded. They completely ghosted us. We've emailed the original sales rep, our account manager, our sales rep and account manager's bosses, and others. Still no response, though I can see the emails have been opened multiple times. I've never experienced worse support.
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    Rithum
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Impact
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    Rithum
    Better control of scope between the resources on both sides involved would allow for better change management.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Impact
    First promoter has been a phenomenal affiliate platform to use. It has everything I need from a reporting perspective. It has everything I need from a payout perspective. It has all the links, tips, and tools I need for promoting products. Overall it is a far better tool to use
    Incentivized
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    Rithum
    Our brand is growing online at a rapid clip, and we wanted a platform that would scale accordingly. The feature that really sold us was the automatic workflows. If we want a certain type of product that's going to a customer in a certain state to ship a certain way, we could make that happen automatically without any human touch! Wow!
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Impact
    • By using Impact we were able to increase the number of advertisers on our platform.
    • Delayed payments on the part of advertisers or Impact creates so many execution issues.
    • Multi regional campaigns helped us to increase our presens in the market.
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    Rithum
    • This is an expensive tool that takes time to implement properly. You have to be ready to absorb costs and in downtime not selling.
    • Once set up well, it has some advantages that help with sale increases and fewer headaches.
    • We now use the same amount of people but have absorbed about 25% more business coming in.
    Incentivized
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