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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    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
    inkFrogPodia
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Mover
    $39.00
    per month
    Shaker
    $79.00
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    inkFrogPodia
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    inkFrogPodia
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of inkFrog and Podia
    Feature
    inkFrog
    8.3
    3 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Podia
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Product catalog & listings9.02 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product management6.53 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.73 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Branding9.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Mobile storefront9.62 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Product variations5.53 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Website integration7.43 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Visual customization8.73 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    CMS10.01 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of inkFrog and Podia
    Feature
    inkFrog
    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
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of inkFrog and Podia
    Feature
    inkFrog
    9.4
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    eCommerce security9.42 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of inkFrog and Podia
    Feature
    inkFrog
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Podia
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Promotions & discounts5.42 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Personalized recommendations9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO9.01 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of inkFrog and Podia
    Feature
    inkFrog
    6.4
    3 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Podia
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Multi-site management5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Order processing4.73 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Inventory management5.23 Ratings00 Ratings
    Shipping7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality10.02 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    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
    inkFrogPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.9
    (3 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    inkFrogPodia
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    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
    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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    Podia
    • Emails
    • Course hosting
    • Website creation
    • Website chat
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    Cons
    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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    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
    inkFrog
    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
    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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    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
    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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    Podia
    • It was the 1st system I used to launch my buisness and we did 100k within 2 yrs
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