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    Pelcro

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/APelcro provides users with what they need to run a membership and subscription business. Leverage out of the box user flows for authentication, authorization, payments, shipping, and more. Built with developers in mind Pelcro's platform features robust APIs and SDKs on web and mobile for ultimate flexibility.

    $99

    WooCommerce Subscriptions

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AWooCommerce Subscriptions is a premium extension for WooCommerce which supports recurring payments and subscription-based services and products.N/A
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    PelcroWooCommerce Subscriptions
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $99.00
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PelcroWooCommerce Subscriptions
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    PelcroWooCommerce Subscriptions
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    User Ratings
    PelcroWooCommerce Subscriptions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.9
    (8 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    PelcroWooCommerce Subscriptions
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pelcro Inc.
    The platform is well-suited for managing recurring subscriptions, offering flexible pricing models, and integrating with websites and apps for a seamless user experience. It excels in handling complex billing needs, such as tiered subscriptions or trial periods. However, it may be less appropriate for eCommerce businesses focused on one-off purchases, as its strengths lie in subscription-based models rather than traditional retail transactions.
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    Automattic
    WooCommerce Subscriptions is a solid option for WordPress based eCommerce sites, particularly if you are already using WooCommerce as your eCommerce platform. It works for simple subscriptions, allows for customization in terms of email notifications, pricing, coupons, etc. It obviously would not be a good fit for non-WordPress websites, and it may be too much if all you need are very simple subscription plans.
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    Pros
    Pelcro Inc.
    • Subscription Management
    • Strong Front End Customer Experience
    • Simple to use interface
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    Automattic
    • Recurring payments
    • Dunning / retrying of payments if it fails the first time
    • Automatically removing access if payments fail
    • Keeping records of who is on which subscription
    • Users can manage their own subscription
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    Cons
    Pelcro Inc.
    • more option for ecommerce
    • simplifying reporting across all areas
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    Automattic
    • Better syncing to ActiveCampaign for renewal reminders
    • Make it easier for clients to update their credit cards and have it automatically apply to all subscriptions
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Pelcro Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Automattic
    We are very likely to renew our Woo Commerce subscriptions add on. We are dedicated to WordPress and plan to grow our business significantly. Woo Commerce subscriptions enables us to manage and extend our subscription revenue easily. We did not have this a few years ago and we have seen the uplift in revenue from using it!
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    Usability
    Pelcro Inc.
    It has put us in a better position then where we were before.
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    Automattic
    I like almost everything about WooCommerce Subscriptions EXCEPT one of the main reasons we started using it has never worked out. When we started this subscription box company, I discovered that it was difficult to track how many of each unique product we needed to order to fulfill subscriptions. In my naivete, I thought it was a simple task . 4 years later, I have recently developed my own custom solution (after learning 5 different programming languages) and I now use the WooCommerce and WooCommerce Subscriptions API to get the data I need from the store en masse. Basically, I offer multiple selections that customers can make as part of their subscriptions. WooCommerce does not offer totals or reports for anything up that is not tracked using a 'variation ID' which you have to manually generate. My products have 80 or so variations per product sometimes and the WooCommerce system was actually a little buggy when I tried setting them all up at once so I gave up. Now I know that without that info, the selections in orders are treated as metadata and handled almost as if they are not relevant to the order
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    Support Rating
    Pelcro Inc.
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    Automattic
    The ticketing system of WooCommerce and WooCommerce Subscriptions is not state of the art. I wish it were an intercom type of support, But I honestly very rarely need support so it's partially a non-issue. Documentation is also very good so it preemptively addresses things that you might typically need support on. One thing I hate about WooCommerce plugins' support MO is that you're always asked to reset to the standard WP theme and deactivate all plugins, which is near impossible to do in a production environment. So their preliminary steps for offering support are highly onerous.
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    Implementation Rating
    Pelcro Inc.
    No answers on this topic
    Automattic
    It was a smooth and easy implementation for us. Downloaded the add-on and made a few integrations to salesforce and shipstation and we were up and running within a day
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pelcro Inc.
    Price and ability to work within our current tech stack.
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    Automattic
    We liked that WooCommerce Subscriptions was easier to implement, use, and (slightly) modify over Shopify's subscription model. We can implement and grow Wordpress and WooCommerce (with subscriptions) on our micro-sites fairly quickly and without much long term hassle. The UI is pretty easy to navigate, and the code is a bit simpler than Shopify's (from what we reviewed).
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    Return on Investment
    Pelcro Inc.
    • ability to offer multi currency
    • streamlined workflows
    • better visibility of data
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    Automattic
    • Increased recurring monthly/yearly revenue
    • Decreased time spent managing billing and subscriptions manually
    • Eliminated manual onboarding time, creating accounts by hand, etc.
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