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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    ShipperHQ

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/AShipperHQ is designed to streamline the shipping process for eCommerce businesses. This platform gives eCommerce businesses the power to set their own shipping rates and delivery options.N/A
    Pricing
    PodiaShipperHQ
    Editions & Modules
    Mover
    $39.00
    per month
    Shaker
    $79.00
    per month
    Essentials Plan
    Contact Vendor
    month
    Standard Plan
    Contact Vendor
    month
    Pro Plan
    Contact Vendor
    month
    Enterprise
    Contact Vendor
    month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    PodiaShipperHQ
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$250 hour
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Features
    PodiaShipperHQ
    Online Storefront
    Comparison of Online Storefront features of Podia and ShipperHQ
    Feature
    Podia
    8.1
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    ShipperHQ
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    25% above category average
    Product catalog & listings8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Bulk product upload8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Branding8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile storefront8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Product variations8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Website integration8.02 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Visual customization8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    CMS8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Shopping Cart
    Comparison of Online Shopping Cart features of Podia and ShipperHQ
    Feature
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% above category average
    ShipperHQ
    -
    Ratings
    Abandoned cart recovery8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Checkout user experience8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Payment System
    Comparison of Online Payment System features of Podia and ShipperHQ
    Feature
    Podia
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    4% below category average
    ShipperHQ
    -
    Ratings
    eCommerce security8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Marketing
    Comparison of eCommerce Marketing features of Podia and ShipperHQ
    Feature
    Podia
    7.0
    2 Ratings
    9% below category average
    ShipperHQ
    -
    Ratings
    Promotions & discounts9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    SEO5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    eCommerce Business Management
    Comparison of eCommerce Business Management features of Podia and ShipperHQ
    Feature
    Podia
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    1% below category average
    ShipperHQ
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Order processing8.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom functionality8.01 Ratings5.92 Ratings
    Shipping00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Shopify
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    IBM Digital Commerce
    Score9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    PodiaShipperHQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    8.9
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    PodiaShipperHQ
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    ShipperHQ (WebShopApps)
    ShipperHQ is almost too heavy-handed for our use case. We are only a single-origin shipper so we don't need the advanced functionality of multi-origin or drop-shipping. It is suited much better for organizations that have multiple origins or that use drop-ship facilities, or even a company managing multiple different eCommerce websites. We opted to go with it because of its great reviews, combined with less than stellar reviews of the competition.
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    Pros
    Podia
    • Emails
    • Course hosting
    • Website creation
    • Website chat
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    ShipperHQ (WebShopApps)
    • It is easy to batch process orders.
    • It quickly calculates rates to compare.
    • It is easy to keep track of orders for future review.
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    Cons
    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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    ShipperHQ (WebShopApps)
    • The user interface is a little tricky. It is not as easy to navigate as other shipping apps.
    • I wish that ShipperHQ had the functionality to print shipping labels and manage shipments. We currently have to use a different third-party app for shipment management.
    • I would also like to see the option for adding shipping rules if shipping management was integrated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Podia
    No answers on this topic
    ShipperHQ (WebShopApps)
    I give ShipperHQ a 10/10 because the software does exactly what it says, and has a rock-solid support team to help get everything set up. The features are pretty easy to use and implement.
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    Usability
    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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    ShipperHQ (WebShopApps)
    I'm not giving a 10/10 because I did need a little hand-holding to get through the initial setup. Overall, it's not that difficult to use once you understand how to apply custom dimensional rules.
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    Support Rating
    Podia
    No answers on this topic
    ShipperHQ (WebShopApps)
    Their support is the primary reason I elected to purchase a premium. They helped a lot with the initial set up.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    ShipperHQ (WebShopApps)
    USPS only allows you to use their services (obviously). It was sluggish and often offline. The shipsaver insurance saves us money. We had to guess shipping costs for items instead of entering their weights and sizes ahead of time. It integrates with our e-commerce site. Glad we have it now.
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    Return on Investment
    Podia
    • It was the 1st system I used to launch my buisness and we did 100k within 2 yrs
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    ShipperHQ (WebShopApps)
    • ShipperHQ is reliable and requires little to no maintenance, which for a small crew like ours is invaluable.
    • ShipperHQ also offers the option to display either retail shipping rates or our discounted rates to our customers. This is handy because we can display those discounted rates, which results in higher conversion and fewer abandoned carts due to high shipping costs.
    • One negative, however, is that since ShipperHQ lacks the ability to manage shipments, we have had to use another third party app which increases overhead.
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