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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ReferralCandy

    Score9.7 out of 10
    N/AReferralCandy is an email-based customer referral platform.

    $47

    per month

    RO Innovation

    Score7.1 out of 10
    N/AUpland RO Innovation automatically serves up the best customer references to elevate brand awareness and win more deals.N/A
    Pricing
    ReferralCandyRO Innovation
    Editions & Modules
    Premium
    $39
    per month
    Plus
    $239
    per month
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    Pricing Offerings
    ReferralCandyRO Innovation
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsPremium Plan: Starts at $39/month + up to 5% of Revenue generated by ReferralCandy Plus Plan: Starts at $239/month + 1.5% of Revenue generated by ReferralCandy—
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    ReferralCandyRO Innovation
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    Influitive
    Score8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ReferralCandyRO Innovation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    1.0
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ReferralCandyRO Innovation
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ReferralCandy
    ReferralCandy is overall a great tool that saves me time and money. Creating a referral program on your own is incredibly difficult and this tool allows for an automated system to send us an option to opt into the referral program. Their customer success team is very helpful and they're quick to get back to us when we have a question. We also love the ban feature when a customer abuses the referral program.
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    Upland Software
    BL is great is you're going from a manual process to something more sophisticated. I'm not sure what the competitive landscape looks like with regards to Reference Software nowadays, but when we were evaluating a few years ago, BL was ahead of all other vendors in terms of functionality and integrations with SFDC
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    ReferralCandy
    • Integrates nicely with BigCommerce's checkout process
    • Easily customizable when it comes to aesthetics
    • Simple and clear admin interface
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    Upland Software
    • The system provides more visibility into available references and prevents references from being over-used. It allows the client (reference) to choose how often they can be contacted in a given time period and provides a closed-loop feedback mechanism to make sure the client is providing positive responses.
    • Allows account executives (sales people) to easily request references based on: product Used, customer vertical, location, account size, expertise, etc.
    • Uses a “Five Star” method to show how relevant the answers are when a results are returned from a search.
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    Cons
    ReferralCandy
    • I would love to see a multi-tiered referral or reward system so that we can offer certain customer groups unique offers.
    • I would love a feature where you can issue a reward to a customer without them "qualifying for it".
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    Upland Software
    • Unintuitive user interface
    • Defensive meetings with Upland RO Innovation staff when requests for improvements are shared
    • Searching features are clunky, outdated, and unhelpful
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ReferralCandy
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    Upland Software
    Boulder Logic is just so easy and is in Salesforce
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    Reliability and Availability
    ReferralCandy
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    Upland Software
    No known issues
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    Performance
    ReferralCandy
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    Upland Software
    No known issues
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    Support Rating
    ReferralCandy
    ReferralCandy went above and beyond when it came to the initial integration of their app with our e-commerce store. They walked us through, step by step, how to install it, and then spent time helping track down a display bug that had popped up, giving us a couple free months for our trouble even!
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    Upland Software
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    Implementation Rating
    ReferralCandy
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    Upland Software
    The process of asking each reference how often they’d be willing to be contacted was the biggest task.
    We made assumptions for current clients, and ask each new client once they become a customer.
    Along with which specific skill-set they’d be willing to be a reference
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    Alternatives Considered
    ReferralCandy
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    Upland Software
    While I was one of the decision makers in this process, I didn't sit on the demos for the other providers (I was brought in further in the sales process). My understanding from my team was that BL was much more configurable and support more robust integrations that the competitors
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    Return on Investment
    ReferralCandy
    • ReferralCandy has been positive because it allows customers to refer new customers to discover our brand.
    • We'd love to know more about how this affects our customer acquisition cost.
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    Upland Software
    • Lack of ability to implement references program
    • Stalled deployment of program
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    ScreenShots

    ReferralCandy Screenshots

    Screenshot of ReferralCandy dashboard -- see referral sales and revenueScreenshot of Widgets to promote the referral program among a customer baseScreenshot of Connect ReferralCandy with a Klaviyo accountScreenshot of Set up referral program rewards: Coupons, cash and custom