Non existent support, and frequent issues. Do not use if you are a UK seller
September 29, 2021

Non existent support, and frequent issues. Do not use if you are a UK seller

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Shift4Shop (formerly 3dcart)

We currently use Shift4Shop for 3 webstores. One of these sites is also home to our lead generation landing pages for PPC. Our stores are 3 major drinking water product brands in the commercial sector in the UK.
  • Easy to set up
  • Themes are responsive
  • Easy to integrate with back-end systems (Linnworks etc)
  • Support is based in the US, so if you're a UK user you need to wait for the US to get online
  • The stores/backend are configured for a US audience
  • The stores don't deal with VAT very well
  • Lost revenue of thousands due to downtime
Shopify used across different parts of our business and is well rated in terms of features, functionality and support.

Do you think Shift4Shop delivers good value for the price?

No

Are you happy with Shift4Shop's feature set?

Yes

Did Shift4Shop live up to sales and marketing promises?

No

Did implementation of Shift4Shop go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Shift4Shop again?

No

I wouldn't recommend Shift4Shop for any UK vendors. The support is US-based so if you have an issue with your store during normal UK business hours you are unlikely to get help until late in the afternoon UK time. The sites often have issues. This can be as catastrophic as complete downtime (happened recently when they moved servers - downtime was over 12 hours, with no redundancy), or products not appearing because of a problem with their API (this happens frequently). Also, they seem to have a problem with VAT. For example, we have a product priced at £11.00 (inc VAT). However, when they calculate the VAT they have an issue with more than 4 decimal places so customers purchasing 4 items for example might get a final invoice for £44.04. I experienced poor customer service and we've had to customize the back end to deal with this. Overall the support (or lack of) is the biggest issue. This is an actual response I received when our 3 stores had been down for over 12 hours, resulting in lost revenue of many thousands of pounds: "Thank you for contacting shift4shop support team. I will be more than happy to assist you further in regards to your concerns today. Our server admins are in progress over a server migration and this is the reason the site is down. This migration is from 10pm to 10am est. Our server admins will work to get this accomplished sooner. Thanks and take care!"

Shift4Shop Feature Ratings

Product catalog & listings
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Product management
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Bulk product upload
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Branding
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Mobile storefront
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Product variations
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Website integration
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Visual customization
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CMS
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Abandoned cart recovery
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Checkout user experience
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eCommerce security
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Promotions & discounts
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Personalized recommendations
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SEO
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Multi-site management
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Order processing
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Inventory management
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Shipping
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Custom functionality
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