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Flynax Reviews

1. Multinash LLC

   | Director at Multinash LLC | about 4 years ago
   False advertising, poor performance, and difficult to work with.

   This is our honest review, from April 2nd, 2020, of the classifieds system Flynax created and also from our experience working with them. This review will contain 3 major negative points because we do not recommend the system nor the company.

   False advertising with iOS and Android apps. The classifieds app for iOS and Android has nothing to do with the web version. There are no filters, meaning if your category has 1000 ads, users of the apps will have to paginate all 1000 ads page-by-page.

   Poor performance The reason the software works well in their demos is that it has only 30 ads and 5 users. We have a database of a couple of thousands of ads plus a few hundred users and everything runs sluggish. We evaluated other platforms too and even Wordpress style sites can handle the same database without problems. This is also false advertising.

   Difficult to work with Staff members like John, David, and Viktor have a poor command of English but will be the ones responding to your tickets. Often, it feels their replies are pre-written because they don't address the topic. They also have a hard time understanding requirements and are slow to deliver. For example, a developer named Viktor was assigned a customization to allow the creation of a new type of form field (tag input, from bootstrap). After one month he showed us a hardcoded field and with hardcoded datasets, completely missing the point of the customization that was written in clear English. Also, 30 days to create a hardcoded form field? It's a 2h job.

   The business model of this company is to sell the script, and that's why after-sale services such as support and customizations are so bad. Knowing their product is inferior, they have written a harsh Refund Policy that you can check at https://www.flynax.com/flynax-software-eula.html#Refund-Policy.

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   Official reply:

   Hello Multinash,

   You say that our mobile Apps have nothing to do with the web version, that is, they don't offer the functionality of the web script. You're absolutely right but for one thing - our site and the App description don't say anything that our mobile Apps offer the same functionality. You should have played with the mobile App free trial to see for yourself what it offers before the purchase. Moreover, we added a FAQ a long time ago to tell our customers and prospects what the Apps offer in terms of the features and functions - https://www.flynax.com/faqs.html#apps-functionality. We don't try to talk prospects into buying our script because we know that we might end up talking like this.

   Your statement about the script being slow is totally false. You think that you've been cheated and you try to find every fault with our script but what you say is not true because we've built a number of massive projects with thousands of listings and concurrent users and they work fine. We're not sure you set up your server correctly. For your information, Wordpress users switch to our script because we offer a specialized classifieds script that cannot work slower than Wordpress. You may find user feedback (by Jason Barbour) here - https://www.flynax.com/wordpress-classified-theme.html (We published it as it is without any corrections).

   In Flynax we're not writing articles, we're writing quality code; this is our priority. It was our fault that we got to your customization without clarifying the spec. Despite your discontent with our service you sent us a request for a customization; we're ready to bury the hachet and continue to build your project. This time, we are going to review and quote your last customization more carefully, and we won't get to it until we clarify every point in your spec.

   It is not true because we have a number of customers, who run a few licenses, and they keep getting ones as their projects thrive. The majority of companies offering intangible products offer the same refund policy. For this reason, we offer the free trial and Demo site so you could see for yourself if the script meets your requirements before the purchase.

Shopify Reviews

1. Beard

   10 months ago
   Shopify - the best no code platform.

   Creating my online store for small dog products on Shopify was a remarkably smooth and rewarding experience. Shopify's user-friendly platform guided me through each step of the setup process, making it easy even for someone without prior experience. Their range of customizable templates gave my store a professional and appealing look, and the analytics tools provided have been invaluable for tracking my store's performance and customer trends. Additionally, Shopify's 24/7 customer support was always ready to assist whenever I encountered any roadblocks. Overall, launching my business on Shopify has been a positive experience, and I would highly recommend it to anyone looking to start their own online store.

   🏁 Competitors: Tilda, WooCommerce
2. Lori Appleman

   | Founder at Redline Minds | over 3 years ago
   Strong Option for New DIY Stores Serving Consumers

   Shopify is a powerful marketing machine that has driven incredible growth. It's an excellent choice for the store owner who needs to do it themselves, on a shoestring budget, who does not sell complex products and who does not plan to run a hybrid - a store that serves multiple customer bases such as retail and wholesale.

   Due to its sheer market share, there is a robust marketplace of apps that can be added to shape the store to fit most needs. There is an equally robust selection of themes and developers who can assist with any size project. They have a terrific knowledge base which I strongly recommend store owners use as it teaches the basics for e-commerce in general and online marketing. This learning should be done prior to developing a plan for your site. That will help root your project for success.

   Unfortunately, it's also oversold based on name recognition even when the platform is a poor choice for a specific business. There are both policy and technical limitations that impact suitability.

   Shopify stores require many apps, which adds monthly costs and can greatly slow your store down. While ALL online stores end up with some app use, because this allows you to choose the features you want and need, much of what is native in other carts like their most direct competitor, BigCommerce, is not. So you'll spend more money each month and it can be harder to get a fast site.

   Among the stores that should probably NOT use Shopify: - Sells items that are generally prohibited on the platform which includes weapons, weapon-related items, sex objects, tobacco (for some odd reason Vape is currently on the platform but for how long is anyone's guess), alcohol.
   - Sells items allowed but that don't qualify for Shopify Payments which expands the above list to include supplements, CBD, vape products and other items. - Just as above, any store that can't qualify for Shopify Payments or who has good reasons to use another payment gateway. Why? Because if you don't use their payment gateway which they profit from, they will take 1/2-2% of your gross revenues soley because you are using another gateway. For small merchants, this isn't much, for big ones it's a significant cost. - Stores with multiple price structures or catalogs - such as those who offer VIP tiers or wholesale clients. Why not? Because you can't create true customer groups which on other platforms let you segment the catalog and content for each customer group. Groups are really important for B2B. To accomplish multiple audiences on Shopify requires either a separate app (at an added cost) or multiple storefronts, or ShopifyPlus (which is still creating multiple sites). This can greatly increase your operational costs and work efforts. - Stores with complex products - these are items with many options, also known as configurable or customizable products. While Shopify does offer the ability to offer up to 3 options per product with a maximum of 100 skus per product, this limit is very easy to exceed. There is also no native path to add modifiers such as those one would use for personalized products (like custom embroidery. While these issues can be overcome with apps, that adds both load time and costs.

   🏁 Competitors: BigCommerce, Magento, Miva, WooCommerce, Workflow

   👍 Pros:    Easy to use|Low price|Flexible|Large developer base|Great documentation|Reliable|Low maintenance

   👎 Cons:    Limited features|No customer groups for wholesale|Some product types forbidden|Must use their gateway or pay extra fees|Limited api calls|Limited capabilities for products with options

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