Picarto.TV VS Shopify

Picarto.TV Reviews

1. GalaxyCat    

   Artist at Hellcat Studios | almost 3 years ago
   They Like Your Money. Horrible Customer Service

   Picarto's customer service, those guys do not give a crap about helping you or your concerns unless it involves you having issues paying for the service.

   Their West server was dropping frames, their West server is known for it, and i was once told by one of their reps, ooh you are from the west, we having issues with that server, switch to East. East server works just fine but so far 3 years and its still the same. They dont respond to your messages at all, if you are lucky you might get a response. This includes their Twitter account as well. They do not give a crap and im not saying this out of revenge or anger. I am being very honest and serious when i say that. Maybe because of Covid? They've been doing this before Covid. So if you have a problem with the membership, they will help you right away but if you have a problem that is nothing related to "money", dont bother getting a message. It took me some ranting and pushing to actually get one person to respond and once i did, i got a half ass, lazy answer to get rid of me telling me i have to buy a membership when i said there is a bug that people can watch someone draw porn and get away with it and not have to log in and get banned if they are a minor. He said, you have to buy a Premium Membership, but my answer was if you have a Premium membership, they still can see it. They just cant join it. So the Rep said you have to buy a Premium membership, so thats the PR to make money. If i can find another live stream art hosting site, i would totally join it. Their servers are crap, their Employees are rude and dont care to help you, and they are becoming like companies, EA, Activision, Microsoft, Sony, Amazon, Paypal. They want all of your monies, not just whats in your bank account but all of it. Companies like this pretend to be all supportive in the beginning starting out new, then once they are successful, they change their attitude, and now they want only your business, nothing else. This is my honest review, if you read this, dont buy a membership.

   🏁 Competitors: Piczel.tv

   👍 Pros:    Its easy to use|That it, i have nothing...

   👎 Cons:    The rtmp west us server has connection problems.|Customer support is useless unless it involves you having issues after paying for a membership. proof is from twitter.|Picarto tv uses a lot of cpu usage. xsplit customer service even pin pointed the problem and said the site sucks up a ton of cpu usage.|Picarto tv doesnt refresh itself on its own. the page freezes in the video, you have to refresh the page for picarto so it updates the amount of members in your channel. you wont see new messages or people unless you refresh the page. picarto's server and ui does this for every stream.|Picarto's last update ruined the site's refresh rate. the site cant refresh.|Its worse via smart phone/mobile.|Theres adult, and theres clean safe art. there is no way to secure, and prevent minors from watching. customer reps ignore it.

Shopify Reviews

1. Beard    

   9 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

Picarto.TV mentions (1)

• Advice for dealing with Deppression/Anxiety preventing me from drawing?

  I noticed you mentioned feeling lonely when you work. If your comfortable putting yourself out there, I would recommend maybe finding other artists to live stream with while you work on your art? There are sites like picarto.tv that allow multi-artist streams so you can broadcast or work together. If streaming yourself is too scary or daunting maybe find another streamer to play in the background while you work! I... Source: over 2 years ago

Shopify mentions (42)

• shopify.com vs store.link, what do you think is better one?

  Shopify.com vs store.link which one is better? Source: 8 months ago

• Forget Shopify Why MedusaJS Is the Future of Headless Ecommerce

  With a traditional e-commerce platform like Shopify, you're locked into their ecosystem. You have to use their templates, checkout, and backend. Headless platforms like MedusaJS give you the freedom to build the front end however you want, using any framework or library. - Source: dev.to / 11 months ago

• Allow Rules not given priority over block?

  For example, if you want to load firewalla.com, just allowing "firewalla.com" will not work, you will have allow shopify.com and few other stuff ... You can see what sites loaded using chrome dev mode. Source: 11 months ago

• Confused on Sales Tax

  If the shipping and sales tax scares you, it may be better to sell through Etsy since it is a marketplace facilitator and is required to collect sales tax from customers when purchasing your items that are sold. People go to Etsy to find something, not sgalv02.com to find your items. I believe Shopify will help you create a site to sell on, but people don't go to shopify.com to purchase various items like they do... Source: 11 months ago

• Seeking suggestions to start a business.

  Create a online website using dukaan.io or shopify.com and then sell something.. Source: 12 months ago