Sooo many obvious pitfalls!
UPDATE FOR APRIL 7, 2025
There might be a new company but the issues remain. Couldn't use this for transactional emails before because of the limitations on it as mentioned below but didn't care too much because I purchased for the woocommerce integration and waited 4 years for it. They made promises, gave us an upvote platform that everyone voted for, they stopped responding in 2023 and of course this new company didn't respond either, and now they finally launch woocommerce but made sure not to notify anyone probably knowing everyone would be furious this wasn't given to full tier early adopters and now have to pay an unreasonable amount of money, hundreds of dollars, to get it. Note to self..... Don't invest in new companies for lifetime deals and get all your value upfront. Oh and saying someone else took over doesn't matter when the results are the same. Also, learned something new and didn't know that when appsumo denies a review they don't leave the old one up until you could modify the new one but instead completely remove the review all together.
POST FROM MAY 28, 2023
So you can't use this with any normal opt-in program like a standalone newsletter sign up or extremely limited signups to anything else. There's not even a reason why for this and there ultimate response is connect with another email provider and then "try" to link it with our platform. And of course it begs the question that if I wasn't on a lifetime deal I'd never use you guys simply because everything you guys can do everyone else literally does. Oh yeah and there's very limited integrations with a lot of opt-in programs.
Daniel_Encharge
Apr 7, 2025Hey Sumoling 88. Thanks for sharing this— I hear your frustration, and I want to clear a few things up while also acknowledging the pain points you’ve hit..
1st off, you can use Encharge with opt-in forms, including newsletter signups. While we don’t have native forms (yet), you can integrate most external opt-in tools using:
• The “Form Submitted” trigger in Flows
• Webhooks, Zapier, Pabbly, Integrately, or direct API
That said, I totally get that having to connect via another tool isn’t ideal... especially when you’re just trying to get people on a list quickly and simply. It’s a fair critique and you're right.
To be fully transparent, we’re the new team behind Encharge, and we weren’t involved with earlier decisions or support. But we’re actively working to improve the experience and expand integrations. If there are specific tools you want to see connected, let us know or upvote them at feedback.encharge.io.
We appreciate your honest feedback—it’s what helps us get better. And if you need help connecting your current opt-in flow, reach out anytime at support@encharge.io, happy to make it right for you!