Swell Reviews

Looks good in theory but nothing works...

Very complacent support who doesn't take responsibility or show any proactivity. I've been struggling with trying to create an account since the past 2 FREAKING months!

As an ecommerce developer, I actually have the choice to use a git-based workflow to deploy on Swell's hosting, or can also choose to use a CDN backed provider like Netlify or Vercel. There's a headless theme powered by Nuxt and Vue, which is a big differentiator as other headless solutions require you to develop the front-end solution from the ground up. Also, a key constraint I often encounter in Shopify or BigCommerce are product variant limitations, especially dealing with large ecommerce stores. With Swell, I can create unlimited product variants and attributes. This is a truly headless solution.

A stronger CMS, customer portal and multi-language solution.

Thank you for your review Tapan. We're looking forward to seeing what you build with Swell!

Having the headless theme was really useful because it meant I saved resources in having to hire a designer (which can also get really pricey really quickly). All the pre-settings were really well set up. It also meant I didn't have to build the front-end from scratch which saved me at least a few weeks of development time. We were able to launch pretty quickly, much sooner than I expected. I had initially factored a few months into the plan but we got Swell working for us in under a month. A huge plus is that Swell lets you use the latest tech instead of running on frameworks from 20 years ago. It's pretty good to be able to deploy on Netlify and Heroku.

Multi-currency is key, but I can see that's already on the product roadmap.

Thanks for the feedback! We're planning on releasing multi-currency / multi-language in Q1 this year.

Swell is absolutely great! We were able to get our website migrated from Shopify AND host it in Swell. the migration only took a couple of weeks and was such a smooth sail. Our dev was able to make it our own, by having as base their storefront option. He told us that because there was already so many things built in js, he was able to spend more time creating new parts and animations.

More documentation on how to solve some more advanced problems would be an improvement.

Thanks for the feedback! We appreciate it.

- It has an in-built headless theme, so I don't have to code the front-end. Even though I'm a front-end developer, it doesn't mean I want to spend the time building something from scratch if I don't have to haha! The beauty of the Swell headless solution is that I could still customize the brand experience exactly how I wanted, but with all the basics out-of-the-box. The store was live within less than a week which is lightning fast - it just shows you how much resource and time you save with the theme. - It also has a workflow that's targeted towards devs. I could work using git and I got to code how I wanted to instead of being restricted, unlike Shopify's workflow which I've used in the past. - Other pros include you can actually fully customize your checkout.

- None yet - I'll keep you posted. Thanks!

Thank you for the feedback Mark!

- We chose this project because we needed to sell subscriptions with flexibility of payment gateways e.g. I didn't want to be locked into one payment provider. - Swell also lets you build out marketplaces, pre-orders so we would be able to adapt to however we wanted to sell our products in the future. - We were aiming for a headless solution and a big plus of this one is that it comes with a headless theme - so we didn't have to build the front-end from scratch

I'd love to have multi-language and multi-currency, but their team has just told me that they're likely releasing it in Feb 2021 anyway so this will be a big pain point solved.

Thank you for the feedback! We're looking to release multi-currency / multi-language soon so stay tuned!

- Powerful solution for B2B marketplace selling scientific equipment. - Unbeatable price compared to other expensive enterprise ecommerce software on the market. - Strong agency partnership network with deep expertise - Swell was able to bring on the right agency partners for us to execute the project. Being able to draw out a roadmap to launch, flag out the key milestones and challenges and putting...

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Really none at all. This solution has far outperformed my expectations, it has been a huge bang for the buck, and the team behind the product has been helpful, responsive, and ingenious solving our problems thus far.

Thanks for your review Stefan, we're stoked to hear it's doing well for Nowvac!

- In the past, I had used Kickstarter and Indiegogo to take pre-orders but when I wanted to transition to opening up an ecommerce store really quickly, I had to move to Shopify. - I've since discovered Swell, which can take pre-orders but then can easily transition into an e-commerce play without having to change platforms. I also wanted to take subscription payments without having to use any plug-ins,...

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- If you're looking for a 'discovery' feature for your pre-order sales like on Kickstarter, then you won't find it on Swell. You need to promote this to your own audience yourself, but if you already have your market and you're looking for a fully branded solution then this is definitely the way to go.

Thanks for the review Liam, we loved hearing about what you're building!