Deny, Deflect, Defer is their Customer Support Strategy
Yikes. Strongly advise against using Alchemer. For about 6 years, I've been a customer. Originally, technical customer support was great. They had friendly, competent people who could solve your challenges. Albeit, there were times that they (unintentionally) trained their customers to have to get 'demanding' to speak to those qualified, technical leads.
Ever since Alchemer was acquired, they have gone downhill.
More bugs, glitches and problems. A 'Director of Engagement,' Joe Stoltz, who has zero concept of what the word 'engagement' actually means or how to structure an effective customer support function that triages inbound issues well, segments customers effectively and trains + assigns the right technical support in a timely and effective manner.
I spoke with someone on his team who agreed with my assessment of Joe's limitations and mishandling, but then, on paper, she emailed backing up his deficiencies. Clearly, politics, CYA and a relentless drive to prioritize profits > solving their own internal problems > customers
On top of all the customer experience/support issues, the platform is increasingly unstable. Since they are not transparent, consistent or honest about their issues anymore, it's unclear whether any of that will improve or get worse.
I share all of that to say: they are a hot mess. I've invested years in building out a solution with Alchemer and advise you do not do the same.
The cost of subscribing to their service is only 1% of the actual cost.
The rest of the cost is: your time learning the complex platform (they created a 'University' which they market as a benefit; it's simply to put the burden of navigating complexity on users), endless back and forth with customer support (too often without resolution, given issues recur) and loss of business, because your own customers will not convert or stay, given their experience using Alchemer.
17 dicembre 2024
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