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Customer reviews: Thinkific ‑ Online Courses

Reviews (22)

Overall rating
1.8

What Merchants Think

Merchants using "Thinkific ‑ Online Courses" express mixed feedback. Some users report positive experiences, highlighting the app's ease of use and effective Shopify integration that facilitates their online course offerings. However, others share significant concerns regarding customer support, unexpected costs, and account access issues, leading to dissatisfaction for a number of users.

Key Strengths

  • Seamless integration with Shopify.
  • Facilitates automatic course enrollment and management.
  • Flexibility and ease of use, even for users with limited technical skills.
  • Potential to significantly boost course sales and business income.
  • Strong support for interactive and tailored course offerings.

Common Concerns

  • Lack of reliable and responsive customer support.
  • Unexpected billing practices and costs for certain features.
  • Access and enrollment issues causing inconvenience for students.
  • Difficulties in canceling or downgrading subscriptions.
  • Account access problems and slow resolution of technical issues.

Final Thoughts

Overall, "Thinkific ‑ Online Courses" has the potential to be a beneficial tool for merchants aiming to expand their business through online courses. Its integration capabilities and user-friendly design are definite highlights. However, the app's success is heavily dependent on improvements in customer service, transparent pricing, and technical support to address the significant concerns raised by users.

MOBO

Jan 09, 2024  on Shopify

AVOID! Regrettably, our recent experience with accessing course materials after purchasing has been unsatisfactory. Post-purchase, our students encountered an inability to access the materials, leading to a considerable setback in their learning journey. Despite our efforts to address this issue through numerous emails to customer service, we have yet to receive a resolution. As a result of this ongoing challenges, we are considering transitioning to Teachable to ensure a smoother and more reliable access to course materials for our students.

Mooncat Crystals

Jul 19, 2023  on Shopify

Thinkific used to be solid and I stayed around, trusting that they would get better. Joke's on me! Their $99 level that offers subscriptions/memberships? You can't actually SEE who's in your courses or membership, unless you upgrade for another $100/month (so, their $199/mo level). So if being able to, say, email updates to your students is important (even if you're willing to go outside of the app to set up an email, but need to see who's all still enrolled first), you literally can't. Unless, of course, you want to go student account by student account and see if each one happens to be in that course/membership. Additionally, if you want to downgrade your subscription, it's effective IMMEDIATELY. That means, if you've already paid for the month, you lose access and your money if you click that button. And if you're downgrading to a still-paid plan, you have to pay that on the spot. So you lose your money + access for the existing subscription, AND have to pay for your new subscription. There's no way around this, except to hope that you remember on your billing date (or very close to it), and handle it then. Support is terrible. They will send you "how to" articles that don't pertain to your situation or offer "solutions" that literally don't work. I honestly can't say how disappointed I am with this company - I wish I'd left a year ago, but I suppose the end of this month is the next best option.

Nikki Connected Toolkit

Jul 15, 2023  on Shopify

Customer service? It's nonexistent! I made the mistake of using Thinkific for my primary course. I've been using them for nearly two years now, and suddenly my students aren't being enrolled in the course they paid for. Imagine how bad that looks on a business, when students put out hundreds of dollars for a course and can't access it. You'd think that in the case of a broken flow, I'd be able to manually enroll my students in the course. I can, if I pay $199 a month to have access to manual enrollment! I reached out to Thinkific through Shopify, and their automated system says someone will get back within 24 hours. It's been days! No response. I emailed again, the next day, no response. And when I tried reaching out through the Thinkific platform and going in circles with the help bot, I get met with the notice that support is only available at that low price of $199 a month! Kick rocks, Thinkific. I truly believe that this issue of broken enrollment was purposely done to force me back into the useless paid membership. I'd been paying that membership for over a year and recently downgraded because it served me no purpose. And just a few months after I downgrade, students can't enroll in my course. This is clearly a cash grab. There are way too many TRULY free platforms. Avoid this unethical company.

WISH Skin Health

Apr 02, 2023  on Shopify

OUR ADMIN HAS BEEN LOCKED OUT FOR 3 DAYS. ZERO PLATFORM ACCESS. SLOW AND UNAVAILABLE IS THINKIFIC AND EVEN SLOWER TO RESOLVE AN URGENT ISSUE. Thinkific says login to chat with a live agent if you have a paid account, which you cannot do when you are locked out. We emailed twice during business hours with no response, but received one some 14 hrs later when the help desk was supposed to be closed - then crickets again. I'm wishing we had chosen another LMS platform. Not worth the price and headache so far.

Happy Soul Online

Oct 28, 2021  on Shopify

Thinkific integrates wonderfully with shopify! really helped us with transitioning from in-person workshops to online courses. So many easy apps and had it up and running in no time! Highly recommended!

Maths Incubator

Oct 26, 2021  on Shopify

I'm from South Africa and I have been using Thinkific for about a year now to host my interactive Maths program, which is aimed at improving the standard of Maths in my country. I have been impressed by the flexibility, ease of use and support provided by Thinkific. What's amazing to me is the assistance that I have received right from the beginning and ALL my concerns and questions have been addressed in detail and very professionally. Furthermore, the Shopify app that links with Thinkific has made my life so easy by enabling me to sell my Thinkific courses and getting paid in my clients' preferred currency. I will certainly continue using Thinkific in the future.

Spiritandmuscle

Sep 23, 2021  on Shopify

I'm sure the app is fine itself but I'm not happy I was led to believe that the free version would be compatible with shopify. It is not. I am required to purchase Pro at $100 per month. I have already uploaded my entire course and am connecting it to shopify THEN I am told it'll cost me $100 per month, after I've already done all this work. Then customer service sends me a canned copy-n-paste reply and doesn't even acknowledge my concern. I'm not thrilled but I am roped into this now.

Sell your stuff online

Jun 05, 2020  on Shopify

We love using this app. It connects our Thinkific courses to our Shopify store and rolls out the courses automatically when clients have bought them. You don't have to use a third party like Zapier, that's the beauty of it. When a course is bought in the Shopify store, the Thinkific app sends the clients info to your Thinkific platform and makes a new client account. Then sends out an email to the new customer where he or she can make their own password. The app works instantly with all the great info available. I strongly recommend it!

Beauty Inc. Canada

Mar 15, 2020  on Shopify

My income DOUBLED the first month of running courses. True story Thinkific is the best thing to happen to my business and it has completely changed the way I plan to do business moving forward. The layout is beautiful. It's so so easy to use...trust me I have very limited computer skills and had no issues. Any speed bumps or questions were quickly answered. I have SIX full course running through my Shopify site, powered by thinkific. All of the courses are selling well and I'm generating a second income from my single store. The fact that this is a plug in app...makes me love it even more. One platform, endless possibilities. The thinkific team is amazing, so helpful and supportive. If you are not sure if you should use it..STOP thinking and start creating. ✨ Well done thinkific...You make Canada proud . Xx

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