ShortStack Reviews & Product Details

ShortStack has given our marketing team the ability to create lead generation campaigns without waiting for web development resources. We are agile and can optimize our social channels to grow email marketing lists.

I would like to see some live training events or Q&A sessions for users, in addition to self-serve resources.

We are using ShortStack to grow out customer base and email marketing lists. After promoting sweepstakes or other gated content, we have used names collected to see a 30% increase in sales of new products.

The dummyproof builder, email update, support

Designs are sometimes a little bit 'childy'.

Collecting data

The multi-faceted templates that come standard can actually challenge businesses to come up with ways to use them. Where you might first use them for a contest or dynamic contact form, the easy ability to make an ebook available, etc, is great.

Sometimes it’s too easy to create errors or break what you’ve built by going too quickly or not testing. That’s obviously on the client but it’d be great to force that into integration to ensure it meets standards before going live. Lower price points for small business would be nice too

Lead generation, asset delivery are two huge items

Shortstack creates professional social media contests and features. I used Shortstack for my client CATABUS for the previous three years in a Facebook photo contest.

Complex setup was difficult to navigate. I feel like someone who understands code would find it easier.

Very professional campaign setup for my clients social media.

The variety of contests types. Plus it is easy for the user to enter. I'm also a fan of the auto responder for entries.

Template variety is still somewhat limited. And the custom CSS option is too complicated. Also there is no way to allow entrants to enter daily without setting it to 12 hours. If you set it at 24 hours, then someone who enters at 4 pm on Monday can't enter again until 4 pm on Tuesday and that confuses people. If you set it to 12 hours then you have cheaters who work the system. It should reset at midnight each day.

Much easier than programming a contest from scratch.

Different options for promotions. Great for non-tech persons.

Flexibility in design - typeface/borders etc..

Database gathering from unique promotions. Facebook apps. Embedding particular functionalities within our web page in continuity with social media.

The ease of use is great. Also the ability to upload our own graphics.

Everything we've used ShortStack for has been great. Very pleased.

Social media contests. Easy to upload our graphics. Tracking and updates are good.

The ease of publishing changes .........

The pop that tells you how to use a template everytime you access an existing campaign

The ability to run competitions

We really enjoy the ease of integration into our website. We've been creating tons of landing pages for contests and announcements, with how simple it is to embed.

Having to pay for additional users to access the platform. Might be better to create a package that includes at least 3 users. Maybe include a few more templates for contests.

With the amount of promotions and contests we are creating throughout the year, this platform saves us a lot of the time. Especially with collecting contest entrant data and choosing winners.

Easy to use and very effective. It also lets us "Pause" our subscription so that we are only billed during the times we are using the platform.

It requires a bit more technical knowledge to customize campaign components, but still usable to those that are not fully versed in development.

Just gives us a a simple and cost effective way to run certain contest and sweepstakes marketing programs, so we can pass the savings along to our clients.

I like the templates that you can use best. Something was quickly set up. And the support is also very good

That you can't use the best templates for $200 a month. I'm a startup and just can't afford any more

Shortstack is a way for me to get in touch with other customers. I realize new business

The platform is very easy to use. I used it primarily for building landing pages on Facebook for content and a few times for contests. The campaign builder is intuitive and easy to manage. The one complicated process, which is actually launching the page on a Facebook page, has a detailed step by step tutorial for creating the Facebook app and launching it. The tagging system is another plus for organizing campaigns when you start to build out lots of pages.

The one time I ran into an issue was adding team members and getting them involved in campaign management. The learning curve was steeper than I would have liked but we were able to manage. This was a year or two ago so things may have changed since then in terms of team setup.

Biggest benefit is the easy creation and launch of landing pages on Facebook. ShortStack makes it very easy to create pages and manage them across multiple Facebook pages.

The ease-of-use and drag-and-drop functions. Integration with multiple platforms.

While it is necessary for improvements, the frequent adjustments to the app results in the need to re-learn its functions.

Needed an app that is a one-stop shop for contest building and performance. Cuts time and costs down with ability to access multiple features within one application.

The different templates are the best things that ShortStack has to offer. They're best suited for someone who has some experience in code if they want it to be fully customizable.

There's a large learning curve in ShortStack and it is a bit costly. The other issue is that the API integration with Facebook's browser tool has problems for responsiveness.

We're getting much more user generated content based on the campaigns created in Shorstack. An issue we've seen is that projects were scoped based on prior experience with ShortStack, and they tend to change their templates, which changes the scope of work.

I like the ability to draw entries randomly for giveaways and promotions.

I feel ShortStack could be a little more user-friendly. I have difficulties setting up campaigns sometimes or customizing them to the way I'd like them to be.

Tracking entries, acquiring email addresses, counting votes. ShortStack has been helpful in all of those aspects.