I just requested a refund for my tier 3 purchase after much deliberation and experimentation with the platform. I love the current capabilities and the road map, but like many others mentioned here the Shoutout branding in the recorder link, intro videos, outro videos and bumper all were too much for us. Too many Shoutout links and footers.
Dan, I wish you and your team the best with the project and network you are building. But I think it's important to know that many of us long time Appsumo customers recognize that we are paying to be beta testers of evolving products. (Hopin LTD member from day 1).
The most responsive companies value the input on these pages as a part of their feedback loop. I hope you too choose to do the same. None of us are here to argue.
I wanted your platform to work exactly as it does. I just wish I could turn off every reference to your company and replace it with my own, for brand continuity for my user , true white label. I'd pay extra on top to no be forced to promote your brand, while providing valuable feedback (as I did experience minor bugs). However, I value the power and configuration options within the simplified, easy to navigate dashboard.
Founder Team
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024
Thanks so much for your feedback, yes there was a lot of confusion about the branding and fake news 😀. Most of the branding you mentioned can be removed except for the small logo on the upload link and a small footer on the email. A couple of our standard templates have our branding but the whole point of ShoutOut is that it is completely customisable to make brand compliant videos. It does seem a few people want a fully white label solution and we support that but not on a LTD so feel free to sign up for an account on our site if that’s what you need. Most of the feedback about our branding, including yours, was unfortunately because of not understating how to remove it rather than it not being able to be removed, which is a real shame for anyone who refunded. We would love some constructive feedback to listen to of course, that’s why we used appsumo. However, I don’t think we got any actionable insights from this launch which is also a real shame. except for people wanting a white label solution cheaper than we offer it for.
Basically okay, but there are a few problems: 1. Too many ads - Top right logo - After completing the clip, there will also be a link to Shoutout - The embed code in the website is nothing special except the QR code and 2 other links to Shoutout 2. Should be allowed to use cname to replace (with myowndomain.com) 3. Once collected, there is no embed code to display as a slide on the web page, but still a link back to the Shoutout. Should follow Testemorial form to display right on the web (requiring customers to click to another website is impossible, my customers often suspect other strange websites and they will not click)
Founder Team
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024
Thanks for your review but please spend some time on the platform before writing a review as most of your feedback is not accurate.. You can embed a video on a website using a playlist (a playlist can have just one video if you need) and the only branding is a small logo on the upload link and a small url on the email.
The reason we have the logo is so people will trust the platform enough to upload a video. ShoutOut is getting quite established in the space now, so I agree with you, it helps credibility to have a logo so people know what they are uploading to. We do have a white label version and we work with trusted companies that understand the value of it and are willing to pay for it. It seems your gripe around white label is just about cost.
My wife said it best about white label ‘You wouldn’t buy a Ferrari and take the badge off it’
We know this space very well and when you spend some more time on the platform you will realise you have got yourself an absolutely incredible bargain!
It's an awesome piece of software. I am literally using it every day! I am an online course creator and this is worth more than gold for me. I have so many use-cases, and it is one of the LTDs I am using really a lot. And it works just really good!
What could be improved? UI could maybe be improved a bit, but actually, I don't care so much for the features I get! :) Pabbly integration would be rather important for me.
After all - great product. I can just imagine where it will be in a few years!! Full stacked and keeping it of course.
Founder Team
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024
Thanks so much for your kind words. I hope you are enjoying the new improved UI
My Excitement Gives it 5 Tacos but my Practicality Gives it Four
This is a neat tool with a lot of potential BUT the MAIN Drawback is that they put "Shout Out" EVERYWHERE! It's all over the emails, in the email FROM name, the Subject line, the links, the gallery page headers, everywhere! There's no getting around it. ShoutOut has an affiliate program, but NONE of the many URL links back to Shout Out have the affiliate tracking ID, so we could at least get something in return for "NON - White Label Abilities"
Unfortunately this whole thing is a walking Ad for ShoutOut to end users who likely will never subscribe because they aren't businesses.
Shout Out has a lot of useful features, but I'd like to see the following changes:
1. CName (for white label / for display in social sharing) 2. Ability to change base URL (once you set it for your company, there appears to be no way to change it, even if you change company name in the profile settings). 3. Ability to remove Shoutout logo from Gallery pages (I created a view link template, but there is no way to replicate the ShoutOut default template since the return to gallery button on the same line as social sharing is NOT an option. PLUS, the Gallery page STILL features the ShoutOut logo header with no apparent way to remove it). 4. Remove ShoutOut from the Email FROM name (ie. "YourCompanyName via ShouOut" should simply be "YourCompanyName" - of course shoutout would still be part of the actual email address but most don't look that far and shout out knows it) 5. Remove ShoutOut from SUBJECT Line or ability to make our OWN subject line ("You have been invited to record a ShoutOut video for YourCompanyName" should be "You have been invited to record a video for YourCompanyName" AND "Your ShoutOut video for YourCompanyName is ready!" should be "Your video for YourCompanyName is ready!") 6. Remove Shoutout logo from email invitation body, and video ready email. 7. Remove from email footer: To find out more about ShoutOut please visit shoutout.social 8. Minimize ShoutOut address in emails. 9. ANYWHERE a user ALLOWS ShoutOUT branding, the user should be given the option to link back to their affiliate account.
10. Allow for multiple uploads of logos to be saved and recalled on ShoutOut. (For instance, I would like a different logo on Intro Section, Outro Section, and Contributor Section of video. Instead of JUST "Place logo on intro/outro/overlay" there should also be an option to upload logo and select from list of previous uploads.) Also, multiple logos should be allowed per section.) 11. Allow option to upload our own PNG (or even) Motion Graphic Overlays and Frames (with proper format instructions). 12. Option to use custom colors for current / default frames and logos 13. Automatic text resizing and/or line removal if a customer text input is left blank. 14. Automatically FADE out music at the end of video so that sound doesn't abruptly cut out OFF BEAT. 15. For video PREVIEW areas, AUTOMATICALLY PLAY enlarged videos after clicking.
Founder Team
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024
wow lot to unpick here and some is a but unfair, although we appreciate the 4 Tacos
If you are on Tier 2 and above you can remove all the ShoutOut branding except for the small logo on the upload link. The branding on the email you mentioned is only if you want an email to come from us. Some people do but most people create their own emails and add a QR code and upload link.
Of course we track the affiliate links and your commission gets calculated and displayed on your dashboard. The cookies last 3 months so even if someone signs up from another page, if they have visited your link it will be attributed to you. The commissions percentages are listed on the website and we have two layers so if someone who signs up from your account starts an affiliate programme you get half the commission also. It’s actually a really good deal.
1 Cname is not part of the appsumo deal, we have it but its costs a bit more, which is fair I think. 2 I hear you but can get very confusing for the database and nobody has asked for it. So not a priority currently 3You can remove the branding here on tier 2 or above and also embed the gallery if you need to with no branding 4 This is only if you want the email to come from us. Much better to add the link and/or QR code to your own email 5 see above 6 You can remove the logo on tier 2 and above and also create your own custom page with CTA buttons pictures, text etc. This can be a bespoke sales page or case study page for example 7 There is no email footer, that may be an old version you saw 8 see 4 9 you can brand up your own affiliate page with your logo, text and contact details 10 People do this with uploading custom designs with as many logos as they want. We are adding one more logo but much better uploading a custom design 11 you can upload your own frames but not animations currently 12 That is coming in two to three weeks :-) 13 Interesting, will look at that. If the text is blank currently then it just does not appear 14 The music does fade out automatically but we are changing the duration. 15 DO you mean on the dashboard?
Thanks so much for the feeback but a sad to lose our 5 Taco status at the final hours of the deal
Shoutout is a great tool for both collecting testimonials and creating videos in different situations and for multiple purposes. It's a matter of creativity and ingenuity to see all the things you can create with it. It is a very simple tool to use, with which in just a few minutes of use you can already be taking advantage of it for your own project. With minimal effort you get high quality videos for immediate use. We are very happy with it, and we are surprised that there are not more users valuing it. Totally recommended.
Founder Team
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024
Thanks so much for your kind words 😀 it really means a lot
Verified purchaser
Innovative Platform, Overbranded
I just requested a refund for my tier 3 purchase after much deliberation and experimentation with the platform. I love the current capabilities and the road map, but like many others mentioned here the Shoutout branding in the recorder link, intro videos, outro videos and bumper all were too much for us. Too many Shoutout links and footers.
Dan, I wish you and your team the best with the project and network you are building. But I think it's important to know that many of us long time Appsumo customers recognize that we are paying to be beta testers of evolving products. (Hopin LTD member from day 1).
The most responsive companies value the input on these pages as a part of their feedback loop. I hope you too choose to do the same. None of us are here to argue.
I wanted your platform to work exactly as it does. I just wish I could turn off every reference to your company and replace it with my own, for brand continuity for my user , true white label. I'd pay extra on top to no be forced to promote your brand, while providing valuable feedback (as I did experience minor bugs). However, I value the power and configuration options within the simplified, easy to navigate dashboard.
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024Thanks so much for your feedback, yes there was a lot of confusion about the branding and fake news 😀. Most of the branding you mentioned can be removed except for the small logo on the upload link and a small footer on the email. A couple of our standard templates have our branding but the whole point of ShoutOut is that it is completely customisable to make brand compliant videos. It does seem a few people want a fully white label solution and we support that but not on a LTD so feel free to sign up for an account on our site if that’s what you need. Most of the feedback about our branding, including yours, was unfortunately because of not understating how to remove it rather than it not being able to be removed, which is a real shame for anyone who refunded. We would love some constructive feedback to listen to of course, that’s why we used appsumo. However, I don’t think we got any actionable insights from this launch which is also a real shame. except for people wanting a white label solution cheaper than we offer it for.
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Verified purchaser
Should remove logo & link
Basically okay, but there are a few problems:
1. Too many ads
- Top right logo
- After completing the clip, there will also be a link to Shoutout
- The embed code in the website is nothing special except the QR code and 2 other links to Shoutout
2. Should be allowed to use cname to replace (with myowndomain.com)
3. Once collected, there is no embed code to display as a slide on the web page, but still a link back to the Shoutout.
Should follow Testemorial form to display right on the web (requiring customers to click to another website is impossible, my customers often suspect other strange websites and they will not click)
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024Thanks for your review but please spend some time on the platform before writing a review as most of your feedback is not accurate.. You can embed a video on a website using a playlist (a playlist can have just one video if you need) and the only branding is a small logo on the upload link and a small url on the email.
The reason we have the logo is so people will trust the platform enough to upload a video. ShoutOut is getting quite established in the space now, so I agree with you, it helps credibility to have a logo so people know what they are uploading to. We do have a white label version and we work with trusted companies that understand the value of it and are willing to pay for it. It seems your gripe around white label is just about cost.
My wife said it best about white label
‘You wouldn’t buy a Ferrari and take the badge off it’
We know this space very well and when you spend some more time on the platform you will realise you have got yourself an absolutely incredible bargain!
Share ShoutOut
Verified purchaser
Sensational.
It's an awesome piece of software.
I am literally using it every day! I am an online course creator and this is worth more than gold for me. I have so many use-cases, and it is one of the LTDs I am using really a lot. And it works just really good!
What could be improved?
UI could maybe be improved a bit, but actually, I don't care so much for the features I get! :) Pabbly integration would be rather important for me.
After all - great product. I can just imagine where it will be in a few years!! Full stacked and keeping it of course.
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024Thanks so much for your kind words. I hope you are enjoying the new improved UI
Share ShoutOut
Verified purchaser
My Excitement Gives it 5 Tacos but my Practicality Gives it Four
This is a neat tool with a lot of potential BUT the MAIN Drawback is that they put "Shout Out" EVERYWHERE! It's all over the emails, in the email FROM name, the Subject line, the links, the gallery page headers, everywhere! There's no getting around it. ShoutOut has an affiliate program, but NONE of the many URL links back to Shout Out have the affiliate tracking ID, so we could at least get something in return for "NON - White Label Abilities"
Unfortunately this whole thing is a walking Ad for ShoutOut to end users who likely will never subscribe because they aren't businesses.
Shout Out has a lot of useful features, but I'd like to see the following changes:
1. CName (for white label / for display in social sharing)
2. Ability to change base URL (once you set it for your company, there appears to be no way to change it, even if you change company name in the profile settings).
3. Ability to remove Shoutout logo from Gallery pages (I created a view link template, but there is no way to replicate the ShoutOut default template since the return to gallery button on the same line as social sharing is NOT an option. PLUS, the Gallery page STILL features the ShoutOut logo header with no apparent way to remove it).
4. Remove ShoutOut from the Email FROM name (ie. "YourCompanyName via ShouOut" should simply be "YourCompanyName" - of course shoutout would still be part of the actual email address but most don't look that far and shout out knows it)
5. Remove ShoutOut from SUBJECT Line or ability to make our OWN subject line ("You have been invited to record a ShoutOut video for YourCompanyName" should be "You have been invited to record a video for YourCompanyName" AND "Your ShoutOut video for YourCompanyName is ready!" should be "Your video for YourCompanyName is ready!")
6. Remove Shoutout logo from email invitation body, and video ready email.
7. Remove from email footer: To find out more about ShoutOut please visit shoutout.social
8. Minimize ShoutOut address in emails.
9. ANYWHERE a user ALLOWS ShoutOUT branding, the user should be given the option to link back to their affiliate account.
10. Allow for multiple uploads of logos to be saved and recalled on ShoutOut. (For instance, I would like a different logo on Intro Section, Outro Section, and Contributor Section of video. Instead of JUST "Place logo on intro/outro/overlay" there should also be an option to upload logo and select from list of previous uploads.) Also, multiple logos should be allowed per section.)
11. Allow option to upload our own PNG (or even) Motion Graphic Overlays and Frames (with proper format instructions).
12. Option to use custom colors for current / default frames and logos
13. Automatic text resizing and/or line removal if a customer text input is left blank.
14. Automatically FADE out music at the end of video so that sound doesn't abruptly cut out OFF BEAT.
15. For video PREVIEW areas, AUTOMATICALLY PLAY enlarged videos after clicking.
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024wow lot to unpick here and some is a but unfair, although we appreciate the 4 Tacos
If you are on Tier 2 and above you can remove all the ShoutOut branding except for the small logo on the upload link. The branding on the email you mentioned is only if you want an email to come from us. Some people do but most people create their own emails and add a QR code and upload link.
Of course we track the affiliate links and your commission gets calculated and displayed on your dashboard. The cookies last 3 months so even if someone signs up from another page, if they have visited your link it will be attributed to you. The commissions percentages are listed on the website and we have two layers so if someone who signs up from your account starts an affiliate programme you get half the commission also. It’s actually a really good deal.
1 Cname is not part of the appsumo deal, we have it but its costs a bit more, which is fair I think.
2 I hear you but can get very confusing for the database and nobody has asked for it. So not a priority currently
3You can remove the branding here on tier 2 or above and also embed the gallery if you need to with no branding
4 This is only if you want the email to come from us. Much better to add the link and/or QR code to your own email
5 see above
6 You can remove the logo on tier 2 and above and also create your own custom page with CTA buttons pictures, text etc. This can be a bespoke sales page or case study page for example
7 There is no email footer, that may be an old version you saw
8 see 4
9 you can brand up your own affiliate page with your logo, text and contact details
10 People do this with uploading custom designs with as many logos as they want. We are adding one more logo but much better uploading a custom design
11 you can upload your own frames but not animations currently
12 That is coming in two to three weeks :-)
13 Interesting, will look at that. If the text is blank currently then it just does not appear
14 The music does fade out automatically but we are changing the duration.
15 DO you mean on the dashboard?
Thanks so much for the feeback but a sad to lose our 5 Taco status at the final hours of the deal
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Verified purchaser
Great tool, 5 tacos are few!
Shoutout is a great tool for both collecting testimonials and creating videos in different situations and for multiple purposes. It's a matter of creativity and ingenuity to see all the things you can create with it.
It is a very simple tool to use, with which in just a few minutes of use you can already be taking advantage of it for your own project. With minimal effort you get high quality videos for immediate use.
We are very happy with it, and we are surprised that there are not more users valuing it. Totally recommended.
Dan_ShoutOut
May 9, 2024Thanks so much for your kind words 😀 it really means a lot
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