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Will
Food Production, 2 - 10 employees
Used more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
Reviewed September 2021
Easiest way to get a website up and running
Kirstin
Verified reviewer
Arts and Crafts, 1 employee
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed March 2022
Getting started
They are such a fantastic company, young and smart, very entrepreneurial.
PROSVery easy to set up and get going. Using their templates meant I could easily fill out the relevant pages and edit and change images quickly and easily. It was very easy to use as it's quite logical and I never got stuck for long trying to figure out how to change something. The way it's designed helped me keep my content logical, tidy and looking good.
CONSSometimes it was slow to load the different changes but probably more of a server or connection issue that the website builder issue.
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
Easy to get set up and use right away, I don't need more advanced features yet so still lots to work on with Rocketspark to make my website even better.
Santie
Retail, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2020
Santie Review
I really love this platform and mostly being that it is a NZ business. I have been receiving more online orders than with my previous Wordpress site and will soon be building a second website for my art. It is super easy to add products, create categories and tags. Love it. Just a few functions could make the experience even better.
PROSIt's easy to set up if you have a good understanding of Wordpress or similar templates. It's easier than wordpress and you don't have to download plugins. No spam through the contact which is great. Checkout is great with awesome gateway payments pages. Good notification on scheduled maintenance
CONSThere is no function for adding a sale price to a product. Customers like to see what they are saving. Promo coupons are great but only for newsletters where you can notify customers. An item on sale function with sale price function would be great. It would be good if an item was sold to not show the price, or have that as an option. Customers cannot open an account and go back into their order. When you create a category it doesn't name the category in the browser but some product code. It would be great if you could have a function to change the breadcrumbs to look nicer. So if I click on Fine art prints and want to share the link on my social pages it looks like this [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] It would be nice if we could change the #category=15904 to fine-art-prints The only function where it does that is by creating a seperate page for each category and then inserting products into each page, but this is a very manual process. For Example I created a page for an exhibition titled small treasure and inserted products. The web link to this looks clean and readible: [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
New Zealand owned I trialed both Shopify and Wix on different occasions and I definitely think Rocketspark is the most user friendly platform. Some people have said that ROcketspark has its limitations but I don't see that. Since I've been using their service we have already had great upgrades when we asked for suggestions.
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
I did't like the continuous maintenance and upkeep of my wordpress site and by the time you add up the cost of plug ins it was getting costly. Spamming emails via contact forms was one of my absolute pet hates. I don't receive any through Rocketspark. I love how the ecommerce is sowell integrated with the template. Wordpress eccommerce plugins was sometimes frustrating.
Alison
Education Management, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed November 2021
Easy enough for non-coders to set up a simple website
Overall a great start - it is fairly intuitive and it's been easy enough to use for our start-up company's website. I also appreciate not having a lot of extra functionality thrown at me that I don't want or need, and can keep it a simple and clear website.
PROSThe customer service was very fast and useful. And building stacks and blocks was quite straightforward.
CONSIt would be useful to be able to make the social media icons a little more prominent.
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
The talk to me and other students via AUT CoStarters made it sound suitable for us. And the discount offered to us at the time was a big incentive to choose Rocketspark too.
Virginia
Retail, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
LOVE IT
AMAZING, EFFORTLESS and quick!
PROSThe Rocketspark platform is extremely easy to use, we have multiple websites with Rocketspark and I love it! We use another web company as well but I find that Rocketspark looks great, is easy to use and makes designer a breeze (especially for total non-techies)
CONSLeast would be the ecommerce section - BUT that is only as we have multiple websites linking into a master website so need something complex. I will also say since I originally started with the first site with them - it is developing really well.
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
For an information site was unbeatable - simply no comparison. I use Rocketspark for the information and link through to online shop with Neto
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
Switched as I needed better information pages and "look and feel"
Jonathan
Farming, 11-50 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2019
Unreal customer service, and intuitive UI.
It's just simple. It's easy to use and I can customize things intuitively. Also, RocketSpark's customer service is terrific.
CONSThere is nothing about my experience with RocketSpark that I'd consider as being below my expectations.
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
Easier customization of website. Better website-builder.
Scott
Online Media, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed July 2022
Ranks with the best
Good to date. Support is good especially around launch time. Very patient :)
PROSFlexible and easy to operate AND an NZ product which I like supporting.
CONSI would like to see more flexibility with the blog stacks and a greater ability to categorise rather than just tag all the time...???
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
I like to support NZ businesses and products first and formost.
Anonymous
2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
3
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed June 2020
Local Web Design Software
Overall, very satisfied with the product
PROSTheir customer service is really great - the how-to areas on Rocketspark for setting things up are easy to follow, and if you have a question, you can email them directly and expect a quick response
CONSThere are a lot of features that require the more expensive package, but seem fairly straightforward
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
Local product with what seemed like great customer service from the very beginning
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
Wanted to set up an online store, wanted to upgrade template to something more modern, didn't find WIX very helpful or easy to use. And wanted to support local if that was possible
Phillip
Medical Practice, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2020
Seriously good
My feedback to them says I am amazed at the level of care and support they provide. They promise quick answers and the deliver.
PROSThis is a powerful piece of software that is well-designed and logical to use. It is extremely fast on all devices and has given me the slick look I was seeking for use on iPad and iPhone. I am genuinely very impressed.
CONSI would like the functionality of ‘drag and drop’ of blocks in a stack.
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
Wordpress is cumbersome and requires a specialist to run it. My Tokyo team use it and we have one person dedicated to doing it. My Melbourne office runs Rocketspark and I can manage it quickly and easily.
Shaun
Retail, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Great Websites are easy with Rocketspark
We work with our Ad-word partner to drive effective campaigns from this program. It is easy to upload new products and has great features.
PROSGreat to use, easy to update even for users with no or little experience with websites. It has some fantastic features.
CONSI didn't dislike anything with this software, after looking at a lot of other products we are glad we chose Rocketspark
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
We had this software recommended to us by another business.
Rebecca
Food & Beverages, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
4
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed February 2020
Switched from a free website and it was the best decision!
We were struggling with a free website that was clunky and hard to set out, especially for a amateur like me. I found the Rocketspark website builder easy to use, and created a great website as a result. I’d totally recommend shelling out the nominal cost per month to have a website that looks good and is easy to use.
PROSI find this really easy to use, I’m an absolute novice and have been able to build a website that is fully functional and gets positive feedback. It looks professional and the templates were great, they gave me an excellent start point!
CONSI just need a bit of practice to get some of the layout right, especially the photos. This has been the hardest part of designing the website, but in scheme of it, pretty easy really.
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
I found Wix hard to use, and the website layout wasn’t great.
Sarah
Sporting Goods, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed August 2022
Keep the team and the customers happy!
Confusing to start with because none of the tram had ever run an ecomm business before - let alone designed and setup a website! So a very steep learning curve with the website an associated integrations…which worked out ok in the end. Now that we’re more familiar with everything, RocketSpark (and the integration with Vend/Lightspeed & Xero) has become the backbone of our operations -we rely heavily on it’s ease of use, reliability and support.
PROSSuitable for newbies (that was us!) and experienced ecomm business - with a professional end result that customers expect to see! Easy to use with new features being added and updated frequently - all with great support.
CONSWe still struggle with not having the ecomm categories in the hamburger…so it feels like the customers don’t get a good enough GUI…but so far all of our requests have been actioned so maybe this is on the way too!
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
Recommendation from another user
Sue
Textiles, 2-10 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2022
Positive review
Very positive. I have recommended Rocketspark to others.
PROSAlthough not extremely tech focused, I was able to transfer what I already knew from my old website to my Rocketspark one with ease. I worked with a Rocketspark designer for aspects I was unsure of and for advice. The support from Rocketspark staff is excellent. I love that it is a NZ company with offices in Cambridge.
CONSAnything relevant to my needs that was absent/difficult to implement has been, or is being developed by Rocketspark.
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
NZ company. NZ support. NZ designer help.
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
Wanted NZ.
Jayde
Marketing and Advertising, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2022
You'd be stupid not to!
Platform absolute 10/10 to work on, support absolute 10/10 to work with. Would highly recommend - you'd be stupid to not use Rocketspark!
PROSNot only is the platform extremely user friendly, the support service is ABOVE everything else. If you have a problem, they are there! If you have a quick question, Rocketspark has a quick response! They make working with them a dream! Also, they are constantly adding & updating their platform which makes creating websites even more exciting. Most weeks there is a new email with new updates or integrations & it's a very exciting environment to be amongst.
CONSAs everything, there is always room for improvement or 'addons'. Rocketspark seems to be working hard behind the scenes and actually listening to the users and what we want to try & get us much new stuff on their software as they can.
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
Jason! And the platform of course, the whole ease of using Rocketspark, their price is competitive, the people are amazing (the whole team) and we LOVE being amongst it all!
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
Jason! And the platform of course, the whole ease of using Rocketspark, their price is competitive, the people are amazing (the whole team) and we LOVE being amongst it all!
Naomi
Food Production, 11-50 employees
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed September 2019
Amazing customer service from small NZ company
Has been a great platform for expanding our health food company into the online space and increasing sales revenue through online sales
PROSEasy to use and modify website Great SEO Lovely and friendly staff at rocketspark, fix problems quickly
CONSBeing a relatively new web platform they do have limited features eg. not compatible with google customer reviews yet
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
NZ-based
Bronwen
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 1 employee
Used daily for less than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed April 2023
Easy to use, with a professional result
It is easy to create a polished website that I actually enjoyed playing with features. It created a site that looks polished and professional for my service. I also like the members' site within the main website saving me time as I no longer need to use another option.I also value the quick response rate I've received every time I have interacted with Rocketspark staff.
CONSNothing at this stage - if anything crops up, then I email.
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
NZ company and easy integration for my needs.
Simone
Health, Wellness and Fitness, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed May 2023
Great Customer Support
A great suite of easy to use templates. Very responsive team providing exceptional service. Rocketspark have been generous with their pricing discounts for For Purpose organisations (NFPs). I love their clean simple designs.
PROSRocketspark has a very cool automated help function that offers pages and pages of processes to help make things easy to do.Whenever I need to speak or liaise with an actual human being they are so friendly and respond pretty much immediately. They follow through to make sure your query/issue is resolved and remind you if you still have a task to action related to that query.
CONSThere is nothing that I don't like about Rocketspark.
Tania
Non-Profit Organization Management, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2019
Simple, Clean, Effective and Intuitive
Professional, efficient, friendly and supportive.
PROSMy title says it all. So easy to set up, transfer domains and even content from an existing site. It is intuitive with simple, single click interface, backed by excellent help tools and a customer service team that is second to none.
CONSI have not found anything yet and I have used Rocketspark for many years now
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
The compexity of the offering was beyond me and the requirements of the organisation
Kylie
Hospitality, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed October 2020
Amazing platform, amazing support
We are a tiny drop of a tourism business in the huge ocean, yet we constantly get comments and compliments about our website from clients. Most of them think we are a much bigger company than we are thanks to the highly visual and engaging design! The Rocketspark support team is incredible. I can't rave highly enough with their response rate and how they go the extra mile to help me out. I've recommended them to friends and family who need a website for their businesses, and I'll continue to recommend them!
PROSI love how easy the Rocketspark website platform is, in both building the site and updating content and design. The standard features are slick and custom development is very reasonably priced. The support team is second to none, I am so impressed with how fast and helpful they are.
CONSThere's nothing I can think of - it's all great!
Lisa
Design, 2-10 employees
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2021
Brilliant software for website builds
I'm finding this software is assisting me to learn more about how customers can respond to websites, and in turn this is assisting me to become a better website designer. This is via the support setup, and the content they have online to educate users.
PROSRocketspark uses a 'layering stack system' for constructing websites which I'm finding super easy to use. This system really helps you to create a modern designed site. They also have a great selection of app integrations that can assist with a sites marketing.
CONSI'm still getting familiar with this platform - haven't found anything that's not responding as I'd expect yet.
Reason for choosing Rocketspark
As I became more familiar with their software, I could visibly see that they're doing a lot of work for their community; - informing them of product updates and working to make the software even more appealing to the designers using it.
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
Squarespace use to have a good responsive support network. Have found that this has changed over the last two years with responses to questions taking a long time. You also have to upgrade to a much more expensive subscription to do very minor alts to a template e.g. I can't make a simple change to a caption colour on a basic portfolio website unless I upgrade to a business plan.
Andrew
Hospitality, 1 employee
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed July 2017
The website builder I can find!
The ability to showcase our business to the world.
PROSThe flexibility and ease of use. The designs look great and the ability to customise pages is very useful. Also the links with social media are very important these days.
CONSThere's really not much I can think of. It's minor to the point of not being an issue for me, but although I believe page optimisation (speed) is built in, if you perform page checks through Google analytics it suggests further optimisation. I've never bothered following this up as it doesn't seem to be a problem!!!
Vendor Response
Hi Andrew, thanks for your feedback. We are working on some page speed improvements right at the moment, so keep an eye on your inbox for a feature announcement soon.
Replied January 2018
James
Accounting, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
4
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
4
Reviewed June 2017
Quick and easy service to get a website online fast.
It enabled me to easily articulate my business online.
PROSIt's just so intuitive and easy to use. In addition to the great software is a highly responsive support team who have always been able to solve any issue I have been faced with.
CONSFor what Rocketspark is aiming to achieve, I can't think of anything I dislike. They may consider going for a 'plus' version where the templates are much more advanced.
Vendor Response
Hi James, thanks for your review! We recently added a lot more design control with Rocketspark as well as some new templates. If there's any specific design elements you're wanting to change but can't, please let us know and we can consider them as part of our feature roadmap.
Replied July 2017
Jan
Used daily for less than 6 months
OVERALL RATING:
4
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
4
FUNCTIONALITY
3
Reviewed January 2018
Easy to use
I find the programme easy to use and the results look attractive. Also, easy to make changes to copy and images. The pricing is good at this stage. I can't think of anything else to write to fill in the minimum number of characters.
CONSI would like to be able to change to format to suit the needs of my food website. I need for my readers to be able to print out a single recipe without having to print out the whole blog. On other food websites and the one I had before there was an option to be able to print each recipe.I readers can't print out then they won't return to the website.
Vendor Response
Hi Jan, thanks for your review. I have added your suggestion as a feature request for the team here at Rocketspark to consider. A workaround you could use if you had copies of your recipes on file is save them as separate PDF files and add a file upload block below each of your recipes on your blog that contains multiple recipes. That way visitors could print each recipe separately.
Replied January 2018
Robyn
Hospitality, 1 employee
Used daily for more than 2 years
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed December 2022
Excellent Web builder
Easy to use for a non tech person like me. Opportunity to improve website
CONSPhotos were a bit tricky to set up on different landing pages
Catherine
Luxury Goods & Jewelry, 2-10 employees
Used weekly for less than 12 months
OVERALL RATING:
5
EASE OF USE
5
VALUE FOR MONEY
5
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
5
FUNCTIONALITY
5
Reviewed September 2019
Rocketspark - one awesome company!
When I was in absolute despair re website companies not living up to their names, their broken promises, and in one companies instance blatant lies!, it was like finding "gold" upon discovering Rocketspark. They will tell it like it is, deliver each and every time to my constant queries, and are oh so patient to boot. I won't be going anywhere else, just regret not finding this company earlier in the piece!
PROSOverall - an absolute pleasure to deal with - Rocketspark team are real people with fantastic, helpful, knowledgeable advice.
CONSI have no problems or complaints wish is so refreshing!
Reasons for switching to Rocketspark
The last company lied to me about pages that supposedly didn't exist - they did - I built them and had them online for months (they managed to wipe them and then deny it). I was in complete disbelief, was totally stressed out and then so desperate to extract myself as a customer.