Thrivecart Review 2021: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly

[@ScottDeSalvo]

Another GREAT peice of content. Thanks so much. I am doing marketing coaching and eventually will release smaller courses using Thrivecart and Thrive Apprentice and your content is the best on KZbin explaining everything.

[@lindsaymigliore9278]

This was a great breakdown of Thrivecart and basics on building a sales funnel. Thanks for putting out this video!

[@PaperLuv]

Great video! I bought many of Suzi's classes and love what you guys do! One question, I know you use Teachable as well. Do you need both teachable and Thrivecart or Thrivecart cover it all? I'm creating digital products mainly, some might be a course, some are templates, ebook download. Any advice? Thank you in advance!

[@1peter477]

Thank you, John. This couldn't have come at a better time for me as I try to figure out how best to present and sell my digital product! I didn't know much about Thrivecart before, so this was really helpful :)

[@dzemalduric]

Same for me. Just in time. :-)

[@VickyBlades]

Found this just as I was considering the lifetime deal - and with your amazing bonuses it was a no-brainer! Looking forward to getting stuck in (and getting rid of CF). Thanks!

[@johncreates]

Thank you!!

[@ashleysmith4562]

John, you have been so helpful! I purchased Thrivecart but I had a few questions and I'm not sure how to access my 30 days of asking you questions. So here is my first question! Where do I need to go to ask you questions? haha

[@sarahfults4057]

thanks for the great information John! I'm working through Printables by Number and this may just what I'm looking for so I don't have to have a monthly fee with other options. Great review!

[@sronline6111]

Today my birthday sir U r xcelent I m always with u I m top fan from India

[@LisaGallegos]

Thanks for the breakdown! Debating between samcart and thrivecart

[@MindsetBliss]

Which did you decide to get? Happy with your selection?

[@minafromwaylos3943]

I have Printables by Number and am on the fence about thrivecart because there doesn't seem to be an easy way to make a tripwire/limited offer with an evergreen timer (for example a steep discount that expires 20 minutes after they opt into the freebie) - am I missing something or is that not possible with thrivecart? and if not, how do you guys do tripwires, if you do them at all?

[@worldwidewebhq8778]

Typically you can do it with a countdown timer. Yet, generally you would state, "The offer discount is void upon (or not available after) leaving this page."

[@thefunnelhacker3512]

Awesome review - Can you do a non-bias one for CartFlows?

[@ashleysmith4562]

Is there a way to make the landing page wider to fit the screen? It's annoying how it makes everything look small.

[@johncreates]

Unfortunately I haven’t found a good way to do this yet. But I know they are developing their page builder

[@mikesams7505]

Thank you so much! This was very helpful.

[@jumpingbee4717]

Great walk-through. I'm a complete newbie and trying to figure out how everything fits which you've made crystal clear so thank you! I was wondering if we can get a button to embed on our main websites?

[@jumpingbee4717]

And follow up question as I'm watching the end of your video: when you're addressing the mix and match con let's say I want to bundle a course and consulting hours, that would not work with thrivecart because it's not the same type of product, correct?

[@johncreates]

Yes, you can embed the entire checkout form on your site, or you could place a button and link to a checkout page :)

[@johncreates]

We do it all the time - in that case we would sell all our content as a course or membership. So let's say there's a coaching "course" with a single lesson that gives some education on the process and what to do next, with a link to the calendar. Works really well, and honestly it's always useful to have a "how to" orientation video even for things like ebooks and printables, so courses always seem to work better to house your premium content.

[@rebeccap5030]

Thanks for the insight John.

[@yorgohoebeke]

Hello, I saw an image "Mini workshop magic" : did you help them set it up or are you working with them in any way? :)

[@johncreates]

Just friends I respect!

[@yorgohoebeke]

@@johncreates Okay thanks!

[@ToiHendricks]

I’d like to know if there is a competitive option for thrive cart in groove. If so , what are the pros and cons ?

[@johncreates]

I tested groove funnels and was NOT impressed…

[@guidingspiritonline3]

@@johncreates Have you tested Groove more recently than last year's video? I bought the Platinum level and am waiting on them getting everything out of beta because it was so very buggy and unreliable - I'm sure it will be great eventually. Interested to know your thoughts on how they've improved in the last year.

[@mariaturner9761]

Thanks you for all the insight on ThriveCart. I have SamCart but I feel in the long run this is going to be more cost effective. It also looks more user friendly for the less techie individuals. I found a lot of value in this video. Any thoughts?

[@johncreates]

Unfortunately Thrivecart has become unreliable since 2023, I would use Go High Level instead of either of those platforms: sofreedom.com/freecourse

[@Theunpopularmom]

do you have to have the upgrade for the affiliate program?

[@shanikabrown9897]

How do you run FB ads with it?

[@christiedorst7144]

the checkout process is super simple through thrivecart

[@emelinacalder]

great video, thank you so much for the breakdown!

[@FlorbizLLC]

I have to use Square in my website for payments, but I need it to purchase AffiliateWP at $249/ year and I had Thrivecart for years, is their a way to use the affiliate from trivecart that pays my affiliates every time they sell from their link?

[@JohnPaulqwerty]

pretty sure thrivecart pro has affliate system your looking for

[@nicunursefaith]

Hey john, great video! My question is if thrive cart is a checkout, how do you deliver the products? Which software do you use?

[@johncreates]

99% of the time we use the "add to membership site" option and integrate it in with a course platform like Teachable or Thrive Apprentice. But for small products like digital downloads, you can also send them to a download URL or even just add a tag in your email platform and send them emails to deliver the content :) Hope this helps!

[@buzzie8]

Can you track customer payments from a subscription offering on Thrivecart? If so, is it done in Thrivecart or some other CRM or software?

[@bringtheseo]

Hey John this was brilliant man. Thank you. One question - does Thrivecart take a cut with each transaction?

[@johncreates]

No, ThriveCart does not take a cut from each transaction. You keep 100% of your sales revenue. :)

[@yorgohoebeke]

I am considering launching a subscription product and a digital product (that will be completely different products). I didn't fully understand your cons in the video. Can I do this in thrivecart or will it not be possible? Was the lack of flexibility only related to upsells?

[@johncreates]

Your situation should be just fine - sorry for not being extra clear!

[@yorgohoebeke]

@@johncreates Great!

[@maheshmogal]

Thanks John for great tutorial. I have one question. When i am using membership platform with thrive cart, and user cancels his subscription plan from WordPress (say from wishlist member), will that also cancel plan from thrivecart? Or user needs to go to thrive cart to cancel subscription?

[@johncreates]

Great question. I have always directed customers to the Thrivecart “customer hub” which lets them see their purchases and manage subscriptions. I have not tried cancelling from WLM before. It might be possible though :)

[@maheshmogal]

@@johncreates Thanks John. I do not want to send users back to Thrive Cart apart from payment. I will check this out more. I really appriciate your help and your videos are very helpful.

[@SuperMomInfinity1]

Thanks for this information video!

[@peace.n.blessings5579]

Finally woohoo 🥳

[@warever37]

If your online courses are on teachable, then why are you using thrivecart in the first place? I mean teachable has a great checkout process. seems weird. Am I missing something?

[@johncreates]

Thrivecart offers several advantages over Convertkit that makes it a worthwhile companion: - Much stronger affiliate program so your students can help sell more courses for you - A/B testing to allow you to optimize your sales and find out which upsells work better - Strong Upsell / Downsell offer system to make more money per customer - Better management of subscription products (if you offer a membership or ongoing fee service). Just a few off the top of my head. When we personally switched from Teachable to Thrivecart for transactions we saw about a 60-70% increase in sales within the first month of creating our new funnels

[@daveguerra5225]

great video very helpful

[@freedombynumber]

Thanks John!

[@iffyc5676]

Hey, Suzi!!!!

[@jcepri]

how can you do an objective review if you are getting perks when others sign up through affiliate links. of course you are going to promote it.

[@freedombynumber]

I'm so lucky ;)

[@realMartinHamilton]

Obviously he doesn't answer questions. Thumbs down because any good affiliate would answer within a few days.

[@johncreates]

Wow. I get a lot of comments every day and I have a family and 2 other businesses… let me try to run down you other comment to answer…

[@johncreates]

I can’t even find your question. Would you mind re-asking it?