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Trustpilot is known to hold brand reputations hostage and railroad them into paying for their service in order to remove negative reviews. Just read the reviews of their own product on their site and you will immediately see through the business model they are running to hurt brands. We feel that it is only right to use their profile as a tool to call them out as a bad actor in the space. We highly recommend you avoid paying them at all costs.

Littledata provides a seamless connection between your Shopify site, marketing channels, and Google Analytics to give you the most accurate view of your analytics & performance. It's used heavily by brands who have a mix of single-purchase items and subscriptions on their site.

Shopify is a commerce platform that allows anyone to set up an online store and sell their products. It's the go-to eCommerce platform for young direct-to-consumer brands. Its ease of use and setup is what's most attractive to merchants, but also the incredibly vast Shopify app store.

Clarity is a free, easy-to-use tool that captures how real people actually use your site. Setup is easy and you'll start getting data in minutes.

Klaviyo is the best in class email marketing solution for eCommerce. It's powerful because it connects to your store, and you can create awesome customer segments based on past purchasing behaviors, customer preferences, and even future predictions of spending.

Fairing is a post-purchase survey tool that gets category-leading response rates. With Fairing's Question Stream, over 3,000 DTC brands and 2,000 Shopify Plus brands are getting 40-80% response rates on their post-purchase survey, leading to better data about their sources of growth, their customers, and the potential for future improvements.

Gorgias is one of the most popular helpdesks for D2C brands. It centralizes all your support tickets in one place and enriches them with lots of extra context about a buyer's profile. Through Gorgias, you can connect directly to your eCommerce store and edit orders, modify subscriptions, and refund payments without leaving your helpdesk.

Impact’s partnership platform lets you discover new partners and recruit them with automated nurture campaigns. Contract newcomers and negotiate payout terms. Track the traffic driven on your properties and engage/train partners. Optimize & adjust partner strategy in-app.

Fospha is a marketing measurement platform powered by data science​ that enables D2C brands to optimise their digital marketing performance

Hotjar is a behavior analytics and user feedback service that helps you understand the behavior of your website users and get their feedback through tools such as heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys.

Optimizely offers powerful, easy to use solutions, to test what messages, imagery, and offers help increase conversion, retention, and lifetime value.

Klarna gives your customers flexibility on payment when purchasing from your store. Customers can split their purchase into manageable instalments or pay for your order up to 30 days later. The merchant cost for each purchase is up to 0.30 USD + 3.29% per transaction.