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UserVoice turns 4: 182 people/sec see a Feedback widget + Helpdesk becomes free

31 points by rrwhite 15y ago

Urgo 15y ago
Good deal. I'm guessing it is in response to zendesk's change to $20/yr donated to charity deal that they started a couple weeks back. Too bad I just paid for a year of that otherwise I'd give this a run.
- rrwhite 15y ago
  We actually starting A/B testing going to free back in January before their announcement. PS If you change your mind we can easily import all of your Zendesk content into UserVoice.
sachingulaya 15y ago
When are you going to add the option to vote from the widget? ;D Congrats, guys.
- rrwhite 15y ago
  11 months ago :) http://www.uservoice.com/widget/ http://www.uservoice.com/widget/
smackfu 15y ago
Only problem I've had with UserVoice is that it turns into something like that stereotypical open source project bug reporter that no one monitors. You find a suggestion with 100 votes and either there's no response or something from the company that says "thanks, we'll take that under advisement" and it's not very satisfactory or anything.
- evanhamilton 15y ago
  That's definitely a concern here at UserVoice. We're firm believers in saying "no" (and explaining why) rather than letting ideas sit open or in "under review" or "planned" piles. We do and will continue to preach that to our customers, and we're looking at ways to actually encourage them to respond via the UX.
ladon86 15y ago
We really like Helpdesk at ClassDojo, it's simple and doesn't get in your way. They've had 1mm tickets total so far, so we've answered around 0.5% of all UserVoice tickets.
citricsquid 15y ago
The problem with uservoice/getsatisfaction etc. is businesses approach them as a replacement for normal support systems and then don't provide user support through them and rarely (if ever) bother with the ideas/suggestions users have, they think they're an easy get out clause for providing support (which is costly) and it ends up sucking. When done right the systems rock, the way that Mint.com uses getsatisfaction is wonderful but the way most companies use uservoice/getsatisfaction isn't. Perfect example of this model of support/feedback being done so wrong: Seesmic (http://feedback.seesmic.com/ http://feedback.seesmic.com/) just spend 5 minutes looking around, they have thousands of votes on thousands of suggestions and they've accepted only a few (back when the system is new) and now it goes completely ignored...
- evanhamilton 15y ago
  You should spend a second on http://www.uservoice.com/helpdesk http://www.uservoice.com/helpdesk. We've never said that UserVoice was a replacement for a support system, and we've actually very clearly stated that we think customer-powered support doesn't work as a standalone solution for 99% of companies (blog.uservoice.com/entries/customer-powered-support-doesnt-work). UserVoice Feedback is a tool for getting prioritized feedback from your customers, not providing customer support. And how actively you respond to feedback is not something controlled by the tool, it's controlled by the company. We encourage our customers to actively respond to feedback, but we can't force them.
  - citricsquid 15y ago
    oh no, your product is wonderful and the problem is most definitely not with your company, it's with the way people approach it. The way that Mint.com use it (they use getsatisfaction, but it's the same model so we can treat them as the same) is the perfect example of the model working so very well, it's not a complaint / criticism of you, it's a criticism of companies that think they can just half-ass some modernisation of customer support. Just like companies that think making a facebook page and then leaving it is "social media".
    - 15y ago

31 points by rrwhite 15y ago

Urgo 15y ago

Good deal. I'm guessing it is in response to zendesk's change to $20/yr donated to charity deal that they started a couple weeks back. Too bad I just paid for a year of that otherwise I'd give this a run.

rrwhite 15y ago
We actually starting A/B testing going to free back in January before their announcement. PS If you change your mind we can easily import all of your Zendesk content into UserVoice.

sachingulaya 15y ago

When are you going to add the option to vote from the widget? ;D Congrats, guys.

rrwhite 15y ago
11 months ago :) http://www.uservoice.com/widget/ http://www.uservoice.com/widget/

smackfu 15y ago

Only problem I've had with UserVoice is that it turns into something like that stereotypical open source project bug reporter that no one monitors. You find a suggestion with 100 votes and either there's no response or something from the company that says "thanks, we'll take that under advisement" and it's not very satisfactory or anything.

evanhamilton 15y ago
That's definitely a concern here at UserVoice. We're firm believers in saying "no" (and explaining why) rather than letting ideas sit open or in "under review" or "planned" piles. We do and will continue to preach that to our customers, and we're looking at ways to actually encourage them to respond via the UX.

ladon86 15y ago

We really like Helpdesk at ClassDojo, it's simple and doesn't get in your way. They've had 1mm tickets total so far, so we've answered around 0.5% of all UserVoice tickets.

citricsquid 15y ago

The problem with uservoice/getsatisfaction etc. is businesses approach them as a replacement for normal support systems and then don't provide user support through them and rarely (if ever) bother with the ideas/suggestions users have, they think they're an easy get out clause for providing support (which is costly) and it ends up sucking. When done right the systems rock, the way that Mint.com uses getsatisfaction is wonderful but the way most companies use uservoice/getsatisfaction isn't. Perfect example of this model of support/feedback being done so wrong: Seesmic (http://feedback.seesmic.com/ http://feedback.seesmic.com/) just spend 5 minutes looking around, they have thousands of votes on thousands of suggestions and they've accepted only a few (back when the system is new) and now it goes completely ignored...

evanhamilton 15y ago
You should spend a second on http://www.uservoice.com/helpdesk http://www.uservoice.com/helpdesk. We've never said that UserVoice was a replacement for a support system, and we've actually very clearly stated that we think customer-powered support doesn't work as a standalone solution for 99% of companies (blog.uservoice.com/entries/customer-powered-support-doesnt-work). UserVoice Feedback is a tool for getting prioritized feedback from your customers, not providing customer support. And how actively you respond to feedback is not something controlled by the tool, it's controlled by the company. We encourage our customers to actively respond to feedback, but we can't force them.
- citricsquid 15y ago
  oh no, your product is wonderful and the problem is most definitely not with your company, it's with the way people approach it. The way that Mint.com use it (they use getsatisfaction, but it's the same model so we can treat them as the same) is the perfect example of the model working so very well, it's not a complaint / criticism of you, it's a criticism of companies that think they can just half-ass some modernisation of customer support. Just like companies that think making a facebook page and then leaving it is "social media".
  - 15y ago