{"id":2607,"date":"2016-12-14T21:56:26","date_gmt":"2016-12-14T21:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michaelwilding.com\/?p=2607"},"modified":"2016-12-09T09:59:04","modified_gmt":"2016-12-09T09:59:04","slug":"why-im-leaving-clickfunnels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelwilding.com\/why-im-leaving-clickfunnels\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I\u2019m Leaving ClickFunnels"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve used ClickFunnels since they first launched. At the time, like a lot of people, I was using LeadPages.<\/p>\n

Then ClickFunnels launched. They seemed to offer a fix for everything that was irritating about LeadPages.<\/p>\n

Primarily more customisation, and the ability to build out the complete funnel and see how it converted.<\/p>\n

Now, a number of years on, I\u2019m leaving ClickFunnels.<\/p>\n

I have 20 funnels in there, 103 pages, and they get around 50,000 visitors a month.<\/p>\n

So why the hell am I leaving?<\/p>\n

There are two primary reasons:<\/p>\n

1) I can\u2019t justify the expense (more on that in a minute)<\/p>\n

2) I\u2019m not really in control<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, ClickFunnels is an awesome tool. It does what it says on the tin, and I\u2019ve been very happy with it.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s break it down a bit.<\/p>\n

A funnel is a series of between two and five web pages.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s nothing fancy about it. It\u2019s a very simple website.<\/p>\n

You have a:<\/p>\n

* Lead page<\/p>\n

* Sales page<\/p>\n

* Upsell page<\/p>\n

* Thank you pagea<\/p>\n

At least that\u2019s the most common structure. You can have more upsells and downsells, or none. But basically that\u2019s how it works.<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re wondering about webinars, they\u2019re exactly the same. A webinar is effectively a sales page.<\/p>\n

With the cheapest plan at ClickFunnels, you get 100 pages for $97 per month.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s $0.97 per page per month.<\/p>\n

Doesn\u2019t seem too bad.<\/p>\n

But, when you consider that hosting can cost you less than $2 per month and you can buy Thrive Content Builder<\/a> for $67 outright.<\/p>\n

It suddenly looks pretty damn expensive for what it does.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the bit I really liked about it, was the funnel conversion tracking.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, it\u2019s buggy at best.<\/p>\n

In the years I\u2019ve had it I\u2019ve come to stop looking at the figures down the side, because they simply don\u2019t work.<\/p>\n

Yeah, you can get in touch with support and they\u2019ll fix it. But to be honest, I can\u2019t be bothered to do that with every single funnel I make.<\/p>\n

It should just work.<\/p>\n

When a product first launches, you expect some bugs. But years later and the same bugs haven\u2019t been fixed. That\u2019s just poor.<\/p>\n

However, I could even put all that aside if I had complete control. But, due to the nature of software, you don\u2019t.<\/p>\n

And the biggest bug bear for me, is that I can\u2019t offer my customers a range of ways to pay.<\/p>\n

I want to be able to offer Paypal, Skrill and Credit Card. Heck, I want my customers to be able to pay me anyway they feel most comfortable!<\/p>\n

You can only offer one option with ClickFunnels, and I know that\u2019s not going to change anytime soon.<\/p>\n

If there was an API, things may be different, I may be able to code into it and do what I want.<\/p>\n

But there isn\u2019t. And I can\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Does it do what it says on the tin? Yes.<\/p>\n

Is it good at what it does? Generally, Yes.<\/p>\n

But when you\u2019re just using it to host web pages, as I am now, it\u2019s sure as hell not worth the money.<\/p>\n

What am I moving to?<\/p>\n

Thrive Content Builder.<\/p>\n

It gives you a load of templates, you can build your own from scratch, you are in complete control of them because they\u2019re hosted on your site, and\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026it\u2019s just sixty seven bucks once!<\/p>\n

https:\/\/michaelwilding.com\/recommends\/?id=thrvlndpg<\/a><\/p>\n

Michael<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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