Ithemes Comes Up Short

Ithemes Comes Up Short

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Today I want to share with you an appraisal on iThemes which is a premium Wordpress theme provider. Allow me just cut right to the chase at this point in what this is certainly all about.

If you are a developer and are knowledgeable in CSS and know your way around HTML and hardly ever if ever need to request guidance of their support then the themes are good an in particular the Builder theme is brilliant.

The developer of the builder theme is a chap by the name of Chris Jean and he is extremely knowledgeable and talented. He puts together a great theme without question.

Now however if you are not a developer and not schooled in CSS, html etc. and just getting started with Wordpress, need support and timely support, iThemes is not the place to go. Their support is wanting to say the least and one point you might hear a lot when asking for support is that is further than the scope of our support. Like they say it all starts at the top and runs down hill from there.

The founder and the chap apparently at the helm of the schooner is a mate by the name of Cory Miller. He is rude and actually does not have much interaction with the people and it shows. He is rarely if at all in the forum and that is a good thing as he would force even more people away. It is my experience that when a patron makes a purchase an more than ever when that product is the product that you had developed you by no means tell your customers no at least within reason. Of course there is always going to be one or two who want you to build the site for them but most are merely looking for advice after running down every way they have available to them for answers.

At iThemes do not bring up too many questions and don't anticipate a fast answer and don't become impatient after waiting for 2-3 days and not getting an answer and you might be okay. If you do you might openly be scolded as one woman customer was that was simply looking for a child theme that was promised would be done but delay after delay kept it from happening. If you would like reply in a sensible fashion and don't get it you might just get a refund without asking for it and shown the virtual door.

In fact it is hard to think that in the day and age in which we live that still occurs and it seems to be rare as nearly all comprehend the fallout there could be from mishandling a situation like this is considerably greater than purely providing superb support. I was always led to believe that it is faster and easier to retain a patron than it is to find a new one. Cory Miller of iThemes seemingly disagrees with that viewpoint and would rather be short and rude because of course he is a occupied.

The themes are good but the support is about a 4 on a scale of 1-10. There are plenty of people who like the themes but do not like the support or the way things are handled at iThemes.

You might get this long extended message that explains why they can not help you which in most cases takes longer to put together than actually just answering the question.

iThemes and in particular the builder theme is high-quality but the support and the mate at the top needs to learn more about how to take care of the customers from the customers perspective. Could this just be another example of the clamoring for more of the almighty dollar and forgetting that it is thrilled customers that make more of those dollars come in the door?

In the event you want fantastic themes and overwhelming support then our advice is the StudioPress,Thesis and Headway themes. Those mates realize how to deal with their customers and comprehend without them they would be in a different business. Cory Miller of iThemes apparently does not know that at least yet or care.


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