{"id":6427,"date":"2020-06-27T17:44:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T17:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangledtech.com\/?p=6427"},"modified":"2023-12-13T20:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T19:03:43","slug":"dashnex-review-honest-unbiased","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangledtech.com\/hosting\/dashnex-review-honest-unbiased\/","title":{"rendered":"DashNex Review – Honest & Unbiased"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

DashNex Review – Honest & Unbiased<\/strong> – I’ve seen a lot of adverts for DashNex and each one confuses me more than the last. The many different names of products included, various prices and confusing marketing. I’m not sure if they are intentionally so obtuse with the way they market this product, or if this is their marketing strategy, but it was a big put-off for me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, I didn’t want to throw them under the bus without giving them a fair shot. So I signed up for a paid account (free account uses Dashnex subdomain), to fully test it out. And I recommend you avoid it completely.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking to create a website<\/a>, try out one of these options instead:
Typof <\/a><\/strong>or Marketsy<\/a><\/strong>
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What is DashNex?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dashnex is a website creation and hosting site<\/a>. It has a few ecommerce features that aren’t fleshed out. It’s cloaked in a shroud of confusion and limited information that makes it difficult to understand without buying it first. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Upon signing up for a paid account, I was greeted with this confusing page that serves as a navigation menu. Now, unlike Shopify that has everything readily available as you enter – DashNex leads through the setup process bit by bit. This is great for beginners but for a veteran marketer, it’s a little annoying jumping through these menus. And who came up with the names xOmator and Likomator? Seriously!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think the best way I can review DashNex is to work my way through some of the items on this menu first:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Project Automation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The first section of Project Automation is basically a tutorial on how to create your own ecommerce store from scratch. It has replays of Live Coaching Sessions<\/strong> that will teach you how to get your store up and running. For first-timers, this could be pretty useful. I skipped through it to make sure that the videos all played fine, and all was well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next item in this section is 2 Copy & Paste Funnels<\/strong> that you can download to your PC\/Mac. This was pretty interesting to me, as it covered two full campaigns. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each of the 2 Copy & Paste Funnels comes with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2 x Books that can be given away as freebies on your website
1 x Website Squeeze Page to collect email addresses
6 x Emails to add to your Autoresponder
1 x Automation Guide (Steps to Funnel the Client) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The third item in this section is the link to the private Facebook group<\/strong>. You will need to provide the email you are using on DashNex in order to access this group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So DashNex consists of 2 separate website creators. Instant eCom Store is the dropshipping store creator, while DashNex Pages creates special event, webinar registration, affiliate marketing, etc. websites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. Instant eCom Store (IES)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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The Instant eCom Store is a dropshipping website creator where you can sell physical products. I won’t go into too much details but it’s your basic store (nothing special). If you’re planning on importing products from Aliexpress, you could probably manage to put something together with this (once you’ve dug through the menu system).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will also be able to view all your sales and customer info from the Dashboard<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stores<\/strong> is where you will create your storefront\/s and connect it\/them to your domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next is Shipping<\/strong>, where you can setup your shipping classes – which works similar to Shopify.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Integrations<\/strong> is where you add Autoresponders (Aweber, Mailchimp, etc), Merchants (Braintree, Paypal, Stripe), Tracking (Facebook Pixel\/Google), Product Fulfilment (Printful\/Scalable Press), and Shipping (Shipping Easy\/Ship Station [both were coming soon].<\/p>\n\n\n\n

User Manager<\/strong> allows you to setup a team with managers – if you are company or group of people that will be working on the store together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the Properties<\/strong> section let’s you create Sizing Guides such as XS, S, M, L, etc for clothing and other items. You can add the info in both CM and Inches and provide an image as well. I thought this was pretty interesting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. xOmator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This oddly named item is a Chrome extension that helps you to find products on Aliexpress. It also imports these items to your store. It’s basically the DashNex version of Oberlo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. LIKOmator<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This is also a Chrome extension. It adds a mass invite button to your Facebook pages so that you can easily invite people, that have liked or commented on a post, to like your Page as well. You simply press the mass invite button and leave it running until it hits Facebook’s maximum daily allowance of invites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Next Page – Pros, Cons, Pricing, Review Verdict<\/strong> and <\/em>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

5. DashNex Pages<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

DashNex Pages is where you can create webinar registrations, affiliate sites, sweepstakes, etc. This is where it differs the most from Shopify and adds in some different functionality. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is where you create the pages for your website\/s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can make a Lead Generation Page, Sweepstakes Page, Redirect page, Custom Page, or upload your own HTML site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lead Generation page is your standard webpage but it included a bunch of options that you’d have to pay a monthly fee for in Shopify.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Lead Generation Page<\/strong> is your standard webpage but it included a bunch of options that you’d have to pay a monthly fee for in Shopify.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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First, you’ll need to choose a Template <\/strong>to work off of. There were 32 templates available at the time of writing this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Content <\/strong>section, you’ll add your headline and optional cover image. You can also add a Call-To-Action Button here and import your Facebook comments and Facebook Likes from this section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Timers<\/strong>, you can add an optional timer to your page. You can set it to be Global or Personalized. You’re also able to an action to take once the timer reaches zero – redirect, repeat or remove.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Form <\/strong>section, you can add one of the integrated Autoresponder forms, add your own HTML Email Form, or have no form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navigation <\/strong>is where you will define the URLs of your Privacy Policy, Contact Page, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TY Page<\/strong> is your Thank You page. You can add a personalized message to thank your customers for their support here. You can also upload a digital item for your customers to get access to after they’ve paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, the Meta <\/strong>section is where you will add your Meta title, description and keywords for SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Sweepstakes Page<\/strong> is quite self-explanatory. You have 2 templates to choose from with titles such as “ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN…”. These are great for collecting emails. Most of the options from Lead Pages will be available here as well.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The Redirect Page<\/strong> lets you redirect any page you create to another URL. So if you’re using one main domain to save money, you can redirect pages from that domain to different offers that you are advertising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Custom Page<\/strong> lets you create a page from scratch using HTML, while the Drag and Drop<\/strong> section allows you to upload your own saved HTML webpage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MAKE SURE TO READ THE LAST SECTION BEFORE SIGNING UP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you first sign up for a free account, you will only have access to the DashNex Pages section. You’ll able to use a subdomain on DashNex to create a single site (no custom domain) with up to 5 webpages. This is a great way to test out the site, but there’s one problem…<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After you’ve signed up for a free account, you’re redirected to a special offer via video. If you skip over this offer to test out the free version first, you will not be able to get the same deal again. I had to use a different email to get access to the lower priced deal. I really think that they should have allowed customers to play with the software first and then offered this deal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pros<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unlimited Pages<\/strong> – Create as many pages as you like
Unlimited Traffic<\/strong> – There is no upper limit (unlimited visitors)
Digital Downloads built into core program<\/strong> – When using Shopify, I regularly have customers that cannot access their digital downloads from the app)
Large number of Templates to choose from<\/strong> in DashNex<\/strong>
Upsells built into core program<\/strong> – Shopify makes you pay extra
Integrated Social Add Buttons<\/strong> in Instant Ecom Store
Free SSL encryption<\/strong>
Auto Creation of ALL Legal Pages<\/strong>
1-Click Insertion of Trust Badge<\/strong>
Optimized for SEO<\/strong>
Websites load fast<\/strong>
Referral Program<\/strong> – If you refer enough of your friends and coworkers, you can cover your monthly costs easily.
Can be decently-priced<\/strong> – If you use the right offer, the price is great<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cons<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Information Drought<\/strong> – I spent hours trying to find answers to my questions before buying the product and figuring it out myself
Spammy-looking sales pages and ads<\/strong> – it looks spammy because it is spammy
Overly-complicated menu design<\/strong> – The menu doesn’t flow as organically as most other management systems.
Overly-complicated naming<\/strong> – Instant eCom Store, DashNex Pages, xOmator, Likomator. Why, just why?
More integrations needed<\/strong> – I do a lot of Print-on-Demand products and I find Printful too expensive. I’d like more integrations to choose from.
No Templates in Instant eCom Store<\/strong>
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Pricing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The pricing is a headache to understand. There’s different prices depending on where you go and what you click on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the one’s I’ve looked at, it’s $7 a month for 1 website, $29.75 a month for 5 websites and $58.10 a month for $10 websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Verdict<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Right off the bat, Dashnex’s site comes off a little spammy\/scammy. I do not like the presentation of their product and think it could do with a redesign or an advanced mode that just links directly to each section – like Shopify. It seems like a bunch of different websites that are all connected by a menu, and not just one solid tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edit 2023:<\/strong> Since writing this review, there have been no updates, improvements or changes to make this product better. Avoid this product at all costs!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alternatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you’re looking to create a website, try out one of these options instead:
Typof <\/a><\/strong>or Marketsy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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