MESA Platform Review: Pros & Cons

Verdict: When I started to run my own online photography business store, I encountered challenges regarding settings and management, so I decided to try MESA platform functionality. This service is truly fascinating since it gives you the opportunity to customize nearly all the operations concerning Shopify stores.

I liked that the company offers a range of functions required for a certain business, without extra fees for unnecessary options. Besides, there is no more need to worry that you can miss a notification or perform other necessary actions.

MESA is a simple platform for automating the daily tasks of owning a Shopify store. It supports various beneficial Shopify integrations, automation tools for performance and routine, and built-in no-code solutions for fostering your online shop.

Regardless of what stage of your online store you are, MESA offers all the necessary options to facilitate the everyday tasks which used to be rather time-consuming. If you are involved in creative industry, like photography, you would definitely prefer dedicating more time to your business, to immersing in the intricacies of running the store.

With the help of automatized tools, you can easily start a photography business with Shopify. Access to the templates, provided by the MESA platform facilitates the process of running an online store.

If you already have a photo facilities store, you will like the option of ordering data from Shopify to Google Sheets once an order is made. Then, with the help of setting automatic MESA reports and data, you will be able to account for your business efficiently. The key feature is that it is fast and simple even for those who deal with this for the first time.

The great characteristic of the MESA platform is templates availability, which you can use for setting and customizing your everyday actions, necessary for effective ecommerce platforms functioning. They are efficiently subdivided by categories, including: Advertising, Data Migration, Loyalty & Rewards, Notifications, Order Management, Shopping Experience and Subscriptions.

There exist Workflow templates, which are set to be automized in just a couple of clicks. You can look through all the suggested variants and choose the one which meets your demands best. Additionally, the templates page includes a search options, which you can use for putting your search request and get the ones you need for the online photography store.

You can improve your Shopify store with the Shopify Automation Booster Pack. With the help of templates, you can complete a lot of actions: arrange the Shopify theme switch at a certain date and time, insert color tags to products, set the permission to receive the email notifications about the goods being out of stock, and a lot of other features.

MESA is a reliable integration solution for merging Shopify and your business systems data. You are able to get access to all the services from this platform with Shopify development companies, first of all, defining and setting up all the necessary integrations for the efficient performance of your online store.

MESA provides you with a clear integration workflow and well-outlined timeframes. A dedicated Account Manager helps you manage your integrations so that you can concentrate on your photography art, being sure your online store functions in a proper way. MESA can sustain your requirements whether you’re just expanding an available integration or creating one from scratch.

This offer also includes integrating existing systems like an ERP or CRM with Shopify APIs and SDKs or Shopify Plus Partners. Link applications across your business with an e-commerce automation feature and customize everything from principal tasks to complex operations with Shopify Flow. Besides, it is simple to scan performance analytics, develop new stores, control automation processes in all your stores, and a lot more.

MESA offers a vast number of apps to connect to facilitate online store functioning and process management. You may select by category, which is very comfortable and time-efficient, including CRM, Customer support, Reporting, Orders, Marketing and shipping, Store design etc.

I like the way the platform divides the search results, which significantly simplifies the selection and allows you to consider all the possible variants. Thus, if you are in search of a marketing app for your online photo goods store, all the results will be categorized as New Apps (Mailgun), Most Popular (Yotpo Loyalty and HubSpot) and you can scan all the results in the All Apps group.

Furthermore, you are also able to integrate the social media for photographers, automating the link between them and your store. There are such available APIs as Facebook, TikTok, and Pinterest appearing soon. You can make a choice on your own or ask MESA expert for assistance and get solutions as soon as possible.

Mesa is featured with a 7-day free trial version to familiarize with the features. It has some restrictions, so if you wish to get benefit from all the required functions, opt for one of the three plans.

The Hobby plan costs $20/month. It offers 5 apps connection for the integration, 5 working processes, live chat communication and 24/7 technical support.

The Professional option costs $75/month and offers 20 apps and workflows, the Pro applications access (Salesforce, Odoo, Hubspot) and all the features approachable with The Hobby version.

The Business plan for $300/month provides you with unbounded workflows and applications, all the Pro apps support, and an option for analytics and reports. Besides, you will be offered assistance of the Account Manager, who will manage all the working processes of your online store.

There is also an individual Enterprise option. You can consult the pricing by addressing the MESA manager. The price will depend upon a lot of factors, involving your enterprise scale, specific requirements, characteristic of huge corporations, and a lot more.