Paperturn

Avantages

The ability to make a publication offline, upload it, and have it immediately compatible with all browsers, both desktop and mobile has been a game changer for us.

Making changes by simply reuploading our publication on top of itself is amazing. We can make changes daily and our customers never need a new link, there's no downtime, the changes are just instant and all it takes is up pressing upload.

The realistic approach of actually turning paper on mobile or desktops, the page turning sound, search function, thumbnail functions, all of the little additional things you wouldn't think mattered have made our customers experiencing searching our catalog so much better.

Inconvénients

We had a few customers tell us they couldn't access our publication online and after researching the issue we found the server our publication was hosted on was not in the US and their firewall was using GEO-IP to block countries outside of the US. We resolved the issue but be aware that could happen to you.

Avantages

I love that everything about Paperturn is geared towards being easy to understand, navigate and implement which, for a small non profit is absolutely essential.

Inconvénients

Tutorials on how to make the most out of how you can use Paperturn would be really useful

Avantages

We find its functionality very user friendly and we use the statistics tab a lot throughout issues to track the progress of readership.

Inconvénients

With every edition we have difficulties with embedding the custom code onto our Squarespace website. For two such leading brands we would have hoped that this wouldn't be an issue but it is.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi passer à Paperturn

Avantages

Blount and Beyond has found a wonderful home at Paperturn. It is user friendly, allows my readers to read the magazine on their phone, computor, etc. It is very shareable. I am so happy I found this business as it is a good fit for Blount and Beyond.

Inconvénients

I have not found any cons, I love Paperturn.

Avantages

It is really easy to use and allows us to create digital brochure and set live on site in an instant. The links to our site are so important so customers can purchase directly on our website. The analytics are also really useful to us to show which pages perform the best and inform future content.

Inconvénients

I have struggled to link into google analytics but that might be more of a google analytics technical issue than an issue with paperturn but further knowledge of the customer journey from when they view the brochure would be interesting.

Avantages

We love that we can host our catalog online and that everything is linked back to our site!

Inconvénients

It takes a little bit of time getting used to but not that bad.

Avantages

Our company loves how easy this software is to use and our customers love to flip through our ebook as well as our services catalog. It looks professional and helps sell our products and services.

Inconvénients

Seems like price is so high for the 3 flip books we have.

Avantages

Besides the ease of uploading material, the bells and whistles that make your publication stand out are amazing. the pop-ups, the embedded videos, and all the other additions make a simple manuscript come alive.

Inconvénients

I'm not sure 100% of the rules about using the pop-ups, etc. I need to fully understand that if I upload some pop-ups and later upload a new .pdf with additional pages, does that mess up the previous pop-ups, having to start over adding them back into the updated .pdf?

Avantages

I love using Paperturn to help my retailers purchase easily just clicking on images to add to their shopping carts. They don't have to use PO forms and product codes and can see faster what they need to buy form us.

Inconvénients

I did not find anything that I did not like with Paperturn

Avantages

Very easy to use and great customer support

Inconvénients

Only just starting to learn the extra features so couldn't really suggest new features

Avantages

Paperturn is extremely user friendly and easily allows you to publish your online booklets and share with others.

Inconvénients

Our membership only allowed for one item at a time, which was sometimes difficult.

Avantages

I appreciate that new features are continually being added. I have not had the opportunity to integrate them yet, but I am excited about embedding form fill-in's, virtual walkthroughs and photo galleries, etc. In an industry that changes so often such as ours, having one "source of truth" document is so important. It prevents old copies of price sheets or home availability from confusing prospects in their buying process.

Inconvénients

I realize it's fully a user error issue, but one time I accidentally deleted a brochure that was associated with more permanent marketing methods such as a QR code displayed on collateral given to homeowners and on-site signage. The Paperturn team was able to quickly re-roll the error, but it seemed as this was just pure luck as I noticed the error immediately. If they would not have been able to do so, this QR would've become useless and no longer linked to the proper content. There's always now just a slight concern in the back of my mind when uploading new documents as this is not an error I wish to make again.

Avantages

Paperturn was extremely easy to customize to fit our needs, and it remains very easy to update on a daily or weekly basis. The customization options allow the product to seamlessly fit into the rest of our branding. Training isn't even required for new users, it's so intuitive.

Inconvénients

I really don't have any cons! The product performs exactly how I would expect it to.

Avantages

We have already recommended paper turn to other business friends, as it is so easy to set up and use. It also looks great and functions great too!

Inconvénients

Not much. Only the account activity history is a bit basic.

Avantages

Paperturn is easy to work with. the platform has plenty of self-help videos and great customer service.

Inconvénients

Nothing so far. We have only been using the platform for a few weeks and everything works as expected.

Avantages

User Friendly, not complicated at all.

Inconvénients

Everything is so simple.

Avantages

Paperturn is extremely easy to use and easy to share with my fellow co-workers and beyond. I am always confident sharing a Paperturn link and love that the most up to date file will always be viewed.

Inconvénients

The files sometimes take a while to load/update.

Avantages

I really like the basic idea of being able to send a flip book to my customers. And they easy to modify as well. But I need to do advanced things at this point and am not sure if Paperturn is the right option. I am starting to look at other products - but before I do, I want to learn what additional features exist that I can use (like embedding a link to a youtube video).

Inconvénients

No major concerns - please see comments above.

Avantages

It is so so easy to use and transformed our pdf catalogues at the touch of a button to make them so much more useful and interactive for our customers.

Inconvénients

Nothing - it's all great. I can't think of a single thing to complain about!

Avantages

For a one-stop shop communications and marketing department, Paperturn provides easy to use features, customization, links, social sharing -- along with the ability to embed flipbooks in our email marketing campaigns and landing pages.

Inconvénients

We have been so pleased with this product, I honestly don't have suggestions for improvement.

Alternatives envisagées 

Pourquoi choisir Paperturn 

Logiciel antérieur 

Avantages

The software tracks very valuable click data and gives us insight to what products our clients are most interested in. The search feature also makes it easy for both our staff and clients to reference information about our products.

Inconvénients

Be able to connect to Google Analytics with the free version.

Avantages

First and foremost, we are a community newspaper publishing company. During the coronavirus pandemic we were forced to cease printing our newspaper for the first time in 16 years. Paperturn allowed us to stay in front of our readers and offer our advertisers an affordable option with a digital publication that looked and worked like our traditional print product. Yet, it offered a dynamic element that our subscribers and advertisers really enjoy. We are now printing again but our digital Paperturn product remains a staple and revenue stream. It integrates well to our online platform and we embed it right onto our website.

Inconvénients

I love sharing stories via Paperturn through social media, but we can only afford 3 flipbooks right now. So after 3 weeks worth of publications the links no longer work.

Avantages

Using Paperturn has massively reduced the need to post hard copies of catalogues, saving paper, time, money and carbon emissions.

Inconvénients

I cannot think of any cons! I really cannot think of any cons!

Avantages

Ease of use
Easy embedding
SEO
Convenient short URLs

Inconvénients

I haven't identified a single thing I'd like that isn't there.

Avantages

For a very reasonable cost, our non-profit organisation has been able to have an annual publication hosted on Paperturn for easy access by thousands of users. The front-end UI is attractive and the back-end management of our publication has been simple and efficient. In the past we have taken down our publications on other portals after a couple of months to save on costs, but this year we decided to leave it up and running because the costs are so manageable. The stats are incredibly insightful for understanding the impact of your publications.

Inconvénients

I don’t have anything negative to say in particular. The settings dialogue box for individual publications is a bit ordinary, but it’s functional.