Regpack Reviews

Big improvement over our old system

Pros:

What took me away from my old system and originally attracted me to RegPack is the appearance and registration experience for the end user. It's much more attractive and intuitive than my old system was. This alone makes for a more professional looking event. It's also much more powerful. I love the "triggers," which let you do so many things once you realize how they work. Using "tokens" to customize emails with specific registrant data has also been especially helpful. Support is good--as long as you can wait 24 to 48 hours for an answer. This was an adjustment for me, but now that I have got things down well it's not that big of a deal.

Cons:

The credit card rates are extremely high--probably the highest you'll find. This was a big turn off for me, especially since I had negotiated very good rates with my old provider. In the end though, I was able to justify this somewhat with some savings I made elsewhere. Financial reporting is much more complicated than with my old system. I am required to have very detailed reports that reconcile with the bank deposit and to get what I need, I have to Frankenstein a report from both RegPack and their credit card provider. It's very time consuming relative to my old system. I've been told they are working to include more customization though.

MTI Review

Comments: The overall experience has been very good. From initial "fit" conversations with [sensitive content hidden] to final details with [sensitive content hidden] to the implementation process with [sensitive content hidden], we have been pleased. While there have been some bumps, the customer service we have experienced in rectifying/understanding the issues has been good.

Pros:

Customization, Reporting, Ease of implementation

Cons:

The conditional logic is excellent but there are still some responses we'd like to see more adjustment in. QBO integration time-line.More flexibility in reporting.Increased customization in payment process. (auto-pay as an option, some of the verbiage, soften secure-payment messaging)

Don't do it

Comments: Not good. Although, after repeated attempts to get support over several days, I did have a lovely person step in to help me. I got lucky. It looks weeks to get uploaded originally and more than a week to go live second year for our small company. Software should make this easier, not harder. It still costs about as much in labor as our simpler method because it is so complex and easy to err.

Pros:

It pays quickly and after many attempts to get support, I did have a lovely and helpful person work with me.

Cons:

It is difficult to use for admin and for users. I am constantly having to help people register. Takes a lot of my time. Also, there is no way to contact anyone on the phone. They just have an answering service that takes messages that don't go anywhere. No one will talk to you if you need immediate help. They only guarantee a two-day response.

RegPack for Retreats and Wellness Program Memberships

Comments: Aside from the hiccup with BlueSnap, I am happy with the product. It gives a professional and streamlined appearance to my registration and payment processes.

Pros:

The features that are most impactful are payment processing, flexible payments, and forms. I also like the diversity of programs that I can offer for my services and products.

Cons:

Integration with my existing business was not difficult at all. But BlueSnap's underwriting department rep's communication put a really bad taste in my mouth. I wasn't pleased with that interaction at all. Their lackluster follow-ups actually impacted my ability to launch my main product by several weeks.

Frequent Regpack user

Pros:

Regpack has a great variety of functions that are very helpful for our program registration process - user forms to gather info, bulk emails, reports to see specific info for all participants, etc.

Cons:

I've experienced a lot of weird glitches (automatically redirects to pages that it shouldn't, needs refreshing frequently, etc.).

Awesome team

Comments: The regpack team was very helpful in every single hitch that we encountered.

Pros:

Very Customizable and easy to use and teach to colleagues.

Cons:

The learning curve was a little bit steep.

Regpack Review for Camp Admin

Comments: Great customer support and limitless ways to configure and fine tune to your organization's needs.

Pros:

Regpack has a multitude of options for administrators to apply to their own use of the product as well as how they can allow their audience/customers to enter information and receive information.

Cons:

Regpack features could be a little more intuitive for admin and users.

Registration made Easy!

Comments: I purchased Regpack last year for our District. We use it to handle registration for our Career Technical Education summer camps. Prior to hiring Regpack, we hand registered attendees; Regpack makes the whole registration process easy! I also appreciate that we are able to do so much customization within the program.

Pros:

Regpack makes handling registration a breeze! It is very easy to schedule offerings, publicize them, register participants and then manage those registrations. Need to send a reminder to a class? Easy! Need to change the location and notify all participants? Super Easy! Need to manage a wait list and communicate with those on the list? Super easy! Do you want your registration process to be easy for parents while also aesthetically pleasing? Regpack will do that for you!

Cons:

Initially, getting support was a little clunky, but the process has been streamlined and now it is easy to get help with any components that prove challenging to me.

Works great for our needs

Pros:

We needed a system that allows a buyer to push payment off. This works well and is critical

Cons:

It has a fairly steep learning curve, but once past that, smooth.

Game Changer!

Pros:

This platform is customized to meet our specific needs. Parents registering their kids for camp expressed that the process felt smooth and was quick to complete.

Cons:

Adding additional selections after the initial registration process is not intuitive.

Summer Camps

Comments: Once I setup the camp information, Regpack did the rest. I would recommend using Regpack for your events.

Pros:

Regpack will handle each registration and payment with ease. It will also create a waitlist. The user friendly reporting will provide the information needed with ease.

Cons:

I can't think of anything at the moment.

Great Software

Pros:

Customer service is very clear and helpful

Cons:

Though I get responses to my questions fairly quickly, it would be nice to get my response immediately. Regpack should have a call-in service that is not outsourced, but rather in-house.

Great service

Pros:

It’s easy to use. All the tabs are clear and easy to locate. Overall good service.

Cons:

At times when I attempt to go back to a screen it goes back to page 1. It could be a glitch.

Camp Registration System

Comments: Overall, Regpack has worked great for our registration needs for our camp. It is easy to learn, and helps us manage on-going registration information.

Pros:

We like that the software is very intuitive to use. Our customers have also liked the ease of use for registering their campers.

Cons:

It's hard to get an actual person to talk to if you have questions. Their library of videos explaining things is very helpful, but sometimes it would be easier to have a person to talk with.

Regpack Review

Comments: Overall we really like Reg Pack, it is the closest we could get to a custom built system.
The pricing is very reasonable for what Reg Pack offers
I am using Reg Pack for three different types of youth sports businesses and it meets the needs of each one and their unique processes that other sports management tools could not handle.

Pros:

We really like the ability to build an intuitive registration process, reporting & emails. We have 13 different organizations, this product allows me to tailor each organizations project to fit their specific needs with forms, products, emails & reporting. We have a lot of unique processes and requirements that other products could not accommodate, because they did not have the ability to customize like Reg Pack does. The ability to push out system and manual emails for reminders, notices, payments received etc, has been huge for us, we really love this feature. Being able to build our own reports is great as well. Overall we really like the product. We are still learning features after using it for 2 years and I am sure we will continue to improve our processes as we learn features that we don't currently know. I really like that it is a pure data management tool and does not have all the other fluff that other youth sports registration management tools have. Reg Pack was very easy to learn and our parents and volunteers are really glad to get away from paper registration.

Cons:

Don't like the email only method of support. Sometimes it is difficult to get your issue across clearly in an email and it takes several iterations of emails back and forth to resolve. Would like the ability to speak to a person more often and discuss issues and learn tips & best practices to improve our use and knowledge of Reg Pack's features. Not having the ability to build ID card templates in Reg Pack and print from regular or badge printer. All the data is in Reg Pack and the photo, but I have to export data and manually export each photo to an external system to be able to print ID cards and badges. Very time consuming with 3000+ kids and 900+ volunteers that register daily over a 5 month period. Not having the ability to run global reports across multiple projects with like data fields. Credit card fees are a bit high and forces our organizations to eat the fee to get parents to pay online or continue to use external payment options.

Best Solution So Far

Comments: Overall, it's the best we've used in the last 8 years out of the 5 we have tried. But it is somewhat complicated for the end user. I am constantly fielding phone calls and emails from parents who are having trouble finding classes, logging in, updating Child Profiles, etc. The Triggers also work for the most part, but definitely glitch often and I have to move 3rd graders from the 1st grade classes because they showed available. I have spent a lot of time learning this system and really hope they keep updating, fixing, and adding features because some things just seem elementary that are not available, such as the duplicate merging option, even Excel and Google have these funtions.

Pros:

We love the ability to create different projects with different needs, such as registration. One project could be for camps that parents fill out and one for adults where only tickets are purchased. This is awesome given that we are a nonprofit and host many different classes, camps, workshops, and events. I also love the ease of access when creating discount codes, etc. I love that products can be categorized and bulk triggers can be added. Payment processing and report pulling is easy and fully customizable.

Cons:

They took away the feature that counts quotas after a product has been paid for. It is very important, especially since COVID, that we only have so many students per class. This does not work as parents begin registration often, but never complete it. The password/login feature glitches A LOT! Parents end up getting frustrated and creating a new account instead of logging in because the Reset Password function almost NEVER works properly. There also is no way to Merge DUPLICATE accounts when this happens, and they charge per Active User, so I have some parents that have 2-4 accounts, and they are all active, taking up user space, costing us more money. I can't make them inactive because they have classes paid for and registered on each account. If you make them inactive, it pulls them from the rosters. There is also no way to BULK delete users that begin the registration process, but never complete it, you can't DELETE anything, not even Projects. I spend A LOT of time marking "Missing Names" as inactive so that they don't count towards User Quotas. Payments are easy, and pulling reports, however, if you want to issue a refund after 30 days, you have to log in to the separate BlueSnap Merchant Account because Regpack doesn't allow this. There also is no way to automatically change Age/Grade levels for students each year. If the parent doesn't update the Child Profile, the system doesn't either and will show a 5th grader in 5th grade for years.

I have some suggestions

Comments: My overall experience has been poor. The one exception to that rule is [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN], the salesperson who I dealt with initially. He responds to my emails promptly and seeks out answers to my questions. Not so with the actual project manager. I don't understand the project manager role. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] joined me for one phone call -- which was long distance for me -- and I haven't been able to speak with her since. I assumed that the PM would walk me through the process of setting up a form. I assumed that we would have a share-screen session where she would explain the different functionalities and connections between the software's various components. I assumed that I would receive training. None of that happened. Instead, I set up the form. [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] reviewed it, took 3 days to respond, and made minor changes. Then she sent me form emails. When I asked a question - silence. When I asked again - form email. When I asked for resources, I got a hurried Loom video. Where's the training? Where's the documentation? Where's the assistance? Where's the Customer Service? We were under a deadline and had to launch. There were problems and unforeseen issues, mostly because I was troubleshooting without any training. The only person that responded to our pleas for help was [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN]. Promote him. He's the only reason I'm not slamming you on every review site I can find. I suggest that you review your 10 day build process and the role of a PM. Currently, they're both useless.

Pros:

Maintaining the User database is easy and straightforward.

Cons:

The Roadblocks don't seem to actually work. Getting forms/triggers to save can be quite a challenge. Getting a trigger to fire without having to save the page multiple times is a challenge. Users keep getting error messages about refreshing the page, which they do to no avail. The language describing some of the tools/features is convoluted and unclear. Drag and drop on the forms is a nightmare. Why are the products all listed in one section on the form? They really need to be separate blocks that can be moved like the Fields are moved within a form.

Budget friendly but lacks in other areas

Comments: We are using the software for our annual conference registration and it has been a process to learn the system. It might be easier if they had good support.

Pros:

The cost was what made us choose this software. The functionality works, but you really do get what you pay for, which is not much.

Cons:

It is not very end user friendly. You have to create VERY detailed instructions for others to register within the software. Their credit card fees are ridiculous and they have awful customer service. No way to call in to physically talk to someone. They communicate via email and take about a day to reply which is not convenient when you have people trying to create their profiles.

Great Starting Point for a New Program

Comments: Overall, I have been very happy with my experiences with Regpack. The individuals who have assisted us from our initial inquiry, all the way through getting our specific forms set up have all been professional, quick to respond, and willing to work with us to the best of their abilities. My only drawback to this review is the functionality of the software is somewhat limited. I feel we were a little mislead on the capabilities the program had when we were discussing what we needed with our rep from Regpack. There have been a few moments where I set the system up the way I felt it would best meet OUR needs as a company and was told that I "couldn't" do it that way (not that the system didn't allow for it, but REGPACK as a company wouldn't allow it to be set up that way or that I couldn't do it as an administrator, that someone at Regpack would have to set it up for me). That was a little frustrating, particularly when it is something simple that I can handle doing, and am forced to email/call and wait for a response. This could potentially become a bigger issue as we go public and need to make adjustments. I will say that the individuals who helped us get our forms set up and the system programmed the way we wanted it did their very best to give us what we needed, despite the limits set forth by various issues. We are still concerned with the real-life application of our system, but for what we paid, I think we are getting a VERY good starting point. Time will tell whether or not this is a sustainable system for us, or if we will need to go to another company that can do more custom work (which will, of course, be far more expensive) Lastly - I want to say thank you to Max, Nicole and Andrew for all their help. They put up with endless questions, multiple conference calls, emails from us at crazy hours thanks to our time difference, and have taken it all in stride. I appreciate everything they have done to help us launch this program and look forward to our next endeavor (which we will be starting shortly!)

Pros:

I think the software is incredibly user friendly. From the back-end, I was able to figure out how to set up almost everything I needed. It is allowing us to pilot an online program for applications, which is huge for our Foundation. I can't say enough good about the bang for the buck here. :)

Cons:

There are frequently freezes/glitches when working from both the front and back ends, which results in having to refresh the page. Frustrating for me, but workable. I am concerned with how this might deter folks coming in to use our system, but time will tell. I definitely am unhappy with some of the inflexibility the system has with regard to editing wording, etc. However, I have been told these are things that may be fixed in the future.

Love Working with Regpack

Comments: It is great, I enjoy using it.

Pros:

I like the features that they have continued to add over the years. It has come a long way since we started using this in 2017. The customer support is always timely with issues and responses. They also are really good at checking in to make sure that you like using it and if we have any issues.

Cons:

I wish that some things transferred over. For example, we use this to put on educational events, so sometimes a user may come to multiple events and not all of their information transfers. Not that big of a deal, it just would be helpful.

Effective and helps if you are tech savy

Comments: Using Regpack has been an interesting experience. Initially the first semester was the most challenging to set up classes and the link. However, using it for the second semester has been better given the fact that we have experience using the website.

Pros:

- Easy to copy projects and products - Customizable when setting up reports and email - Easy to edit products with classes description, quota and specifications - Easy to make back end changes for users or create a family

Cons:

- It's not completely user friendly if you are not tech savy - There should be more customizations with projects - Export to pdf or regular excel not google sheet - Unable to export collective images from the registration form, instead you have to go through each student

Administration ease; poor support communication

Comments: GREAT, love everything, just wish support communication was available over the phone.

Pros:

I love how easy any/all administrator tasks are. I can see all the info I need within seconds. I love the reports and product layouts and can easily edit customers' profiles

Cons:

I CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH SUPPORT. The only communication available is via email and it is not very efficient. I would LOVE to be able to talk to support via phone when urgent issues need to be resolved.

If you like good customer service, this isn't your program

Comments: The customer service is truly the worst customer service I have ever encountered as a business owner. The "receptionist" has zero answers to questions, can't connect you to a real person, and tells you to email them. When you email them, they don't understand the problem and instead of trying to figure it out, they give you a broad response that doesn't solve your problem. I do not recommend this company under any circumstance.

Pros:

I liked the capability to run various reports.

Cons:

The company absolutely refuses to speak with you over the phone after you make a payment with them. We've had multiple issues with the program they set up for us and every time we email them, it takes days to get a response. Nobody will speak to you over the phone even when the issue is 100% the company's fault. Instead they send you videos and choose to ignore the problem you have. We have lost thousands of dollars as a company because of their lack of customer service.

Excellent for our use case

Comments: Very good. This product essentially streamlined our online registration process from several days to minutes.

Pros:

It is very easy to use, provides a simple method for interacting with applicants, and enables us to report real-time statistics on who is coming to our training and where they are in the process.

Cons:

I am challenged by the filtering as I expect to see certain results that for some reason do not show up.

Great tool!

Comments: Setup was easy! Support is OUTSTANDING !!

Pros:

Regpack gives me the ability to easily manage our tour registrants/travelers for multiple tours. Project setup is easy, and since most of our tours are similar, being able to copy projects saves a ton of time. Reporting is simple to customize, and gives me access to the data in any format I need.

Cons:

Imbedding into our existing WP front end is a little clunky, but I can't blame all of that on Regpack. While our registration process isn't impacted, I do with we could get a couple of things ironed out.