You think the Smiirl Counter is amazing, but pricey? Are you looking for Smiirl alternatives or a cheaper Counter?

The Counter, as it exists today, will never be cheaper. We do have a couple of sales every year, our biggest one being for the Black Friday week-end; so there is a way to get a cheaper Counter, but we keep it to a minimal.

You may also find promo codes on coupon websites, but they are almost always outdated and sometimes never even existed. CouponBirds is especially hard to keep up with :-)

Why is that? Well, our pricing has been well thought out, based on years of experience. It factors in our production & logistics costs, new client acquisition costs, team salaries and a reasonable office space in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, France.

Among other required costs is a dedicated technical team, servers and a special partnership with Facebook to get a dedicated access to their infrastructure.

That being said, we understand that a Counter can be a hefty investment, this is why we created the Sponsored Content & Refund program!

If you are still doubting its value for your business, we encourage you to read below.

Let's go through an example in details :

Would you like to 5X your business' social media community?

Let's say you have 1 000 people following your business on Instagram.

But.

Getting it to 5 000 would really be a cool milestone, bringing real credibility and success within your local community.

Only 4 000 to go

To get there within months and with REAL followers you have 3 solutions :

1- You can buy them through ads and sponsored posts. According to most sources, the cost of 1 follower on Instagram is 25 cents, meaning 4 000 followers will set you back at $1 000 => this is too expensive

2- You can spend many hours trying to partner with local influencers or larger accounts than yours => this is too time-consuming and most certainly too expensive

Or.

3- You can get a Smiirl Counter

The Smiirl Counter updates in real time, making following your page irresistible: your highway to 5 000 and beyond !

This is a one-time investment that will bring you thousands of new followers every year without you even thinking about it.

« *I’ll wait for a cheap copycat* » or « *I’ll wait for the Wish version* » is something we have heard -and read- time and again over the years.

So far there has never been a copycat proposed by a competing manufacturer. We cannot be 100% sure why, after all our products have generated millions of dollars and euros in revenues over the last few years. You could legitimately wonder why the Counter has not picked the interest of competing plants, or has it?

We know several companies got interested, going as far launching production (see question below), but manufacturing the mechanical flaps is not easy, it has to be assembled by hand and requires meticulous training.

The live software connection to the Facebook and Instagram servers is also a real challenge, that took significant efforts to scale. Being able to connect tens of thousands of Counters requires a specific partnership with Facebook, in order to get enough bandwidth from their servers.

Long story short it takes more to make Counters than meets the eye. We think that’s a key reason why we have remained free of direct competition for 7 years. We don’t say it will never come, competition is good, it stimulates, but we might have to wait another 7 years before it comes.

Can you afford to wait 7 years to boost your social media pages?

While there is no object like the Smiirl Counter with split-flap displays, there are a couple of alternatives we know of, if you wish to display your social media following.

They all use led displays and have different shapes and sizes. Some are specifically designed for businesses, others have a more generic purpose. They are all cheaper, but also smaller.

We also think they don't look as good, but that's our very humble opinion.

You can check them out and see for yourself, we know users who were perfectly happy with them.

If you have been following us for a while now, you may have read about Flapit or Clex. These are startups that took our original idea and brought their own interpretations to it. Both are now out of business and we regularly have clients of theirs asking us for technical support, which we unfortunately cannot bring.

We usually proceed with the same mean of payment used for your order. In other words, if you paid with a credit card, we will directly refund your card. Same thing with Paypal.

Note that we can also pay through a bank wire transfer if you prefer.

The photos and videos you share with us will be mainly used on our social media pages, through organic and paid posts.

We can also use it on our website, blog or promotional emails.

By participating to the program, you are allowing Smiirl to use the content for a period of up to 5 years.

No sweat, you absolutely have the right to change your mind.

If you want us to take down your content, just let us know and we will proceed very quickly.

You will then have to "refund" our original refund, your content never to be seen again on our communication platforms.

Absolutely! You can reach out to us through partnership@smiirl.com. You can also write to our CEO, who had the original idea for this program: gnadaud@smiirl.com

Smiirl's Sponsored Content & Refund program cannot be combined with another discount or promo code.

Business clients are eligible once (i.e. only one refund can be made to each business, even if several orders are made).

It only works on new orders made on our website www.smiirl.com.

The program does not apply on Amazon orders.

Clients have to sign up to the program through the form BEFORE ordering their Counter.

A signup confirmation email is sent upon form completion.

Clients have up to 60 days, upon receiving their Counter, to send their content. The participation to the program expires after 60 days.

You are not eligible to the program on past orders.

Several refunds cannot be combined on the same order, whether you buy 1, 2 or 10 Counters, you are eligible to a single refund.

By participating to the program, you are allowing Smiirl to use the content for a period of up to 5 years.

Seriously, we don't know! Some people are pretty convincing about it. But our flaps are definitely flat.

Several refunds cannot be combined on the same order. Whether you order 1, 2 or 10 Counters, you are eligible to a single refund per order :-)

Note that the refund and its amount cannot be cumulated with another discount. If you use a promo code at the time of your order, the amount discounted will be deducted from the total amount refunded.