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Luke Montagu
Aug 01,2023World Anvil is just what I've been looking for. For a while I've wanted to share the world I've been creating with my friends but it was hard to convey the messages without a 5-hour long conversation. With World Anvil, my friends are able to drop in whenever convenient, access the parts they're interested in and come back late for what they aren't. Great website!
Nimin
Jul 31,2023World Anvil is an amazing tool for your worldbuilding endeavors, whether you're a hobbyist or professional, and offers a staggering amount of features. Don't let the beta tag scare you — it's very robust and the team is very responsive to feedback. Customer support has always been very helpful and kind. I also want to mention that they have, on top of everything else, managed to build among the greatest communities I've ever been a part of through their commitment to their userbase.
Steve Fellows
Jul 31,2023Just joined, and already having a lot of questions; got a quick response in chat. Having to get to used them being on UK time since I am on Chicago time. Seems like a tremendous amount of useful items that I can use on multiple creative projects, not just for worldbuilding. So, I decided to expand right away from Master to Grandmaster. Ionna was very responsive in helping me figure out the upgrade costs. I did not get back to her until after business hours were closed on Friday and I approved. First thing today, Monday, she upgraded me. I didn't have to follow up at all. I really appreciate her responsiveness and remembering to do that. I have a lot more questions and I from what I have seen so far, I am sure this responsiveness and helpfulness with continue!
Govika
Jul 28,2023Just recently had an issue with my billing. I contacted them and the person who responded was very friendly and made sure they understood what I was asking. After understanding, they went to work seeking out answers and came back to make sure they had the correct information (transaction ID, and so on). After some only a day or so they got the issue resolved. Normally billing is a stressful subject, but the team at Worldanvil made it easy, like really easy.
Renee Ford
Jul 25,2023Super useful for sharing all your world building with your players and excellent customer support!
Lydia
Jul 25,2023Ioanna was extremely helpful when I had payment issues. The community on this site is really lovely! I also love the templates for different articles. They have questions that really get you thinking about your world in a way that helps you broaden your understanding of your creation.
Katherine
Jul 21,2023Excellent customer service. They were very quick to respond and help. Also very polite.
Anthony Ramirez
Jul 14,2023I’ve used their service for years, and I gotta say: not only is the product itself great, their customer service is top notch. They clearly care about their community, they’re willing to be flexible for reasonable requests, and they’re also REALLY fast. Shout out to Ioanna for being the best and helping me out!
JM
Jul 13,2023Had a problem with a discount code being applied, and a representative contacted me within a few hours and quickly worked out a solution. Great product so far!
Shannon Cooper
Jul 11,2023There system glitches and doesn't keep track of cancellations. They allow for a cheap introductory rate and then auto re-subscriptions at a higher rate. It was a complicated blogging system and so I cancelled and did not receive any confirmation. A year later they resubscribed me at the higher rate and their customer service refuses to work with me for a refund. Even tho I did not use or log into their service since the original first couple of months when I tried to make it work, and I contacted them within hours of then processing the fee.
Anna Kalandyk
Jul 07,2023Great customer service. Alright, I'm going to start this off with the fact that the error that occurred was on me. I have two world anvil accounts - one with a paid subscription that I use and the other as a backup, mainly to see how my players would view the pages. With that said, I recently got an email about my subscription ending. Okay cool, no problem, there's even a sale going on so I renewed. A few days later I got another email saying my subscription order failed to go through - except it had a completely different (and long-expired card) being used which was the reason it failed. Turns out, I bought a subscription for the blank account and not for the account I actually use. Immediately upon realizing what happened, I canceled all my subscriptions and emailed customer service in order to either refund the order or figure out a way to fix this. Bad news was that refunding would not be possible. HOWEVER, the good news was that we could transfer the subscription from one account to the other - that's exactly what I ended up doing. It was a very simple process and I'm glad it worked out.
Jonas Holsten
Jul 05,2023Excellent features for building an online work space. It takes a bit of practise, to learn all of the many tools at your disposal, but even if you only use some of them, your thoughts get catalogued nice and easy. No more papers getting lost in busy folgers. It`s like your second memory brain.
Jule Dar
Jul 05,2023Ich nutze WorldAnvil mit größeren Zeitabständen, weil man für die kreativen Projekte ja auch erstmal Zeit haben muss. Knapp ein Jahr später war ich mir schon nicht mehr sicher, welche Mailadresse ich benutzt hatte und mein Passwort sowieso ganz vergessen. Ioanna hat mir direkt am nächsten Tag geantwortet als das Zurücksetzen des Passworts nicht funktioniert hat (was übrigens an meinem Mail-Programm lag, nicht an WorldAnvil) und war aktiv mit mir im Austausch, um mir bis zum Ende zu helfen. Einfach super! Die Website selbst finde ich extrem hilfreich, eine super Idee und eine super Community!
Hannah McLaughlin
Jul 04,2023I used to write often as a child & into my early 20's & was often told I was a talented writer & should pursue creative writing. In my early 20's, I'd often write poems & was quite good at it. I had even read my work in front of crowds of 100+ people a few times! However my ADHD made completing projects nearly impossible. That, coupled with a discouraging relationship & it was as if my ability to create was taken from me. A decade went by, I hadn't written a single thing. A sudden, chronic lack of inspiration. Every time I tried to write it felt forced & hollow. Despite this, I write down my dreams as soon as I wake, trying to find different ways to reignite my confidence & passion in writing. Even falling in & out of love with a soulmate wasn't enough to cure my writer's block! I daydream, perhaps a concerning amount & I thought it might be helpful to have some sort of tool where I could keep track of all my fleeting creative ideas. I asked ChatGPT for any kind of free program that I could use to potentially put these ideas down somewhere & maybe organize & expand on them. ChatGPT suggested a few, including World Anvil. I browsed every single one & even just at a 1st glance, this was clearly the best option. Just what I was looking for & more. It is unbelievable how complex this site is & all that it's capable of while still being easy to navigate & understand. Just when you think you've discovered all its features, you find even more advanced options. You can create an entire world, full of so much information - clear, concise, & even have the ability to connect these elements to each other just by the click of a link. There are dozens of guides, how-to videos, & even a Discord to join. Of course, it isn't just for writing. It can be for D&D campaigns, world-building in different projects, etc. Use it for big ideas or small ones; The lore for a videogame or tabletop game, etc. I could see authors using this to expand on the worlds inside their novels, to share with their readers any details never mentioned in the books. Or I imagine teams collaborating & building off one another to make entire worlds with unique languages, customs, solar systems, geography, races - you name it. You can leave it private, among friends, or open to the public. You can even receive feedback from viewers. Just endless potential. It is so helpful, too, just to keep track of everything you've created so far & make sure nothing is contradictory. This is the kind of website that you could likely build a world so complex, you will already have the premise of an entire trilogy before you even begin writing the first book. I found the website only a few days ago so there is still more I have to uncover. The free version offers even MORE than you can imagine. However, the more I used it, the more I realized how beneficial having one of the paid plans would be. There was currently a sale going on & I meant to purchase the Grandmaster plan (with said discount), but after placing my order I realized I accidentally only purchased the Master plan. Their customer service was so understanding, quick, & efficient in upgrading me to the intended Grandmaster plan at the price I would have originally paid had I not foolishly chosen the wrong one. No extra fees or anything. I cannot put into words how ecstatic I am to have found this website. I want to (and almost have) told everyone I know about it! I am inspired to create for the first time in over a decade! The customer service got back to me so quickly & fixed my mistake, no issue. I already can tell that this website must have an amazing community behind it & I'm beyond excited & hope I can really create something good for the 1st time in years. I 1000% recommend this website. Free or not, the paid plans are definitely worth the money, but the free one offers more than enough helpful features, too. I could go on all day about all the helpful features & how inspired I feel & how fortunate I feel to have something to guide me back into connecting with my creativity. I haven't been using it very long to offer much constructive criticism as I haven't yet even encountered something that I don't like. It has been positive experiences only thus far & I'm almost certain if I do come across something that needs improvement, I have no doubt that the developers will take user feedback very seriously. I can barely contain my excitement with how much I am going to be using this site. Suddenly my brain is firing on all cylinders. I feel this tool can really, truly change the trajectory of my life if I continue using it refine my talents. Thanks so much to the developers & the customer service angel that was so polite, helpful, & quick!
Rin
Jun 28,2023The World Anvil team was surprisingly responsive on a Sunday (I wasn't expecting a response until Monday at the earliest). I was gifted a higher-level subscription while part-way through a lower-level subscription and the WA team worked with me different options to make sure I could make the most out of it.
David Pauley
Jun 26,2023World Anvil is an incredible tool for story writers, world builders, game/ dungeon masters and just about anyone else that is looking for an easy, intuitive and sleek way to create and explore your stories and worlds. Honestly I started using this platform to better organise my notes for my players in a game of D&D but it has become so much more than that, and provides much more that just simple Web pages. The community and staff are incredibly helpful and make time for others - the staff (Ionna in my case) take the time to reply to you understand you, and go out of their way to help you. A star platform. A+ Customer service.
Sarah Templeton
Jun 24,2023Can't ask for a better home! I found WorldAnvil in 2020 and it's been everything I've dreamed of and more when it comes to writing, worldbuilding, and community. The company is fast to respond, helpful, and generous, whether you have questions about the site or changing membership plans around, and I've been pleased every step of the way. Recently discovered my husband didn't cancel his account as planned so I didn't anticipate his renewal charge, however, I reached out to cancel without seeking a refund, WorldAnvil got back to me immediately to help. They offered to add the paid-for time onto my own account too, which isn't something I'd considered, and I really appreciate their thoughtfulness and kindness in sorting that out. There's more to value here than just a great product--the creators and staff behind WorldAnvil are themselves a treasure.
Sean
Jun 16,2023A truly incredible and gifted team of administrators runs this application, which is incredibly useful for writing and world building of any kind. Though their team is small, you would never know it based off of their incredible talent and user base engagement. A truly special project.
Alexander Havard
Jun 14,2023When I first subscribed to World Anvil a year ago, I barely got any use before forgetting about it. Fast forward to a few days ago, and the auto-renew charge suddenly wiped out a large chunk of my mid-summer college student paycheck. I wrote an email asking for a refund if possible, and within a few days they were kind enough to give a partial refund. Excellent service and customer support, very professional and actually goes beyond the par for users.
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Lukas Kokholm
Aug 02,2023The entire team at World Anvil have been so welcoming and supportive, even in the short time that I've used the site, which feels amazing for my personal user-experience :-)