Smartli Review: What Does This AI Text Generator Offer?

My Bottom Line Upfront

No worries if you don't have time to read my entire Smartli review. Here, I'll quickly outline a couple of my key takeaways:

Smartli is best suited to Shopify store owners who need a helping hand in writing high-quality copy.
Smartli is an easy-to-use text generator for writing and enhancing blog posts, product descriptions, ad copy, and more.
The cheapest option is $29 a month, so you'll need to budget for this accordingly.

What is Smartli?

Smartli launched in December 2022 and was built by Innovations Labs, the same developers who created the beauty dropshipping platform Jubilee.

In short, Smartli is an AI-fuelled text generator you can use to produce:

Blogs
Essays
Ads
Product descriptions
Product titles
SEO-optimized content

It also helps you to rewrite and enhance existing content.

Smartli is affiliated with the dropshipping supplier platform Spocket. You can access Smartli via its own website, a link on the Spocket homepage, or the Shopify App Store.

Why Use Smartli?

There are several reasons why you might add Smartli to your ecommerce toolbox.

Most marketers spend one to two hours writing a 500-word blog post. However, Smartli’s AI technology can drastically reduce that time, allowing you to focus on other money-generating activities.

Smartli not only aids in crafting compelling copy but also offers SEO to enhance your content and increase your presence on search engines. This is vital for driving organic traffic to your eCommerce store.

Lastly, rather than collaborating with writers during standard working hours, you can use Smartli day or night, 24/7, wherever you are. This doesn’t mean you can do without writers entirely. However, it does mean you can utilize Smartli whenever you need it, making it a practical option.

How Smartli Works

Getting started is really simple. Navigate to the Smartli homepage. In the top-right corner, click “Try Smartli Free.”

Enter your name and email address and select “Get started.”

Once done, you’re in! You'll be taken directly to the Smartli dashboard.

This is your AI powerhouse. From the left-side menu of your dashboard, you can access the Smartli:

AI Product Editor
AI Ads Writer
AI Blog Writer

To the right of that, there's an explanatory video that walks you through:

How to install the Smartli app
How to create a blog
How to generate product descriptions
How to import products if you want to generate product descriptions
How to cancel
How to create ads
How to subscribe

It’s also here that you can access the Smartli free 1-week trial, which you can do by clicking the green “get started” button.

Once clicked, you’re taken to a popup where you can choose which of Smartli’s four paid subscription plans you want to trial (more about these later).

Alternatively, you can access Smartli via the Shopify App Store.

First, head to Smartli's Shopify App Store listing.
Click “Install”
This then takes you to the “Install app” page within your dashboard. Now, click “Install.”
The Smartli dashboard will then open.

Straightforward, right?

Now, let's take a closer look at Smartli's core functionality in more detail:

AI Product Editor

From the left-side menu, click “AI Product Editor.”

To hit the ground running with this tool, you need to import products from your store.

To do this, click the “Import products from store” button. Then select the products you want to import.

Wait a few seconds for the product(s) to load, then select ‘Generate Description.'

You're then directed to a page displaying the product's current description, with pre-populated fields, including:

Product name
Product type
Vendor
Keywords

You can edit all of the above.

You can also see the original product description.

When you're ready to generate a product description using Smartli's AI, click ‘ Generate.'

AI Ads Writer

Click “AI Ads Writer” on the left-side menu of your Smartli dashboard.

This takes you to a page listing all the different ads Smartli can generate copy for. This includes:

Facebook Ad Headline:
Facebook Ad Primary Text
Instagram Post Captions:
Google Ad Headlines:
Google Ad Descriptions:
TikTok (catchy text for TikTok videos_
Pinterest Pin Title and Description
Variations on an ad you already have (I.e., create alternatives to existing copy).

Let's take a look at one of these in action.

Here, I'll generate a Google ad headline.

To do this, I clicked “Google Headlines.”

Smartli then prompts you to fill in several boxes, including:

Advertisment ⓘ

The product/brand name: e.g., “eco-friendly cotton t-shirts”
A description of what it is: e.g., “100% organic cotton t-shirts for environmentally conscious young women.”
Select a tone of voice (from a drop-down menu: friendly, witty, persuasive, bold, luxurious, empathetic, and urgency)

Once you've done this, click the “Generate” button to see what Smartli comes up with.

Similar to generating Google headline copy, if you want to create a Facebook ad headline, Smartli will prompt you to provide the following information:

Product/brand name
A description
Your preferred tone of voice.

AI Blog Writer

To use Smartli to produce blog posts, click the “AI Blog Writer” tab on the left-side menu of your Smartli dashboard.

Then, click “Create a blog.”

You can select one of four blog templates: gift guide, how-to guide, roundup/listicle, or standard blog.

Once you've made your choice, Smartli prompts you to add the following details:

Title of the blog (optional)
A brief description of what the blog is supposed to be about
The tone of voice from a drop-down menu (as before)
Keywords – you can add up to ten manually or have Smartli's AI generate keywords for you.
How many words long do you want your blog post – you can choose from a standard blog of up to 1,000 words or a long-form of up to 2,000.

When done, you then click “Generate.”

Once you have your blog, you can edit the text until you’re happy with the finished product.

Smartli Prices

Smartli has four price plans, each offering a free 14-day trial.

Prices are as follows:

Starter: $29 a month
Pro: $59 a month or $24 a month paid yearly
Empire: $99 a month or $57 a month paid yearly
Unicorn: $299 a month or $79 a month paid yearly

Taking each plan in turn, let's look at what's included in each package:

Starter

20 SEO-optimized descriptions
Premium AI-generated keywords

Pro

You get access to all of the Starter features and:

100 SEO-optimized descriptions
10 AI blog writer
AI Ads writer
VIP chat support

Empire

You get all the above features and:

1,000 SEO-optimized descriptions
50 AI blog writer

Unicorn

All the above features and:

Unlimited SEO-optimized descriptions
Unlimited AI Blog writer
Unlimited Ads writer

You can cancel your subscription, but you must notify Smartli before your free trial ends, not just uninstall the app. Otherwise, you may still be charged.

Smartli Pros and Cons

No Smartli review would be complete without a quick pro-cons list, so let's condense some of what we've learned:

Pros

Smartli is very easy to use
You can use Smartli to generate text for all kinds of use cases.
You can select your preferred tone of voice
Smartli is handy for SEO optimizing your written content
Smartli's self-help materials and videos are handy

Cons

Some users complain about the costly price of Smartli's subscription plans
There's no free tier.
Some users grumble about poor-quality customer service.

Smartli Support and Reviews

VIP chat support is available on all but the cheapest plan.

Live chat is accessible via a chat bubble in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen.

Alternatively, there's a support email address.

In addition, there’s an “Advice and answers from the Smartli Team” section where you'll find 14 blogs that fall into the following categories:

Getting Started
Using Smartli
FAQs

There aren’t many online Smartli reviews apart from those on the Shopify App Store, where Smartli scores an impressive average of 4.6 stars out of 5 from 291 reviewers.

Users like its product description writing capabilities, ease of use, and time savings.

However, customers who are less happy with Smartli grumble that there’s no free tier. Some users also complain about being billed after deleting the app and even after they canceled their Smartli subscription.

Smartli Review: My Final Thoughts

That brings my Smartli review to a close! Hopefully, you now have a clearer idea of what Smartli AI can do for your eCommerce store.

Suppose you’re short on time and copywriting and SEO aren’t part of your skill set. In that case, Smartli could help you write engaging eCommerce copy while freeing you up to focus on other areas of your business.

On the downside, Smartli only appears to integrate with Shopify, so you're out of luck if your store is built using any other eCommerce platform. In addition, it’s a shame you have to part with credit card details before you can unlock Smartli’s trial.

That's all from me, over to you! Are you thinking about trying Smartli? Or are you already using it or a different AI copywriting tool? Let us know in the comments below!