While scaling your ecommerce business, there’s going to be a time where you and your team members are feeling overwhelmed by support tickets – especially during Black Friday, Cyber Monday and the Holidays.
You might be assuming that there’s really nothing you can do to change this outside of overworking your team, or hiring more people.
This is completely normal, but there’s no need to panic. That’s because with Gorgias you can now integrate Loop in your ecommerce store. In case you’re wondering, Loop is an on-demand portal that allows customers to get the product they want, with less support touchpoints.
Using Loop, there are many ways you can reduce one of the biggest and more time-consuming support-related requests… returns. Plus, they do this while still giving your customers a seamless experience.
So, let’s dive in.
What’s the problem?
Did you know that 40% of support tickets are order related, with 5% being about returns? It might not seem like something worth looking into, or too problematic, but it is.
Though these customers returning items do deserve a great level of customer care (everyone does), it’s not the most valuable way to actually use your support team’s skills.
Why? Glad you asked.
There’s already a lack of resources
It’s always good to remember that your support team is juggling a lot more than you think because there’s so many different types of requests that come through. One of those requests that takes a lot of time is, you guessed it, return requests. While these are important, they don’t exactly require a human touch since they’re very straightforward and focus heavily on process.
If your support team isn’t able to address other requests in a timely manner, that could mean losing new customers or returning ones because of those support tickets.
Luckily, return-requests can be easily automated.
Customers want to control their returns
It may come as a surprise to hear that your customers don’t actually want a high touch support experience for returns from your team. They actually want to be the ones to choose where and when they want to engage with support teams.
Since customers want a more on-demand experience when it comes to returns and something that happens fast, automation doesn’t hurt in these scenarios since it can be quick.
What’s the solution? Enter Loop.
Bringing Loop and Gorgias together for a seamless customer experience that saves your team time is like a dream come true.
But how exactly, can this address the issues we’ve been discussing?
First off, this partnership will allow your support team to use that extra time in valuable ways that make sense and benefit the business. For example, focusing more on new customers, shipping issues and more.
Secondly, it benefits your customers since it allows them to take control of their returns and do things on their own time. This makes it more seamless and makes them feel like the return process is easier than ever.
Using both Loop and Gorgias together will create a better environment all around, decreasing stress both within your support team and customers so that your team can focus on conversions instead of returns.
Whether you’ve been looking for a way to reduce your support requests related to returns, or if it’s something new on your radar, it’s worth thinking about. Thankfully, you can sign up for a free 7-day trial with Gorgias and add in the Loop integration to see just how much time it can save.
Strategic Partnerships Manager at Gorgias
