Offer live chat with fallback to phone when nobody is online.
A chat widget has to be honest: live during office hours, otherwise a form or callback. Not always 'we will be with you' or the customer gets frustrated.
Try this first
- 1Set a window when chat is live, show an offline form outside that.
- 2Show 'call us' and 'call me back' buttons when chat is offline.
- 3Queue message to chatters: 'average wait 2 min' is better than silence.
- 4Measure chat volume against FTE, not one person on five chats at once.
When to bring us in
Chat is structurally overloaded: that is a capacity problem, fix in HR not software.
See also
- Voys, BelXS or RoutIT, which cloud PBX fits?Three popular NL platforms, differences are admin UI, partner model and per-user price.
- Teams Phone: Calling Plan, Direct Routing or Operator Connect?Three ways to connect PSTN to Teams, cost and management differ a lot.
- 3CX: self-host on VPS or take 3CX cloud?Self-host saves licence, but you own SBC, backup and updates.
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