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Your website is a critical extension of your business. You must deliver a unique and satisfying customer experience in order to gain customers and sustain relationships over time. Superior customer service on the Web will increase your sales conversion rate, create customer loyalty, and lower your overall support costs.

eGain ChatBot is a lifelike, conversational agent providing a unique, interactive and personal way for users to get answers and assistance on your website, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A user simply chats with your assistant, and the assistant acts as your agent, providing answers, processing data, and solving customer problems. eGain ChatBot provides the frontline support so your customer service staff can concentrate on more complex tasks.

Save time and money
Every agent knows that some questions get asked more often than others. This phenomenon is commonly referred to as the 80/20 rule: A small number of questions account for a large majority of call volume. Why pay an agent to answer those common, simple questions? Why impose a lengthy queue when only 20% need live assistance? eGain ChatBot dramatically reduces support costs, shortens queues and improves the customer experience—all at the same time!

Self-service customers really use

A polite and engaging employee is a valuable asset at a retail store. On a website, customers feel more comfortable conversing with an employee than typing words in a search box. eGain ChatBot can be as engaging and as valuable as a human employee. An assistant can have the personality and character of a human representative—providing users with support and entertainment; and evoking trust, commitment and loyalty. Customers interacting with assistants have a similar reaction to people who are watching TV. They tend to suspend their disbelief and treat the assistant as if it were a real person. To reinforce and leverage your brand, you can modify the appearance, tone and personality of your assistant to best reflect your company's message and style. eGain ChatBot projects a consistent image for your company and can aid in integrating your brand and identity into your customer communications.

Upon installation, your virtual agent will be able to:
Greet users on your site
Take users on a tour of your site
Answer frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Conduct surveys
Escalate issues to a live agent it doesn't know the answer

All you have to do is teach your agent the specifics about your company, products, and services.

Provide customers with the answers when they want them
Customers can visit any website they want. If you want them to make spending decisions at your site, you must assume responsibility for their satisfaction. Shoppers demand information and assistance any time of the day or night. They don't want to struggle with a search engine or wait for an email response to a simple question. eGain ChatBot provides a fast, interactive way for your customers to find what they want, when they want it. In providing an assistant on your webite, you are ensuring their satisfaction. The assistant tells your customers: Don't worry, I can probably solve your problem right here and now, And if I can't, I'll get someone who can. Your agent even recognizes when it doesn't have the right answer, and escalates the user to a live agent through chat or email. Satisfied customers will show their gratitude for your service by shopping at your website.

Learn from customer visits; keep customers coming back for more
Some companies believe that you can have a "relationship" with customers by analyzing how they click through a website. If you want to know what is in your customers' minds, just ask them. But don't expect them to fill out a form. Ask them during a natural conversation—when the customer pays the agent a compliment, expresses satisfaction, or asks a personal question. eGain ChatBot remembers the sequential visits of your customers and can prompt users based on prior conversations. Because your agent always asks permission to gather information, your customers' privacy is assured. eGain ChatBot has a reporting tool that allows you to follow your customers' thought processes and identify ways to enhance the site to better meet their needs. Reporting provides real-time access to all customer dialogs, and a query tool for generating graphical reports showing how your customers are responding to survey questions. This data can be shared within your company to ensure your site (and company) is truly customer-focused.


 
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