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Shapermint's AI-Powered Customer Service Boosts Sales and Engagement

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Applicable Functions	Procurement Sales & Marketing
Use Cases	Chatbots Time Sensitive Networking
Services	System Integration
Challenge	Shapermint, a leading ecommerce website for women's intimates, shapewear, and loungewear, faced a challenge in scaling its customer support operations to keep up with its rapid growth. The company recognized the potential of offering 24/7 live chat on their website to enhance customer experience and drive sales. However, they were concerned about their capacity to meet the demand for high-quality service in synchronous messaging. The challenge was to scale up their synchronous customer engagement without compromising on the quality of their industry-leading customer experience. Read More
About Customer	Shapermint is a popular ecommerce website that offers intimates, shapewear, and loungewear from 13 brands, including its own two in-house brands, Empetua and Truekind. The company has over 4 million customers worldwide, largely due to its advocacy for social causes and its commitment to providing best-in-class customer care. Shapermint is known for its body confidence and empowerment messaging, making it a go-to choice for many women. Read More
Solution	Shapermint partnered with Ada to introduce a no-code AI solution to their customer service operations. With the help of Ada's Automated Customer Experience (ACX) Consultant, Shapermint's non-technical customer service team designed and launched an AI-powered chatbot, Rachel Mint, in less than a month. The chatbot was integrated with Shapermint's tech stack, including Shopify for WISMO automation and Zendesk for seamless handoffs to human agents when necessary. Rachel Mint was positioned at the top of the support funnel, proactively engaging with website visitors, answering common pre-sales questions, and resolving post-purchase support inquiries. This automation-first approach allowed Shapermint to increase customer engagement and improve live agent CSAT while also increasing the percentage of sales facilitated by live agents. Read More Log in to view content
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Applicable Functions

Procurement

Sales & Marketing

Use Cases

Chatbots

Time Sensitive Networking

Services

System Integration

Challenge

Shapermint, a leading ecommerce website for women's intimates, shapewear, and loungewear, faced a challenge in scaling its customer support operations to keep up with its rapid growth. The company recognized the potential of offering 24/7 live chat on their website to enhance customer experience and drive sales. However, they were concerned about their capacity to meet the demand for high-quality service in synchronous messaging. The challenge was to scale up their synchronous customer engagement without compromising on the quality of their industry-leading customer experience.

About Customer

Shapermint is a popular ecommerce website that offers intimates, shapewear, and loungewear from 13 brands, including its own two in-house brands, Empetua and Truekind. The company has over 4 million customers worldwide, largely due to its advocacy for social causes and its commitment to providing best-in-class customer care. Shapermint is known for its body confidence and empowerment messaging, making it a go-to choice for many women.

Solution

Shapermint partnered with Ada to introduce a no-code AI solution to their customer service operations. With the help of Ada's Automated Customer Experience (ACX) Consultant, Shapermint's non-technical customer service team designed and launched an AI-powered chatbot, Rachel Mint, in less than a month. The chatbot was integrated with Shapermint's tech stack, including Shopify for WISMO automation and Zendesk for seamless handoffs to human agents when necessary. Rachel Mint was positioned at the top of the support funnel, proactively engaging with website visitors, answering common pre-sales questions, and resolving post-purchase support inquiries. This automation-first approach allowed Shapermint to increase customer engagement and improve live agent CSAT while also increasing the percentage of sales facilitated by live agents.

Impact #1	The introduction of Rachel Mint, the AI-powered chatbot, has significantly improved Shapermint's operational efficiency. The chatbot has been instrumental in driving engagement, reducing barriers to purchase, and saving time for agents by resolving support inquiries post-purchase. The seamless integration with Shopify and Zendesk has facilitated real-time order status updates and smooth handoffs to human agents when needed. The chatbot has also been successful in embodying Shapermint's positive attitude and helpful persona, providing personalized support at scale. As a result, Shapermint has been able to maintain a consistent message and brand voice across all brand interactions, even as communications have grown threefold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Impact #1

The introduction of Rachel Mint, the AI-powered chatbot, has significantly improved Shapermint's operational efficiency. The chatbot has been instrumental in driving engagement, reducing barriers to purchase, and saving time for agents by resolving support inquiries post-purchase. The seamless integration with Shopify and Zendesk has facilitated real-time order status updates and smooth handoffs to human agents when needed. The chatbot has also been successful in embodying Shapermint's positive attitude and helpful persona, providing personalized support at scale. As a result, Shapermint has been able to maintain a consistent message and brand voice across all brand interactions, even as communications have grown threefold due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Benefit #1	50% increase in sales made by live agents
Benefit #2	15% increase in daily customer engagement
Benefit #3	Average customer wait time for live chat reduced to less than 20 seconds

Benefit #1

50% increase in sales made by live agents

Benefit #2

15% increase in daily customer engagement

Benefit #3

Average customer wait time for live chat reduced to less than 20 seconds

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Shapermint's AI-Powered Customer Service Boosts Sales and Engagement

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