E-commerce: benefits of using chatbots

 

As advanced in a previous article, adding chatbots into your e-commerce marketing strategy can be a huge advantage. These systems allow you to engage with more customers and thanks to innovative software, they can be integrated into your social media pages easily. Let’s have a look at the benefits of these digital tools.

Chatbots can be highly personalised and this is being sought by customers nowadays. Indeed, the system can be customised according to consumers’ needs based on prompts. These can be questions that shoppers ask or answers throughout the interaction. Moreover, businesses are able to sell products directly to clients, book appointments, nurture leads, obtain contact information and build relationships. For an optimal customer experience, the chatbots should be able to answer questions or solve problems, but there must be an option that will allow an agent to take over if things escalate.

Additionally, according to a survey conducted by Facebook, 58% of consumers prefer to get in touch with a business via messages rather than a phone call or filling out a website form. As such, chatbots allow merchants to interact with clients through their preferred communication method. These tools can also be used to proactively reach out to customers with abandoned carts to encourage them to complete their purchase.


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