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CX & Support
Considering adding either Zendesk or Intercom to your ecommerce brand's tech stack? Customer support and delivering an exceptional customer experience are critical for success in ecommerce. The right tool for your brand's specific use cases can help you personalize your customer experiences, drive higher retention rates and deliver a better customer experience. Read our comparison below between Zendesk and Intercom to see which one is right for your ecommerce brand.
Zendesk is a customer support tool. It's got 2 main features: ticketing and knowledge base. Ticketing: Zendesk gathers customer queries in one place where you can manage and respond to customer questions efficiently. Knowledge base allows you to create an FAQ section to guide your customers.
- Streamline customer support with multi-channel ticketing system integration.
- Use AI-powered chatbots for 24/7 customer inquiries and sales assistance.
- Analyze customer data with advanced reporting for targeted service improvements.
- Offer personalized shopping experiences with customer history insights.
- Enhance team efficiency with automation rules for common support scenarios.
- Securely integrate with popular ecommerce platforms for seamless operations.
- Automated, interactive onboarding to keep new users engaged within your product.
- Outbound messaging capabilities to proactively notify customers of issues and updates.
- Omnichannel support through email, SMS, and in-app messenger for seamless customer experiences.
- AI-powered chatbot to instantly resolve 50% of customer questions and reduce support volume.
- Integrations with popular ecommerce platforms like Shopify to streamline customer data and order tracking.
Zendesk's pricing starts at $55 per agent per month for the Suite Team plan. The plans are structured with increasing levels of functionality and support, ranging from the $55 per agent per month Suite Team plan up to the custom-priced Suite Enterprise plan for larger businesses.
Intercom's pricing starts at $39 per month for the Essential plan, which includes access to Intercom's AI chatbot and basic customer support features. The company offers two additional plans - Advanced at $99 per month and Expert at $139 per month - which provide more advanced automation and messaging capabilities. Intercom's pricing is based on the number of seats required and includes additional usage-based charges for features like WhatsApp, SMS, and email campaigns.
Zendesk offers a range of integrations to enhance customer support and business operations. Some of the popular integrations include:
- Salesforce
- Jira
- Slack
- Hubspot
- Shopify
- Power BI
- Tableau
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Zendesk
 in their tech stack:
Impala Skates
Impala offers a range of recreational roller skates designed for fun and nostalgia. Founded with the mission of supporting a positive and encouraging community for skaters of all levels, Impala celebrates diversity and welcomes everyone, whether they're into roller skating, inline skating, or skateboarding.
The brand's roller skates feature a throwback design to the 70s, 80s, and 90s, bringing back the yesteryears of skate. Impala's range includes quad skates in various colors and styles, such as the Impala Quad Skate in Black Holographic, Cherry, Black, and Forest Green.
Oliver Cabell
Oliver Cabell designs stylish, luxury shoes for men using old-school, Italian shoemaking methods. Their shoes are handcrafted and all made in Italy.
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Intercom
 in their tech stack:
Born Primitive
Apparel
Born Primitive offers an extensive collection of patriot inspired workout clothing for men and women
Joy Organics
Health & Wellness
Joy Organics offers a variety of premium CBD products, including CBD tinctures, salves, gummies, softgels and more.
Hush Blankets
Home
Hush Blankets is a company that specializes in creating weighted blankets designed to provide a calming and comforting sensation to users. Weighted blankets are designed to distribute weight evenly across the body, which can have a soothing and relaxing effect. Hush Blankets, like many other weighted blanket manufacturers, offers products that are typically filled with materials like glass beads or plastic pellets to provide the desired weight.
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