PrestaShop Integrates Olark Live Chat into Open Source Software to Help Merchants Connect with Customers
Miami, FL (PRWEB) March 23, 2015 -- PrestaShop, an industry leader in open source solutions for ecommerce powering over 200 000 stores, partners with Olark, a San Francisco-based live chat provider with more than 10,000 paying customers, to help online merchants connect with their customers through live chat capabilities.
With a fully integrated module, online merchants can start connecting with their customers through live chat in just a few clicks. After the module is installed, the chat box appearance can be customized to complement the website’s branding. Located on the bottom right-hand corner of their screen, visitors can reach a merchant within seconds by clicking on the “Chat Now” button. For more extensive help, Olark also provides a co-browsing feature that lets merchants, with the customer's consent, view the webpage a customer is currently on.
Once a customer initiates a chat with a merchant, Olark archives the conversation transcript for future reference by the merchant. When a chat is finished, Olark prompts visitors for feedback on their experience. This feedback populates Olark's Chat Ratings, which show merchants how each sales associate is performing. Chat Ratings also show merchants when chats are busiest on their site segmented by day of the week, and hour of the day, so they can staff accordingly. Olark also provides merchants with customer information such as location (based on IP address), pages viewed and whether or not they are a returning customer.
“We’re always looking for the latest technology that can help our merchants sell more. Once a customer lands on a product page, it’s an online merchant’s opportunity to convert that visit into a sale. With a tool like Olark’s live chat, merchants can decrease churn by addressing any questions potential customers may have,” shares Christopher Machin, Partner Manager at PrestaShop. “Beyond that, Olark makes learning about a merchant’s customer extremely simple with their intuitive dashboard.”
“Our mission is to bring businesses and customers closer together,” explains Ben Congleton, CEO and Co-Founder, Olark live chat. “PrestaShop offers a great foundation for merchants to build their online shops. We simply make it easier for merchants to sell and customers to shop by helping them communicate effectively. Our hope is that this partnership will make it easier for PrestaShop’s 700,000-member community to enable live chat and better serve their customers.
To get started with Olark, merchants can sign up for the Free Forever Plan with limited features or alternatively start a free trial with access to all the core features. Olark offers a comprehensive help center with how-to videos and in-depth product descriptions, as well as weekly webinars. Customers can initiate a live chat with a service agent on Olark.com with questions during the on-boarding process.
PrestaShop merchants running version 1.4+ can install the module directly from their back office or download the module from PrestaShop Addons.
Sandra Fernandes, PrestaShop, http://www.prestashop.com, +33 1 76 23 25 13, [email protected]
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