WhatsApp and the e-commerce sector

17.03.2023

4 Min. Lesedauer

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Christian Strauch
Christian Strauch
Co-Founder and CEO

Overload of news? Struggling to keep track of things? Customer loyalty issues? These are the everyday problems with e-commerce/retailing is struggling. Communication between a company and its customers is crucial for successful customer loyalty and the sale of products. In today's digital world, WhatsApp has become an important channel for communication between companies and their customers.

‍‍Central inbox against excess messages

 The central inbox is the best solution to sort the clutter of messages. With this, companies can receive and manage all incoming messages from various channels — such as WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram — in a single location. As a result, access to various apps or platforms is no longer required to answer customer inquiries. With the multichannel inbox, companies can improve their customer service by responding quickly to customer inquiries and offering a seamless customer experience. Message templates have the further advantage of processing recurring customer inquiries quickly and easily. In this way, the process is even faster and your employees have more time to work on other topics.

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No more spam folders

With the WhatsApp newsletters Even the dreaded spam folder is a thing of the past. Hellomateo's WhatsApp newsletter is one of the most important features for expanding retail reach. With an opening rate of over 90%, it finally dwarfs email. It allows companies to send messages to inform their customers about new products, special offers, and events. This feature helps improve their customer loyalty by providing them with important information about their products and services.

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Screenshot eines WhatsApp Newsletters aus der E-Commerce Branche
With the WhatsApp newsletter, you can not only inform your customers about new products and discount campaigns, but also send important information

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Customer reviews: Google reviews

One Google rating is essential to increase your online presence and stand out from the competition. With WhatsApp and hellomateo, companies can receive up to 3x more customer reviews per month. When a customer leaves a positive review, the company can publish it on the Google page. This increases the credibility of the company. On the other hand, the company can use negative reviews as feedback to improve its products and services.

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Implement customer communication and existing customer marketing via WhatsApp with hellomateo

We at hellomateo are your messaging experts when it comes to customer communication. Dozens of companies from the e-commerce sector are already using hellomateo and are impressed. Our customers particularly appreciate the following benefits of hellomateo:

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We at hellomateo are your messaging experts when it comes to customer communication. Dozens of driving schools are already using hellomateo and are enthusiastic. Our customers particularly appreciate the following benefits of hellomateo:

  • ‍Central user interface: hellomateo combines WhatsApp Business Platform, email, Instagram, SMS and Facebook Messenger in one central inbox. The intuitive user interface includes various tools for efficient customer communication and saves you valuable working time.
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  • integrations: With hellomateo, you can use WhatsApp in integrate over 6,000 software programs and fully automated Customer trips create with invitations, order confirmations, shipping information, invoices, and reminders.
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  • Newsletter marketing: Send GDPR-compliant Newsletter via WhatsApp or SMS and benefit from opening rates of over 90%.‍
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  • Assessment management: hellomateo can Automatically request online reviews from your customers, which boosts your Google ranking and trust in your company.
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  • ‍Data protection: hellomateo meets all German and European Data protection requirements and offers end-to-end encryption for secure customer communication.
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  • scalability: Our software is suitable for Businesses of all sizes and can be extended indefinitely depending on the package.‍
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  • ‍Diverse AI features: Our AI agent can automatically answer customer inquiries in chat, answer calls, help with the formulation of messages and much more.
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Arrange a non-binding and free consultation and we'll show you how hellomateo covers your communication needs! Simply book an appointment here or write to us via our web widget.

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conclusion

Overall, hellomateo offers many advantages for e-commerce companies with WhatsApp. The multichannel inbox enables companies to improve communication with their customers and offer a seamless customer experience. Automated messages and the WhatsApp newsletter improve customer loyalty, while companies can focus on other important tasks. Finally, by using Google reviews, companies can increase their online presence and set themselves apart from the competition. To increase customer loyalty and sales, companies should therefore consider hellomateo and WhatsApp as an important communication channel.

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About the author

Christian Strauch

Co-Founder and CEO

Christian Strauch is CEO and co-founder of hellomateo and is responsible for the strategic and operational management of the company. In his role, he is particularly responsible for sales, marketing and partners. Under his leadership, hellomateo has developed into a central tool for customer loyalty via WhatsApp, e-mail and letter for more than 2,000 companies.

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