For customer service

Answer once, properly, whoever picks it up

Customers message on WhatsApp because it is quick. Support gets slow when the thread is on one person's phone, the order details are in another system, and the same five questions arrive all day. Companion puts the conversation, the context and the team in one view.

What you use

Everything a support team needs, on the channel customers choose

No ticket numbers for the customer to quote. Just a conversation that anyone on the team can pick up and finish.

One inbox, clear ownership

Every conversation has an owner and a status, so nothing is answered twice and nothing is left because everyone assumed someone else had it. Unassigned threads are visible to the whole team.

  • Assign, hand over and close conversations
  • Filters for unassigned, mine and waiting on customer
  • Works across every number the team has connected
SKSofia KaurMy order still has not arrivedUnassigned
DODanny O’NeillCan I change the delivery address?Amy
RPRachel PriceThanks, that is sorted nowClosed

The customer's context beside the chat

Orders, past purchases and earlier conversations sit next to the thread, pulled from the systems you already run. Nobody has to ask for an order number the business already holds.

  • Order and purchase history on the conversation
  • Over 50 connectors to e-commerce, CRM and stock systems
  • Notes that carry between colleagues and shifts
SKSofia KaurCustomer since January3 orders
Latest orderDispatched Tuesday, with the courierIn transit
Last conversationSize exchange, resolvedMay

Routine questions handled automatically

Opening hours, delivery times, where an order is. A workflow answers the moment the message arrives and passes anything else to a person with the thread attached.

  • Triggers on keywords, time of day or customer type
  • Out-of-hours replies that set an honest expectation
  • Hands over to a person the moment one is needed
Are you open on bank holiday Monday?20:41
We are open 10 to 4 on Monday. Anything else I can help with?20:41
Answered automatically · out of hours

Updates customers actually read

Delivery notices, repair progress and the message to say something is ready. Sent on approved templates, in the app your customer opens all day, with replies coming straight back to the team.

  • Approved templates managed in one place
  • Personalised from the order, not typed by hand
  • Replies land in the shared inbox, not a dead end
order_dispatchedUtility · English (UK)Approved
repair_readyUtility · English (UK)Approved
feedback_requestMarketing · English (UK)In review
The difference

A conversation, not a ticket queue

Unlike helpdesks that bolt WhatsApp on as one more channel, Companion is built around the thread, so support feels like messaging a person rather than raising a case.

A helpdesk with a WhatsApp add-on

  • Customers become ticket numbers
  • Replies come from a generic company line
  • Order details live in another tab
  • Automation ends in a form or an email

With Companion

  • Customers stay in one continuous conversation
  • Staff reply from the numbers customers already know
  • Order and purchase context sits beside the thread
  • Automation hands over to a person inside the same chat
In practice

What this looks like on a busy support desk

Two worked examples of how a team would set this up. They are illustrations of the product, not customer results.

Taking the pressure off delivery week

A retailer's two support staff spend peak weeks answering where-is-my-order messages one at a time, while real problems wait behind them.

  • Dispatch updates go out automatically from the order
  • Delivery questions are answered from the tracking status
  • Staff time goes to the exceptions

Keeping customers informed without the phone calls

A workshop books in repairs over WhatsApp, then loses track of who has been told what. Customers ring to ask, which interrupts the bench.

  • Each repair conversation has an owner and notes
  • A template goes out when the job status changes
  • Anyone can answer a query with the history in front of them

Give your support team one view of every conversation

Start a free trial and connect a number your team already uses, or book a short call and we will set the first one up with you.

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