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LiveHelpNow
Help desk and live chat solution for customer service
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Shawnia S.
Hospital & Health Care, self-employed
Used daily for 6-12 months
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Overall you have been a great experience being able connect with the customers more efficiently and in a timely fashion. And also having the customers being able to connect with ease
User Friendly and easy to install. Comes with a ton a of great features and tools that helps guide you to provide the best customer service experience possible. Being able to connect with customers on the go is golden. And its all back up with excellent customer support
Would like to have seen more chat window layouts, graphics and emojis. Problems with receiving reply alerts when the Main Operator Panel is on the screen.
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Hospital & Health Care, 1-10 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Livehelpnow is a very good easy to implement web based tool.
Integrates well with code on your web pages. Simple to implement and set up workflow. Interface is easy.
Mobile response to a customer inquiry was a little quirky. Was hard to navigate and respond to requests.
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Information Technology and Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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Very affordable solution if you are just looking for the basics in a chat client.
Platform seems out of date both in regards to UI and features offered. Many competitors are starting to offer services with chat bot functionality and great integration with Salesforce. Admin Panel/UI is clunky, out-of-date and not intuitive.
Very sorry to hear such a low opinion on the LiveHelpNow suite. Not sure if you tested the platform fully. We would be happy to schedule a full private demo. We do have a very sophisticate Chat Bot: https://www.livehelpnow.net/live-help-bot We also offer state-of-the-art integration with SalesForce and tens of other CRM systems. LiveHelpNow has always been an innovator in the help desk space...
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Apparel & Fashion, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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More bang for your buck than any other program I researched or used. They truly care about their customers and maintain a "make it personal" attitude.
We switched from a much bigger chat platform after doing research on other options. LHN is so easy to use and customize it's remarkable. Their service is top notch and if you are needing a feature they don't have, they will work to make the solution possible for you in the near future. Reporting features are excellent.
We have tried to do some intricate routing to different departments including different levels within a department. It hasn't been the easiest, but i'll admit, the request was very complex.
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Used daily for 1-2 years
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I communicate with my clients I keep records .I have db with all the issues and I use them in order to provide quick answers
I using live help for more than one year. I m satisfied . I communicate with my clients I open and close tickets I keep records and all team members can be updated about the issues that rising daily. Is not complicated to learn how to use it
It is little bit difficult to apply roles to each agent. The canned answers could be setup easier it will hep a lot.
david h.
Used daily for 2+ years
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Use it to communicate to my customer via chat, help them with their orders, or questions.
How easy it is to use, the info it give us about the customer, and how the chat boxes are easy for the customer to read and use
Wished they made the software for Imac computer systems. I hate to have a extra chrome tab open and accidentally close it when working on my website and i close the chat out. Needs to have a Imac software like it is available for the Windows OS
Hello David, Thank you for your review! Just a quick note that our newest app is available in the Mac App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/livehelpnow/id684840931?mt=12 Thank you, LiveHelpNow crew
bill k.
Used daily for 2+ years
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like the real time info on website visitors, like richness of data to improve website. analytics provides useful insights
Need to be able to down load past data for further analysis. Currently have to down load a day at a time. Would like to be able to download as much historical data I want easily
Thank you for your review! Analytics should allow exporting data for up to one year. All you need to do is change from and to dates while running a report. The only report that we restrict to one day is "Raw Visitor data" which really does not have any valuable information, just IP addresses and Host Names. Hope this helps, Michael
Sam Y.
Used daily for 1-2 years
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It works well, for the most part. Sometimes things glitch out but restarting the client usually solves the issue. It's definitely very easy to use as well. The UI is simple. The customer service is great, prompt, helpful. I absolutely LOVE the translate feature. Makes speaking with international customers very good. For us and for them. Overall, good product to use.
The UI could use an update. It is simple but kind of ugly, though that doesn't affect the performance of the product or anything. Sometimes I'll show as online but people may not be able to start a chat via our website. It's a pretty simple bit of software, so there's not much I can say I dislike about it. The UI always seems to bother me though, haha. A bit superficial.
John C.
Consumer Services, 501-1,000 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Multi brand support with ease
Ability to support customer using any channel (Chat, SMS, Phone, Email, Facebook, Twitter, etc) is absolutely indispensable. All records are stored and easily pulled up during the conversation. For example SMS chat started by a customer with LHN showing all previous conversations by the same customer which were done in the past by email, chat, phone, facebook, etc giving us full picture and enabling us to provide the best customer service we can. Just awesome
Would love to see themes added to the operator console. Not sure what else I can point out here, the software is simply done by someone who knows call center business.
Cody M.
Consumer Services, 201-500 employees
Used daily for 1-2 years
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All in all I love using LHN on a daily bases. It allows my team and I the opportunity to split tasks amongst the 5 of us. Giving us the exact data of who is working what tickets as well as providing us with the creation date in order to make sure we are handling requests in real time.
Easy to use, filter, add and subtract users without any issues, the security of an admin. Notification sounds are helpful when busy with other tasks.
Cons - LHN should have more of a user-friendly atmosphere, allowing users to feel as if they're in a chat room rather than a system that is used to ask difficult questions. Maybe add some color to their chat rooms.
Ken A.
Staffing and Recruiting, 10,001+ employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Ability to multi-task while helping clients, metrics on client trends, a great way to share information and files without providing personal contact information.
Ease of use, notifications (visual and sound), browser based functionality, after hours ticket functionality, visitor history.
The admin side, specifically analytics, can be a bit non-intuitive. Also when using the browser based version you need two sessions open if you're working on tickets to see notifications.
Bac D.
Consumer Goods, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Quick, simple, easy way for our customers to get in contact with our Technical Support if calling is not an option or if it's just a simple question. Decreases amount of unnecessary calls into our call center, freeing up our agents for other troubleshooting calls.
It was very easy to set up. Integrated easily with our website. Customers really like using the LiveHelpNow option to get answers to quick questions. Save them a phone call.
We have had only minor issues where our agents get locked out of the LiveHelpNow application. We aren't informed of these issues and need to contact the company to find out if there's an issue on our end or theirs.
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Wholesale, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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I have to say the Translate option is very valuable for our group as a good part of the customers chatting are international. It helps us to communicate more efficiently. I also appreciate Canned Responses for a quick way to respond.
Can't think of anything really. If I have to choose, I'm not really fond of the "whisper" response.
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11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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High ROI, helps us assist online visitors in complicated online purchases and send them down the conversion funnel.
We've been using it for seven or eight years and we've noticed a marked improvement on the UI of the live chat over the last year or so.
Not well oriented for mobile support. For a long time it was the dated look and feel, I think they've overcome those issues but could do
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Used daily for 2+ years
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Well it makes my job easier especially the option to chat in different languages.
It is easy to use and I have not encountered major issues when using the live chat software. I had an issue once and when I asked for support, they immediately got back to me and we trouble shot the issue and we were able to resolve it.
The interface is just so simple and it sometimes monotonous to look at it everyday. I hope you can change skins or the interface of the software.
TAMMY B.
Consumer Electronics, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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EASE OF USE
THAT IT CAN BE USED ONLINE AS WELL AS DOWNLOADING, AGENTS SOMETIMES WORK FROM HOME AND CAN ACCESS IT THROUGH THE WEBPAGE RATHER THAN DOWNLOADING IT TO THEIR COMPUTER.
IT DOESNT PLACE CUSTOMERS IN A QUEUE TO WAIT FOR AN AVAILABLE AGENT, WE SOMETIMES HAVE 8 CUSTOMERS AT ONCE AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW US TO PLACE THEM ON HOLD
Joe A.
Oil & Energy, 51-200 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Ability to chat with customers who prefer to chat vs. email or call. And, it has the ability to send offline and after hours messages.
Relatively easy to use. They offer a lot of customization options. The company is great to work with. Cost is competitive.
Configuration and set up can be a little tricky, but it's not too bad once you start to play around with it.
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Used daily for 1-2 years
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A customer-pleasing modality to reach our Customer Service Dept.
I like that LHN is easy to get started, set-up, customize to my multiple brands, allows one agent to service multiple web-sites AND does SMS chat. Plus, their support is really responsive...
The menus are a little difficult to navigate and find things, it should be a little more intuitive. I typically go through everything until I find the options I need to adjust.
Jordan J.
Used daily for 2+ years
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The translation software appears to function very well - I've used it to translate to German, Polish, French and Italian and have been able to communicate effectively.
Some of the reports and tools are difficult to find in the administrator screen, but once you get used to it then it's not an issue.
Linda B.
Used daily for 2+ years
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Software is easy to use. The customer support live chat from Live Help is awesome. Quick response to your questions. Easy for Administrators add operators and licenses. Haven't had any issues from setting up the features.
Would be nice to have more analytics. Also, would be nice to customize the screens to what you would like to see in the chat panel.
Joni G.
Education Management, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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We are able to help more customers in a more efficient manner and more timely.
I like that you can use canned responses and that you can see the user's name right away and also that you can easily see which other operators are logged in. I also like the analytics.
The thing I like lease about the software is the refresh rate. It would be nice if the window would refresh quicker. Sometimes I see a chat come in but before my screen refreshes, another operator has taken the chat.
Steven D.
Publishing, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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Ease of use and adaptability with our CRM. It gives customers an easy way to communicate with us how they want to.
The mobile application needs some upgrades. It can be very lacking with capabilities. It's very basic.
Jorge H.
Automotive, 11-50 employees
Used daily for 2+ years
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24/7 chat support on our site for our customers. There is very little to no down time which has been great for us and our customers...
Ease of use and the customer service. It is very easy to use and when there have been changes and/or updates to the software they are easy to identify and adapt. Customer service always answers the phone and is eager to assist...
I have no negative points that I can think of at the moment. Every aspect about this software works and is very user friendly. I have used other chat software and they all fall short of this...
Mark W.
Used daily for 2+ years
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Few years back I ran into an issue when if no agent in a department was not logged in, the depart would should up in the chat window. Client wanted to remove that department completely when agents in that department was not logged in. After digging and trials, I discovered LiveHelpNow and stayed with them. This system also provides full analytics (similar to Google Analytics). I uses this often to compare with Google.
Wish, the welcome chat window was visually customizable similar to modern chat system. Currently it only allows me to choose one option.
Hello Mark, Thank you so much for the kind feedback! A few months back we released an embedded chat window, which no longer presents chat as a popup window which your account is currently using but rather as an overlay within your website giving you literally unlimited options in customization. Hope you will check it out in Admin Panel>Chat system->Installation>Embedded Again, thank you for being a loyal client! Much appreciated! LiveHelpNow team
Kelly K.
Used daily for 1-2 years
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LiveHelp Now is an excellent way for our customers to reach us quickly and have their questions answered without having to pick up a phone and call our office.
LiveHelp Now doesn't always queue incoming chats in an effective manor. It will sometimes bounce one chat back and forth between two operators that aren't answering instead of looping in another operator.
Thank you Kelly for your kind feedback! We will surely look into the queuing issue for your account today! Please reach out anytime via chat or call us at 877-548-3001 Thanks again!