Help Scout

In general, the system for handling customer inquiries through ticketing is effective and straightforward. However, the integration with Shopify leaves much to be desired.

While working in the Help Scout, the sidebar only displays a some order numbers and totals, without providing information on shipping addresses, tracking, or customer extra details. To access this information, you must leave the Help Scout platform and open a new window.

Additionally, the integration does not support the installation of Live Chat (Beacon). You need to install the script manually through the theme files, and the loading speed is slow. A better way to do it is via the Shopify Scripts integration that is available for themes 2.0.

You can't use "Secure beacon" to identify users and store their information for future reference. To integrate with Shopify properly, a developer must be hired, and the Help Scout API must be learned, according to a Help Scout representative.

I wish this specific Shopify App by Help Scout would have been updated with more features.

Not compatible with Shopify checkout extensibility

Incredibly smooth integration. Allows our agents/management to quickly access required information where we need it most to give customers seamless assistance.

Helpscout is an outstanding help desk tool for small and medium businesses. The Shopify integration is great. It allows me to see (and links to) a customers Shopify order history from within helpscout. It adds great context to customer interactions.

Help Scout helps you make every support interaction more personal and easy to manage. Their app integration is a crucial part of our help desk environment. <3 Help Scout!

I don't often write reviews but was surprised to see that Help Scout didn't have any on Shopify, so I'm going to "pay it forward" a bit. If you're looking for an alternative to ZenDesk, seriously consider this product. I did trials of both ZenDesk and Help Scout and decided to go with Help Scout. It was competitively priced, integrated well with Shopify and by the looks of it, they are actively investing in the platform, so looking forward to new features as they are launched - most notably, Beacon 2.0, which will integrate Help Scout Docs and Chat. That will help us provide a richer 'real time' customer support experience (and not require us to be in front of the computer 24x7!).

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