The challenge
An audiobook app company with 30 million users and a small customer service team needing to scale with an increased volume of ~7,000 tickets/month.
After a successful marketing campaign, this subscription-based service saw a huge spike in customer inquiries, which grew ticket volume to around 7,000/month. The company’s small internal team became inundated by the sudden increase in tickets — particularly during evenings and weekends. This after-hours backlog prevented the business from being able to catch up, and severely impacted first response time (FRT).
In 2018, the company came to Influx for help.
The need
With a committed, global customer base, plus being on track to achieve unicorn startup status, the company had very specific customer support needs, including:
- Weekend + after-hours extended coverage — to address customer concerns promptly and reduce the internal team’s piling backlog.
- Prompt first response time (FRT) — to improve service quality and responsiveness.
- A flexible, scalable support solution — to manage spikes in ticket volume for a consistent, high-quality support experience year-round.
The company sought a high-quality support solution to ensure seamless service delivery and maintain a reputation for excellence.
The solution
As an extension of the company’s internal team, Influx provided a Support as a Service solution of 6 dedicated agents in 3 regions. This solution provided customers with 24/7 coverage, enabling real-time support no matter the time of day.
The Influx team handled ⅓ of total ticket volume (roughly 2,000-3,000 tickets/month) via email, to achieve:
- An 80% reduction in first response time (FRT) from ~40 hours to >8 hours
- An increase in customer satisfaction score (CSAT) from 90% to 94+%
- An average response of 60 tickets/day/agent
Since the partnership began in 2018, Influx acts as a flexible layer of support, scaling up or down depending on the company’s ticket volume to maintain consistent, high-quality coverage throughout the year.
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