Agent 08
Support
Answers email and website questions from your knowledge base, and escalates what it should not answer.
What it displaces
First-line support hours — around $0.62 a resolution against $7.40 handled by a person.
Often installed alongside
01
Reception
Answers inbound calls around the clock, qualifies the caller, handles the objection, books the appointment.
An answering service or front-desk hours — around $199–299 a month against roughly $45,000 a year.
02
Web Chat
Answers on your website, qualifies, books, and hands off cleanly when it should.
A chat widget and the staff time behind it — responds in under three seconds.
03
Speed-to-Lead
Responds to every new enquiry inside a minute, on any channel, at any hour.
Nothing — almost nobody actually does this. Odds of qualifying a lead fall 400% after five minutes.
04
Follow-Up
Works the pipeline so no opportunity goes cold through inattention.
Manual chasing — deployments report 30–40% more bookings from the same volume.