Gorgias Automation vs a Real AI Agent
Rules and macros route. Agents resolve. If your 'automation' still needs a human to click refund, you bought a router.

Practical guides on AI support, WISMO, returns, helpdesk comparisons and the metrics that tell you if automation is working.
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Rules and macros route. Agents resolve. If your 'automation' still needs a human to click refund, you bought a router.

Inbox is fine until volume, reporting and actions show up. Here is the wall brands hit around a few hundred tickets a month.

Export the macros that are still true. Delete the ones that mention products you sunset in 2022. Then connect Shopify.

The best DTC brands charge more for the same product because their brand design signals quality before the shopper sees a price. Here's how they do it.

You do not need a big-bang cutover. Move WISMO first, then in-policy refunds, then the rest.

Zendesk is fine until every Shopify action is a custom app and a 14-day ticket. That is the signal.

SaaS invented modern customer success—proactive health scoring, expansion revenue, and churn prediction. Here's the playbook adapted for DTC.

Leave when you are paying for macros you have outgrown, or when automation add-ons cost more than an agent that closes the ticket.

The best one refunds, exchanges and tracks without opening a new tab. Score vendors on actions, not on chat bubbles.

Cheap seats are expensive if humans still do every refund. Price the ticket, not the logo.

LiveChat is a channel. Gorgias is where channels meet Shopify. A channel cannot be your ops system.

Gladly organizes around the customer. Gorgias organizes around the ticket. Shopify brands usually have tickets, not relationship graphs.

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