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Ecommerce customer support phonePhone and text support that scales with your order volume.
Give shoppers a real number to call and text. AI agents answer "where is my order?", returns and product questions in seconds, day or night — and your support team gets the conversations that actually need them, with the order already pulled up.
Your support line, sorted
AI agent
Order status, delivery dates and returns, answered from your store data.
Support queue
Damaged items, refunds and exceptions wait for the next free agent.
Sales team
Bulk and wholesale shoppers ring sales directly.
How do online stores automate "where is my order?" calls?
Online stores automate where-is-my-order (WISMO) calls by connecting an AI agent to their order data. TalkerIQ gives your store a real phone number and text line; its AI voice and SMS agents look up orders, answer shipping, returns and product questions 24/7, and pass refunds and exceptions to your support team with the order attached.
- Answers
- Order status, returns and product questions, 24/7
- Channels
- Calls, texts and a website voice widget
- Works with
- Shopify, Zendesk, Intercom, HubSpot
- AI response
- About 1.2 seconds
- Plans from
- $29/user/mo billed annually
Sound familiar?
Every sale week, "where is my order?" buries the tickets that actually need us.
Online, a question nobody answers is an abandoned cart; an order problem nobody answers is a refund request. Speed is the customer experience.
"Where is my order?" is half your volume
The answer is in your store admin. Your team still spends hours copying tracking links into replies.
Pre-purchase questions go unanswered
A shopper wants to know about sizing or compatibility at 10 p.m. Nobody replies until morning, and the cart is gone.
Peak season breaks support
Black Friday, Cyber Monday and holiday shipping cut-offs multiply volume overnight. Response times slip just when the stakes are highest.
How it works
From first question to delivered and happy.
Your support line, texting and AI agents run as one system, and every conversation sits next to the order it's about.
A number shoppers can reach
A toll-free support line and textable number on your site, packaging and emails — plus a voice widget on your store.
AutomaticAI answers in seconds
Order status, delivery dates, returns, sizing and product questions answered by voice or text, 24/7, in 12+ languages.
AIProblems reach a person
Damaged items, refund exceptions and upset customers go to your support queue with the order and conversation attached.
Your teamShoppers are nudged to checkout
When the question is pre-purchase, the AI answers it and texts a link back to the product or cart.
AIEverything is logged
Calls, recordings, texts and AI summaries on one customer timeline, synced to your helpdesk or CRM.
Automatic
Before they buy
Answer the question that's standing between a shopper and checkout.
Sizing, colours, compatibility, shipping times — when shoppers text or call with a question, the AI agent answers from your catalog and policies, then sends them straight back to the product with a link. Questions it can't answer go to your team instead of sitting overnight.
- Product and sizing answers from your catalog
- Checkout links sent in the same thread
- Hand-off to sales for bulk or custom orders
AI SMS agent · pre-purchase
- Checked the catalogSize M · black · in stock
- Sent a checkout linkStraight to the product, size pre-selected
- Logged the conversationOn the shopper's timeline
- Sales sees bulk inquiriesWholesale questions routed to a person
After they buy
"Where is my order?" handled before it becomes a ticket.
The AI agent looks up orders by number, email or phone and gives the real status and delivery date. It explains your return and exchange policy, starts a return when your rules allow, and texts the label or tracking link. Your team only sees the orders that went wrong.
- Order status and tracking by call or text
- Returns and exchanges explained and started
- Escalation with the order and transcript attached
AI voice agent · order support
- Looked up the orderORD-789 · in transit · due tomorrow
- Texted the tracking linkFrom your support number
- Summarised the callOrder status · resolved by AI
- Exceptions to your teamLost or damaged parcels go to the queue
Across channels
One shopper, every channel, one timeline.
Shoppers start on your site, continue by text and call when something goes wrong. TalkerIQ keeps every touchpoint — widget conversation, texts, calls, recordings and AI summaries — together, so whoever picks up next already knows the story.
- Website voice widget for questions while they browse
- Text and call on the same number
- One history per customer, synced to your tools
One order, five touchpoints
- Asks about sizing on your siteWebsite voice widget · AI answers, texts a linkMon · 21:40
- OrdersCheckout from the texted linkMon · 21:46
- Shipping update"Your order is on its way" with trackingTue · 15:10
- Calls about a delayAI agent gives the new delivery date in secondsThu · 08:02
- Exchange approvedStarts by text; a support agent approves the size swapSat · 11:25
What changes
What changes for your support team.
of AI calls resolved
Order, shipping and returns questions handled without an agent.
to answer
Shoppers get a reply while they're still deciding.
lower cost
Peak season covered without hiring and training a temporary team.
languages
Sell and support across borders from one number.
The details
What online brands use every day.
Toll-free & local numbers
A support line shoppers trust, textable too. Numbers
AI voice agent
Order status, returns and product questions answered 24/7. AI agents
AI SMS agent
Instant text replies with tracking and checkout links. AI SMS
Website voice widget
Shoppers talk to your AI from the product page. Widget
Shared team inbox
Every text thread owned and answered, no double replies. Inbox
Queues & AI overflow
The AI picks up when your support queue gets long. Routing
Meet international shoppers where they already message. WhatsApp
Campaign texts
Launches and back-in-stock alerts to opted-in shoppers. Bulk SMS
Store & helpdesk sync
Look up orders and log every conversation. Integrations
A day with TalkerIQ
What does Black Friday weekend look like with AI on the support line?
A direct-to-consumer skincare brand with a three-person support team. Maya leads support.
- A shopper asks before she buys
She calls to check whether a serum suits sensitive skin. The AI answers from the product catalog and texts her the product link; she checks out ten minutes later.
- The WISMO wave arrives
Dozens of "where is my order?" calls hit at once. The AI agent answers them together from the order system, with the real status and delivery date.
- Wrong size, handled
The AI checks eligibility, starts an exchange under the brand's policy and texts the return instructions.
- A refund exception goes to Maya
A damaged parcel outside the return window arrives in Maya's queue with the order, photos and transcript attached. She approves it in one step.
- Overflow kicks in at the wait limit
When the support call queue hits its wait limit, new callers go to the AI instead of hold music.
- "Did my order ship?" by text
The AI SMS agent replies with tracking. Result: the team spent the weekend on exceptions, not status checks.
Compare
Email-only support, a phone team or AI agents: what works for ecommerce?
Many stores hide the phone number to save cost. Here is what each approach costs the shopper.
| Email / tickets only | Human phone team | TalkerIQ AI + team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| WISMO response time | Hours | Minutes in a queue | About 1.2 seconds to answer |
| Nights and weekends | Next business day | Depends on staffing | 24/7 |
| Peak-season surges | Backlog | Long holds | Many conversations at once |
| Pre-purchase questions | Too slow to save the cart | Yes, in hours | Yes, by call, text or widget |
| Refunds and exceptions | Agent | Agent | Agent, with the order attached |
AI agents can also take calls from your site through the website voice widget. See plans from $29/user/mo billed annually.
People and AI
Your team solves problems. AI answers the repeat questions.
Support & CX team
- Resolve exceptions — damaged, lost, wrong item
- Approve refunds and goodwill gestures
- Pick up escalations with the order on screen
- Review call recordings and AI summaries
AI voice & SMS agents
- Answer "where is my order?" by call or text
- Explain and start returns within your rules
- Answer product questions and send checkout links
- Absorb peak-season surges without longer waits
FAQ
Questions e-commerce teams ask
Still unsure? Talk to our team.
Reviewed by the TalkerIQ product team · Updated
Can the AI agent look up real orders?
Yes, once it's connected to your store or order system. It finds orders by order number, email or phone and answers with the actual status and delivery date. Without a connection it can still answer policy and product questions from its knowledge base.
Which e-commerce platforms do you work with?
TalkerIQ connects with 20+ tools and supports webhooks and an API, so order data can be looked up and conversations logged. Ask us about your platform and helpdesk in the walkthrough.
Can it process returns and refunds?
It explains your policy, checks eligibility and can start a return or exchange when your rules allow. Refunds and exceptions that need approval go to your team with the order and conversation attached.
Will it help with abandoned carts?
It helps prevent them by answering pre-purchase questions instantly by phone, text or the website widget, and sending a link back to the product. Follow-up texts go only to shoppers who have opted in to hear from you.
How do we handle Black Friday and holiday peaks?
AI agents answer many conversations at once, so a spike in order and shipping questions doesn't create a queue. You can set the AI as overflow when your support queue reaches a wait limit, and add AI capacity for the season.
What does it cost?
Starter is $39 per user per month, or $29 billed annually. Most growing brands choose Growth ($79/user/mo) for dialers and campaigns, or Pro ($149/user/mo) with 100 AI minutes per user; high-volume brands talk to us about Enterprise. Annual billing saves up to 25%, or pay as you go. See pricing.
What is WISMO in ecommerce?
WISMO stands for "where is my order?" — the most common question ecommerce support teams receive by phone, text and email. TalkerIQ AI agents answer WISMO calls and texts automatically by looking up the order and replying with the status and delivery date.
Do stores with physical locations need something different?
Brands that also run physical stores usually give each store its own number and ring group alongside the central support line. See the retail customer service phone system for the store-side setup, which runs on the same TalkerIQ account.
Keep exploring
Give shoppers a number worth calling.
Book a walkthrough and we'll map your support line, texting and AI agents to your store — before you change anything.