Customer Self-Service Portal: The Future of Customer Support

There was a time when people had no option but to call customer service for every query or issue. They had to put up with those long wait-times on the customer service line during peak hours. Further, the hours to call a customer service number were generally fixed. Well, customers have become smarter over the past few years. They no longer want full dependency on manual customer support. Instead, they seek information and figure out solutions to their problems by themselves first before seeking help. And the advent of the customer self-service portal has proved to be a game-changer in traditional customer support services. To cater to the demands of digitally native customers, most of the B2B and B2C companies have adopted a customer service portal. A survey says that 79% of those surveyed expect organizations to provide a customer self-service portal and tools. Before we proceed, it is important to understand the meaning of a customer self-service portal. ...