Case Study: Customer Service Tool has 
Inkjetsuperstore.com in the Black

PROBLEM: Inkjetsuperstore.com was unable to collect and respond to visitors' problems on its website.
SOLUTION: Implemented an on-demand solution to collect, analyze and manage visitors' feedback.
RESULTS: Calls to Inkjet Superstore's call center have been reduced by 12,000 annually (roughly 5 percent). As a result of the personal and immediate service it now provides visitors, the site's conversion rate is up 6 percent.
As a seller of ink and toner cartridges for printers, Inkjetsuperstore.com's customers demand their buying process be as quick and simple as possible. They want to find the cartridge they need, purchase it and be on their way. The problem was, this wasn't always how the process went.
Unable to keep its website up-to-date in a marketplace where an unlimited number of printers, copiers and fax machines come out virtually every day, Inkjet Superstore was losing sales. Worse yet, the company didn't even know it. Since it was difficult for visitors to call Inkjetsuperstore.com if it didn't have the specific cartridges they were looking for, consumers simply moved on to the competition.
To address this communication disconnect, Inkjet Superstore hired Kampyle, a provider of feedback analytics, in July 2009. The web-only retailer placed Kampyle's feedback form in the bottom right-hand corner of each page on its website. Visitors can access the tool at any time if they can't find items, find items for a lower price somewhere else, have IT support issues or encounter any other problems.
Proactive Approach
In addition, Kampyle's tool allows the retailer to troubleshoot areas of its site and fix problems before future visitors encounter them.
"It's the proactive approach to fixing issues," says Ilan Douek, managing director of Inkjetsuperstore.com. "When customers notify us, we fix it at once. Then the next customer and other follow-up visitors don't run into the same issue."
- People:
- Ilan Douek

Joe Keenan is the executive editor of Total Retail. Joe has more than 10 years experience covering the retail industry, and enjoys profiling innovative companies and people in the space.