What Clients Get Outside Business Hours

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What your auto-reply does in Live Chat, tickets and orders, and how to set it up.

When clients write outside your business hours, Clientish can answer for you. What they get depends on where they wrote.

Overview

This guide explains what clients receive. Setting up the hours, message and signature is in Messaging and Auto-Reply.

Who Can Access

Agency AdminTeam Member

What Clients Get

Where the client writesWhat they get
Live ChatYour auto-reply in the chat, once per quiet spell, for text messages
A new ticketYour auto-reply in the ticket and by email
A reply on a ticketNothing
A reply on an orderYour auto-reply by email

Set It Up

Messaging Settings with auto-reply, message, signature and business hours
  1. Open Messaging

    Go to Settings → Messaging.

  2. Write the reply

    Turn on Enable auto-reply and write the message, or click Use suggested message. [next-open-time] becomes the next time you open, such as “Monday 9:00 AM”.

  3. Add business hours

    Under Business Hours, pick days and From and To times, and use Add row for other days. Click Save.

Good to Know

  • Without business hours, the auto-reply is never sent.
  • Hours use your company time zone.
  • Hours can’t run past midnight, and the latest end time is 11:30 PM.
  • The signature is added to every order and ticket message your team sends, not to chat.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I see the auto-reply in Live Chat?⌄
Yes. It appears in the conversation as a message from you.