E-commerce / DTC Brands 90-day payback guarantee

Your support team is drowning in where is my order emails

WISMO tickets are 40-60% of your volume. You are paying $12-18 per ticket for agents to copy-paste between Shopify, Gorgias, and your 3PL.

Leverwork replaces entire roles — it doesn't add another tool your team ignores. AI workers handle WISMO, returns, and order management end-to-end.

01 40-60% WISMO Volume
02 $12-18 Cost Per Ticket
03 8 hours Avg Response Time
04 30 sec With Leverwork
The challenge

Your daily reality

The hidden costs of manual customer service that eat into your margins.

01

WISMO Overload

WISMO tickets consume 40-60% of support hours — you are answering "where is my order" instead of growing the business

02

System Fragmentation

Copy-pasting between Shopify, Gorgias, Zendesk, and your 3PL — no systems talk to each other

03

Peak Season Chaos

Scrambling for BFCM temp hires who take 3 weeks to onboard, then leaving after peak season

04

Escalating Costs

$12-18 per ticket and rising — you are paying $450K-$650K/year for a 10-person team that can't keep up

Where the hours go

Where your support time actually goes

Task type
Volume breakdown
Time / day
WISMO Where is My Order
40-60%
4-6 hours/day
Returns & Exchanges
15-25%
1.5-2.5 hours/day
Order Modifications
10-15%
1-1.5 hours/day
Pre-sale Questions
10-15%
1-1.5 hours/day
Complex Issues
5-10%
0.5-1 hours/day
Target roles

Roles we replace

These are the positions Leverwork can fully take over — not augment.

01

Customer Service Reps

WISMO responses, order status inquiries, basic returns processing

02

Returns Processing Staff

RMA creation, refund processing, warehouse coordination

03

Order Modification Specialists

Address changes, size exchanges, subscription updates

Handled end-to-end

Every workflow, handled end-to-end

We do not deflect tickets. We resolve them completely, automatically, 24/7.

WISMO End-to-End
Before — manual

Customer emails -> Agent checks Shopify -> Agent checks ShipStation -> Agent checks 3PL portal -> Agent composes reply -> Agent sends 8 steps, 15-20 min

After — handed to AI

Customer asks -> AI queries all systems -> AI synthesizes status -> AI responds 30 seconds, fully handled by intelligent systems

Returns Processing
Before — manual

Customer requests return -> Agent verifies policy -> Agent creates RMA -> Agent coordinates with warehouse -> Agent processes refund -> Agent updates inventory 6 steps, 8-12 min per case

After — handed to AI

Customer requests return -> AI verifies policy -> AI creates RMA -> AI coordinates warehouse pickup -> AI processes refund -> AI updates inventory 30 seconds

Peak Season Scaling
Before — manual

October: Post job ads -> November: Interview candidates -> December: Train new hires -> January: Lose them to other jobs 3+ month cycle, $25K per temp hire

After — handed to AI

October: Activate AI capacity -> November-December: AI handles 3-5x volume -> January: Scale down instantly — live in 30 days, no temp hires to train or lose

Tools vs. workstreams

Why not just use industry tool

Good question. Here is the difference between adding tools and replacing workstreams.

Gorgias Automate / Ada

Ticket deflection and AI-powered workflows

These are ticket deflectors — they answer simple questions but require human agents to close tickets
Leverwork

Leverwork replaces the agent entirely. The ticket is fully resolved by AI — no human handoff required.

Shopify Inbox

Basic chat integration

Basic chat that does not integrate with returns, shipping, or complex workflows
Leverwork

Full integration with Shopify, Gorgias, ShipStation, Returnly, and Loop. End-to-end resolution.

Outsourcing to the Philippines

Offshore customer support

$8-12/hour still costs $25K+ per year per agent, with 50-80% annual turnover
Leverwork

AI never quits, never needs training, and costs $15K-$25K setup plus a monthly retainer — not per agent per year.

The math

The math

Partnership pricing: $15K-$25K setup plus a $5K-$10K/month retainer. If it hasn't paid for itself in 90 days, we work free until it does.

7-8 FTE roles
Roles Replaced
$375K-$550K
Annual Savings
30 days
Payback Period
< 60 seconds
Response Time
Integrations

We integrate with your existing stack

Leverwork connects directly to the platforms you already use — no workflow disruption, no new tools to learn.

Shopify
E-commerce Platform
Gorgias
Ticketing System
Zendesk
Ticketing System
ShipStation
Shipping Management
Returnly
Returns Management
Loop
Returns Management
Klaviyo
Email Marketing
Case study

Growth-Stage DTC Brand — $4.2M revenue, 28 employees

A DTC brand growing 80% YoY, with support response times slipping from 2 hours to 8 and carts abandoned over unanswered questions, could expect Leverwork to take over order inquiries, returns, and social DMs — cutting the support team from 5 to 2 and bringing response time from 8 hours to 45 seconds.
Illustrative scenario

*Illustrative example based on typical client outcomes

$89K
Annual Savings
18%
Conversion Rate Increase
45 sec
Average Response Time
Honest fit

Is Leverwork right for you?

Honest answer: sometimes we're not.

This works best if…

  • $2M-$50M revenue e-commerce brands
  • High ticket volume 500+/month with repetitive inquiries
  • Brands using Shopify, Gorgias, Zendesk, or similar stack
  • Teams drowning in WISMO and returns processing

Not ideal if…

Brands with fewer than 200 support tickets/month, highly personalized luxury goods requiring white-glove human service, or companies wanting AI to assist (not replace) existing support staff. Also not ideal if your tickets require complex judgment calls on every single case.

Put AI to work. Keep your people leading.

$75,000 saved per role, per year — payback in 90 days, guaranteed

A 20-minute call. We'll show you exactly which roles pay back — and where humans stay essential.

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