E-Commerce BPO

Scale Peak Season
Without the Hiring Spike

Your Black Friday volume shouldn't require a six-month hiring cycle. Our nearshore agents handle chat, email, phone, returns, and order tracking — ramped in under three weeks, at 30–50% less than in-house.

98%
Client Retention
4.8★
Avg CSAT Score
<3 wk
Ramp Time
200+
Bilingual Agents
The Problem

Where E-Commerce Support Breaks Down

Every growing e-commerce brand hits the same wall. You can't hire fast enough for Q4, your team burns out on repetitive returns tickets, and your channels aren't connected.

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Volume spikes you can't staff for

BFCM ticket volume can jump 5–10× in 72 hours. Traditional hiring takes months. Contractors don't know your product. Customers wait. Reviews suffer.

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Returns & exchanges drain your team

Post-holiday returns season can represent 30–40% of all inbound volume. These tickets are repetitive, high-frustration, and keep your best agents stuck on low-complexity work.

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Order tracking floods your inbox

"Where is my order?" is the single most common support ticket in e-commerce. It shouldn't require a trained specialist — but it still clogs your queue every day.

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Multi-channel chaos

Customers expect answers on live chat, email, phone, and social — simultaneously. Most teams can barely cover two channels well. The rest become blind spots.

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Bilingual gaps cost you sales

30%+ of US online shoppers prefer Spanish. If your support team is English-only, you're converting at a fraction of your potential and leaving CSAT points on the table.

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In-house costs are unsustainable

A full-time US support agent costs $55,000–$70,000/year in fully loaded comp. You need 10, 20, 50 of them — but only during peak. You can't scale a fixed cost against a variable demand.

The Solution

BlackstarOS Built for E-Commerce

We don't plug in a generic call center. We build a dedicated nearshore pod trained on your product, your policies, and your brand voice.

Peak Season
Surge-Ready Staffing Model

We maintain a trained bench for e-commerce clients. When Q4 volume ramps, we activate — not interview and hire.

  • Pre-trained agents familiar with e-commerce platforms (Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce)
  • Ramp in under 3 weeks, scale down at 30 days notice
  • No minimum contract terms — month-to-month on Starter and Growth
  • Overflow capacity available for unexpected spikes
Returns & Exchanges
High-Volume Returns Handling

Returns are repetitive, process-driven, and easy to standardize. We handle the full returns and exchange lifecycle so your team doesn't have to.

  • Label generation, status updates, and resolution tracking
  • Escalation paths defined upfront — we decide, not guess
  • Policy exceptions documented and applied consistently
  • CSAT scores maintained through the frustrating post-purchase moment
Order Tracking
Proactive WISMO Deflection

WISMO ("Where Is My Order?") tickets don't need to reach your queue. We handle them with real-time carrier integration and outbound notifications.

  • Carrier tracking lookups via your OMS or direct API
  • Delay proactive outreach — we tell customers before they ask
  • Lost-shipment escalation protocol with carrier claims support
  • Tracks open rate of delivery notifications to optimize send timing
Multi-Channel
Unified Chat, Email & Phone

One team, every channel. We work inside your existing helpdesk (Zendesk, Gorgias, Freshdesk, Intercom) — no new tools, no rework.

  • Live chat with <90-second first response on standard shifts
  • Email queue managed to under 4-hour first response
  • Inbound phone with bilingual (EN/ES) agent coverage
  • Social DM triage (Instagram, Facebook) available on Growth+
Performance

Numbers That Show Up on Your P&L

Anonymized aggregates across our e-commerce client base. Updated quarterly.

4.8★
Average CSAT across e-commerce clients
vs. 4.1★ industry average
41%
Average cost savings vs. in-house US team
Fully loaded, including QA and management
<2hr
Average email first-response SLA
During standard operating hours
94%
First-contact resolution rate on returns
Fewer escalations, happier customers
Coverage

Every Channel Your Customers Use

We staff whichever channels matter most for your brand. Mix and match by volume and priority.

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Live Chat

<90s first response. Works with Gorgias, Intercom, Zendesk Chat, and LiveChat.

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Email

<4hr first response. Full macro management and template governance included.

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Inbound Phone

Bilingual EN/ES agents. Under 3-minute average handle time on WISMO and returns.

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Social DMs

Instagram and Facebook DM triage. Available on Growth and Enterprise plans.

We went into Black Friday with three times the agent capacity we had the previous year — without a single additional internal hire. The ramp was faster than any agency we'd worked with, and the CSAT numbers actually improved during peak.

VP
VP of Operations
Omnichannel DTC brand — 2M+ annual orders
Resources

E-Commerce BPO Research & Tools

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Other Verticals We Serve

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