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Whistle Company Page - How to Manage Guest Chat Availability

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Manage your platform availability to receive messages. On the Guest Chat Availability tab you can schedule your team's hours of availability for guests to expect a response.

Getting Started

  1. Go to the Company tab inside Whistle
  2. Select the Guest Chat Availability section
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Set Status

  1. Set availability Status
    • Always Available
    • Always Away
    • Use Availability Schedule (add hours)

Add Hours

  1. When the use availability schedule was selected, click to Add Hours
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Autoresponder Cooldown

The cooldown specifies how long after the previous autoresponder to wait before another can be sent.

  1. Select the Time to wait before another message can be sent
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Welcome / Away Messages

  1. Add Welcome message - displayed when a visitor begins a chat session

Suggested if users steps away from Whistle frequently.

  1. Add Away Message -  displayed when a visitor begins a chat session, and your availability or availability schedule is AWAY
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