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Case · E-commerce

The end of "Where is my parcel?" emails.

A self-service portal for returns and complaints. The customer resolves everything in 3 clicks, including the label.

Model case: we assume the company looks like this and show how much it would yield.

  • Model case
  • Lovable
  • Vision AI
  • Packeta

Starting point

Customer support under pressure

Customer support is swamped with handling returns. Customers wait for PDF labels and keep writing "where is my parcel?" emails. The result is an exhausted team and endless email forwarding.

  1. Before

    PDF forms

    MANUAL PROCESS

  2. After

    Self-service portal

    SELF-SERVICE

What we would build

Portal architecture

The process from the customer reporting a defect, through AI analysis, to generating a label in Packeta.

  1. 01

    Customer

    Picks the order and uploads a photo of the defect

  2. 02

    Vision AI

    GPT-4o does a first analysis of the damage

  3. 03

    Packeta

    Creates a code for the return shipment

  4. 04

    Notification

    An automatic message about the goods returning to stock and the refund

Tools
  • Fillout · Customer form
  • Make · Connecting the steps
  • OpenAI · Checking the defect from a photo
  • Packeta · Logistics and labels

Rollout steps

How the rollout would go.

  1. 01

    DAY 01 to 03

    Interface design in Lovable

    Designing the self-service portal and a 3-click returns process.

  2. 02

    DAY 04 to 06

    Connecting Packeta

    Connecting Packeta (Packeta API) to create labels automatically.

    git commit -m "Add Packeta API"

  3. 03

    DAY 07 to 10

    Ready to launch

    A prototype ready to be rolled out to end customers.

Model assumptions

Where the result comes from.

We take a typical company from the sector and the situation from the brief, add labelled assumptions and calculate the result. If the inputs change, so does the result, so you can recalculate it for your own company.

Model company

A model e-shop whose support team is swamped by returns. Customers wait for PDF labels and write asking where their parcel is.

Inputs

Support requests per month (assumption)
500
Share of requests the portal takes over (returns, labels, parcel status) (assumption)
70 %
Handling one request (assumption)
6 min
Labor rate (assumption)
24 EUR / h

Calculation step by step

  1. 01

    Requests taken over by the portal per month

    500 × 70 %= 350

  2. 02

    Support time saved

    350 × 6 min= 2 100 min (35 h)

  3. 03

    Value of the saved time per month

    35 h × 24 EUR= 840 EUR

This is a gross saving of time and money. We include the cost of rollout and running only where it is visible in the calculation.

  1. Model results

    What would change after rollout.

  2. Model case

    −350 / month

    500 requests × 70 % that customers resolve themselves in the portal

    Support requests

  3. Model case

    −35 h / month

    350 × 6 min, 840 EUR a month

    Support time

Your numbers belong in the model, not ours. The calculator shows where to start, and we work out the real values on your data.

Start here

15 minutes is enough for you to know whether it makes sense.

You tell us what is bothering you. We tell you whether we can help, roughly what it costs and where I would start in your place. No presentation.

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