One of our most popular features is our time-specific auto-responder. Sending a short message on the weekends stating your hours keeps customers in the loop and lets them know when to expect a response.
Take a look at some of these guidelines for setting up weekend auto-responders for eBay, Amazon and your company website.
Remember! Auto-responders are meant to enhance customer communication, not replace it. When used improperly, auto-responders can actually hurt your feedback and credibility.
General Guidelines:
- The auto-response is sent to new emails, not on follow-ups.
- To ensure your auto-response does not interfere with other rules, be sure that your auto-responders are the only rules set to a ranking of either 1 or 2.
- RM reads TIME as hh:mm:ss AM or PM
- DATES are read as yyyy-mm-dd.
eBay Weekend (Friday at 5pm to Monday at 9am)
Go to Maintenance > Rules, Add New Rule.
To Configure an Auto-Response for eBay:
Designate a From email address. Because RM is connected directly to eBay's API, this email address will not be shown to your customers (but it is still required in order to send a message).
Amazon Weekend (Friday at 5pm to Monday at 9am)
Go to Maintenance > Rules, Add New Rule.
To Configure an Auto-Response:
Enter a From email address that is registered with your Amazon account, but that is different than that of your Amazon Customer Inquiries Folder. Specifying a different email address is important to avoid mail loops, which could fill up your quota, causing the system to stop reading your messages. To verify or add a new email, go to your seller central account and update your contact notification settings.
Website Weekend (Friday at 5pm to Monday at 9am)
Go to Maintenance > Rules, Add New Rule
Designate a From email address. If your company has a noreply@ email address, we suggest using it.
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