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How is AI Helps in solving the problems in the eCommerce Industry

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How is AI Helps in solving the problems in the eCommerce Industry

ecommerce sites are available 24/7, but you don’t need a shop assistant to stay online all day. There are chatbots that can do that. Simple questions are answered immediately, and more complicated ones are sent to the right expert, but the customer is currently getting some answers.

And “right now” is very important here — people want the online shopping experience to be effortless and quick. You add an item to your cart and pay for it, receive it as soon as possible.

If the problem occurs, you want to fix it now. If you want to wait a few hours or days for a response, you can go to a store by yourself.

Artificial intelligence and machine learning are also very valuable when it comes to customer data. Because there are so many customers, you have a lot of data about what they buy and when they buy.

At first glance, such information does not need to be interpreted in a big way, trust me, it does. Machine learning algorithms analyze data to find patterns and predict consumer choices.

You’ll learn what your customers want next. Smart move, isn’t it? This will give your customers a personalized customer experience thanks to accurate recommendations and help your company increase sales.

By 2020, consumers are expected to maintain 85% of their relationship with the company without interacting with a human. 2020 is not that far off, and if your company does not continue, obviously, it will lag behind. Big players like eBay and Amazon rely heavily on artificial intelligence.

Also Read: Reasons Behind Why Your Business Needs A Mobile App

Let’s go through an updated list of six amazing ways to use AI in e-commerce.

Customer-centric search

As a shopper, if I try to shop online and search for a phrase and don’t like the results I see, I’m going to leave. I’m not the only one. Amir Konigsberg, CEO of Twiggle, confirms that customers often give up e-commerce experiences because the search results displayed are irrelevant.

Artificial intelligence or, more precise, natural language processing, comes to the rescue. NLP helps narrow search results to find the most relevant results.

Personalized recommendations

AI may collect data about customer’s previous purchases, conversations with customer service, on-site customer interactions and more. All this will lead to personalized customer experience — and it will make your customers happy. In addition, your sales will increase. It’s a win-win situation, isn’t it? There are numbers that prove this to be true: think Amazon and Netflix.

These companies are one of the early adopters of an AI-based personalized marketing strategy. 29% increase in Amazon sales after implementing the recommendation system. Netflix says that 80% of the content their customers see is based on algorithmic recommendations.

Responding to queries

Chatbots can handle some queries on their own: If the query is too simple, the system generates an answer for the customer. If the query is more complicated, the bot will find the right expert to handle it and forward the message there. This solution speeds up the process of answering customer queries and enables true 24/7 customer service that customers expect.

Creating product descriptions

You need a copywriter to write product descriptions, right? You might think so, but if there are hundreds or thousands of products available on the website, this can be a very expensive and time-consuming process.

It’s not just about writing some content, the text itself needs to be relevant and optimized for SEO. Artificial intelligence can analyze the key features of each product.

Filtering fake reviews

You should never underestimate the power of reviews, especially if they are negative. According to Dimensional Research, 90% of customers say that their purchase decisions are influenced by online reviews, while 86% say their decisions are affected by negative reviews.

Unfortunately, not all reviews are true: some may be posted by competitors, haters or even bots. How can you solve this problem and avoid losing customers because of fake reviews? Amazon uses artificial intelligence to fight such reviews.

The system increases the weight of verified customer reviews, helps other customers find helpful and more up-to-date reviews.

Analytics & predicting sales

There is also predictive analytics. It analyzes historical data and future outcome projects.

Although this may seem like some kind of magic, the assessment is much more than just telling luck; This is science. AI uses data and facts to make a decision, it does not rely on gut feeling and is not optimistic or pessimistic. It is accurate in its estimations. There is always a data-driven explanation behind any number.

Also Read: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do For Retail Industry?

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