The deflection stack, in order of leverage: proactive notifications answering the question before it's asked (the five-email sequence plus delay-triggered updates), self-service status findable from every email, and macro-powered human response for what remains. The must-reach-human tickets: dead tracking, delivered-but-missing, and anything mentioning the bank — those three, mishandled or queued too long, convert directly to disputes.
The deflection stack
- Proactive beats reactive: every notification is a ticket that doesn't file. At peak, add delay-triggered sends — any order whose tracking stalls 48h gets an automatic 'still moving, here's the latest' email before the customer notices. Answering pre-emptively at scale is pure software.
- Self-service status: the status page linked in every email, showing live carrier events and the expected date. Peak addition: an honest 'carrier networks are busy this week' banner recalibrates expectations network-wide.
- Macro-powered humans: what still arrives gets the macro set — specific status, specific dates, next step and when.
What must reach humans fast
Three ticket types bypass deflection and need same-day human action:
- Dead tracking (7+ days silent): triggers the lost-package runbook — trace + proactive remedy before patience expires.
- Delivered-but-missing: the macro response with a real trace opened and a dated promise. Skepticism here ('it says delivered') is a dispute accelerant.
- Bank mentions: any ticket containing 'dispute', 'chargeback', or 'my bank' is a last-exit conversation — same-shift response, resolution authority engaged.
Queue triage that surfaces these three above the general WISMO flood is the difference between deflection and neglect. Aurai handles the disputes that form anyway — but every deflected ticket is a cheaper outcome.
Frequently asked questions
How much WISMO can proactive notifications deflect?
The majority — most WISMO is answerable by the notification that should have already sent. Delay-triggered updates catch the rest of the answerable class before it asks.
Which tickets should skip the deflection stack?
Dead tracking, delivered-but-missing, and anything mentioning the bank. All three are dispute precursors needing same-day human action.
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