Texting to Main Street Businesses Up 450% (INFOGRAPHIC)

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(Last Updated On: October 21, 2021)

It is not surprising texting to local businesses has shot up during the pandemic. What is surprising is by how much, a whopping 450% overall increase in customer calls, texts, and Facebook Messages per month. This according to a new study from Numa.

This study shows one of the many ways the pandemic is affecting small businesses across the country and indeed around the world. The data for the study is in a new infographic by Numa titled, “COVID-19 Changes How Customers Shop at Main Street Businesses.” And it goes on to show the importance and need for having conversational commerce. This is because customers are now calling and texting before they access services from a business. And this shift is taking place because of the pandemic.

In the press release for the report, Numa Founder and CEO Tasso Roumeliotis, explains the impact of this shift. Roumeliotis goes on to say, “Even before the crisis, customers had shown a preference for texting with businesses in addition to calling, but over the last several months there has been a dramatic increase in virtual engagement and a desire to communicate across multiple channels.”

In addition to the 450% increase, here are other key takeaways from the study:

393% increase in contactless, text-to-order revenue
11% of all messages related to curbside pickup
748% increase in curbside order check-ins
120% increase in the number of customers calling and messaging
43% increase in the number of customers shopping remotely

Infographic Source: http://smallbiztrends.com/2020/10/texting-to-main-street-businesses-up-450-infographic.html

 

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