Case study

€35,000 a month in
chat-driven furniture orders

EZ Living Furniture is Ireland's home-furniture retailer – sofas, beds, dining and bedroom ranges sold online and across a network of physical stores – where a considered purchase turns on stock, materials, assembly and delivery rather than a single click.

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EZ Living Furniture
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Scale

22 stores across Ireland

Integrations

Magento

Key results

Key results for a furniture retailer

Measured in AskSpot over a 30-day window. A furniture purchase is a considered one – few chats end in an instant checkout, but each order is a high-value piece, and the Agent settles most of the questions on its own.

€35,000

in chat-driven orders a month

9.8%

of chats add an item to the cart

4.1%

of chats end in a purchase

67%

of chats resolved with no human

“I really like how easy it was to configure and launch AskSpot. … It presents products nicely, it features the most important product attributes, and the add to cart button within the chat really helps shorten the customer’s purchase journey. The AI quickly finds and suggests the best product to customers, saving a lot of time compared to humans.”

Aga Strzelecka

★★★★★

Aga Strzelecka

E-commerce Project Manager, EZ Living Furniture

Before AskSpot

A sofa is bought with questions, not clicks

A sofa, a bed or a dining set is not an impulse buy. Before anyone commits, they want to know the same handful of things: is it in stock, is it online or in the Limerick or Dublin store, what is it made of, will it come assembled, and when can it actually be delivered or collected. With a range sold both online and across a network of physical stores, the answer often depends on which store – and that is exactly what a product page cannot tell you.

And those questions do not keep shop hours. Two in three arrive after the stores have closed – evenings and weekends, when a couple is finally sitting down to plan the room. Without someone to answer, a considered purchase stalls at the product page, or waits for a call the next day that may never come.

What decides the sale

stock & delivery

Depends on

which store

When it’s asked

after hours

Help after closing

none

Rollout

How EZ Living rolled out AI chat

One module, three jobs, in the order a furniture purchase actually happens: find it and check it’s in stock, settle the specs and the right piece, then get it home.

AI Chat Agent

Step 01

Stock across web and 22 stores

Is it available, and where

Live stock was connected across the online catalogue and the store network, so the Agent can answer “is the Harper in the Limerick store?” with a real yes or no, surface an in-stock colour, and point a shopper to click-and-collect in Dublin instead of an out-of-stock line online.

What shoppers ask

  • Is the Harper 3-seater in the Limerick store?
  • Do you have other colour options for the Vancouver sofa?
  • Can I collect this from the Dublin store this week?

AI Chat Agent

Step 02

Materials, dimensions and the right piece

Specs and a considered recommendation

The catalogue was indexed on the details that decide a furniture purchase – frame and leg materials, dimensions, stain resistance, whether a bed splits or a sofa converts – so the Agent answers the spec question and recommends the piece that actually fits the need.

What shoppers ask

  • What are the top and legs of this table made of?
  • A king bed that can split into two singles?
  • This sofa bed – how long is it?

AI Chat Agent

Step 03

Assembly, delivery and collection

Getting it home

Delivery, collection and assembly details were wired in, so “when can I expect it?” returns a real lead time and a date to book, “does it come assembled?” is answered per product, and a mattress order comes with old-mattress removal – the practical questions that decide whether the order gets placed tonight.

What shoppers ask

  • Does the Elk dining chair come assembled?
  • If I order this bed today, when can I expect delivery?
  • Does this come with a mattress, and can you take my old one?

Measured in AskSpot

What the Agent does in a month

1,440

conversations handled a month

67%

of chats come in after hours

8

messages per conversation

47%

product recommendation click-through

Around the clock

Your busiest hours aren't nine to five

Each bar is the share of chats by hour of day, in local time. The shaded window is when a typical team is at their desks. Everything outside it is the agent working a shift no one else is on.

Mon–Fri 9–17, team at their desks00:0003:0006:0009:0012:0015:0018:0021:00
Staffed hours (33%)After hours (67%)

From real conversations

What EZ Living shoppers actually ask

Almost every chat is one job: is this piece right for me, and can I get it. Availability and stock lead – is it online, is it in the Limerick or Dublin store – then specs and materials, then which piece to choose, then delivery and collection. A furniture purchase is considered, and two-thirds of it happens after the shop floor has closed.

Availability & stock28.3%
Specs & materials19.9%
Recommendations & advice17.6%
Delivery & lead times13.1%
Assembly & fit9.1%
Discounts & vouchers3.6%
Order status3.6%
Returns2.0%

Based on tagged conversations over 30 days · about 8 messages each · 67% arriving outside business hours.

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