Give the caller a callback. Give the team a queue.

Offer a callback instead of a wait. Your team works the requests as queued calls with an outcome.

Illustration: A callback with a place in line. Caller chooses a callback: Offer a next step instead of a wait; Request joins the queue: Ready for an available teammate; Team returns the call: Keep the outcome with the conversation.

The problem

Sound familiar?

“Customers hang up after waiting. We find the abandoned calls at the end of the day.”

“Three agents call the same person while another callback sits untouched.”

What it does

The request stays on the work list.

Let a caller request a callback, or configure a queue to create one after an eligible abandoned call. The request becomes work your team can claim and call back.

Agents can complete, reschedule or requeue their callbacks. Supervisors can see the backlog and work across the queue. The return call depends on routing, available agents and calling capacity.

A callback request

Capture the caller’s return number.

A shared backlog

See requests waiting for the team.

An outcome for each

Complete, reschedule or requeue.

Setup

How it works in Canopy

4 steps, from setup to the work getting done.

  1. Step 1: Route the number to a queue

    In VoIP queues, set up the team. Use inbound rules to send the number’s calls to that queue.

  2. Step 2: Choose how callbacks are created

    Set the queue’s callback-on-abandon policy and minimum wait, or offer a caller-requested callback through the configured call flow.

  3. Step 3: Work the callback list

    Open the queue monitor’s Callbacks tab. Agents claim or answer offered work and call the customer back through the callback flow.

  4. Step 4: Record what happened

    Complete the callback after the call, or reschedule or requeue it when another attempt is needed.

Sample

Sample conversation, illustrative

A caller requests a return call, and the request waits for an agent.

Incoming callIllustrative
Caller
Could someone call me back?
Queue
We can take a callback request for this number.
Caller
Yes, please.
Agent
I have claimed the callback and am calling you now.
Caller
Thanks. I need help with the estimate.
Which plan

The plans that carry this.

Engage
Recommended
$89 /user/mo
billed monthly
14-day free trial
Automate
$99 /user/mo
billed monthly
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