AI sorts and prioritizes customer tickets so solos focus on high-value issues
Solo ecommerce bootstrappers are overwhelmed by high customer service volume without a team, diverting critical time from product development.
EcomTriage pulls inquiries from email, chat, and social into one smart inbox, using AI to categorize, prioritize by urgency/impact, and draft responses. It flags revenue-risking tickets first, reducing overwhelm by 70%. Perfect for bootstrappers juggling everything.
Remote solo ecommerce bootstrappers operating without a customer service team
Revenue-aware prioritization using order value and repeat customer data
professional/supportive
Unifies email, Intercom/Zendesk, social DMs
Scores tickets by urgency, revenue risk, sentiment
One-click approve AI-generated responses
Kanban view sorted by AI score
Auto-SLA for VIP customers
Push high-priority alerts to Slack
Top issues report for product fixes
iOS/Android push notifications
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| type | text | No |
| config | text | Yes |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| user_id | uuid | No |
| channel_id | uuid | Yes |
| priority_score | int | No |
| status | text | No |
| draft | text | Yes |
| resolved_at | timestamp | Yes |
Relationships:
/api/channels/connectAdd new channel webhook
/api/ticketsList triaged tickets
/api/tickets/:id/triageAI triage and draft
/api/tickets/:id/resolveMark as done
Basic triage
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 40 | 3% | $30 | $360 |
| Month 6 | 350 | 5% | $440 | $5,280 |
Solo ecom: Get revenue-critical tickets first, ignore the noise.
Run Twitter poll on solo ecom pains, offer free beta to top responders, validate via Typeform then onboard first 3 from r/shopify.
Enterprise scale
Bloated for solos
AI-first triage at $25, ecom focus
Data flywheel from ticket categorizations improving AI
Rise of solo DTC brands + cheap AI for prioritization
Webhook reliability
Retries + monitoring
Channel adoption
Start with email
AI misprioritization
User feedback training
Success: Pain validated
Success: 80% satisfaction
Success: 10% referral rate
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