Shared inbox
A shared inbox is an email address a team handles together (info@ or orders@, for example), where everyone sees incoming mail and it is clear who answers which message.
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What does Shared inbox mean?
A mailbox shared by passing round one password usually has two problems: either nobody replies because everyone thinks someone else already did, or two people answer the same message differently.
A shared inbox tool solves this by showing mail as conversations and assigning each conversation to someone. When a request needs longer handling, it becomes a support ticket.
Why does it matter to a small business?
In a small business the info@ address is often the most important sales channel, yet it lives on one person's computer or behind a shared password. When that colleague goes on holiday, the mail waits. With a shared inbox anyone in the team can take over, and the reply stays in the customer's history, not in a private folder.
What does it look like in practice?
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Suppose a guesthouse in Eger receives booking requests at its info@ address, and two receptionists read them. In the past the same request sometimes got two different prices. With a shared inbox every message goes to one of them, and the other can see it is already being handled.
How does HelloCRM handle it?
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HelloCRM's Shared inbox module shows the company mailbox's incoming mail as conversations in one place; a message becomes somebody's, the reply stays on the contact's timeline, and mail that became a ticket continues in the helpdesk.
Module: Shared inbox (paid module, price coming soon).
A CRM for small businesses in Hungary
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What is Shared inbox, in one sentence?
A shared inbox is an email address a team handles together (info@ or orders@, for example), where everyone sees incoming mail and it is clear who answers which message.