[ Outbound ]

Support for customers, before they need it

Onboard, educate, and notify your customers with in-context, automated messages—cutting support volume and keeping customers happy.

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Trusted by more than 25,000 leading brands

Tools to onboard customers and get ahead of known issues

Onboard customers faster

Onboard users with interactive guides, personalized tasks, and in-app highlights—no code required.

Create targeted user journeys

Build omnichannel message sequences for customer segments with an easy-to-use visual builder.

Reduce volume at the source

Inform customers of issues when they arise, with a selection of message types to choose from.

Onboarding and education

Keep new users in your product and out of your inbox

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Series

Build powerful automated support experiences

Create cohesive targeted message sequences across channels with a no-code visual builder.

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Outbound messages

The right message, right when it matters

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In-product Messages

Share news and updates with your customers directly inside your product to provide in-context help.

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Mobile Push

Send customers a mobile notification that can bring them back into a specific place in your app or support conversation.

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Banners

Provide customers with system-wide notifications on your website or product to communicate important updates.

Additional Features

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Chats

Deliver proactive messages with contextual information and relevant updates directly in the Messenger.

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News Items

Share support-relevant or company news and updates with customers directly in the Messenger.

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Surveys

Send targeted, in-context surveys to understand customer behavior on web, mobile, or in-app.

Additional features

Test your message and implement the winning strategy

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A/B Testing

Run quick tests using different messaging variations and choose the winning message to improve engagement.

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Templates

Leverage pre-built templates for popular use cases—from onboarding new customers to notifying them of outages.

Helpdesk Updates

Over 60 improvements to the helpdesk you use everyday

The features you've been asking for and improvements you'll notice every day.

20 Updates Shipped

Inbox

  • Composer drafts
  • Translation quality feedback
  • Side conversation notifications
  • Edit sent notes
  • Unassign unsnoozed conversations
  • Auto-unassign when away
  • SLA sorting (FRT, NRT, TTC, TTR)
  • Skip away mode in Round Robin
  • Company pop-over with ID, copy, and open
  • Side conversations export
  • Bulk edit admin statuses in Realtime Dashboard
  • Delete user notes
  • Channel indicators on conversations
  • Search in Views
  • Duplicate a View
  • Inbox assignment limits
  • Conversation events UI updates
  • Slack side conversations
  • Invite configuration for team inboxes
  • Delay send / undo send

11 Updates Shipped

Phone

  • Call transfer to workflows
  • Warm transfer to team
  • CSAT for outbound calls
  • Phone numbers for brands
  • Recording consent (GDPR)
  • Default outbound phone number
  • Default outbound numbers for callbacks
  • Quick reply stored on conversations
  • Country-specific dial tones
  • Enhanced call lifecycle and assignment visibility
  • 11 new call metrics

10 Updates Shipped

Data Foundations

  • Data Connectors: pre-signed URLs
  • Data Connectors: pre-configured OAuth providers
  • Data Connectors: Execution Results API
  • Data Connectors: health metrics
  • Data Connectors: authentication improvements
  • Data Connectors: action dependency observability
  • Activity Log Event Types API
  • Azure Blob Storage for conversation data export
  • Shopify onboarding for new signups
  • Public API v2.15

23 Updates Shipped

And many more

  • Split delete permissions (replies vs notes)
  • Macros permissions (create, edit, delete)
  • Inbox permissions (trigger data connectors, reassign when away)
  • Teammate profile permissions (edit own, edit others)
  • Conversation permissions (participants, merge, creation)
  • BPO permission restrictions (GDPR visibility control)
  • Select ticket state when converting
  • Change ticket type after creation
  • Require ticket attribute on close
  • Track ticket state transitions in API
  • Tickets Portal: restrict user visibility
  • Push notification management per device
  • Holiday office hours
  • Attachments improvements (bulk upload, carousel, grid)
  • AI titles in Messenger
  • Email recipients status
  • Native Discord integration with Fin
  • Scheduled external reports (GA)
  • Ticket time to resolve in office hours
  • Workspace avatars
  • Disable team mentions at workspace level
  • New macro actions: re-open conversation & set ticket state
  • Conversation auto deletion

Customers using Outbound see transformative results

"By proactively targeting specific customers … we’ve seen a reduction of almost 80% in the contact rate for temporary issues."

Christian ParkerDirector of Managed Services at TrueCommerce

"Our onboarding completion rate is almost 5x higher than with our previous solution. Onboarding is much more personalized and far more scalable."

Clint SheetsCustomer Experience Specialist at Webex Events

"Intercom’s Outbound and self-serve support capabilities are really powerful for us. They’ve enabled us to maintain a customer contact rate of 7%. We’re also using features like Series to be more personalized in our approach to messaging customers."

Victoria VergnaudCustomer Success Operations at Spendesk

Get ahead of your support volume today