Imagine this: you’ve ordered something and you ask via Instagram why it hasn’t arrived yet. A support agent responds within a few minutes, checks the status and sends you a discount code as compensation. But when you try to use the code on the website, it doesn’t work. You email support, but the agent who responds doesn’t see the Instagram conversation and doesn’t know how the code was provided. After several messages, they discover that the coupon was linked to your Instagram account and is not transferable. You feel ignored, and the agents waste time figuring out the context.
This is exactly what can go wrong when there is no connected omnichannel support. You can be present on many channels, but without a coherent, shared context, the whole idea of omnichannel falls apart.