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Yohan Loyer: How conversational commerce & AI redefine the future of CX?

How to turn customer service into a growth engine?

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November 18, 2025
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Yohan Loyer, who leads agency partnerships at Gorgias, talks with Matt and Tomasz from wecanfly about turning customer support from a cost centre into a revenue channel with automation and conversational AI. It is aimed at Shopify brand owners and e-commerce and CX leads who want to know what to automate, what to keep human, and how AI chat affects conversion. One figure from the conversation: with brands using Gorgias Shopping Assistant, shoppers who chat with the AI convert 75% more often than those waiting for a human, and their average order value is 30% higher.

Key takeaways

  • "Where is my order" questions make up around a third of the requests e-commerce brands get on average; in Yohan's worked example, automating half of them removes 20% of all tickets, so a five-person support team can move one person to live chat instead of cutting headcount. (11:07)
  • According to Yohan, shoppers who interact with a brand's chat are 300% more likely to convert, yet many brands have no chat on their website because the team is too busy answering "where is my order" emails. (12:40)
  • The top 25% of Gorgias customers using AI automate over 60% of their customer support; Yohan stresses this is not a target, but proof it can be done without hurting the customer experience. (27:29)
  • According to the figures Yohan quotes, for 75% of consumers fast first response time is the number one criterion for a good customer experience; consistency across channels (about 55%) and knowledgeable staff come next. (14:17)
  • Yohan cites data that 32% of consumers are likely to stop buying from a brand after one negative experience and 92% after two; in Yohan's view fast, personalised support is already a must-have in the US but still a strong competitive advantage in Europe. (24:12)
  • Gorgias Shopping Assistant (released less than six months before the recording) is trained on Shopify product data and product pages plus brand instructions, e.g. not promoting a low-stock bestseller, or offering a free gift to carts between 50 and 99 euros to push them over 100; North American brands tend to offer discounts or bundles early, European brands stay more educational. (55:36)
  • On ChatGPT checkout: Yohan expects cheap commodities such as low-cost jewellery or fashion to be bought directly in the chat, while high-ticket items like furniture will still be researched on the brand's website, so the main opportunity is being findable in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity. (47:21)

About the guest

Yohan Loyer leads agency partnerships at Gorgias (Senior Agency Partner Manager EMEA), where he has worked for almost five years, after earlier work in the CRM space at Salesforce; in total he has spent almost ten years in tech and started at Gorgias on the customer side as a customer success manager. Yohan Loyer on LinkedIn

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Transcript

This transcript is based on the recording of this episode. We edited it for readability: we corrected transcription errors, punctuation, and merged sentences that were cut off mid-flow. We did not change the content, order, or meaning of anything said. Any errors or inaccuracies are our responsibility alone — not our guests'. If you spot something that needs correcting, email us.