Quarterly Business Review · Q4

Brightline × Reso

A look back at what we shipped together this quarter — and the next step for your support operation.

Account
Brightline Commerce
Seats
40 agents
Renewal
6 weeks
Prepared by
Reso · Account Team
Today's agenda

Five conversations, one goal: a stronger Brightline support engine.

The goal we set

Bring first-response time under 2 hours.

When Brightline onboarded, FRT was sitting at 4 hours. We agreed on an aggressive target for this quarter — fast enough to feel different to your customers, realistic enough to hit without adding headcount.

4h 00m
Baseline
2h 00m
Target
1h 18m
Actual
Result · Speed
1h 18m
Average first-response time

That's 67% faster than baseline — and 35% under the target we set. Your customers are hearing back while the question is still top of mind.

4h 00m 1h 18m Q start Today target
Result · Scale & Satisfaction

30% more tickets. Same team. Happier customers.

Holiday surge handled
Q3 Q4 baseline +30%

Volume up, headcount flat

The holiday surge didn't require a single overtime shift or temp hire. The workflows we built in Q3 absorbed the load.

CSAT
89%
↑ from 81%

An 8-point lift in one quarter. The fastest-moving CSAT curve we've seen on the Reso platform this year.

The win · Black Friday weekend

6,200 tickets. Zero backlog by Monday morning.

This is the stress test every e-commerce support team dreads. Brightline's team walked into Monday with a clean queue — and a CSAT that actually rose over the weekend.

6,200
Tickets in 72 hours
0
Backlog Monday 9am
40
Agents. No temps.
The bottom line
~$90k
Avoided headcount cost this quarter

At Brightline's current volume, a 4h FRT would have required roughly two additional agents to keep the queue clean through the holidays. The Reso platform — plus the workflows we tuned together — absorbed that work instead.

Put another way: your $48k/yr Reso contract paid for itself twice over before Q4 even ended.

Net ROI · Year 1
$48k $90k Reso cost Hires avoided
The honest gap

The Returns team is still running on email.

We'd be doing you a disservice if we only talked about wins. Your Returns team — 8 agents handling one of your highest-friction workflows — has never really adopted Reso. They're triaging in Gmail, which means slower replies, no visibility for leadership, and a hidden drag on CSAT.

The risk

Returns is the #1 driver of repeat contacts. Off-platform work means we can't measure it, coach it, or automate it. It's also where the next CSAT dip will come from.

The opportunity

Returns tickets are highly patterned — exactly the kind of volume that automation handles beautifully. This is where the next unlock lives.

The path forward

Renew the foundation. Add the unlock.

Our recommendation: lock in the 40 seats that delivered this quarter's results, and add the AI Autoresponder to finally bring the Returns team onto the platform — by removing ~40% of their tickets before they even hit a queue.

Renew
40 seats
$48,000 / year · unchanged
The platform, workflows, and partnership that delivered 1h 18m FRT, 89% CSAT, and a zero-backlog Black Friday.
Add-on
AI Autoresponder
+$12,000 / year
Auto-handles "where's my order" and other patterned tickets — the ~40% that currently bury the Returns team.
Next steps

Six weeks to renewal. Here's how we'd spend them.

Week 1
Align on scope
Confirm 40-seat renewal + AI Autoresponder add-on.
Week 2–3
Returns pilot
Stand up AI on Returns queue with 2 agents. Measure deflection.
Week 4
Review & sign
Share pilot results. Execute renewal paperwork.
Week 5–6
Rollout
Full Returns onboarding + AI tuning before renewal date.

We're not here to sell you a line item. We're here to make sure Brightline's support team walks into next year faster, lighter, and measurably better.

Navigate with · Questions? your-team@reso.io