Freshdesk is critical to supporting our users professionally
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Presearch is a privacy focused search engine (no tracking of user activity or collecting of user data - much different than Google, etc.). We allow users to earn rewards for searching. We have a decentralized infrastructure with community members providing computers to do the searches. These people are also rewarded. We use Freshdesk for handling user support. We receive support requests related to the quality of the search results, issues with ads on the search engine, the user interface, rewards for users, rewards for the decentralized community computers, the search user account pages and the community members account pages. Freshdesk is invaluable for tracking all of the different types of requests, providing initial responses, prioritizing requests, managing our responses and providing statistics for our users and for management.
Pros
- Tracks all support requests
- Manages the entire interaction process between support personnel and the users
- Provides history of all interactions
Cons
- Hard for new support personnel to learn the nuances of the system
- Better ability to link related support requests together for analysis of trends
- Tools to track fraudulent users (spammer, hijackers, etc.)
Return on Investment
- Reduced the number of support personnel required
- Allows requests not to be lost (reducing upset users)
- Helps new support personnel understand common issues
Alternatives Considered
CRM and Deals for Zendesk, Zoho Desk and Salesforce CMS
Other Software Used
Zoho Campaigns, QuickBooks Online, Dropbox DocSend


