The Spring Product Drop: The latest product updates & releases from Endear

Discover everything we launched in Q1 of 2025, from our new Appointments feature and SalesChat, to our WhatsApp Design Partner program, advanced reporting, and more.

New and improved retail tools from Endear for the Spring Drop 2025

Written by

Jinesh Shah, Co-Founder @ Endear

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We’ve been busy this quarter making Endear smarter, faster, and more personalized — just like the customer experiences you’re building. From brand-new features to powerful enhancements, here’s what we rolled out in Q1 2025.

  • Appointments Launch. Appointment Scheduling Built for Retail Teams
  • SalesChat Launch. (Re)Introducing Retail Live Chat That Converts
  • WhatsApp is Coming. Be the first with the feature and join our Design Partner Program
  • Retail Concessions. Now Supporting Beauty Counters, Kiosks, & More
  • CSV Importer. Import Customer Data Faster
  • Business Insights. Elevated Analysis & Reporting
New

Mar 31, 2025

Appointment Scheduling Built for Retail Teams

Looking to capture high-intent shoppers and turn them into loyal customers? Endear Appointments have arrived.

Endear now includes appointment scheduling software designed with retail brands in mind. Now, store teams can easily and effectively offer (and plan ahead for) personalized shopping experiences.

With Endear Appointments, you can seamlessly manage and schedule both in-person and virtual appointments, all from within Endear. This new feature is designed to help brands elevate the customer experience while improving team efficiency and driving in-store sales.

Appointments Core Benefits:

  • (Even More) Personalized, High-Touch Experiences. Offering curated, one-on-one appointments like styling sessions or tailoring makes every customer feel like a VIP, and increases both conversion rates and AOV in the process.
  • Increased In-Store Foot Traffic. By letting customers easily book appointments from your website, you can quickly and easily turn anonymous online browsers into real, in-store customer visits - while collecting key data about them in the process.
  • Optimized Staffing & Efficiency. In addition to all the great customer-facing benefits, Appointments also enables store efficiency. With Appointments booked, teams can plan ahead for high-value customers, increasing or decreasing staff where necessary to reduce wait times and improve the overall in-store experience.
  • Fully Integrated with Endear CRM. Before the appointment, your sales team can prep with access to full customer profiles, notes, and purchase history before the appointment. Afterwards, notes can be added back to the customer profile, and follow ups can be sent automatically, or curated with personalized messaging or product recs.
  • Flexible Setup for Any Store Environment. Whether your stores have shared calendars, want to book by service instead of staff, or have no formal system at all, Endear offers customizable scheduling that fits your team's needs.
  • Tracked Revenue from Every Appointment. Best of all, Endear's Appointments gives you clear insights into which appointment types, stores, or associates drive the most sales with analytics tied directly to engagement and transactions.

Whether you're scheduling fittings or offering VIP styling sessions, Endear’s new appointment scheduling tool helps retail teams deliver high-touch service with all the benefits of a full booking platform, integrated directly into your CRM.

Boost cart size, reduce no-shows, and enhance your in-store experience with Appointments

Watch a demo to see it in action.

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Mar 31, 2025

(Re)Introducing SalesChat: Retail Live Chat That Converts

Your store teams know how to sell face-to-face, so why not online, too? Today, SalesChat is out of beta and officially available to everyone, bringing your high-touch, in-store service directly to the ecommerce experience.

SalesChat is our latest feature designed to help retail sales associates engage high-intent online shoppers at the perfect moment: when they’re browsing the site and ready to buy. It’s more than just live chat: it’s a CRM-integrated sales tool that helps your team turn online interest into real revenue.

Here's what makes SalesChat different:

  • Intelligent Conversation Routing. Automatically connect online shoppers with the right (or local) sales team, so they get timely, relevant help while they’re shopping.
  • Product Recommendations in Chat. Your team can send curated products and links directly within the chat window, turning advice into action in real time. This also allows for easy upselling and cross-selling before the customer closes out the transaction.
  • Unified Messaging Inbox. Because SalesChat lives inside your Endear Inbox (alongside SMS and email conversations), your team can manage all communication in one place. And if the conversation goes from SalesChat to text and back again, you'll always have the context you need.
  • Seamless Staff Collaboration. The customer writing in wants to come in-store instead? Easily transfer chats between team members or locations, ensuring customers get the best service every time.
  • Conversion Tracking & Analytics. Just like every other messaging channel in Endear, every SalesChat message is tracked so you can see which conversations result in sales with detailed, attribution-ready reporting.
  • Full Access to Customer Profiles. Access to full purchase history, preferences, and message history is always at your fingertips, so so every response is tailored and informed.

SalesChat gives your team the power to deliver personalized, high-converting experiences online — without switching tools or losing customer context. Whether a customer is asking about fit, looking for restocks, or just needs a nudge, your team can be there in the moment.

Stop letting online shoppers slip away. With SalesChat, you’ll turn browsers into buyers one conversation at a time.

Give online shoppers the same attention as you would in-store
Coming Soon

Mar 31, 2025

WhatsApp Is Coming to Endear — Here’s How to Get Early Access

We’re excited to share that WhatsApp is coming to Endear, and you have the chance to help shape it.

With over 2 billion users worldwide, WhatsApp is quickly becoming a must-have channel for customer communication, especially in international and mobile-first retail markets. That’s why we’re launching the WhatsApp Design Partner Program, a unique opportunity for innovative retail brands to get early access and collaborate with our product team on building the future of WhatsApp inside Endear.

Join our WhatsApp Design Partner Program to:

  • Access new WhatsApp features early. Test and try the latest tools before they’re released to the wider Endear customer base.
  • Collaborate directly with our product team. Help us build a WhatsApp integration that works for real-world retail workflows.
  • Participate in regular feedback sessions. We genuinely want your input: what works, what’s missing, and what could be even better.
  • Receive priority bug fixes and support. Enjoy a smoother, VIP experience with faster resolutions for any of your WhatsApp-related issues.
  • Be recognized as a Design Partner. Get featured as a leader in our community of retail innovators.

We're looking for global retail brands, beauty counters, luxury retailers, or omnichannel teams looking to meet customers where they are — on their phones, in real time, and on their terms.

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Improvement

Mar 31, 2025

Import Customer Data Faster with Endear’s New CSV Importer

Your CRM is only as good as the data you put into it. And now, importing customer data into Endear is easier, smarter, and faster than ever.

We’re excited to introduce our new and improved CSV importer, a robust tool designed to simplify your data onboarding process and help you maintain a clean, accurate customer database without the typical import headaches.

Whether you're migrating from another system or uploading a new list of leads, this importer makes the process seamless for retail teams of any size.

Here's how Endear’s CSV Importer stands out:

  • AI-Powered Field Mapping. Automatically match your CSV columns to Endear’s CRM fields with intelligent mapping suggestions that save you time and reduce errors.
  • Real-time Validation. Catch formatting or missing data issues before your import is complete, so you can confidently upload clean, usable records.
  • In-Line Editing. Need to fix something on the fly? Make corrections right inside the importer — no need to re-upload your file or start from scratch.
  • Flexible Format Support. Upload a variety of file types with automatic encoding detection and formatting flexibility built-in.
  • Built for Collaboration. Share your import workflows with team members so multiple stakeholders can review, edit, and approve before going live.
  • Enterprise-Grade Security. All imports are encrypted during transfer to keep your customer data safe and compliant.

Endear's enhanced importer eliminates the friction and frustration of traditional CRM data uploads. It’s purpose-built for retail teams who want to spend less time wrangling spreadsheets, and more time building relationships.

New

Mar 31, 2025

Now Supporting Retail Concessions: Beauty Counters, Kiosks, & More

Retail doesn’t always happen in a full-size store, and we believe personalized customer relationships shouldn’t be limited to one either. That’s why we’re excited to announce Endear is now fully equipped to support retail concessions.

From beauty counters and pop-up kiosks to in-store brand activations, our CRM now helps your team deliver exceptional customer experiences, no matter the footprint. This is clienteling, reimagined for the modern, mobile-first retail environment.

What to expect from Endear's Retail Concessions:

  • Capture Customer Info On the Spot. Collect shopper details while you're with them in the moment, whether you're at a fragrance counter or a mobile kiosk.
  • Log Purchases with Ease. Use our built-in barcode scanner to instantly record transactions, or enter purchases manually for accurate customer histories.
  • Book Appointments at the Counter. Schedule personalized service appointments, like beauty consultations or fittings, right from the kiosk or pop-up floor.
  • Keep In Touch with SMS & Email. Stay in touch before and after the visit via SMS and email. Powered by your Endear CRM data, every follow-up will feel as personal as the visit itself.

Endear’s expansion into retail concessions brings the full power of our CRM, clienteling tools, and omnichannel messaging platform to high-touch, high-traffic retail spaces that need more flexibility and immediacy. Whether your brand lives in department stores, malls, or temporary locations, you can now offer personalized service that drives loyalty and sales from any countertop.

New

Mar 31, 2025

New & Improved Business Insights are Now Available

We know that data is only powerful when it’s actionable. That's why we’re excited to share that Endear’s Business Insights tools are officially out of the beta testing phase and available to all users.

Now, making sense of your customer engagement, store, and sales performance is easier than ever.

This upgrade marks a big step forward in how retail teams can measure the impact of their messaging, campaigns, and clienteling efforts — all from within the Endear platform.

What’s new in the Business Insights dashboard:

  • Deeper Conversation & Messaging Metrics. Track message volume, open rates, clicks, replies, and more across SMS, email, and SalesChat.
  • Advanced Filtering for Smarter Insights. Slice and dice your data by campaign, associate, team, conversion window, and message type to uncover what’s truly driving revenue.
  • Expanded Opt-Out Tracking. Monitor subscriber opt-outs across campaigns, messages, and conversations to keep your engagement clean and compliant. Your customers will be happier, too.
  • More Accurate Conversion Attribution. See which messages, campaigns, or templates are directly contributing to purchases so you can double (or triple) down on what works.
  • A Modern, Streamlined Reporting Experience. Our legacy reporting tools are being phased out and replaced by a faster, more intuitive dashboard designed to scale with your brand's growing needs.

With Business Insights now generally available, you can finally connect customer engagement data to revenue outcomes in a way that’s both clear and actionable. No more guesswork — just smarter, data-backed decisions that help you sell more efficiently and better serve your customers.

Get real-time insights at the store, team, associate, and campaign level

If you've made it this far, let me say thank you! The team has worked tremendously hard to introduce a powerful lineup of features that continuously evolve Endear as the only all-in-one retail CRM built for how modern brands actually sell — whether that's in-store, online, or somewhere in between.

From Appointments and SalesChat to WhatsApp, retail concessions, and enhanced data & reporting tools, each feature is designed to help your team deliver more personalized service, act faster, and convert more customers. We're excited to see how you put these tools to work—and as always, we’re here to help you make the most of every conversation.