If you are planning (or have already decided) to move your customer success operations from LiveChat to Tidio, this guide will help with the crucial steps. Transferring all your data and integrations might not always be available with a single click of a button, but we want to make it as straightforward as possible with a helpful list covered below.

 

For a general comparison of LiveChat and Tidio, please see this resource!

 

In this article, you will learn:

 

 

Connecting mailboxes with Tidio

 

In Tidio, all your email and ticketing needs are covered in Settings > Email. There, you can connect multiple external mailboxes (Gmail, Outlook, or other) with your Tidio project, and receive all your incoming emails in your Tidio Inbox as tickets.

 

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If you've been using any external mailbox forwarding in your LiveChat account, you can achieve the same in Tidio. You can also verify your own domain and set up different sender addresses - in the Domains and Sender address tabs of Settings > Email. You can learn all about connecting your mailboxes with Tidio in our guide here, and find the whole setup in a nutshell in Ticketing - a quick setup.

 

 

Integrating your Shopify store with Tidio

 

If you've used LiveChat with a Shopify store, you can connect the same store with Tidio. Using our dedicated Tidio app from the Shopify Marketplace allows full integration, giving you access to several Shopify-exclusive features - such as viewing your customers' order history, automatically importing new Tidio contacts as customers on your store, or recommending specific products from your catalog while chatting. We also offer a few specialised Flows (automations) that can enhance your Shopify-related support, e.g. by offering store discounts or helping avoid cart abandonment.

 

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To gain access to these functionalities, you need to integrate your Tidio project with Shopify. You can find all the steps detailed in our integration guide here. Another useful resource is our Shopify FAQ, which you can find here.

 

 

Integrating Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp with Tidio

 

Tidio offers integrations with Facebook Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp. These allow you to receive all your incoming messages directly in Tidio, where you can respond to them quickly, all from one place.

 

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The integrations are simple to implement, but require several conditions to be met. We recommend starting with your Facebook Messenger integration (which allows you to connect several different Facebook Pages), and move on to connecting Instagram and WhatsApp in further steps. 

You can find our Facebook Messenger integration guide here; our Instagram integration guide is located here; and the WhatsApp integration guide can be found here.

 

 

Installing Tidio on your website

 

If you are not using Shopify as your website platform (where we have a dedicated Tidio app for full integration, as covered earlier), there are other methods of installing Tidio on your website. These methods are different based on the platform you're using, whether it's WordPress, WooCommerce, Squarespace, or others; you can also install Tidio on a custom-built website, of course.

 

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You can see our detailed installation guides listed here. Please note that you can also install Tidio manually (with JavaScript code) on almost any website, and the steps for that in particular can be found in this specific guide.

 

 

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Please note: the methods described below rely largely on the available API documentation from both LiveChat and Tidio, and may require either developer knowledge from your team, or direct help from ours (which is available exclusively to Plus subscribers).

 

 

Migrating ticket data from LiveChat

 

In Tidio, tickets are managed within the Inbox - a tool within your Tidio account that lets you manage incoming chat messages or emails and respond to them. We offer ticket migration as a service to subscribers of our tailored Plus package.

 

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LiveChat offers a way to export all your most relevant ticket data (including ticket messages). This can be achieved via API, which is documented in detail on the LiveChat developer portal. This method requires more advanced developer knowledge, but should allow you to export your LiveChat tickets fully (and will prove useful for other exports later as well).

Plus subscribers can take advantage of our dedicated team's services which can help with migrating all your necessary data into your Tidio account.

 

 

Migrating requesters (contacts) from LiveChat

 

We offer a practical way of importing your existing contacts. In Tidio, all basic customer data is stored in the Customers section (under All contacts), and can be browsed whenever needed. To bring your list in, simply hit the Import from file button there (on a Shopify store, it's Import > Import from file) and upload a CSV file. You can learn more about importing your contacts list in our guide here.

Naturally, we are able to help you import your contacts directly if you are a Plus subscriber.

 

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LiveChat offers an in-app method to export your requester data. That is possible with the raw data export option, and may require a paid plan to be available. You can find the relevant documentation regarding this method in this official LiveChat guide.

Plus subscribers can take advantage of our dedicated team's services, and receive direct help with importing LiveChat requester data into Tidio.

 

 

Migrating canned responses from LiveChat

 

In Tidio, canned responses are called Macros, and you can use them during live chats or in tickets, right in the Inbox. They can be very useful for quickly accessing common responses when you're communicating with customers. Macros can be created manually in Settings > Macros, which means you can copy your LiveChat canned responses one-by-one if necessary (you can learn all the details on creating and managing macros from our guide).

For Plus subscribers, however, we offer a service where all your macros can be imported into Tidio in a much smoother fashion.

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Please note: Macros are available on the Growth plan and above (see Which upgrades do I need?).

 

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Unfortunately, there seems to be no in-app method, nor API method, to export canned responses from LiveChat. Nevertheless, we encourage you to consult LiveChat support for assistance in exporting your LiveChat canned responses on an individual basis, as that ought to be technically possible with their direct help.

As with tickets and requesters, Plus subscribers can take advantage of our team's services with migrating any canned responses you may have been able to export.

 

 

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