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last-mile delivery

Last-Mile Delivery Customer Support for ETA, Exceptions, and Dispatch

The delivery is not finished when a vehicle leaves the depot. Callnovo helps capture the order, stop, address, delivery window and exception reason across voice, chat and messaging—then routes failed delivery, access and safety issues to the right dispatch or client team.

Last-mile support must bind every question to an order, tracking reference or delivery stop. Agents can verify the delivery context, read current status, record access or address details, and route failed delivery, proof-of-delivery, damage or loss exceptions. They should not invent an ETA, redirect a vehicle without authorization or mark a delivery complete without system confirmation. See published pricing, managed support, or design the escalation path.

Courier delivers a package to a smiling customer at home, capturing a friendly interaction.

how it plays out

Real contacts, minute by minute.

Phone English

“The tracking says attempted delivery, but nobody came.”

A failed-delivery dispute needs the event record, access context and a next owner.

  1. Verify order, recipient and delivery address
  2. Read the current event and capture the caller’s account
  3. Check access, gate, unit and contact notes
  4. Route proof-of-delivery or reattempt review to dispatch or the merchant
Delivery exception classified review path visible
Web Chat Spanish

“Can I change the apartment number before delivery?”

An address change can affect authorization, routing and the delivery promise.

  1. Verify order and caller role using approved fields
  2. Capture the exact address correction and timing
  3. Check whether the system permits a change
  4. Escalate when the route, merchant or identity rule blocks self-service
Address request recorded authorization checked
Phone Mandarin

“The package arrived damaged and the driver has left.”

Damage reports need evidence capture and a claims or merchant owner.

  1. Record order, delivery time, package condition and caller description
  2. Direct photos or documents to the approved channel
  3. Avoid assigning fault or promising a replacement
  4. Route the claim with a timestamped handoff
Damage claim started evidence path clear

the team behind it

Faces, not a queue.

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Human Handoff for Delivery Exceptions

  • Status and ETA conversations tied to the correct order and stop
  • Address, access and failed-delivery classification for dispatch review
  • Damage, loss, proof-of-delivery and route-safety escalation with a documented owner

65+ Languages

  • Native-speaking agents in English, Spanish, Mandarin, and 60+ more
  • Real-time AI translation for rare language pairs
  • Cultural context training for every market we serve

Follow-the-Sun Coverage

  • Operation centres in Canada, Bolivia, Nicaragua, the Philippines and China
  • Smooth handoff between time zones with shared context
  • Holiday and weekend coverage without overtime costs

the part nobody prices in

An ETA question is often an exception in disguise.

“Where is my order?” may mean the driver is late, the address is incomplete, the recipient cannot access the building, or the proof of delivery is disputed. The first response should classify the stop before offering reassurance.

The useful handoff is concrete: order or tracking reference, stop address, current status, promised window, access condition, caller role and the next team responsible.

who takes which call

Route by the cost of getting it wrong.

Most vendors sell you either an AI receptionist or a live answering service and leave the allocation to you. Since we run both, here is the split we would actually recommend — including the calls we think should never touch automation.

The callRoute toCost of getting it wrong
Tracking status and published delivery information AI Low when the system status is current.
Routine delivery-window question AI + review path Medium if the event record is stale.
Address change or recipient verification issue Live agent High: a wrong change can misdeliver the order.
Failed delivery or proof-of-delivery dispute Dispatch or merchant High: the event record and customer account may conflict.
Loss, damage or driver-safety concern Claims or safety owner High: do not create an unsupported liability promise.

what it costs

Published rates, so you can do the arithmetic first.

Most vendors in this category quote by form. These are our published packages — not a quote, since language mix, hours and volume all move the number. The per-minute figures are simply the monthly price divided by the included minutes.

OptionPublished pricePer minuteWhat it's for
Live shared team from US$650 / month includes 1,500 min → ≈ US$0.43/min Failed delivery, reschedule and return-to-sender workflows
AI voice US$0.15 per minute Tracking, delivery-window and published status questions
Web chat US$0.15 per session Address and access intake within approved change rules
Live shared team from US$300 / month includes 500 min → ≈ US$0.60/min Peak-season, launch and weather-related volume spikes
Dedicated agent from US$5.80 per hour, per agent A dedicated multilingual team for merchants or multi-carrier operations

Anything involving a person is a starting price. Two things move it: which languages you need, and how senior an agent the work actually requires — a bilingual agent handling refund authority is not the same hire as one taking bookings. AI voice and web chat are flat, because there is no hiring in them. And every model above is open to every business on this page: which one fits is a question about the shape of your volume, not about your industry.

Minimum engagement is half a seat — not a five-seat block. We also bill per resolved issue, from US$1, where you pay nothing if it is not resolved; that model fits businesses where a customer problem actually gets solved on the call, not businesses where the call is intake.

setup

Five days to put the right person on it.

Five days is our normal window to staff a live account — that is five days to find and place an agent who fits your business, not five days of software setup. AI voice can go live sooner because there is no hiring step.

your existing software

It goes into your system, with a record of who said what.

We work inside the CRM, practice system or case tool you already run, rather than handing you a second inbox to check. Every contact leaves a timestamped record — who called, what was asked, what was said back, what was promised — because in your line of work the question six months later is not "did someone call" but "what exactly did we tell them". Tell us what you run and we will say straight whether we connect to it today.

what comes off the call

What the delivery team should capture

Tie every contact to the correct order and stop before changing a status or making a promise.

  • Order, tracking or stop reference; recipient name and caller role
  • Delivery address, unit, gate, dock, access and contact instructions
  • Current status, promised window, attempted-delivery reason and proof-of-delivery question
  • Address correction, reschedule, return-to-sender or damaged-package request
  • Driver, dispatcher, merchant or customer escalation destination and handoff time

Do not disclose another recipient’s information, redirect a route or promise a new delivery window unless the client system and authorization rules support it.

where AI should not be

The calls we will not put a bot on.

Unverified ETA or delivery promise

Read the current approved status; route a changed promise to dispatch.

Address or recipient change without authorization

Capture the request and follow the client’s identity and change-control rules.

Damage, loss or driver-safety allegation

Record facts without assigning fault, then escalate to the responsible team.

questions

What buyers ask before they sign.

How much does it cost?

AI voice is US$0.15 per minute and web chat is US$0.15 per session. Live agents start at US$300 per month including 500 minutes — about US$0.60 per minute — or from US$5.80 per hour for a dedicated agent working only your account. The minimum engagement is half a seat, not a five-seat block.

How fast can you start answering our phones?

Five days is our normal window to staff a live account — that is five days to find and place an agent who fits your business, not five days of software setup. AI voice can go live sooner because there is no hiring step.

Do you answer in Spanish?

Yes, on the same number, with agents in our Bolivia and Nicaragua operation centres — native Spanish, not machine translation. English and Spanish share one queue, and we cover 60+ more languages if you need them.

Can I mix AI and live agents on one number?

That is the normal setup. You decide which call types go to AI and which reach a person, and you can change the split as your volume changes. Nothing about that decision is locked in at signup.

Can outsourced agents answer “where is my delivery?” calls?

Yes. They can verify the order or stop, read the current approved status, capture access or exception details and route cases that require dispatch, merchant or claims review.

Can agents change a delivery address?

Only when your system and authorization rules allow it. Otherwise they record the requested change and send it to the approved team without exposing recipient data or promising a reroute.

start

Need a clearer delivery exception path?

Map ETA questions, address changes, failed delivery and claims handoffs to the teams that own each next step.