Agent Scheduling for Chat

A chat option no one answers
is worse than none.

The PushEngage chat widget routes visitors to WhatsApp, Messenger, email, or SMS, the channels your team already answers, with no hosted inbox to staff. Agent scheduling adds the honesty layer: each channel and each agent gets business hours, and the widget only shows what is live right now.

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“We are able to reach our customer base in almost an instant. Email would have been too slow to put together in an emergency.” John Smith · CEO

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Why it works

Set expectations the widget can actually keep.

A visitor who opens a chat and waits twenty minutes leaves more frustrated than one who never saw the option. Scheduling keeps the promise the widget makes.

Hours per channel, hours per agent

Your WhatsApp line can show 9 to 6 on weekdays while the email option stays up around the clock. Each agent’s channels follow their own schedule, configured from the dashboard.

Async options fill the gaps

Outside staffed hours, the widget keeps routing to channels that work asynchronously, like email. The question still gets captured; it just lands where you will actually see it.

No inbox, no camping

This is not a hosted chat dashboard with agents waiting in a queue. Conversations continue in the messaging apps your team already checks, and scheduling decides when each door is open.

How it works

Routing logic that respects the clock.

PushEngage multichannel chat widget live on a WordPress site

The widget your visitors see changes with your day

During staffed hours, high-intent buyers land straight in your WhatsApp. After hours, the same widget leads with email. Nobody taps a channel that goes nowhere, so nobody churns on silence.

  • Channels appear and disappear on schedule
  • Mobile and desktop visibility controls
  • All configured from the dashboard, no deploys
See the inboxless widget
Chat widget style and settings preview

Scheduling stacks with targeting and routing

Business hours combine with page-level targeting and multi-agent assignment: the sales WhatsApp shows on product pages while its owner is on shift, and the support address covers everything else.

  • Page-level URL rules pick the channel per page
  • Multi-agent assignment by page and language
  • Custom styling keeps it looking built in-house
Read about page targeting

What’s included

Exactly what you’re buying, on one dashboard.

Agent scheduling is one rule in the chat widget’s routing brain: the same platform that brings visitors back with push decides which conversation doors are open while they are on the page.

Setup and integrations

Installs wherever you run your site. One snippet, any platform.

One-click install on WordPress and WooCommerce. Shopify embed included. Paste one line of JS to add the widget anywhere else.

The numbers

Every open door has someone behind it.

22+
channels, each on its own schedule
0
inboxes to staff or dashboards to watch
1-click
embed on any website
75,000+
businesses on PushEngage
“PushEngage is quick and easy to implement. The ability to tailor your target audience is particularly impressive as you are able to increase your engagement rates as you use the software.”
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FAQ

Questions, answered.

What do visitors see outside business hours?

Only the channels that are actually live. Scheduled channels disappear when nobody is on shift, and asynchronous options like email can stay up around the clock so the question still gets captured.

Is this a hosted chat platform with agent seats?

No. The PushEngage widget is inboxless: it routes each visitor to WhatsApp, Messenger, email, or SMS, where your team replies from the inbox they already check. There are no seats and no per-agent pricing.

Can different agents keep different hours?

Yes. Business hours are set per channel and per agent, so a sales WhatsApp line and a support address can follow completely different schedules.

Do I need a developer to change the schedule?

No. Hours, channels, targeting, and routing are all dashboard configuration. Ops can change the schedule without a deploy.

Does scheduling work with page-level targeting?

Yes, the rules combine. A product page can show the sales WhatsApp only during staffed hours while the rest of the site leads with email.

Show the door only when someone can open it.

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