Covid-19: New clinic e-commerce tool launches to keep cashflow afloat

To help support aesthetic clinics through the covid-19 pandemic, digital creative agency Blowmedia has developed an e-commerce sales tool specifically aimed at the market. 

SkopBot – which stands for Skin Shop Bot – is billed as the “first-ever” automated sales bot designed for aesthetic clinics with no existing e-commerce functions.

SkopBot was created to give clinic owners a more affordable and easier-to-implement alternative to a full e-commerce website setup, which still provides a viable cash-flow lifeline while clinics are closed. 

The service is created bespoke and set up for a clinic in 48 hours for an initial flat fee of £300.  SkopBot doesn’t need to be supervised or operated by an employee – it is entirely automated with pre-defined questions to channel customer website visits into a skincare purchasing funnel. 

Customers can select from the skincare brands available at the clinic and pay for them via the secure bot. The clinic owner or a member of staff can then send out the product order directly from their stock.

A small monthly licensing and maintenance fee is required on a non-contractual basis to enable the Blowmedia team to manage the system. 

Tracey Prior, operations manager at Blowmedia, said: “The team at Blowmedia were keen to support clinics during this crisis. Our first step was to move to a non-profit business model across the board at Blowmedia, and our second step was creating this game-changing product, not to drive profit, but to help the whole industry survive and thrive through this difficult time.

“Both these initiatives will hopefully help our clients to enjoy stability, and in some cases growth, throughout this uncertainty.” 

 

Clinic owners interested in SkopBot should contact Prior on skopbot@blowmedia.co.uk