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How Moliv scaled expert skincare advice without scaling their team

AskSpot's AI Chat and Inbox Agent gave a small team of scientists the ability to deliver personalised product guidance to every customer - 24/7.

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Client

Moliv Cosmetics

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Industry

Probiotic skincare / cosmetics e-commerce

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Visitors/Mo

~4600-5800 users

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Languages

3

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Channels

Own stores (PL, DE, GB) + marketplaces

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Helpdesk

Thulium

Key Results

16–26%
Sales conversion rate among chat users
59%
Click-through rate on AI product recommendations
10-25%
Orders preceded by a chat conversation
24/7
Expert-level product advisory - without adding headcount

Solution Used

AskSpot AI Chat
AskSpot Inbox Agent
Website integration
Helpdesk (Thulium) integration
ERP / OMS integration

Written by

Ewa Kosiorek
Head of Customer Service
4 min

The Challenge

Moliv is not a typical cosmetics brand. Founded by microbiologists, it is the first Polish manufacturer of skincare products containing live probiotic bacteria - a patented, science-backed formula that genuinely requires explanation.

This is a high-consideration product. Customers visiting molivcosmetics.com often arrive with specific and complex questions:

  • Which product suits acne-prone skin?
  • How do live bacteria survive in a jar?
  • What is the difference between the moisturising and regenerating creams?
  • Can I use the oleogel with retinol?

With a team of 1-5 people, Moliv faced a fundamental tension: the brand's value lies in its scientific depth, yet there was simply no capacity to deliver personalised, expert answers to every visitor. Enquiries were handled manually, creating delays and placing a disproportionate burden on a small founding team. Unanswered questions at the product page level were directly costing conversions.

At the same time, Moliv was receiving post-sale enquiries - order status checks, delivery questions, return requests - that required fast, reliable responses but consumed time better spent on product development and growth.

Implementation Goals

The AI implementation at Moliv was designed to achieve:

  • Provide instant, accurate answers to complex ingredient and product questions at the point of purchase
  • Reduce manual handling of both pre-sale and post-sale enquiries
  • Deliver a consistent, brand-aligned customer experience across website and Allegro
  • Enable the small team to focus on science and product - not customer service queues

The Solution

Stage 1
Launch of AI Chat on molivcosmetics.com

AskSpot Chat AI was deployed on molivcosmetics.com, integrated with Moliv's WooCommerce product catalogue and a custom knowledge base covering formulations, ingredients, and skincare routines.

The chat was configured to handle all three of the website's languages (Polish, English, German) and made available 24/7.
Its capabilities included:

  • Skin type advisory - helping customers identify the right product for their specific concern: acne, dryness, sensitivity, ageing, or combination skin
  • Ingredient and formulation questions - explaining live probiotic bacteria, Lactobacillus strains, Formula 3P, and GRAS safety status in accurate, accessible language
  • Product comparisons and routine guidance - advising on how to combine products (e.g., oleogel + cream, day vs. night use)
  • Order status checks and delivery information
  • Returns and complaint submission - guiding customers through an interactive process and collecting structured data for the team

By deploying the chat, Moliv effectively gave every visitor access to the kind of expert consultation that previously only the founders could provide - instantly, at any hour, in any of the three supported languages.

Stage 2
Inbox Agent Integration

Following the chat deployment, AskSpot Inbox Agent was integrated with Moliv's incoming message channels, including Allegro's messaging system and website contact forms.

The Inbox Agent:

  • Automatically retrieved and classified incoming messages by intent: product question, order status, return request, complaint, or general enquiry
  • Retrieved relevant order and product data to generate accurate, contextual responses
  • Fully resolved routine enquiries autonomously - including order tracking, delivery information, and return procedures
  • Prepared structured summaries and draft responses for complex cases, routing them to the appropriate team member with context already in place

This removed a significant volume of daily, repetitive messages from the team's workload - without sacrificing response quality or speed.

Results

The implementation delivered measurable operational improvements:

16-26% sales conversion rate among chat users

Beauty and specialised niche brands on AskSpot consistently achieve this range in chat sessions, versus a typical store-wide average of 2-4%.

59% click-through rate on AI product recommendations

Nearly 6 in 10 users clicked through to a recommended product - well above the 1-3% typical of passive recommendation widgets.

Chat present in up to 1 in 4 purchase journeys

Across AskSpot's partner base, a chat conversation precedes 10–25% of all completed orders.

No team expansion despite growing enquiry volume

By automating pre-sale advisory and post-sale service, Moliv handled increasing customer contact without adding headcount.

Why it worked

Science-depth knowledge base
AskSpot was trained on Moliv's full product knowledge - ingredients, formulations, and skin type guidance — enabling accurate, brand-aligned answers at the level customers expected.
Full-funnel coverage for a lean team
Chat Agent and Inbox Agent together handled pre-sale advisory and post-sale service across the website and Allegro, end-to-end.
Rapid deployment
WooCommerce integration was live within 2-3 business days, with no dedicated technical resource required from the Moliv team.
Native multilingual support
Polish, English, and German handled consistently from day one, matching the website's existing language versions.