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On Hold Music Service

Enhance the customer service quality with soothing on-hold music.

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What is music on hold?

Music on hold refers to the audio played while placing the caller on hold during a phone call to minimize the perceived wait time and promote the offerings of a business. It is essential for businesses that endure a high volume of incoming calls. Businesses can customize the music to include promotional messages and advertisements and keep the callers engaged until they are connected to the agent.

Benefits Of Hold Music For Business

Apart from keeping the callers hooked until an agent becomes available, music on hold service offers an exhaustive gamut of benefits to businesses. Here is why music on hold is important for businesses.

Minimizes Perceived Wait Time

Music on hold minimizes perceived wait time for callers unlike silence which makes the wait feel longer. On-hold music offers an engaging experience while nullifying the frustration of long waits.

Professional Identity

Having telephone music on hold adds a professional identity and large-scale image to businesses and they can leverage the hold time to brand themselves in the market.

Minimize Call Abandonment

Music on hold keeps the callers engaged, offers a positive experience, and reduces the perceived wait times eventually minimizing the frustration from long holds.

Leverage Marketing Opportunities

Businesses can leverage their music on hold to market their products and services, deliver product information, offer updates, inform customers about upcoming events, or advertise their offerings.

Boosts Conversion

Telephone on-hold music offers information about product updates, resolution to common problems, and answers to frequently asked questions enhancing call retention and conversion rates.

Up-selling Opportunities

Businesses can leverage music on hold to up-sell and cross-sell by offering recommendations on additional products and complementary services that customers may be interested in.

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Pricing

Ideal for Bulk Calling for Sales, Support and Call Center Teams

Basic

$0
Per user/Month
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For Startups

  • Unlimited Users (Pay only for number)
  • Click To Dial
  • Global Connect
  • Teams
  • Voicemail
  • SMS
  • SMS Templates
  • MMS
  • Smart Switch
  • Last Called By
  • Forward-to-device

Bronze

$16
Per user/Month
10 Days Free Trial

Ideal For Small Team

  • Everything in Basic +
  • Free Number1
  • Voicemail
  • Shared Inbox
  • Skill Based Call Routing
  • Webhook
  • Paid Call Recording
  • Target Vs Achievement
  • Campaign Management

Silver

$24
Per user/Month
10 Days Free Trial

For Fast Growing Team

  • Everything in Bronze +
  • Role based access control
  • Free Call Recording
  • IVR
  • Live Call
  • Call Queuing
  • User Working Hours
  • Call Reminder
  • After Call Work
  • Call Cascading
  • Holiday Routing
  • Feedback for Calls
  • Gamification
  • Call Tagging
  • Call Disposition
  • Pause-Resume Recording

Platinum

$40
Per user/Month
10 Days Free Trial

For Larger Team

  • Everything in Silver +
  • Power Dialer
  • Predictive Dialer
  • Speed to Dial
  • Voice Broadcasting
  • Multi-level IVR
  • Multiple Level Call Transfer
  • Conference Calling
  • Call Barging
  • Route to External Number
  • Single Sign On
  • DID Group
  • Call Whisper
  • Intelligent Reports/Analytics
  • Reports via Email
  • Automatic Machine Detection
  • Compliance Call Recording
  • Google Drive, AWS S3 Integration
  • Embedded Dialer Integration
  • Smart DID Routing
  • Auto Rotate

Ideal for Businesses to support their Customers and not for Bulk Calling

Basic

$0
Per user/Month
  • Unlimited Users (Pay only for number)
  • Click To Dial
  • Global Connect
  • Teams
  • Voicemail
  • SMS/Text messages
  • SMS Templates
  • MMS
  • Smart Switch
  • Last Called By

Starter

$18
Per user/Month
  • Everything in Basic +
  • 1000 calling minutes within US/CAD
  • 1 Standard Number Free
  • Free SMS/ Text messages
  • Multi Lingual IVR
  • 2FA
  • User Working Hours
  • Business Hours
  • Ring All Devices
  • 1-year Call Records
  • Basic Report Analytics
  • Forward-to-device
  • Shared Inbox
  • Feedback for Calls

Professional

$30
Per user/Month
  • Everything in Starter +
  • Unlimited calling minutes within US/CAD
  • Call Recordings
  • Intelligent Reports/Analytics
  • Country Blocking
  • Call Tagging
  • Email notification for Voicemail
  • Reports Via Email
  • Call Notes & Ratings
  • Lifetime Call Records
  • Advance Report Analytics
  • Role based access control
  • IVR
  • Live Call
  • Call Reminder
  • After Call Work
  • Holiday Routing
  • Gamification
  • Pause-Resume Recording

Ultimate

$42
Per user/Month
  • Everything in Professional +
  • Unlimited calling minutes within US/CAD
  • Call Blocking
  • Call Cascading
  • Custom Greetings
  • Audit Logs
  • Webhook
  • Dedicated Account Manager
  • Personalized Onboarding
  • Phone Support
  • 24*7 Support
  • Advanced Integrations
  • Custom Integrations
  • Annual Business Review
  • Auto Rotate
  • Multi-level IVR
  • Multiple Level Call Transfer
  • Conference Calling
  • Call Barging
  • Single Sign On
  • Call Tagging
  • Call Disposition
  • DID Group
  • Call Whisper
  • Compliance Call Recording
  • Embedded Dialer Integration
  • Smart DID Routing

Frequently Asked Question

  • Yes, CallHippo allows businesses to customize their music on hold as per their requirements. They can choose a piece of music that aligns with their branding values, play a promotional message, resolution to common challenges, or recommendations on related products and services.

  • Yes, on-hold music helps reduce the perceived wait time and make the hold look shorter while offering a positive, engaging experience to the callers.

  • When customers reach out to your business phone system, the music-on-hold service allows you to play engaging music or message. Businesses can upload their custom script in the form of promotional messages or music that aligns with their brand value and identity. The right on-hold music has the power to keep the callers engaged and offer a positive experience while reducing call abandonment rates.

  • No, on-hold music is a part of CallHippo’s standard pricing plans and you do not have to pay extra bucks to access the feature. You can use the music that comes with CallHippo or customize your script as per the business requirements.

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