FastBots

Built For Photographers

Photography Chatbot Trained On Your Packages And Portfolio

Most enquiries you get are the same handful of questions — pricing, availability, travel, turnaround. FastBots learns your packages, FAQs and portfolio pages once, then answers those questions any time of day. When someone's ready for a real conversation, it captures their shoot details and passes them to you.

Ivy Lane Photography
Wedding package pricing?Do you travel?Turnaround time?Engagement sessions?Second shooter?
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University of Miami
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Rentokil Initial
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Design Bundles
Syngenta
Pinkpop
Babor
Big Cat Rescue
Holiday Inn
Mansory
University of Miami
University of Arizona
Rentokil Initial
Wim Hof Method
Royal Caribbean
Wiley
UBB
Web Tickets
Wild Fork
Bonjour Paris

Quick Answers

Really Common Questions Photographers Ask

What is a photography chatbot?

A photography chatbot is a website assistant trained on your packages, pricing, FAQs and portfolio pages. It answers the questions couples and clients ask before they enquire — what's included, do you travel, how long until they get their photos — so you're not retyping the same replies every evening.

Can it quote prices accurately?

Yes, as long as your packages and starting rates live somewhere on your site or in a document you upload. The bot answers from your own content, so it won't undercut your real prices. For bespoke quotes — destination weddings, custom album orders — it captures the brief and hands it to you.

Will it book shoots automatically?

No. The chatbot doesn't have access to your calendar and we don't recommend pretending it does — dates need a human eye. What it does well is capture the date, shoot type, location and contact details, then send them to your inbox so you can confirm availability personally.

How long does it take to set up?

Most photographers have a working bot in around five minutes. Point it at your website, let it crawl your packages and FAQ pages, write a few lines about your style and tone, then paste the embed snippet onto your site. You can refine the answers as real enquiries come in.

Why FastBots

Why Photographers Use FastBots

Answers Enquiries At 11pm

Couples plan weddings late at night and parents book newborn shoots between feeds. The bot replies the moment they ask, not the next morning when they've already messaged three other photographers.

Handles The Pricing Question

Share your starting rates the way you'd want to share them — no awkward dance. The bot quotes from your own package pages and never goes below your true starting figure.

Confirms Where You Travel

"Do you shoot weddings in Italy?" gets a clear answer based on what you've written, not a guess. Travel fees, destination policies and minimum spends can all live in the bot's knowledge.

Captures Real Booking Briefs

The lead form asks for the date, shoot type, location and contact details — not just a name. By the time you read the enquiry, you already know if it's a fit.

Acts As An AI Agent For Booking-Stage Questions

FastBots is a chatbot that can act as an AI agent: it gathers details across a conversation, validates what's missing and pushes the finished enquiry into your CRM through a Zapier or Make workflow once the chat ends.

Hand Hot Leads To You Live

On Business plan and above, you can jump into the chat yourself when a serious enquiry comes through. The bot handles the warm-up, you close the consultation.

Matches Your Brand And Voice

Set the colours, avatar, welcome message and tone so the bot sounds like you — warm and personal for family work, calm and considered for weddings, sharper for commercial.

Stays Current With Your Pricing

When you update your packages page, schedule the bot to auto-retrain daily, weekly or monthly on Business plan and above. No stale 2023 prices answering 2025 enquiries.

Real Scenarios

Where It Earns Its Keep

Wedding Package Enquiries

Answer the predictable wedding questions — coverage hours, second shooter, engagement session, album options — and capture the date and venue when the couple is ready.

Portrait And Family Sessions

Explain session length, location options, what to wear and how many edited images are included. Collect preferred dates and rough ages of children.

Newborn And Maternity Bookings

Handle the timing questions ('how many days old should baby be?') and capture due dates so you can pencil in a window before the call.

Commercial And Brand Shoots

Qualify business enquiries by asking about usage rights, deliverables and rough budget. Pass the brief to your inbox so you can quote properly.

Turnaround And Delivery Questions

"How long until I get my photos?" gets answered consistently every time, using whatever timeline you've actually committed to in your contract.

Travel And Destination Work

Confirm which regions you cover, what travel fees look like and whether you take overseas weddings — without you having to type the same reply on Instagram for the tenth time.

Print, Album And Gallery Questions

Explain digital file delivery, print options and album add-ons from your own pricing guide. Send custom album requests through as proper enquiries.

Second-Shooter Availability

When other photographers ask if you're free to second-shoot, the bot collects the date, primary photographer and rate expectation so you can decide quickly.

Try It Free

Sound Like It Would Save You An Hour A Day?

Free plan, no credit card. Build your first chatbot in minutes.

Setup

Live on Your Site in Minutes

https://ivylanephoto.com
  • /weddings
  • /portraits
  • /pricing
  • /about
  • /faqs

Point It At Your Portfolio Site

FastBots crawls your packages page, FAQs, about page and any pricing guides. You decide which pages to include — leave out anything draft or outdated.

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House voice

Warm, calm and personal — like a chat over coffee. Share starting prices and what's included, but never commit to a specific date. For bespoke quotes, custom albums or destination work, collect the brief and pass it to Sarah.

Set Your Tone And House Rules

Tell the bot how to sound (warm, considered, no hard sell), what to share freely, and what to escalate to you. Add a fallback message for anything bespoke.

<script defer
src="https://app.fastbots.ai/embed.js"
data-bot-id="your-bot-id"
></script>

Paste One Line On Your Site

Copy the embed snippet into your Showit, Squarespace, WordPress or custom site. The chat widget appears in the corner and starts answering enquiries straight away.

Honest Comparison

How FastBots Compares For Photographers

Most photographers handle enquiries one of three ways: replying personally between shoots, paying a virtual assistant, or letting a generic contact form do the work. Here's how FastBots stacks up against the alternatives you're actually weighing.

FastBots
From $39 / month
Virtual Assistant
~$400+ / month
Contact Form Only
Free
Answers Instantly At Any Hour
Including evenings and weekends
Yes, 24/7
Office hours onlyNo reply until you check
Knows Your Packages And Prices
Trained on your own site
Yes, from your content
Depends on briefingDoesn't reply at all
Captures Date, Shoot Type, Location
Structured booking brief
Built-in lead form
Yes, manually
Basic name and email
Live Handover To You
For serious enquiries
Business plan and aboveVA escalates by emailNo live channel
Pushes Leads To Your CRM
HoneyBook, Dubsado, Studio Ninja
Via Zapier or Make
Yes, manually
You copy and paste
Cost Per Month
Excluding setup time
From $39Hundreds$0 but slow

Comparison reflects typical alternatives. Other tools may differ — always check current pricing and features before deciding.

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Build Yours On The Free Plan In About Five Minutes

Free plan, no credit card. Build your first chatbot in minutes.

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Got Questions?

Frequently Asked Questions

The ones we hear most before teams sign up. If yours isn’t here, our support team replies within hours during business days.

Will it replace me talking to couples personally?

No, and it shouldn't. Couples booking a wedding photographer want to meet the person behind the camera. The bot handles the predictable questions that come before that conversation — pricing, availability windows, what's included — so you spend your time on real consultations, not repeating yourself in DMs.

Can it book shoots into my calendar?

Not directly. The chatbot doesn't connect to your calendar mid-conversation, and we'd argue you don't want it to — confirming dates needs a human check. What it does is capture the requested date, shoot type, location and contact details, then email them to you (or push them to your CRM through a Zapier or Make workflow).

Does it work with HoneyBook, Dubsado or Studio Ninja?

We don't have native integrations with those tools, but you can connect them through Zapier or Make. When a lead form is submitted, the workflow can create a new enquiry or contact in your CRM with the shoot details already filled in. Setup takes about ten minutes once you've got a Zapier account.

What if someone asks something the bot doesn't know?

You set the fallback. Most photographers tell the bot to say something like 'good question, let me get the answer from Sarah — could I grab your details?' which then triggers the lead form. On Business plan and above, the Knowledge Assistant shows you the unanswered questions so you can add them to the bot over time.

Will it quote prices I'm not happy sharing?

It only quotes from the content you give it. If your site shows 'weddings from $2,800', that's what it'll say. If you'd rather not share pricing publicly, train it on a softer version — 'most couples invest between $X and $Y' — and have it offer to send a full guide once it has the date and venue.

Can a real person take over the chat?

Yes, on Business plan ($89/month) and above. Live Chat lets you jump in when a hot enquiry comes through and reply in real time. The bot handles the warm-up — qualifying the shoot type, date and budget — and you close the consultation. You can also set availability hours so handover only happens when you're around.

How much does it cost?

The free plan covers one chatbot and 50 messages a month — enough to test it out properly. Paid plans start at $39/month for Essential, which adds workflows like Zapier and Make for pushing leads into your CRM. Live Chat handover is on Business at $89/month. No credit card needed to start.

What about photos clients send in chat?

Visitors can upload images and PDFs into the chat if you enable that feature. It's useful for mood boards, venue shots or reference styling. The bot won't analyse the artistic quality of a photo, but it can pick up details from a brief or contract a client wants to share.

Can I make it match my brand?

Yes. You can set the colours, avatar, welcome message, suggested questions and the tone of every reply. Photographers who shoot fine-art weddings tend to write the bot to sound calm and considered; family photographers go warmer and more playful. It's your voice, not a generic chatbot one.

What about clients in other countries?

FastBots supports around 95 languages, so destination wedding enquiries from couples whose first language isn't English are handled naturally. You can also translate stored conversations on Business plan and above when you're reviewing them later.

Build Your Photography Chatbot Free

Train it on your packages, FAQs and portfolio in about five minutes. Upgrade when you're ready for live handover and CRM workflows.

  • Free Plan, No Credit Card
  • Around Five Minutes To Set Up
  • Trained On Your Own Site
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