FastBots

Use Case

AI Shopping Assistant Trained On Your Product Catalogue

Most online shoppers don't bounce because your products are wrong. They bounce because they can't tell which one is right for them. FastBots is an AI chatbot you train on your catalogue, FAQs and shipping policy so it can answer pre-purchase questions, narrow the choice down and point shoppers at the product that actually fits.

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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

Quick Answers About E-commerce Shopping Chatbot

What is an AI shopping assistant?

An AI shopping assistant is a chatbot that helps online shoppers find the right product, compare options and answer pre-purchase questions like sizing, shipping and returns. It works alongside your store, replying instantly so people don't have to dig through filters or wait on an email.

Can FastBots recommend products from my store?

Yes. Trained on your product pages, category descriptions and FAQs, FastBots can suggest items based on what the shopper describes: "a waterproof jacket under $200" or "a serum for dry skin". On the Shopify integration it can pull live catalogue data, including price, variants and stock.

Does the chatbot handle checkout and payments?

No. The bot helps shoppers choose and answers questions, then sends them to the product page to buy. Checkout, payment and order processing stay inside your store: that's where they belong, and it keeps your existing setup intact.

How long does it take to set up?

Most stores get a first version running in about 5 minutes. Point FastBots at your site, let it crawl your product and policy pages, set the tone, then paste the embed snippet into your theme. You can keep refining as you watch real conversations come in.

Why FastBots

How a FastBots Bot Handles E-commerce Shopping Chatbot

Acts As A "Help Me Choose" Guide

Shoppers describe what they need in plain English and the assistant narrows it down. Great for fashion sizing, beauty shade matching, electronics specs and "which one for me?" categories.

Trained On Your Catalogue And Policies

Answers come from your own product pages, shipping rules, returns policy and FAQ: not generic web data. If your free-shipping threshold is $75, that's the number it gives.

Live Shopify Catalogue Lookups

On the Shopify integration the chatbot acts as an AI agent: pulling live pricing, variants, stock and order info from your store, and helping shoppers update profile or address details inline.

Answers Pre-Purchase Questions 24/7

Most product questions arrive evenings and weekends, when no one is staffing the inbox. The bot covers sizing, materials, compatibility, lead times and shipping at any hour.

Around 95 Languages

International shoppers get answers in their own language without you running a multilingual support team. Useful for brands with traffic from Europe, LATAM or Asia.

Web, WhatsApp, Instagram And Messenger

The same trained assistant can reply on your storefront and on the channels shoppers DM you on. One source of truth, fewer dropped enquiries.

Live Handover For Big Or Tricky Orders

On Business plan and above, the bot can pass the shopper to a real team member when it's a wholesale enquiry, a custom order or anything that needs judgement. The chat history goes with them.

Captures Leads When Items Are Out Of Stock

If a size or colourway is sold out, the assistant can take an email for restock alerts or wholesale enquiries and send them straight to your team.

Real Customer Story

How a FastBots customer is doing it

DesignBundles.net runs a digital product marketplace with a knowledge base too big for shoppers to find what they need quickly. Inbound support tickets were piling up, response times were slipping, and customer satisfaction with them. They added a FastBots chatbot trained on the help centre and product pages so visitors get instant answers about downloads, licensing and account questions. Over six months they saw nearly a 50% reduction in incoming tickets: freeing the support team for higher-value work.

Real Scenarios

Where E-commerce Shopping Chatbot Earns Its Keep

Product Recommendations From A Brief

"A daily moisturiser for oily skin under $30" or "a stroller that fits a small car boot": the bot suggests matching items from your catalogue and explains why.

Sizing And Fit Questions

Pulls size charts, fit notes and "runs small / true to size" guidance from your product pages so shoppers stop guessing and stop returning.

Shipping, Delivery And Returns

Answers the three questions every store gets dozens of times a day: when will it arrive, do you ship to my country, and how do I return it.

Comparing Two Products

Side-by-side answers on price, specs and use case: perfect for electronics, supplements, outdoor gear and anything with overlapping models.

B2B And Wholesale Enquiries

Captures lead time, volume and contact details for bulk orders, then notifies your sales team by email or passes to live chat for the conversation.

Restock And Back-In-Stock Requests

When a variant is sold out, the bot offers a restock alert, takes the email and logs the request: so missed demand doesn't quietly walk away.

Post-Purchase Order Questions

On Shopify, shoppers can ask "where's my order?" and the bot pulls live status. On other platforms, it explains your shipping timeline and points to tracking emails.

After-Hours Inbox Overflow

Handles the late-night flood of "is this in stock" and "how do I use this" so your team starts the morning with real conversations, not 60 repeats of the same question.

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Sound Like Something Your Store Could Use?

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

Setup

Live on Your Site in Minutes

https://northpeak-outdoor.com
  • /collections/jackets
  • /collections/skiing
  • /products/aspen-3-in-1
  • /pages/size-guide
  • /pages/shipping-and-returns

Point It At Your Store

Give FastBots your product, category, FAQ and policy URLs. It crawls the pages and turns them into the assistant's knowledge: usually a few minutes for a typical store.

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House voice

Friendly and direct, like a knowledgeable shop assistant. Recommend based on what the shopper actually asked for: not the most expensive item. If a fit, size or warranty question is ambiguous, offer live chat instead of guessing.

Set The Tone And House Rules

Tell the bot how to sound, what to recommend, when to send shoppers to live chat and what to do if it doesn't know the answer. Add suggested questions for your best-selling categories.

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

Paste One Line On Your Storefront

Drop the embed snippet into your theme (Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, custom). On Shopify, connect via OAuth as well so the bot can pull live catalogue data.

The chatbot has been instrumental in reducing workload, improving response times, and increasing customer satisfaction.
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Customer Support Team, DesignBundles.net

Got Questions?

Common Questions About E-commerce Shopping Chatbot

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

Can the chatbot actually place an order or take payment?

No, and we'd be careful of any tool that says it can. FastBots helps shoppers find the right product and answers their questions, then sends them to your product page to check out. Payment and order processing stay inside your store, which keeps your existing setup, taxes and fulfilment intact.

How does it recommend products?

On most stores, it uses what it learned from your crawled product and category pages: descriptions, specs, prices, FAQs. On Shopify, the OAuth integration lets it query your live catalogue so it can return current pricing, variants and stock on the fly.

Can it look up order status?

On the Shopify native integration, yes, the bot can pull live order information for the shopper. On other platforms, order status lookup isn't native; you can either point shoppers at your tracking emails or wire up a workflow through Zapier or Make.

Does it stay up to date when our catalogue changes?

On the Business plan and above, you can set selected pages to auto-retrain daily, weekly or monthly, so price and policy changes flow through. On Shopify, live product data is fetched in real time during the conversation, so new prices and stock show up immediately.

What about Instagram and WhatsApp DMs?

FastBots connects natively to Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Telegram, so the same trained assistant can reply on the channels your shoppers actually message you on. The training, tone and policies are shared: you don't run a separate bot per channel.

Will it replace our customer service team?

No. It clears the repetitive pre-purchase questions (sizing, shipping, "is this still in stock", "do you ship to Canada") so your team can spend time on the conversations that need a human: complaints, custom orders, B2B and anything sensitive. Live Chat (Business plan and above) lets your team take over a chat instantly when needed.

Can it handle multiple languages for international shoppers?

Yes. FastBots supports around 95 languages, so a shopper in Madrid asking about sizing in Spanish gets a Spanish reply. Useful for brands with traffic from Europe, LATAM or Asia who don't want to staff a multilingual team.

What does it cost to run on a real store?

The free plan covers 1 chatbot and 50 messages a month: enough to test it on your store. Paid plans start at $39/month (Essential), which is where the Shopify integration and the wider channel set unlock. Live Chat handover, Email Replies and auto retraining are on the Business plan at $89/month.

How long does training take on a typical catalogue?

For a small or mid-size store, the crawl usually takes minutes: most of the setup time is tuning the tone and choosing what the bot should recommend (or not recommend). For very large catalogues with thousands of SKUs, the Shopify integration is the better path because it queries products live instead of relying purely on a trained snapshot.

What happens if a shopper asks something the bot doesn't know?

You set the fallback. It can say it doesn't know and offer live chat, capture the question as a lead, or suggest a link to a human-staffed channel. The Knowledge Assistant (Business plan and above) shows you exactly which questions the bot struggled with, so you can add the answer and improve over time.

Build Your Shopping Assistant Free

Train it on your store, set the tone, paste the snippet. If it helps shoppers find the right product, keep going. If it doesn't, you've lost nothing.

  • Free plan, no credit card
  • Around 5 minutes to launch
  • Trained on your catalogue
  • Upgrade only when ready