Features · Live chat

A chat widget that answers from your orders and policies.

Add the widget to your Shopify theme or any website. Hobson answers common questions straight away and passes the rest to your team, in the same inbox as your email.

What it does

  • Shopify theme embed

    Turn on the Hobson chat embed in your theme editor. Signed-in Shopify customers are recognised, so Hobson can find their orders.

  • Any website

    Paste one script tag. The widget loads quickly and shows “Not live yet” in settings until it is installed.

  • AI replies in chat

    Hobson answers in the chat from your knowledge and the customer’s order, with the same checks as email.

  • Make it yours

    Set colours, greeting, preset questions and quick replies in the widget editor.

  • Ratings after each chat

    Customers can rate the chat when it ends, and ratings appear in your reports.

  • Signed-in users of your app

    SaaS teams can pass a signed identity so Hobson knows exactly who is chatting.

How it works

  1. 1

    Create a widget

    Settings › Live chat. Choose colours, greeting and preset questions.

  2. 2

    Install it

    Turn on the app embed in your Shopify theme, or paste the script on any site.

  3. 3

    Customers chat

    Hobson answers what it can and hands the rest to your team.

  4. 4

    Your team picks up

    Chats land in the same inbox as email, with the order beside them.

What stays in your control

  • Choose which categories Hobson answers in chat and which go to a person.
  • A typed email address in chat is treated as unverified until the customer is signed in.
  • You get an alert when chat volume spikes.

Questions

Put Hobson on duty.

Connect your inbox in a few minutes. Hobson drafts, you approve, and nothing reaches a customer until you say so.