Webshops & Retailers — Conversational Shopping Experience
Introduction
Add a conversational shopping experience to your website. Instead of traditional product listing pages, Answe lets visitors browse products through guided conversations — answering questions about what they need, seeing relevant recommendations, and checking out within the widget.
How It Works
Product Catalog
Set up your product catalog with:
- Product names, descriptions, and images
- Prices with size/variant options
- Categories for easy browsing
- Search for finding specific items
Guided Shopping
Create conversation flows that guide visitors:
"What are you looking for?"
├── "Clothing" → Show clothing catalog
├── "Accessories" → Show accessories catalog
├── "Gift ideas" → AI recommends products
└── "Sale items" → Show discounted products
Shopping Cart
Visitors add items to cart, adjust quantities, select sizes, and checkout — all within the widget on your page.
Checkout
At checkout:
- Order summary with line items
- Delivery or pickup selection
- Payment via Stripe
- Order confirmation
Real-World Scenarios
Fashion boutique: Visitors answer style preference questions. Based on answers, they see curated product selections. They add favorites to cart and checkout with size selection.
Specialty food store: Customers browse by category (cheese, wine, snacks), add items to cart, and choose delivery or store pickup.
Gift shop: An AI agent asks who the gift is for and suggests products based on the recipient's interests and budget.
Key Benefits
- Guided discovery — Help visitors find what they need through conversation
- No separate e-commerce platform — Shopping built into your website widget
- AI recommendations — Let AI suggest products based on visitor preferences
- Category browsing — Organized product catalogs with search
- Size variants — Multiple sizes with different prices
- Secure payments — Stripe-powered credit card processing
- Order management — All orders in your inbox
Getting Started
- Use the e-commerce template from the gallery
- Add your products with images, prices, and categories
- Create a conversation flow that guides shoppers
- Connect Stripe for payments
- Embed on your website
Related
- Online Store — Full shopping setup
- Product Catalogs — Manage your products
- Payments — Stripe integration
- AI Agents — AI product recommendations
