How to integrate ChatBot with Shopify

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Sylwia Kocur
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updated: Jun 18, 2024

The ChatBot integration for Shopify allows you to automate customer service and enrich the user experience simultaneously. Use our integration to add a chatbot to your Shopify store. Chatbot conversations can improve shoppers’ experience of your online store and supercharge your online sales.

The integration provides extra actions that make ChatBot an even more effective selling channel for any Shopify business:

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The ChatBot <> Shopify integration can be activated in three ways. You can choose the one that best meets your needs.

If you already have an active Shopify store, you can add the bot in the Shopify Admin panel. This way, you can use a pre-built chatbot and customize it to your store faster. The bot will be automatically added to the store.

If you’d like to build the bot from scratch and ensure every step of the chat meets your needs, you can activate the integration in the ChatBot app in the Integrations panel after the bot-building process is done. In this approach, you can also use the pre-built bot structure, customize it, and load it into your store when all adjustments are done.

The third way to connect ChatBot and Shopify is to start the integration process using Shopify actions directly in the bot conversation tree. You can add the actions to the bot structure while developing the bot without activating the store. When you finish the development phase, you can active the store.

How to add a bot in the Shopify Admin panelLink icon

  1. Log in to your Shopify store admin panel. Go to the Apps section and search for the ChatBot app.

  2. Select the app and click the Add app button. Confirm with the Install app button.

  1. Log in to your ChatBot account and configure the integration.

    If you’re a new user, you must set up your account first. Provide your email address and password. Then select Sign up.

  2. Choose from the three options. After selecting your preferred option, select Continue.

  • Use a pre-built Shopify template — import the Shopify-specific bot structure.
    You need to customize the imported template once the integration is complete.

  • Select an existing bot — choose one of the bots you have created.
    You can always edit the selected bot later.

  • Build from scratch — create your bot from scratch.
    Once you configure the integration, you need to build your bot in the ChatBot app.

  1. Name the newly created bot — when you create a new account, use a template or build a chatbot from scratch — or select one of the bots you already have when you integrate an existing account. Continue with the Create your chatbot button.

In the Chatbot enabled section, you can decide whether your chatbot should be active on your Shopify store when the integration is complete. If you turn this setting on, the chatbot will appear on your store even if your bot is incomplete.

We recommend disabling this setting if you’re creating your chatbot from scratch. This way, you can finish your bot in the bot builder first and turn it on when it’s ready

In the Chatbot enabled section, you can decide whether your chatbot should be active on your Shopify store when the integration is complete. If you turn this setting on, the chatbot will appear on your store even if your bot is incomplete.

We recommend disabling this setting if you’re creating your chatbot from scratch. This way, you can finish your bot in the bot builder first and turn it on when it’s ready

  1. Under the three dots icon, you can:

  • select a bot for your Shopify store, 

  • edit the bot’s content, 

  • customize the Chat Widget on your store

How to add a Shopify store in the Integrations panelLink icon

  1. Go to your bot and choose Shopify from the list in the Integrations panel. Select Connect with Shopify.

chatbot and shopify installation process

  1. Provide your Shopify store name. And Connect with Shopify. Log in to your Shopify store. Continue with the Install app button.

chatbot and shopify installation process

  1. The integration will appear on the list. Click the name of your store to manage your integration.

How to add the Shopify store using Shopify actions in the botLink icon

Select the Shopify action and add it to your conversation tree. Open the block and select Connect with Shopify. Finish the installation process.

The integration will appear on the integrations list in the Integrations panel. You can manage it there.

You can use Shopify flows while building your Shopify chatbot. These are pre-configured task-specific flows that you can add to your bot. You can use multiple flows in a bot.
You can use Shopify flows while building your Shopify chatbot. These are pre-configured task-specific flows that you can add to your bot. You can use multiple flows in a bot.

How to manage or delete the Shopify integration in ChatBotLink icon

You can manage the integration when you click on it on the Integrations list. You can decide if you’d like to enable or disable the bot in the store, if you want to proceed with the store management, or if you’d like to delete the bot from the bot entirely.

In the Bot enabled section, you can decide whether your chatbot should be active on your Shopify store when the integration is complete. If you turn this setting on, the chatbot will appear on your store even if your bot is incomplete.

We recommend disabling this setting if you’re creating your chatbot from scratch. This way, you can finish your bot in the bot builder first and turn it on when it’s ready

In the Bot enabled section, you can decide whether your chatbot should be active on your Shopify store when the integration is complete. If you turn this setting on, the chatbot will appear on your store even if your bot is incomplete.

We recommend disabling this setting if you’re creating your chatbot from scratch. This way, you can finish your bot in the bot builder first and turn it on when it’s ready

How to manage the subscriptionLink icon

When you create a new ChatBot account via Shopify

If you change your ChatBot subscription details in the Shopify panel, the subscription section in ChatBot will be blocked. 

When you add your existing ChatBot account to Shopify

If you add an existing ChatBot account to Shopify, you can manage your subscription details in the ChatBot billing section.

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