How does SupportBot learn about my store?
When you install the app, SupportBot reads your products, pages, blog posts, store policies, and FAQs on its own. Theme-rendered FAQs and localized storefront FAQ variants can be indexed within the plan's content and indexed-language limits. Edit Shopify content and it picks up the change automatically.
Will it make answers up?
No. SupportBot only answers from your store's actual content (or, on Growth and Pro, from a live check of your store). When it can't find a reliable answer, it says so and offers to hand the conversation to you instead of guessing.
Can it check my order status?
Yes, for signed-in customers on Growth and Pro. They can ask where their own order is, when it ships, or whether a return is possible (no order number needed). It never shows anyone else's order, and starting a return still goes to you.
Can it help a customer actually buy something?
Yes, on Growth and Pro. SupportBot searches your live catalog, shows the matching products as cards, and puts the real options up as buttons. The shopper taps one and the item goes into your store's own cart, with a Checkout button right there. The add is made by the shopper's own browser through Shopify's cart, so SupportBot never takes payment or completes the purchase itself.
What if the item is sold out, or nothing matches?
It keeps helping instead of stopping. On Growth and Pro, a sold-out item gets close in-stock matches offered instead. A search that finds nothing is retried once with a broader query first. And if a shopper asks for a size you do not carry, SupportBot says so and shows the sizes you do have as buttons to tap. It still never invents a product that is not in your catalog.
What happens when the AI can't help?
It tells the customer honestly instead of guessing. From Starter up, you're also notified automatically (by email, or Slack on Growth and Pro) with the full conversation, so you can follow up personally.
Can it match my brand's voice?
Yes, on Starter and above: paste a few examples of how you write and SupportBot answers in your tone. Growth and Pro can also upload brand-guideline PDFs for even closer matching. Free-plan replies use our default warm, helpful tone.
Does it answer in my customers' language?
SupportBot replies in the customer's language on every plan. Reply language is separate from knowledge indexing: Free and Starter index 1 storefront language, Growth indexes 3, and Pro has no indexed-language limit. The primary storefront language counts toward that limit.
What's included on the Free plan?
Free includes 100 AI replies each month, automatic store sync for up to 50 products, 5 pages, 5 blog posts, and 5 FAQs, plus a SupportBot-branded widget on our fast model. Starter adds 300 replies, higher content limits, side-pane mode, color, text tone matching, and email handoff. Growth adds 2,000 replies, 3 indexed languages, guided shopping, cart actions, order lookup, custom knowledge and icon, branding removal, PDF tone, Slack, insights, and email drafts. Pro adds 10,000 replies, unlimited content and indexed languages, and Priority support.
What do I get from the analytics dashboard?
A simple view of how many questions were answered, which ones SupportBot couldn't handle, and how shoppers rated the help. It shows you exactly which FAQs to add next, no digging through transcripts.
What counts as an AI reply?
One answer written by SupportBot in the chat widget. Limits reset every month. If you reach your plan's limit, the widget does not go dark and your bill does not go up: it keeps answering on a lighter model, with SupportBot branding switched back on, until the next month or an upgrade. Your customers never see an error.
Is my data handled safely?
Yes. Every store's data is kept fully separate, and SupportBot implements Shopify's GDPR rules. Uninstall schedules shop data for deletion after 30 days; uninstall feedback is retained separately for churn analytics. See our privacy policy for details.
Will it slow down my storefront?
No. The chat widget is a tiny piece of code (under 30KB) that loads after your page and runs in its own container, so it can't interfere with your theme.