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Website live chat

Website live chat for customer support

Add a chat widget to your website and answer visitors from the same inbox as WhatsApp, email and calls, so web conversations get the same assignment, notes and history as everything else.

AvailableEmbeddable chat widget
brightside.co/sofas
BrightsideSofasBedsOffers
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Chat with usWe reply in minutes
Can I get fabric samples for the corner sofa?
Yes, up to three samples free of charge. Which colours?
Grey and sand, please.
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What you get

What the Website live chat channel does today.

  • An embeddable widget addressed by a public key
  • Visitor messages arriving in the shared inbox
  • Agent replies appearing in the widget
  • Routing and automation rules that apply like any other channel
What you need

Requirements before you connect.

  • Access to add a script snippet to your website
How it works

From connection to conversation.

Create

Create a website chat inbox in your workspace and copy the widget snippet.

Install

Paste the snippet into your site.

Answer

Visitor messages appear in the shared inbox alongside every other channel.

Follow up

Assign, add notes or open a case, exactly as you would for any conversation.

Limits and what is planned

  • A WordPress plugin is planned. Today you add the snippet to your site yourself.
Questions

About Website live chat on KitoDesk.

Is live chat in the same inbox as WhatsApp and email?

Yes. Every channel feeds one shared inbox with the same assignment, notes and SLA rules.

Do we need a developer to install it?

You need to paste a script snippet into your site, which is usually a small change.

Enough reading, see it live

Answer your website visitors in the same inbox.

Tell us where visitors ask questions today. We will show chat landing in the same queue as everything else.

  • Built around your own workflow
  • Security and rollout questions answered
  • No obligation
app.kitodesk.com / Inbox
Inbox24 open
MineUnassignedAll
MW
Mercy Wanjiru2m
Order 4821 not delivered
WhatsApp
JO
John Otieno9m
Cannot log in to my account
Email
GA
Grace Achieng21m
Thank you for the quick help
Chat
PM
Peter Mwangi1h
Do you open on Sundays?
SMS
FK
Faith Kamau2h
Missed call, returned
Voice
Mercy WanjiruWhatsApp · Support team · Open
SLA 2h 10m
Hi, my order 4821 was meant to arrive yesterday. Where is it?
Hello Mercy, I have your order open. Checking with the courier now.
Private note · Grace W.: courier confirmed, redelivery set for tomorrow
Kito AI suggested reply

Your order 4821 is out for delivery today before 5pm. I have sent the tracking link to your phone. Anything else I can help with?

UseGrace
Your order 4821 is out for delivery today before 5pm. I have sent the tracking link to your phone. Anything else I can help with?Delivered
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Kito Cases / CS-1042
CS-1042 · BillingRefund not received
High
NewIn progressPending customerResolved
Resolution due in3h 12m
68% of SLA used
AssigneePO Peter Otieno
CategoryBilling
SourceWhatsApp
Time logged0h 42m
Timeline
Case created from conversation10:02
Assigned to Billing team10:04
Note: refund under review10:31
SLA at 80% warning sent12:40
Billing teamKito AI