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AI Chatbot Development

A chatbot that actually knows your business — your products, your policies, your systems — instead of a generic widget bolted onto your site.

01 The problem

Plug-and-play chatbot widgets are easy to install and hard to trust — most know only what's in a short FAQ list, can't check real order or account status, and hand off to a human the moment a question gets specific. Customers notice quickly, and the tool ends up doing more harm than good to the support experience.

The generic tools also tend to charge per-seat or per-conversation pricing that scales awkwardly as usage grows, without ever really solving the underlying limitation of shallow, unintegrated answers.

For a chatbot to actually resolve things — checking an order, updating a preference, answering from your real product docs — it needs real integration with your systems, which most off-the-shelf widgets simply don't offer at any price tier.

02 How we solve it

We build chatbots grounded in your actual product information, policies, and — where useful — account or order data via direct integration, so it can resolve real requests instead of just answering generic FAQs.

We design clear escalation to a human for anything sensitive or outside scope, with full conversation context passed along, so customers never have to repeat themselves to a second person.

Because it's your own codebase, there's no per-seat pricing ceiling or platform lock-in — the chatbot scales with your business the same way any other software you own does, and you can extend it with new capabilities without a vendor's permission.

03 Sample workflow

What shipping this actually looks like.

01

Map common questions + requests

We identify what customers actually ask and what needs real system access versus what's just informational.

02

Scope + fixed quote

A written scope and firm price, typically within two business days.

03

Build + integrate

We connect the chatbot to your product data and relevant systems.

04

Test against real conversations

We run it against realistic customer questions before launch.

05

Launch + monitor

The chatbot goes live with logging so you can see what's working.

06

Expand scope over time

Once the core flow is proven, we add handling for less common requests based on real usage.

Tools we typically useLLM providers grounded in your data, Your CRM/order/product systems, Website or app embed, Conversation logging + handoff routing
TimelineMost chatbot builds ship in 1–3 weeks depending on integration needs.
PricingChatbot builds typically run $2,500–$8,000, depending on how many systems it needs direct access to.
04 FAQ

Common questions.

Can it check real order or account information?

Yes, where we integrate with the relevant system — that's usually what separates a useful chatbot from a generic FAQ widget.

What happens with questions it can't answer?

It escalates to a human with full conversation context, so the customer doesn't have to repeat themselves.

Is pricing per conversation or per seat?

No — since it's your own codebase, there's no per-seat or per-conversation platform fee scaling against you.

Can it work across our website and other channels?

We scope this based on where your customers actually reach out — website, app, or other channels — rather than assuming one channel fits every business the same way.

How do you keep it from giving wrong answers?

We ground responses in your real product data and policies rather than letting the model answer from general knowledge alone.

Can we add more capabilities to it later?

Yes — because you own the codebase, adding a new capability is a normal development task, not a request to a vendor's roadmap or a wait for a feature release.

Does it support multiple languages?

We scope this based on your customer base during discovery — modern language models handle multiple languages well, so it's usually a configuration decision rather than a major engineering lift.

How quickly does it respond?

Response time depends on the complexity of what it's checking, but for most product and policy questions it's near-instant — the main latency comes from live lookups against external systems, which we optimize during the build.

Can it hand off smoothly if a customer prefers a human from the start?

Yes — we always build a visible, easy path to a human agent rather than forcing every customer through the bot first, since some customers simply prefer that and fighting it hurts the experience.

Can it start a conversation proactively, not just respond?

We can build proactive messaging — for example, following up on an abandoned cart or a stalled signup — as part of the scope, though we're careful to design it so it feels helpful rather than intrusive.

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