Setup
How do I customize Chatref for my print on demand store?
Customizing Chatref for your print-on-demand store starts by uploading your product info, policies, and FAQs so the AI chatbot for ecommerce answers grounded in your own knowledge. Brand the customer service chat widget, set up custom actions for order tracking, share the inbox with your team, and add multilingual support to serve global customers.
Build your store’s knowledge base
Add the content your print on demand customers ask about most. Upload PDF order guides, sizing charts, shipping policies, and return instructions directly into Chatref. The agent pulls answers from those docs, so responses reflect your exact store details, not generic guesses. The same knowledge works across every language and channel you activate later.
Style the widget to match your store
Head to your Chatref agent’s widget settings to set a primary color that matches your brand palette. Paste the single line of embed code onto your site to place the customer service chat widget where visitors need it. You can also configure greeting messages and the widget’s position so it feels like a native part of your store, not a pop-up tool.
Automate order inquiries with custom actions
Create custom actions that collect key details without making the visitor leave the chat. For a print on demand store, common flows include “Where’s my order?” where the chatbot asks for an order ID, or size and design questions that gather product preferences. The action can tag the conversation and hand it to your team through the shared inbox, or trigger a follow-up email, all inside one thread.
Manage chats together with a shared inbox
When a question goes beyond what the AI can resolve, your support team can watch live and take over the same conversation. The shared inbox shows the full chat history, collected details from custom actions, and the customer’s context. That means no repeating information. For print on demand support, this lets you jump in on complex issues like custom artwork approvals while the bot handles common FAQs.
Support customers in their language
If you sell to different regions, turn on multilingual support. Chatref automatically detects a visitor’s browser language and responds in that language using the same knowledge base you built. It supports up to 11 languages, so your sizing guides, shipping policy, and chatbot experience stay consistent for an English buyer or a Spanish customer alike, without manual translation.
FAQ
How to personalize Chatref for my store
Upload your unique content (product descriptions, returns policies, sizing charts) so the agent learns your business. Then set the widget’s primary color and greeting to match your brand. You can also configure custom actions that reflect your store’s most common customer journeys, like order lookups or design requests.
Steps to customize Chatref
- Add your documents and website URLs in the Chatref agent dashboard.
- Open the widget tab and pick your brand color, position, and welcome text.
- Build one or two custom actions that collect order IDs or preferences.
- Invite team members to the shared inbox so they can step in on tricky questions.
- Enable multilingual support if you sell internationally.
Using Chatref for brand consistency
The same brand color you set in the widget travels across every chat, whether on desktop or mobile. Custom actions use your store’s naming (like “Track my print order”) instead of generic labels. When you keep your knowledge base updated, the agent’s voice stays aligned with how you describe your products, and every language version draws from the same original content, so your tone never drifts.
Put this into practice
Chatref answers your customers from your own content, day and night. Add it to your site and go live in minutes – free to start.