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A store getting ready for the Q4 season
Black Friday & Q4

How to prepare your store for Black Friday: an 8-week plan

How to prepare your store for Black Friday on 27 November: a calendar from October, a test purchase, a last-day checklist and a Cyber Monday plan.

· 7 min read
Thick binder of printouts on a desk next to a laptop, a magnifying glass and a coral bookmark
Catalog & product content

Online shop FAQ: what to include and where to show it

Build your online shop FAQ from real customer questions. See what to move to the product page, what to keep in the footer and how an FAQ works in chat.

· 5 min read
A customer makes a purchase decision
Trust, returns & GDPR

How to reduce online shop returns, including after Christmas

How to reduce returns: tie reasons to product pages, show your rules before purchase, know the legal deadlines and handle post-holiday gifts.

· 7 min read
Analysis of sales results from conversations
Sales & customer support

How to measure chatbot performance without fooling yourself

How to measure chatbot performance in a shop: chat conversion, revenue from chat, handovers to a human, and what a report can't say about extra sales.

· 5 min read
Product data in an online store catalog
Catalog & product content

Product feed for a chatbot: what to check before import

Product feed for a chatbot: how to check variants, prices, stock and descriptions before import so the bot never promises a size you do not have.

· 5 min read
A clinic reception desk that the bot takes some work off
Services & B2B

Chatbot for a beauty salon: how it takes bookings

A chatbot for a beauty salon answers questions about services and prices and, once set up, books appointments. See how it differs from booking software.

· 5 min read
Laptop with a chat widget in the corner of the screen, coral sticky notes and coffee around it
Sales & customer support

Store chat getting no messages? 7 mistakes to check

Few chats on your online store? 7 mistakes, from a bubble hidden under the cookie banner to a bot that guesses, plus tests for one afternoon.

· 7 min read
A conversation with an AI bot on a shop website
Sales & customer support

AI chatbot hallucinations in a shop: 5 tests before launch

Chatbot hallucinations are confident answers with no basis in shop data. See where they come from and catch them with five tests before launch.

· 5 min read
Packing orders in a small online shop
Sales & customer support

Customer service automation for shops: what to hand a bot

Customer service automation for a small shop: which questions to give a bot, how to hand cases to a human and how to prepare for Black Friday.

· 8 min read
A customer thinks over a purchase in an online shop
Cart & conversion

Abandoned carts: why customers leave and what to check

Abandoned carts come from customers not ready to buy and from those stopped at checkout. Learn to tell them apart, test your checkout and handle emails.

· 5 min read
A florist running her online sales
Sales & customer support

How much does a chatbot cost? AI chatbot pricing guide

How much does an AI chatbot cost for a shop? Subscription vs per-chat fees, setup and your own time, with examples. CartBot is from PLN 50/month + VAT.

· 6 min read
A customer browsing an online shop on her phone in the evening
Sales & customer support

After-hours customer service: a cost check for small shops

After-hours customer service without guesswork. Check when customers really write, then work out if on-call, live chat or a bot pays off.

· 5 min read