Difficulty: Intermediate | Time: 8 min | Tier: Business+
Business Tier Feature
Chat Flows are available on Business ($179/mo) and above. Compare plans
Chat Flows let you build automated conversation paths for your website's chat widget. When a visitor starts a chat, the flow can greet them, ask qualifying questions, collect their email, and route them to the right team member — all before a human needs to respond.
Steps
- Navigate to Communicate > Chat > Flows from the sidebar.
- Click New Flow to open the visual flow builder.
- Add a Greeting Node — this is the first message the visitor sees. Write a friendly welcome like “Hi there! How can we help you today?”
- Add Quick Reply Options — buttons the visitor can click, such as “I have a question,” “I want a demo,” or “Pricing info.”
- Connect each option to the next step: another message, a Collect Email node, or a Route to Agent node.
- Use Conditions to branch based on answers. For example, if the visitor says “pricing,” send them the pricing article link. If they say “demo,” route to your sales team.
- Add a Fallback path for unexpected responses — typically routes to Sally AI or a live agent.
- Click Save & Activate. The flow applies to your chat widget immediately.
Tip
Keep flows short — 3 to 4 steps maximum before routing to a human. Visitors abandon long automated conversations. The goal is qualification, not interrogation.
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