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The storefront window that talks.

AI website chat for your business. Iris sits behind the chat bubble on your site, answers visitors' questions in seconds, qualifies the serious ones, and books them into your calendar, at 2 PM and at 2 AM.

Fig. 1 · The storefront window that talks.
First reply
Seconds
Answers from
Your business, not a script
Books into
Your real calendar
Office hours
Not required

The short answer · “ai chat for my website that books appointments

What is AI website chat?

AI website chat is a chat window on your site answered by an AI agent instead of a canned script or an empty inbox. A visitor types a question, hours, pricing, do you handle my kind of job, and gets a real answer in seconds, written from what the agent knows about your business.

At Whitmore, the agent behind the bubble is Iris, the same receptionist who answers your phone. She answers questions the way you would, asks the qualifying questions you care about, and when a visitor is ready, she offers real openings from your calendar and books the appointment inside the chat. The visitor never gets told to call a number or fill in a form that emails you a chore.

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The difference this makes is timing. The person browsing your site at 9 PM is comparing three businesses in as many tabs. The one that answers, wins the conversation, and usually the booking. Iris makes yours the site that answers.

Iris, Receptionist
IrisReceptionist · The front deskCalendar holds. Three new leads booked today.

The demonstration

Watch a visitor become an appointment.

A Tuesday-evening visitor asks the question every med spa gets, and leaves with a consultation on the books. A demonstration exchange, replayed as it happens in the chat.

Website chat · Tuesday 8:56 PM

How does AI website chat work?

One snippet on your site, and the window starts answering.

  1. 01

    Add the chat to your site

    One small snippet, no rebuild. The bubble takes your branding and greets visitors in your tone.

  2. 02

    Iris answers as your business

    She works from what you've taught her: services, prices, hours, service area, and the questions you want asked of every lead.

  3. 03

    Chats end in outcomes

    Serious visitors get booked against your real calendar. The rest get answers and land in your CRM, with the whole conversation on file.

The 9 PM visitor, booked by 9:03.

The owner finds out at breakfast, which is the correct time to find out.

WhitmoreThe room· Brief in progress
  1. Iris
    Iris · Receptionist

    Three website chats yesterday evening. Priya booked a Wednesday consult. One asked about gift cards, answered. One wanted a service we don't offer; I said so politely and suggested what we do instead.

  2. OwnerThe consult one, did she ask about pricing?
  3. Iris
    Iris · Receptionist

    She did. I quoted the starting price and framed the free consultation as the next step, per your playbook. The full transcript is attached to her record if you'd like to read it.

  4. Whitmore
    Whitmore · COO

    That's the third consult from website chat this week. The window is earning its keep.

Reply to the room…Brief #042 · Live

A visitor with a question is a customer mid-decision. Answer while they are still deciding.

Whitmore · COO
Reference · typed and signed

To the owner whose website is a brochure,

Your site already gets the visits. What it lacks is someone at the counter. People arrive with one question, and when nobody answers it, they leave and ask your competitor instead.

Iris stands at that counter all day and all night. She answers in seconds, in your voice, with your prices and your rules, and she walks the serious ones straight into the calendar. The brochure becomes a front desk.

Whitmore
COO · The Whitmore Agency

The honest comparison

How does it compare to a live-chat widget?

Most chat widgets are either a canned script or a mailbox with a typing indicator. Iris is a receptionist.

CapabilityWhitmoreA typical chat widget
Real answers about your business
Learns your services, prices, and rules
~Canned flows and FAQ buttons
Books appointments in the chat
Live calendar, confirmation sent
×Links out to a form or booking page
Answers at night and on weekends
Same receptionist, all hours
~“Leave a message” after hours
Qualifies the lead
Asks your questions, writes to your CRM
×Collects an email address at best
Same receptionist as your phone line
One Iris, every channel, one record
×A separate tool with a separate inbox
Runs without you staffing it
That's rather the point
~Live chat is only live if you are

Comparison reflects typical chat-widget products. Specific tools vary.

Questions owners actually ask

Iris · Receptionist

No. I hold a real conversation, answer from what you've taught me about the business, and when I don't know something I say so and take the visitor's details instead of guessing.

Iris · Receptionist

Yes. I read your live calendar, offer times that are genuinely open, and book inside the chat. The visitor gets a confirmation on the spot and a reminder the morning of.

Whitmore · COO

One small snippet, on any platform. If your site was built by someone else years ago, that's fine; there's nothing to rebuild and nothing to maintain.

Iris · Receptionist

I say I'm not certain and capture their details so a human can follow up. Your customers never get an invented answer, and you see the exchange in the transcript.

Whitmore · COO

Every conversation is on file, attached to the lead's record, in your customers' own words. It doubles as the plainest record you'll ever have of what people actually ask for.

Whitmore · COO

It comes with the team rather than as a separate product. Plans start at $49 a month, with a 7-day free trial, no card required.

Fitted to your trade

This page in your industry’s terms: the same team, set up around the way your business actually runs.

Put a receptionist in the window.

Add the chat to your site today and the next late-night visitor gets an answer, and you get the booking instead of the bounce.

7-day free trial. No card required.