Product recommendations

Suggest products that fit, instead of showing a list of bestsellers

People who know what they need something for, but not what it's called, struggle to find the right item. The chatbot asks a follow-up question, searches the catalogue and suggests a few products that genuinely fit.

  • Recommendations from your live catalogue
  • Follow-up answers from your product data
  • Gaps visible in the analytics
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Two suggestions instead of a hundred hits
RecommendationsOnline
  1. looking for secateurs as a gift for my dad, around 40 euros
  2. Recommendations
    Happy to help! Does your dad mostly cut flowers and thin shoots, or thicker branches?
  3. branches mostly, he has lots of fruit trees
  4. Recommendations
    Then these two would suit him well:
    Bypass secateurs Profi 22For green branches up to 2.5 cm€39.90
    Anvil secateurs RobustFor dry, hard wood€34.50
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Shopware shop for garden supplies, Thursday, 8:34 pm

Pruning shears cutting a stem on a plant
The situation

A present, but which one?

Thursday, 20:30. A man is looking for a birthday present for his father, who has a big garden and has been complaining about his old secateurs for years. Budget around 40 euros. The garden shop has bypass secateurs, anvil secateurs, loppers and rose pruners. The son doesn't know the difference.

The home page shows bestsellers and the deals of the week. None of that answers his question. In the end he buys a pair with lots of stars that turns out too small for his father's thick branches.

A good recommendation would have started with a question: what does your father mostly cut? That's exactly what a chatbot can do when it knows your catalogue and product texts.

In detail

What you get

From a described need to the right product

Customers rarely describe an item. They describe a situation: a present, a problem, a budget. The bot searches your catalogue for what's described and shows the results as product cards with image, price and buy button.

With the Shopware or Shopify connection it searches the catalogue live. In Shopware it also knows what's in stock right now and won't suggest an item that has been sold out for weeks.

  • Search by description, budget and features
  • Results as product cards
  • Shopware stock levels taken into account

Asking before recommending

If a question is too open, the bot asks a follow-up, for example about size, intended use or price range. For typical buying situations you can also set this up in advance: in the Flow Builder you build a short sequence with buttons, such as “Who is it for?” and “What's your budget?”. After that, the AI handles open questions again.

Follow-up questions about a suggested product are answered from your product data and descriptions. Whether accessories are needed, how an item fits, what's in the box.

Where recommendations reach their limits

The bot only recommends from what's in your catalogue and texts. If the description doesn't say what branch thickness a pair of secateurs is made for, it can't know. It says so rather than making something up.

Whether a spare part really fits a particular appliance is best confirmed by someone who knows. In those cases the bot hands over to your team.

  • No invented features
  • No discounts that aren't in your data
  • Handover for compatibility and special cases

Turning open questions into better product texts

The analytics show which questions come up most and which ones the bot couldn't answer. If people keep asking about maximum cutting capacity and it isn't stated anywhere, you know which product text needs one more line. Every addition makes the next recommendation better.

How it works

How to prepare good recommendations

No coding, no IT project. Live in under 3 minutes.

  1. 01

    Connect your catalogue

    Connect Shopware or Shopify so the bot searches your products live.

  2. 02

    Define advice questions

    Build a short flow with buttons for common buying situations. Add buying guides and comparison tables as extra sources.

  3. 03

    Test and improve

    Run through typical customer requests in the Playground. After launch, use the unanswered questions in the analytics to fill gaps in product texts.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Answers to the questions we hear most often about this topic.

How does the bot know what suits the customer?

From what the customer writes in the chat and from your product data. It matches the two and asks a follow-up when the description is too vague.

Can I have certain products recommended first?

The bot looks for what fits the question. If you describe in your sources or in a flow which products suit which purpose, it uses that information in its answer.

Does the bot recommend accessories too?

Yes, if a customer asks or your product data says an accessory belongs with it. It answers from your descriptions.

What if my product descriptions are short?

Then the recommendations will be general too. The bot doesn't add information from the internet. Start by filling in the items people ask about most.

Does this work for customers abroad?

Yes. The bot replies in the language the customer writes in, even if your product data is in German.

Question not on the list? Write to us or give us a call. You will hear back from our team in Dortmund, not from the bot.Get in touch
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Create a free assistant, connect your catalogue and ask the Playground for a present for someone you know.

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