No app from the Wix App Market required. Use Wix's built-in Custom Code setting to add BotDesk to every page in about 5 minutes.
Setup in 4 steps
Wix's built-in Custom Code setting does the job. No app install needed.
Before you start: Wix only allows custom code on a site that is published and has a connected domain, which needs a Wix Premium plan. If your site still uses a free wixsite.com address, upgrade and connect your domain first.
The BotDesk side, 36 seconds
Custom Code instead (steps 2 and 3).Create your BotDesk account and type in your website address. BotDesk reads your site and learns your services, hours and common questions on its own, so there's nothing to type in by hand. Pick what you want the bot to do and try it out. Then open the Install tab in your BotDesk dashboard and click Copy your install code. It looks like this:
<script async src="https://botdesk.studio/widget.js" data-api-key="YOUR_API_KEY" data-name="AI Assistant" data-color="#1F5AA8" data-greeting="Hi! ๐ How can I help you today?"></script>
Copy yours from the dashboard instead of typing it: your copy has your own key where this one says YOUR_API_KEY. The code carries your key and a few display settings. Everything else, like what the bot knows, your hours and where leads go, loads from your BotDesk account.
Go to your site's dashboard and click Settings. Then click Custom Code in the Development & integrations section.
The Wix side
Development & integrations. Watch on YouTubeClick + Add Custom Code at the top right and paste your BotDesk code. Give it a name you will recognize, like BotDesk. Under "Add Code to Pages" choose All pages, under "Place Code in" choose Body - end, then click Apply.
If your site has unpublished changes, click Publish. Then open your live site: the chat bubble appears in the bottom corner of every page.
After you install
Open your website and look for the chat bubble in the bottom corner, then ask it a question. You can also open the Install tab in your dashboard, type your website address and click Check if it's live.
When the bot takes a visitor's name and phone number, we email it to you and it also shows in the Leads tab. It goes to the email you signed up with unless you change it: open What your bot does, click Emails to you, and fill in Where should we send new leads?
The Free plan takes up to 3 leads a month. Starter and up take unlimited leads.
Change anything in your dashboard, like what the bot knows, how it looks, the pop-up message or the booking button, and save. Changes reach your site automatically within a few minutes. You don't need to paste the code again. Not seeing a change yet? Do a hard refresh: Ctrl+Shift+R, or Cmd+Shift+R on a Mac.
Your business hours (What your bot knows, then Business info, then Hours) are what the bot tells visitors when they ask if you're open. The team schedule in the Team tab (Growth plan and up) only decides when your staff show as available for live chat. They are separate, so changing one doesn't change the other.
Open What your bot knows, then Business info, and scroll to Hours. Under Closed days and holidays, tap a holiday, use Going on vacation? for a run of dates, or click + Add a closed day. Check that Your time zone is right, then click Save settings. The bot will tell visitors you're closed on those days.
Send us your website address and we'll help you get it live by email, free.
Someone else runs your website? Open Install on your site in your BotDesk dashboard and click Email steps to my web person. Or email hello@botdesk.studio. We'll reply by email within 24 hours.
FAQ
Yes. Wix's built-in Custom Code feature (Settings > Custom Code) lets you paste any embed code, including BotDesk's, without installing an app.
Yes. Wix only lets you add custom code to a site that is published and has a connected domain, and connecting a domain requires a Wix Premium plan. A free site on a wixsite.com address can't use Custom Code.
Yes. Set the code to load on "All pages" in the Custom Code settings and the BotDesk chat appears site-wide.
Yes. Change your bot in the BotDesk dashboard any time: changes reach your site automatically within a few minutes, with no need to paste the code again. To take it down, remove the code from Wix Settings. One thing to know: if you switch your Wix site to a different domain, Wix deletes your custom code, so paste the BotDesk code in again afterwards.
Get Started
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