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Add an AI chatbot to Shopify in minutes.
Short answer
The AI Lead Responder from Paramount Exposure is the chat widget this page installs. On Shopify the install line goes into your theme's layout file: Online Store → Themes → Edit code → theme.liquid, pasted on the line above </body>. Save, and the chat widget is on every storefront page, answering inquiries in under 60 seconds, in your voice, and sending people to your booking link. It never books, and it never touches checkout.
What you need
Two things, and five minutes.
- Your site key
- Issued by the setup form after checkout. It is the only thing in the install line that is yours; everything else is the same for every site.
- Access on Shopify
- A theme you own: any free theme, or a paid theme you have purchased (Shopify does not allow code edits on a trial of a paid theme). Staff access to Online Store → Themes.
The install line
One line, pasted once.
On Shopify it goes in theme.liquid, before </body>. It loads the chat widget after your content and nothing else.
<script src="https://www.paramountexposure.com/r.js" data-site="YOUR-SITE-KEY" async></script>
YOUR-SITE-KEY with your key, or copy the line from your setup form, which already has it.The clicks on Shopify
theme.liquid, before </body>.
Labels as Shopify writes them, read from Shopify: Edit theme code. If a menu has been renamed since, that article shows the current name.
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Get your site key
Buy the AI Lead Responder ($497 once). The setup email carries a link to a three-minute form; it hands back the install line with your site key in it.
- 02
Back up the theme
From your Shopify admin go to Online Store → Themes. On your current theme click the … menu and choose Duplicate, so you can restore the original in one click.
- 03
Open the code editor
On the current theme click the … menu again and choose Edit code.
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Open theme.liquid
In the left file list open the Layout folder and click theme.liquid (or press Cmd/Ctrl + P and type theme.liquid).
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Paste before </body>
Scroll to the bottom of the file, find </body>, and paste the install line on the line directly above it. Click Save.
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Check the storefront
Open your store in a new tab. The Message us button sits bottom-right on every page served by the theme.
Someone else runs your site?
Send these steps to your web person.
A short note with the line, where it goes on Shopify, the steps and a link back to this page. The email button opens it in your own mail app, addressed to nobody until you fill in the name; the copy button gives you the longer version with every step written out, for a ticket or a message.
What happens after
It answers in under 60 seconds and sends people to your booking link. It never books.
From the moment the line is live, every inquiry typed into the Message us panel is answered in your voice, from the brief you wrote, around the clock. The responder qualifies the person with at most two of your questions per reply and sends them to your booking link; they pick the slot on your own calendar tool. Each conversation is emailed to you and listed in your dashboard, where you can change what it knows or pause it in one click. Your phone lines stay exactly as they are.
Prefer us to do the install? Reply to the setup email and we do it within 48 hours; the manual install is included.
Questions
Shopify, answered.
Will a theme update remove it?
It can. Shopify drops code edits when you update to a new copy of a theme, and a new theme has its own theme.liquid. After either, paste the line again; it takes a minute.
Does it show on the checkout pages?
No. Shopify's checkout does not run theme.liquid, so the chat widget appears on the storefront pages (home, collections, products, blog, contact) and not during checkout.
Is there a Shopify app instead?
Not yet. The install line is the whole integration; there is nothing to add from the App Store. An app listing is on the list of marketplaces to file, and this page will say so when it exists.
Where does the site key come from?
From the setup form. After the $497 checkout, the setup email carries one link; the form behind it asks five questions in your own words and hands back the install line with your key already in it. The key identifies your site and works on the domain you gave in the form, including its subdomains.
Does it book the appointment?
No. It qualifies the person, answers from the brief you wrote and sends them to your booking link. They pick the slot on your own calendar tool. The responder never books for you, and it never gives legal, medical or financial advice.
Will the line slow my site down?
No. The script is about 12 KB, loads with the async attribute after your own content, and nothing on your page waits for it. Visitors see a small Message us button bottom-right; the chat panel opens only when they click it.
How do I know it is working?
Open any page of your site after publishing and look for the Message us button bottom-right. Send yourself a test inquiry. The reply arrives in under 60 seconds, and a copy of the conversation lands in your notification inbox and in your dashboard.
How do I take it down or pause it?
Remove the line and it is gone. To pause without touching your site, open the dashboard and click pause; the button disappears and comes back when you resume.
What does it cost?
$497 once. No retainer, no subscription; up to 500 conversations a month is included. If the responder is not live within the published window it is refunded in full on request, per the terms, and the $497 credits toward any larger Paramount install within 30 days.
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Live within minutes of your setup form.
$497 once. No retainer, no subscription, refundable per the terms if it is not live within the published window.
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