Website chat + shared inbox

Free live chat for your website, answered by your whole team

Visitors who have a question right now do not fill in contact forms — they leave. A chat box on your site catches that question while they are still interested, and a shared inbox makes sure someone on your team actually answers it.

No credit card at signup. No trial clock. Your organisation gets its own isolated database.

What you get

Everything a small support team needs, with nothing to pay per agent

Chat Support is one of the modules in ADMINFACE. Switch it on, paste one line of code into your website, and start answering.

One line of code

Copy a single script tag into any website — WordPress, Shopify, Wix, a static site or your own app — just before the closing body tag. No plugin required.

One shared inbox

Every chat lands in one list your team works from. Filter by open, pending or resolved, by agent, by tag or by channel, and search names and message text.

Files both ways

Visitors can send a screenshot or a document, and your team can reply with photos, PDFs and other files, right inside the chat.

Typing indicators

Visitors see when someone is writing back, and your team sees when the visitor is typing, so nobody talks over each other.

Agents and assignment

Agents, supervisors and admins, with manual assignment or automatic round-robin so new chats are shared out fairly.

WhatsApp too, if you want it

Connect your WhatsApp Business number and WhatsApp chats arrive in the same inbox. Optional — website chat works without it.

How it works

From sign-up to your first chat

Most of the time goes on choosing a greeting and a colour.

1

Create your organisation

Sign up free and get your own ADMINFACE workspace. No card and no sales call.

2

Switch on Chat Support

Turn the module on in Settings, then set the widget colour, greeting, button text and working hours.

3

Paste the code

Copy the one-line script into your website. Optionally lock it to your own domains so nobody else can embed it.

4

Answer from the inbox

Add your colleagues as agents. New chats ping them with a bell alert and a phone notification.

Why a chat box beats a contact form

A contact form asks a visitor to write a message, leave, and wait an unknown amount of time for an email. Most people with a quick question will not bother. A chat box changes the deal: they can ask in one line, see that a person is on the other side, and get an answer while they still have the page open.

That matters most for businesses where a single conversation is valuable — a clinic answering appointment questions, a training institute explaining a course, a manufacturer quoting a part, a local service business confirming it covers a postcode. One answered question is often the difference between an enquiry and a bounce.

What the visitor sees

A round chat button sits in the corner of your site, in your colour, on the left or right. Clicking it opens a small window with your greeting. The visitor types their name — and, if they like, an email address or phone number — then their question. From there it is a normal conversation: messages, files, and a "typing…" line when your team is replying.

  • They keep their chat as they browse. Moving to another page on your site reopens the same conversation.
  • They can leave and still get the answer. If a visitor closes the page before you reply and they gave an email address, your reply is emailed to them.
  • Out-of-hours is handled. Set your working days and hours, and outside them the widget shows your away message instead of implying someone is waiting.
  • No cookies, no "powered by" badge. The widget sets no cookies and carries no ADMINFACE branding — it looks like part of your site.
  • In their language. The widget's built-in text follows your organisation's language: English, Hindi, Arabic, French, German or Spanish.

What your team sees

Every conversation appears in the Chat Support inbox within a few seconds. Each chat shows the page the visitor started on, whether they are still on your website or have left, and the full history of messages and files. Working from one list means two people never answer the same customer twice, and a customer is never left waiting because the one person who saw the message went home.

  • Roles: agents answer their own chats (and unassigned ones, if you allow it), supervisors see and assign every chat, and admins manage the settings.
  • Assignment: assign by hand, or turn on round-robin so new chats are shared between agents in turn. Replying to an unassigned chat takes it.
  • Saved replies: type / to insert a saved answer, with the customer's first name filled in.
  • Internal notes and tags: leave a note only your team can see, and tag chats ("billing", "new lead") to find and count them later.
  • Reports: first-reply times, chats per agent, busy hours and tag counts over 7, 30 or 90 days.
Why it is free: ADMINFACE is funded by ads inside the logged-in app on the free plan, not by per-seat or per-agent fees. Chat Support does not use the paid WhatsApp wallet either — that wallet is only for WhatsApp Bulk campaigns. Add as many agents as you have staff.

Website chat and WhatsApp in one place

Many customers would rather message you on WhatsApp than in a browser window. The widget lets you choose: website chat only, WhatsApp only (the button opens WhatsApp on the visitor's phone), or both, so each visitor picks. If you connect your WhatsApp Business number, those conversations arrive in the same inbox as website chats, with a channel filter to tell them apart. WhatsApp's own rule still applies to WhatsApp chats — free-form replies are allowed for 24 hours after the customer's last message — and the inbox shows how long is left.

More than a chat tool

Chat Support lives in the same workspace as the rest of your business: your employees, attendance, leave, tasks, leads and more. Your agents already have logins, so there is no separate user list to keep in sync, and when someone leaves the company, removing their employee account removes their inbox access too.

What it does not do

It is worth being clear about the limits. There is no AI chatbot answering on your behalf — every reply comes from a person on your team. It does not connect Facebook Messenger, Instagram or email inboxes; the channels are your website and WhatsApp. Files shared in chats are kept for 90 days and then deleted automatically, so save anything you need to keep. If you need automated bots, a dozen social channels or a contact-centre SLA, a dedicated paid help-desk product will suit you better.

How we differ

ADMINFACE Chat Support vs typical live chat tools

ADMINFACETypical live chat tool
PriceFreeFree tier, then a monthly fee per agent
Number of agentsAs many as you have staffOften 1–2 on the free tier
Branding on the widgetNoneA "powered by" badge on free plans
File sharingBoth ways, includedSometimes a paid feature
WhatsApp in the same inboxIncluded (your own number)Usually a paid add-on
Also runs your HR, tasks and leadsYes, same workspaceNo — a separate tool

"Typical live chat tool" describes pricing and packaging patterns common across the category — per-agent monthly billing, branding on free tiers and feature limits by plan. Individual products vary; check current terms with any vendor you are comparing.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Is the live chat really free?

Yes. Chat Support is included in the free plan with no per-agent fee and no message limit, and it does not use the paid WhatsApp wallet. The free plan shows ads inside the logged-in ADMINFACE app — never in the chat widget on your website.

Will it work on my website?

If you can add a line of HTML to your pages, yes. That covers WordPress (via a header/footer code setting or theme), Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, static sites and custom-built apps. You paste one script tag before the closing body tag.

Do I need WhatsApp to use it?

No. Website chat works on its own and needs no WhatsApp account. WhatsApp is an optional second channel: connect your WhatsApp Business number if you want those chats in the same inbox.

What do visitors have to fill in?

Only their name. Email and phone number are optional. If they give an email address and leave your website before you reply, your reply is also sent to them by email.

Can my team answer from their phones?

Yes. The inbox works in a mobile browser and in the ADMINFACE app, and agents get a bell alert plus a push notification on their phone when a new message arrives.

Can someone else copy my chat code onto their site?

You can restrict the widget to your own domains, so it refuses to load anywhere else. You can also generate a new code at any time, which switches off every copy of the old one.

Is there a chatbot?

No. Every answer comes from a person on your team. Saved replies with a "/" shortcut make common answers quick, but nothing is sent automatically on your behalf.

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Put a chat box on your website today

Create a free ADMINFACE account, switch on Chat Support and paste one line of code. Add your whole team as agents at no cost.