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in the DMs.

Short, practical pieces on customer support for Shopify and WooCommerce stores, written by the team that builds the agents.

Hands on a laptop on a table in a clothing store, with a one-month support bill in front showing two lines, Helpdesk tickets $660 and AI Agent interactions $2,136, for $2,796 (example figures from this post, no vendor branding).

Operations4 November 2026·13 min read

Gorgias Pricing Explained: What It Costs Once AI Is On

The plan table is the easy part. Here is what a 3,000-conversation store pays once the Gorgias AI Agent is switched on, as of October 2026.

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An Instagram DM from Nuvia, a demo store, open on a phone in the Support Fabric inbox: the customer enters a giveaway, then asks where order #1042 is, and the AI agent replies that it is out for delivery with a tracking link (recreated with demo data).

Support3 November 2026·6 min read

Manychat Alternatives for Shopify: Answer Orders in DMs

Already on Manychat? Here is what to add or switch to when your Instagram DMs fill with order, size and stock questions.

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The Support Fabric chats inbox with Instagram DMs and WhatsApp chats from Nuvia in one list, the top two answered by the AI agent at 11:47 PM, and an Instagram DM about order #1042 open beside it (recreated from a demo store).

Support1 November 2026·7 min read

Best AI Chatbots for Instagram and WhatsApp in 2026

Manychat, Respond.io, WATI, Chatfuel, Gorgias and Support Fabric, compared on what a store owner actually decides.

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The Support Fabric chats inbox, where the AI agent answers an Instagram question about order #1042 with the delivery day and a tracking link, with the dashboard's AI resolution and AI response time cards in front and the headline "What is Support Fabric?" (inbox recreated from a demo store).

Operations31 October 2026·9 min read

What is Support Fabric? Facts, channels and who it is for

A done-for-you AI support service for Shopify and WooCommerce brands, in one page of facts, including who should not buy it.

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A person taping a parcel at a packing table, with the Support Fabric chat list in front showing Black Friday Instagram chats answered by the AI agent and labeled for the team (demo store Juniper & Kohl, recreated with demo data).

Operations28 October 2026·12 min read

Black Friday customer support plan for a small team

A dated, week-by-week Black Friday customer support plan for a one to three person ecommerce team, counted backwards from November 27, 2026.

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The Support Fabric chats inbox with Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger chats in one list, and an Instagram DM where the AI agent answers a serum question and sends a checkout link (recreated from a demo store).

Support28 October 2026·17 min read

Gorgias Alternatives for Small Shopify Brands (2026)

Gorgias alternatives come in three kinds: helpdesks you configure, enterprise AI agents, done-for-you services. Pricing verified October 2026.

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The Support Fabric reports card showing 1,500 new conversations and 115 orders last month, and in front of it an Instagram DM where the AI agent answers a sizing question and sends a checkout link, under the headline "1 in 13 chats becomes an order" (recreated from a demo store).

Selling in chat27 October 2026·10 min read

AI chat conversion rate: 1 in 13 chats becomes an order.

One grooming brand we run support for turns 1 in 13 chats into an order. Here is how to work out your own AI chatbot conversion rate.

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Support22 October 2026·4 min read

“Where’s my order?” The question that eats your inbox.

It is the most common message a store gets after the sale. Here is what it costs to answer by hand, and three ways to stop answering it at all.

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