Shops and boutiques

Answers before people walk in.

An independent shop whose customers ask the same few questions before they visit. The assistant answers them from the shop’s own pages, in the visitor’s language, at any hour.

Sunlit home and lifestyle shop with a visitor browsing the shelves
✦Can I return this if it doesn’t fit?

Yes. Unused items can be returned within 30 days with the receipt. Our Returns page explains how.

Returns and exchanges · From approved content
♧The Corner StoreHome and lifestyle shop

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Ask the questions this business gets every day. Links open the pages a visitor would land on.

✦The Corner Store

Invented example. The Corner Store is not a real business. The questions and answers show how SourceKB works; this page shows no made-up results.

01

The business

The Corner Store sells linen, stoneware, plants and small gifts from a shop in the old town. Two owners run it with a part-time assistant on Saturdays.

Their website already has a product catalogue, opening hours, a returns policy and a contact page. Even so, most people phone or send a message before they come in, and the questions are nearly always the same.

02

The questions they kept getting

By phone, by email and at the counter, in their customers’ own words.

03

What they gave SourceKB

Content they already had. Nothing new was written for the assistant.

Opening hours and contact page

Address, hours and how to reach the shop.

Collection pages

Linen, stoneware and plant care, with colours and sizes.

Returns and exchanges

The 30-day returns policy, word for word.

Gift-wrapping and delivery FAQ

What the shop offers at the counter and by post.

04

The answers they approved

The Corner Store checked and approved each answer before any visitor saw it. Here are a few.

Visitor asksCan I return this if it doesn’t fit?
From Returns and exchanges

Yes. Unused items can be returned within 30 days with the receipt. Our Returns page explains how.

Visitor asksDo you gift-wrap?
From Gift-wrapping and delivery FAQ

Yes, gift-wrapping is free in the shop. Ask at the counter when you pay.

Visitor asksDo you have the linen throws in other colours?
From Collection pages

Our linen throws come in sand, sage and charcoal. Stock changes daily, so check the product page before you visit.

05

What it doesn’t do

The limits matter as much as the answers.

No live stock

It never says an item is in stock right now. “Is the green vase still available?” gets pointed to the product page or the shop’s phone number.

No orders or payment

It doesn’t take orders, reserve items or handle payment. The online shop and the counter do that.

No personal details

It doesn’t ask for names, emails or phone numbers in the chat.

Says when it doesn’t know

A question with no approved answer gets an honest “I don’t have that” and the contact form, with the question already filled in.

06

Is this you?

If most of these sound familiar, SourceKB is likely a good fit.

  • Visitors ask the same handful of questions before they come in.
  • The answers are already on your website, spread over several pages.
  • You’d rather spend the afternoon with customers than on the phone.
  • Some of your visitors write in German, French or Italian.
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