What's new
All new features, newest first. The project started on 6 July 2026. The chat assistant has been on a live store since 9 September 2026 and the search since 13 September 2026.
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Popular products in the search box
When shoppers click the search box they see up to 8 popular products with image, price and "Add to cart". Chosen automatically from 30-day sales, clicks and views, or by hand. An "In high demand" badge only on real best sellers.
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"Find the perfect gift" quiz
Four questions (who, occasion, interests, budget), then the shopper sees gifts within their price range. It also appears inside the search window.
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The chat assistant suggests products from search
HachiChat searches the catalog with ThunderBar and answers with the right products, price, photo and link. For example "a cross for a boy under €80".
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WooCommerce plugin
Product feed with variations, categories, brands and EAN, plus the search window on the store. In final testing on a live store.
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A second live store
A store with about 5,300 active products and their photos, moved from preview to live for all visitors.
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HachiChat assistant in every plan
Answers visitors 24/7 in any language. HachiChat Starter free with every plan, Standard in Pro, Pro in Enterprise and Custom.
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Barcode scanning with the camera
On mobile, shoppers scan a box barcode and find the same product in the store.
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Campaign landing pages
Pages like "Gifts under €100" or "Sale only", with a banner and products that update themselves. Ready for ads and newsletters.
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Service status page and SLA
All services are checked every 5 minutes, with a public status page.
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Users with roles
Dashboard access for the whole team, with permissions such as "View only".
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Login protection
Account lock after 5 wrong passwords and a limit on attempts per connection, so nobody can guess passwords.
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Recommendations and alternatives for sold-out items
"You may also like" on product pages. On sold-out products, in-stock alternatives and a link next to the buy button.
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Understanding whole phrases with AI
"For my wife under €80" becomes filters: women, up to €80. The shopper sees "Understood:" and can remove any of them.
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Any platform with a feed and one line of code
Shopify, PrestaShop, Magento or your own system: the catalog is read from the feed you already have for Google or Facebook.
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Your catalog in ChatGPT and Google
Ready feeds for Google Merchant and ChatGPT, plus an MCP server so AI assistants can search your store.
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Learns from clicks, sold-out items last
Products shoppers pick for a search move up. In-stock products always come first.
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Load test with 45,000 products
Keyword and AI search in 120–155 ms, and 25–40 ms when the same search has run before.
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AI on dedicated resources
The AI service runs permanently on its own resources, for steady speed from the first search of the day.
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Image search and "See similar"
Shoppers upload a photo and see products that look alike. On every result, one click brings similar designs and colours.
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Filters, sorting and a results page
Size, colour, price, category and a full results page inside the store theme.
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Analytics and revenue from search
What shoppers search for, what they cannot find, which searches bring orders and how much revenue.
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Rules, synonyms and personalisation
Pin and hide products per term with dates, synonyms, and results that adapt to each visitor.
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Hybrid search: keywords and AI
Two engines together: one for exact words and codes, one that understands meaning. With Greeklish, typos and voice search.
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Search on a live store
The first version of the smart search went live on a jewellery store with its full catalog.
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The chat assistant on a live store
The chat assistant (now HachiChat) went live on a jewellery store with its full product catalog, answering shoppers with products, prices and links.
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Project start
Development of the smart search and the chat assistant begins at INWEBPRO.