What is AI customer service? +
It's an AI employee that answers your customers for you. AI1st runs it across four channels — AI Chat on your website, AI Email from your own address, AI SMS on your business number, and AI Voice on your phone line — so customers get an answer in seconds, day or night, without you picking up.
What are the four channels? +
AI Chat answers visitors on your website and captures leads. AI Email replies to customer emails from your own address, in your voice. AI SMS answers texts on a local business number and follows up on missed calls. AI Voice picks up the phone, talks to the caller, and captures the lead. Each one is a separate $10/month subscription, and you can run just one or all four.
How does the AI learn to answer questions about my business? +
From your business information and your FAQ — services, hours, prices, policies — plus the content of your AI1st website. All four channels answer from that same knowledge. When something isn't covered, the AI doesn't guess: it tells the customer a human will follow up and notifies you.
Do I need a new phone number? +
AI SMS comes with a local business number, and you choose it — by city or area code — when you subscribe. AI Voice answers calls on that same number, so one number handles both texts and calls. Your personal number stays private.
What happens when a customer replies STOP? +
They're unsubscribed immediately and automatically, and the AI stops texting that number. It's handled for you — that's a legal requirement for business texting in the US and Canada, not something you have to remember.
Does it support more than one language? +
Yes. AI Chat, AI Email, and AI SMS reply in the language the customer writes in. AI Voice speaks English, French, and Chinese, and callers are told they're speaking with an AI assistant.
How much does AI customer service cost? +
$10/month per channel, or $100/year (two months free). Each subscription includes 10 AI credits per month — 100 per year — which pay for the AI replies and call minutes. Building and previewing your website is free; you only subscribe to the channels you want. Current prices are always shown in your account.
Can I take over a conversation myself? +
Anytime. Every message and call lands in Conversations, where you can read the whole thread and hit Takeover & reply to answer as yourself. The AI steps back, and you can hand it back whenever you like.