Shopping Bots for Retail Industry: Look at the Top 5 Retail Bots for 2022

Many brands and retailers have turned to shopping bots to enhance various stages of the customer journey

Many brands and retailers have turned to shopping bots (retail bots) to enhance various stages of the customer journey. Retail bots are the AI bots that complete specific tasks. Watch out for the top 5 retail bots for 2022. 

1. Shopify Messenger

Shopify Messenger is a pretty well-known bot in e-commerce. This bot aspires to make the customer's shopping journey easier and faster. Shoppers can browse a brand's products, get product recommendations, ask questions, make purchases and checkout, and get automatic shipping updates all through Facebook Messenger. They don't even have to leave the app.

2. Kik Bot Shop

Kik Bot Shop allows brands to customize what kind of bot they want to use to interact with their specific audience. For example, Sephora's Kik Bot sends users beauty videos and tutorials and then helps shoppers find the products used in those tutorials on Sephora.com. Their bot will also send product ratings and reviews to in-store shoppers curious about a new product.

3. MobileMonkey

About 75% of consumers are comfortable receiving SMS messages from brands as long as they are opt-in to messaging themselves, and 59% of people would like to communicate via programs already built into their phones, rather than downloading multiple apps. MobileMonkey offers brands a quick and easy way to communicate with their shoppers via text message.

4. Cybersole 

Limited edition drops are becoming way more popular today. This is especially true for sneaker brands. Cybersole is a bot that helps sneakerheads quickly snag the latest limited edition shoes before they sell out at over 270+ retailers. The customer can create tasks for the bot and never have to worry about missing out on new kicks again. No more pitching a tent and camping outside a physical store at 3 am.

5. NexC

NexC is basically a personal shopper. A shopper tells the bot what kind of product they're looking for, and NexC quickly uses AI to scan the internet and find matches for the person's request. Then, the bot narrows down all the matches to the top three best picks. They'll send those three choices to the customer along with pros and cons, ratings and reviews, and corresponding articles.