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Modern, Facebook Messenger - Facebook Messenger for your website, chat with visitors

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Website is down. Looking forward to learning more when back up and running
Maker
back up - had some really strange "caching" issues today, anyhow all resolved, thank good for being fast :) please let me know if we can help
Doesn't work
Maker
what didn't work for you, could you be a little more clear :)
I might need to add this to my site, very cool
Maker
thanks! and please let us know how we can help - it'll only improve :)
Very cool! What do you think about translating?
Maker
Hey what are you thinking? we currently offer the ability to change text inside the message box to any language you desire :)
I do not get it, yet. All it does no matter where I click is sending me to messenger.com and the respective vanity, that is it. It even sends me there when I do not click on the message link, because the whole widget area ".fb-messenger-widget-message" is triggering the same action, no matter if you click on an actionable link, CTA appearing link or just somewhere. What is the point?
Maker
Andreas, whats the point to chat with visitors using Facebook Messenger? I didn't quite catch your questions - we're working on making a lot of improvements to the widget over the next few weeks and a lot more functionality along with automation. Please let me know if I can help you understand anything else, have a great one!
No, what is the point in the widget doing nothing but pointing to a rigid URL? I mean, I can always create a link pointing to a specific FB messenger URL. Maybe it is not working as expected on my side, because all the widget does is always open a new tab to a hard URL, there is no dialogue on the page, just opening a messenger tab. I'd totally like to have a messenger chat interface straight on the page, but I just get pointed to a messenger URL.
Maker
Andreas, cool feedback - however keep in mind this is the first version and we're already working on version 2 which will do a lot of this and will change the way you communicate with customers :)
Good work, but it somehow doesnt work on my website: , could you solve the bug ?
Maker
Hey I'm on it :) notified the team and this should get resolved asap - thanks for pointing it out!
Maker
hey it works now :) go test on your website :)
Just started using this on our website, . Pretty slick.
On mobile ios in product hunt app web view i clicked the chat popup on the site and nothing happened.. Do i need messenger app or am i missing something?
Maker
we're working on improving mobile functionality - should have it all working end to end by end of next week so feel free to test it out then and should work flawlessly
Gave this a shot today -- it's still a bit buggy (the angular errors out a lot when moving around the dashboard). Tried the automation a bit -- it's testable but very buggy. It's also not intuitive on how to send that out to your visitors. Overall it's a nice idea, but the execution is lacking a bit. It would be nicer to imbed the messenger into the site (like intercom) instead of popping out the window. Also, while probably a FB Messenger limitation, when people want to chat with us, I don't want to show them all their personal conversations -- but keep them focused in on our conversation. Good MVP though! Keep up the revisions!
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