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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Your site's colours and font, automatically
The search window, results page and quiz pick up your site's font and the colour of your buy button on their own. No custom CSS, and you can still change anything in the settings.
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Results with your theme's product cards
On OpenCart the results page and category pages use the same product card as the rest of the site (image, buttons, hover, columns), with no separate design work. Plus a price slider filter.
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Category pages and new product cards
On OpenCart, each category list can come from ThunderBar, sorted by "Popular". Collapsible filters with search inside long lists and "More". On product cards: available colours, in-stock sizes on hover and a "NEW" badge.
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Grey inline completion in the search box
The shopper types "brac" and sees "bracelets" in grey inside the same box, from the store's popular searches. Tab or → to accept, one tap on mobile.
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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.