Chat on website

[bluecube]

Hi All,

Hope you can help me out here, i'm looking to incorporate into my website a feature where people can contact me through a chat window direct from my site.

Just wondered if anyone has/has used such a system and if so how usefull have you found it??

Regards

[yourshopping]

You are looking at arounf $30 a month hosted option with liveperson or boldchat.

I use the free version of websitealive.com which is fine. There is no advertising, just your customisation options are a bit more limited.

However if all you want is a basic option this is great, the free version even allows you 2 proactive chat requests per session.

Andrew

[bluecube]

thanks will chech that out

[Sunee]

Or you can host live support on your own server, so you do have an additional monthly bill.

A list of scripts with reviews can be found on:
http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Script...ort/index.html

LiveHelp is a good script, and it is only approx £50 to purchase:
http://livehelp.stardevelop.com/

With LiveHelp, you can install a messenger programme onto your own PC, to monitor the live chat requests.

[richardh]

Pretty sure you can do this with Meebo (ie, use your existing IM client to chat to people on your website).

http://www.meebome.com/

[openmind]

Please whatever you decide don't do what Rackspace do and try an initiate chats with everyone that visits your site. Gets right up my nose