This app helps you build Facebook chatbots without learning how to code

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Ever since Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook was opening up its Messenger platform to incorporate chatbots, analysts have been abuzz about how they’re the future of consumer-business interaction.

Some have even said they’re the new API.

It’s too early to accurately determine what sort of place bots will ultimately take in our lives. But if you run an online business, media company, or any sort of web platform and aren’t actively thinking about incorporating bots, you run the risk of falling behind.

That’s the opportunity Botsify aims to grab. The startup helps you build a Facebook bot without knowing how to code. Think of it as a Wix or Shopify equivalent for AI-powered chat.

“We are focusing on people who don’t know how to code, who know nothing about chatbots and want to increase conversions to their business,” explains Usama Noman, co-founder of Botsify.

As easy as 1,2,3

Usama says the process to create a bot has been kept as simple as possible in order to facilitate users from all backgrounds. The app allows you to create as many bots as you would like and is totally customizable, from the greeting messages to commands.

The only prerequisite to start using Botsify is that you must have an existing Facebook page and the Facebook developer application.

After signing up for an account, which for now is completely free, the app will guide you towards a tutorial which takes you through the entire process.

The next step is to start building templates and use cases. Botsify will assist in programming your bot to respond to certain commands. For example you can train the bot to respond with “hello” every time a user says “hi.”