MeSh (Messaging + Shopping)

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  Buy your dream product in a faster way

Inspiration

I like to participate in various competitions, in this pandemic situation Facebook Hackathon is creating a good opportunity to utilize my free time. This is my first Facebook Hackathon. From this hackathon, I learned a lot of new things, such as how to create a chatbot and how to connect it to a Facebook page. And also it gives me an opportunity to show my idea on a global platform.

What it does

This is the idea which can change the shopping experience on Facebook. I think one more option needs in the Facebook nav bar which is “Facebook Shops”(FS). Facebook Shop is a global platform where all shops will register under “Facebook Shops”(means all e-commerce Facebook pages). And all shops are independent, they can do their work in their own way. But Facebook shopbot will help the customer who wants to buy their dream product with the best quality and faster way.

The bot connected all the e-commerce pages. Where customers gave rating the product - good product gain good rating and lower quality product gain low rating. So we find which product is good and which is bad.

For example, If any user comes “Facebook Shops” page and open the message icon and say “buy pencil” or “pencil” then the bot returns the best quality pencil which is produced by different company (e-commerce Facebook pages). From here user can buy their product directly.

It saves our time because we do not need to go on different pages, we can find our all needed product with an assistant in a single bot who assists us with which product is best and which one we want to buy.

How I built it

First I create a Facebook page whose name is “Face_Book Shops”. Then, The help of “Chatfuel” I create a demo chatbot. Here I am using the two most interesting features this is “Automate” and “Set Up AI” and also using “Quick Reply”. Here I set some products in AI chatbot and trained it using different words. At last, I connect the chatbot to the page.

Challenges I ran into

The main challenge is to create a chatbot. Because this is the first time where I going to create a chatbot. So, I direct jump on google and make a couple of searches. Then, I find “Chatfuel” and give some time to learn it and how to build a chatbot using it. And finally, I have done it. Then, occur another problem, which is my Facebook page chatbot could not work. It takes some time to fix it. Then I find the problem, the funny thing is I do not connect the chatbot with my Facebook page. Then connect it, and it works properly.

Accomplishments that I'm proud of

After creating the bot when I test it I feel excited. All property is warking well. If the idea will be selected and billion of people will use it then it will make me more proud.

What I learned

I always try to learn something new. Facebook Hackathon gives me an opportunity to learn new things. For this hackathon, I learn a lot. For the first time, I am successful to build a chatbot that helps people. Then, I became acquainted with a new platform name “Chatfuel” and I also learn how to connect it with my Facebook page after creating my bot.

What's next for MeSh (Messaging + Shopping)

Short-Term target: Connect to bot all the giant e-commerce Facebook pages(Shops). Long-Term target: Connect to bot all e-commerce Facebook pages.

Built With

• automate
• chatfuel
• coffee
• googlesearch
• setupai