Automation integration
Answer customers in real time with Intercom live chat.
Add Intercom live chat to your Ordering.co website so visitors and customers can get real-time support from your team while they order.
Intercom handles the conversation. Ordering.co runs the order.
Intercom gives your team a place to talk to customers. Ordering.co runs the ordering channels and orders those conversations are about:
- More products and features. More than 20 products and more than 1,500 features across websites, apps, marketplaces, kiosks, call centers, loyalty, and delivery.
- Your own branded channels. Live chat appears on your own ordering website, under your brand.
- Your design, not a template. Build an ordering experience with your own custom design, with help from our team.
- Built to extend. APIs and MCP, with application source code available on eligible plans.
Why use Intercom with Ordering.co
- Help at the moment of the order. Customers ask questions on your website instead of leaving to find a phone number or email.
- Real-time support. Your team answers visitors and customers as they browse and check out.
- Two fields to set up. Turn on the integration and paste one value from Intercom.
- Your workspace, your team. Conversations go to your own Intercom account.
What Intercom brings
Intercom describes its product on its website as a complete system for human and AI customer service:
- Intercom Helpdesk, with an omnichannel inbox, AI-powered ticketing, and real-time assistance from Copilot.
- Fin AI Agent, which works across multiple channels.
- A natively integrated AI agent in the helpdesk that learns from customer interactions.
How a customer gets help
- A customer browses your Ordering.co website and has a question about an order.
- They open the Intercom chat launcher.
- The message arrives in your Intercom workspace.
- Your team replies in real time, and the customer continues to order.
Set up and go live
The Ordering.co Intercom Messenger setup guide walks through each step:
- In Intercom, open Settings, then Channels > Messenger.
- Open the Install tab, select Install for web, and enable Messenger API.
- Copy your app_id from the install snippet.
- In the Ordering.co Dashboard, open Settings > Pro > Integrations, set Activate Intercom Integration to Yes, paste the value into Enter Intercom API Key, and select Save.
- Open your website and confirm the chat launcher opens and messages reach your workspace.
Keep your Intercom values private. Enter them only in the Dashboard, never in screenshots, tickets, or shared documents.
More ways to reach customers
- OneSignal sends push notifications when an order changes status.
- WhatsApp Business connects an AI agent that takes orders in WhatsApp conversations.
Setup
Copy your Intercom ID, turn on the integration, and open the chat.
- 01Copy your Messenger app ID
In Intercom, open Settings > Channels > Messenger, choose Install for web, enable the Messenger API, and copy your app_id.
- 02Turn it on in the Dashboard
In the Ordering.co Dashboard, open Settings > Pro > Integrations, set Activate Intercom Integration to Yes, and paste the value into Enter Intercom API Key.
- 03Test the chat
Open your website, start a conversation from the chat launcher, and confirm it reaches your Intercom workspace.
Resources
Guides and references.
- Ordering.co Intercom Messenger setup guideOpen the guide for setup and operating details.
- Ordering.co Integrations settingsOpen the guide for setup and operating details.
- Intercom Messenger web installationOpen the guide for setup and operating details.
- IntercomOpen the guide for setup and operating details.
Questions
Frequently asked questions.
What does Intercom do in Ordering.co?
It adds the Intercom chat launcher to your ordering website, so visitors and customers can ask your team for help in real time, for example during checkout.
Where does the chat appear?
On your Ordering.co website, often in the customer's profile section. Customers open the launcher and chat with your team in the Intercom Messenger.
Which value goes in Enter Intercom API Key?
The Messenger app_id from Intercom's web install snippet. Some setups use an access token from Intercom Developer Hub instead. Use the value your Intercom workspace provides for the chat you are enabling.
Whose Intercom account is used?
Yours. Conversations arrive in your own Intercom workspace, where your team answers them.
Can I turn the chat off?
Yes. Set Activate Intercom Integration to No and save, and the chat is disabled and hidden.
How do I know it is working?
After saving, open your website, start a conversation from the launcher, and confirm you can send a message and see it in your Intercom workspace.
Help customers finish their order when they have a question.
Tell us how your team handles support today, and we will help you set up Intercom on your ordering website.