AI Chat for Tire Shops & Tire Dealers

Nobody comparison-shops like a tire buyer. They open three or four shop websites in tabs, and the first one that answers their question — do you carry this brand, do you do alignments, are you open Saturday — usually gets the visit. An AI chat assistant on your site answers instantly, 24/7, and turns the price-shopper into a quote request with a name and phone number attached.

Why tire traffic is different

A repair customer often has a relationship with a shop already. A tire customer is usually shopping — by price, by brand, by who can fit them in before the weekend. That means your website gets more first-time, ready-to-buy visitors than almost any other trade, and every one who leaves with an unanswered question is a sale walking to the next tab.

• Seasonal rushes flood your phone. First cold snap or first snow, the phone rings off the hook — and your website visitors quietly give up and go elsewhere. Chat catches the overflow.
• Quote requests are perfect leads. A tire inquiry has everything a lead needs built in: the vehicle, the size or brand, and a buyer who wants a number. Capturing that — name, phone, vehicle, what they need — is exactly what the assistant does.
• After-hours shoppers are researchers. People shop tires at 9pm for a Saturday appointment. Voicemail loses them; instant answers keep them.

What it does on a tire shop's site

• Answers the questions you hear all day: brands you carry, mounting and balancing, alignments, rotations, patch repairs, wait times, hours, location — from the shop details you set up in about ten minutes.
• Captures the quote request: when a visitor wants price and availability on a specific tire, it collects their name, phone, vehicle, and what they need, and sends it to your inbox — a callback list of people who were about to buy.
• Stays in its lane: it never invents a price, never promises stock, never diagnoses. Anything it shouldn't answer becomes a captured lead instead of a made-up answer.

The honest limits

• It does not know your live inventory. We'd rather say that plainly than let you find out later. It answers from what you tell it about the shop; specific size-and-brand availability becomes a callback request your counter person closes with real numbers. For a tire shop, that's the sale-saving move anyway — the buyer wanted a human quote, and now you have their number.
• It's website chat only. It doesn't answer your phone — it catches the visitors your phone never hears from. Here's how that differs from an answering service.
• It multiplies traffic; it can't create it. If your site gets almost no visitors, start with the free marketing basics first.

Multi-location dealers and the agencies who run their sites

Each location gets its own configuration — hours, services, address — so answers stay accurate store by store. If an agency builds and manages your websites, we work with agencies directly: one line of code per site, wholesale per-location pricing, white-label available. Details for agencies here.

Frequently asked

Does it know my tire inventory? No — it captures the specific request so your team calls back with real price and availability. It never invents stock or prices.

How much does it cost? $99/month, first 30 days free, no long-term contract. One captured tire-and-service ticket a month typically covers it.

How long does setup take? One line of code on any site builder — we'll install it for you, free. About ten minutes to describe your shop.

Does it work for multiple locations? Yes — per-location configs, and wholesale pricing through the agency that manages your sites.

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