What is Olark?
Olark lets visitors to your website chat with you without any extra chat software. Their messages show up in your favorite instant messaging app. Olark is easy for webmasters to set up and friendly to your visitors' web browsers.
Better yet, Olark is free.
View the tour below or get a quick overview of the setup process by watching the video to the right.
The Olark Tour
When a visitor comes to your web page, the Olark chat box is minimized in the lower right corner of the browser. If you're signed in to your IM client, the box will read "click to chat." (If you're not signed in, the box will read "not available.")
When your visitors click the Olark title bar, the chat box opens. All they have to do is type and hit enter.
The messages arrive in your IM client. Your first chatter will be named webuser1. You can reply in the same way you'd reply to any IM.
Your replies will show up in the visitor's chat box:
The chat box stays active even if the visitor goes to another page on your site:
Your IM client's user status feature will show you what page your visitor is viewing. With most IM clients, this shows up right in your buddy list:
Get started
To start using Olark, sign up for your free account now.