MCMLV1 LLC
Custom Software & Web Engineering
Managed AI Website Assistant

AI Chatbots for Service Businesses

A practical website assistant that answers approved questions, remembers lead details during the session, captures qualified inquiries, and safely hands off anything uncertain.

View Any Business Demo Wedding Venue Demo Builder Demo
What It Does

Lead Capture Without Letting AI Make Unapproved Promises

The goal is not to let a generic chatbot answer anything. The goal is to give your website a controlled assistant that answers from your approved business information and routes uncertain questions to a human.

01

Approved Business Info

You provide services, service area, FAQs, pricing language, and anything the bot must not claim.

02

Rules First, AI Second

Common questions use deterministic answers first. The language model is a fallback, not the only brain.

03

Lead Handoff

Visitors can leave name, email, or phone. Uncertain requests are handed off instead of invented.

Try the Three Versions We Are Selling First

These demos show the first two target verticals plus a broader service-business setup for prospects who want to know whether MerlinChat can fit their business.

Custom setup
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Any Service Business Chatbot

Shows how MerlinChat can be configured around approved FAQs, lead capture, memory-aware follow-up, and safe handoff for many low-risk service businesses.

  • Business-type intake
  • Website and goal questions
  • Lead summary handoff
  • Approved-answer guardrails

Open Any Business Demo

Tested vertical
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Wedding Venue Chatbot

Answers tour, capacity, availability, catering/vendor, and event inquiry questions while avoiding promises about dates or policies unless approved.

  • Tour requests
  • Guest count questions
  • Date availability handoff
  • Catering/vendor guardrails

Open Wedding Demo

Tested vertical
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Custom Home Builder Chatbot

Answers process, budget, land/lot, plans, timeline, and consultation questions while avoiding financing, remodel, and real-estate listing assumptions.

  • Custom home process
  • Budget range intake
  • Lot and plans questions
  • Real-estate listing guardrails

Open Builder Demo

Trust Guardrails

What It Will Not Do

This is a sales advantage. Many owners are interested in AI but afraid it will say the wrong thing. MerlinChat is set up to be controlled and conservative.

No Invented Pricing

It should not make up prices, packages, or discounts that the business did not approve.

No Availability Promises

It should not claim a wedding date, tour slot, build start date, or appointment is available without human confirmation.

No Unsupported Services

It should not claim financing, remodeling, catering, lodging, land sales, or brokerage services unless the client explicitly approves them.

Not a Generic Chatbot Wrapper

Each client gets an isolated business profile with approved answers, rules, guardrails, and lead handling. The system is designed for practical customer questions, not open-ended AI entertainment.

Rules First

High-value questions can be answered with precise approved text before any model fallback.

Controlled Fallback

Off-topic and risky questions route to a safe response instead of a long hallucinated answer.

Hosted for You

We configure, host, test, and tune the assistant instead of handing you another software login to manage.

Start With a Managed Pilot

Start with a scoped managed setup. Pricing is quoted after we understand the business, approved answers, lead flow, and risk boundaries. No per-message billing. No per-lead fees.

Professional

$1,999
setup · then $199/mo hosting after go-live
  • Everything in Pilot
  • Deeper business-specific setup
  • More approved FAQ/rule coverage
  • Multi-page context planning
  • More transcript review and tuning
  • Good fit for higher-traffic sites
Start Professional Setup
FAQ

Common Questions

Who is this for right now?

Wedding venues, custom home builders, and similar non-regulated high-value local service businesses. We are intentionally starting narrow so the product is safer and easier to configure well.

Does it work on my existing website?

If your site allows a script tag, usually yes. We provide the embed code and help you place it.

Can I approve what it says?

Yes. The strongest answers are built from your approved business information. We also include “not offered” guardrails.

What happens when it does not know?

It safely hands off the question, encourages the visitor to contact the business, or captures lead information for follow-up.

Want a Chatbot Built Around Your Business?

Start with a focused pilot for one website and one approved FAQ set.

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