What does a retail AI chatbot do for a farmers market?
It answers the people who write on your website, day and night, from what you gave it: your days and hours, the address and parking, your pet rule, and the vendors signed up for each date. With Zanus AI the same AI also answers your phone, e-mail and web forms, so a vendor or a visitor hears the same answer at every door, and what needs a person reaches one.
Can it take vendor applications for our flea market?
Yes. A dealer applies by phone, chat or your vendor form and gets an answer in seconds. The AI asks what your rules ask, such as the kind of goods and the size of the space, checks that the documents you require are attached, holds the space under the dealer's name and passes the application to your manager, who decides.
Can visitors ask which vendors will be at the market this weekend?
Yes, from the vendor list you keep for each date. A visitor who asks whether the cheese maker or the honey stand comes on Saturday hears what the list says. The AI never promises what a vendor will bring; it suggests asking at the stall, and its answers change the moment you update the list.
Does the AI collect booth fees or take card payments?
No. It takes no card numbers and collects nothing. It quotes a space from your fee list, the quote waits for your yes, and the vendor pays through your own payment link or at the office, as you set it. An always-say rule can make sure every vendor hears how and when the fee is due.
Can it hold a stall or a table until the vendor pays?
Yes. The space is held under the vendor's name for as long as your rule says, then freed if nothing comes back. A follow-up reminds the vendor of what is missing and stops the moment they reply. Tables, tents or power hookups you rent to vendors are held the same way, from your own list.
What happens when rain or heat cancels market day?
You change the rule once and every door says it. The phone, the website chat, e-mail and forms answer with your cancellation and the next date, and an e-mail campaign can reach the visitors who signed up for news. AI Auto-Call can ring each vendor on the list, so nobody loads a truck for a market that is not running.
Can it answer questions about SNAP, EBT or market tokens?
Only from what your market approved. If you accept SNAP at the info table or sell tokens, it repeats what you wrote down, such as where the table stands and when it opens. It does not explain benefit rules or anyone's eligibility; those questions go to the person you name, with the conversation attached.
Can we keep the phone number on our banners and flyers?
Yes. The number your vendors and neighbors already know stays the same. You forward it to the AI with no porting and nothing to install, and when your rules send a call to a person, the AI transfers it and says who is calling and why before the call is put through.
Does it suit a seasonal market that closes for months?
Yes. In the off-season it answers with your opening date, takes vendor applications for the next season and keeps every vendor and visitor on one record in the CRM. As the first market day comes near, an e-mail campaign to the vendors who applied, or to the visitors who signed up, tells them the dates.
Will the AI replace our market manager or our volunteers?
No. It takes the questions that pull them away from the stalls, the gate and the info table. You set each department to AI only, AI first or a person first, and your team sees every conversation it handled, so the people who know the vendors by name still make the calls that matter.
How much does it cost for a small market?
Zanus AI is priced per company, never per seat, so the manager, the vendor desk and every volunteer work under one subscription. You choose the modules your farmers market or flea market needs, and the plans are on the pricing page. You can try it on your own vendors' questions before you decide.
What is the difference between the 7-day free trial and the demo?
The 7-day free trial is your own market in a private sandbox: Lisa sets up a test phone line in your name, puts herself on your website pages and gives you a dashboard of your test vendors and visitors, with no card. The demo needs nothing from you: an AI front office that is already set up reaches your inbox about 2 minutes after you ask.