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Add a videoask to your Shopify store

If your business has a Shopify store, personally welcoming visitors with a videoask can be a great way to instantly build trust or help them find the right products.

You can embed a videoask in a page with an iframe or add a videoask widget to specific pages, or throughout your site, simply by copying and pasting code into the appropriate location.

🗣 Check out this Community post for a video walkthrough of embedding a videoask on your Shopify store.

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Use an iframe to embed a videoask in a page

Embed a videoask widget in a page

Embed a videoask widget throughout your shopify site

Use an iframe to embed a videoask in a page

1

Log in to your VideoAsk account and go to the videoask you'd like to Embed. Click the Share & Embed icon. 

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2

Click Embed in a website.

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3

Make sure the dropdown is set to Iframe and click Copy embed code.

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4

In the Shopify theme editor, select Add section.

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5

Select Custom Liquid from the menu.

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6

Paste the iframe embed code you've copied from step 3 in the Custom Liquid field. 

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7

Click Save.

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Your videoask is now embedded as part of the page:

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Embed a videoask widget in a page

1

Log in to your VideoAsk account and go to the videoask you'd like to Embed. Click the Share & Embed icon. 

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2

Click Embed in a website.

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3

Make sure the dropdown is set to Widget.

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4

Add any Overlaying text and choose the style, color, and position. Click Copy embed code.

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Note: Toggle on Make widget dismissible to give your website visitors the option to close the widget.

5

In the Shopify theme editor, select Add section to add a new section to the page. 

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6

Select Custom Liquid from the menu.

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7

Paste the widget embed code in the Custom Liquid field.

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8

Click Save.

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That's it! You'll now see the widget on this page:

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Embed a videoask widget throughout your Shopify site

In order to display a videoask widget throughout your site, you'll need to add the embed code to the footer of your site. You can do this by editing your theme's code.

1

In VideoAsk, click Copy embed code from the widget builder.

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2

In your Shopify store editor, go to Customize theme, then under Actions select Edit code.

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3

Scroll down to Sections and look for a file titled {/}footer.liquid. Click the file to view and edit the code.

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4

Paste the widget embed code and click Save.

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Done! Now the widget will display on every page of your store.

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Do you want to further customize your widget? Learn about our advanced embed options.

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