<h2>Instant order notifications on the world’s famous messaging app.</h2>
<p>Nowadays, everyone uses WhatsApp as their primary messaging application instead of the native SMS application on their phone. To communicate effectively with customers regarding their order notifications, it is best to use WhatsApp. By using the native WhatsApp API, this plugin sends all order-related updates directly to the customer’s WhatsApp number. </p>
<p>The order notifications would be sent to the store admin as well. So now each time an order pops up, the store admin will get a WhatsApp notification instantly. No more missed orders, no more constant email checks.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-top-3-features">Top Features</h2>
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<li>Send order notifications directly on WhatsApp.</li>
<li>This plugin uses WhatsApp API. No third-party service is needed. </li>
<li>Notifications will be sent for both customer & admin. </li>
<li>Admin can create the message templates from the plugin dashboard. </li>
<li>Admin can send WhatsApp messages to customers from the order edit screen.</li>
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<h2>Advantages</h2>
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<li>Both customer & admin-friendly order notification system.</li>
<li>No more missed orders, no more constant email checks.</li>
<li>We’ve used the native WhatsApp API instead of third-party APIs, eliminating extra costs for the store admin.</li>
<li>24/7 help from our support team.</li>
</ul>
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<h2>How it works</h2>
<h3>Backend</h3>
<p>To make the plugin work, you need to do some configuration from your WordPress Dashboard.<br />Navigate to <strong>Dashboard > WhatsApp Notifications > Settings</strong></p>
<p><img class="size-full wp-image-18734003966257 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/doc-for-woocommerce.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="516" /></p>
<p>Follow this <a href="https://woocommerce.com/document/order-notifications-on-whatsapp/#section-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">link</a> to retrieve all the Tokens, Numbers & Account IDs to fill in the “WhatsApp API” tab above. Fill those and click on “Save Changes”</p>
<p>Now it’s time to create the WhatsApp templates. Please navigate to <strong>Dashboard > WhatsApp Notifications > WhatsApp Templates</strong> and click on Add new</p>
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<p>Give your template a name and add message <strong>‘header’, ‘body’, </strong>and <strong>‘footer’</strong> content to it and publish it.</p>
<p>Now you can set the created templates to order triggers such as “New order, pending order, order on hold, order processed, order completed notifications etc…”</p>
<p>Navigate to <strong>Dashboard > WhatsApp Notifications > Settings > Order Notification Triggers</strong></p>
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<p>In this tab, you can Enable the “Opt-in” checkbox for the customer to opt-in for the WhatsApp order notifications. If you enable this, the opt-in will be displayed for the customer on the checkout page.</p>
<p>The rest of the settings in this tab are to enable order notifications on WhatsApp for different order statuses like ‘order placed, pending, processed, shipped, completed…’ etc. You can choose a <strong>different WhatsApp template</strong> for each order status here.</p>
<p>We also have an interesting “Click to Chat” feature. To enable this awesome feature, please navigate to <strong>Dashboard > WhatsApp Notifications > Settings > Click to Chat</strong><br />Enabling this option will show a floating WhatsApp chat button on your website. By clicking on this button, your customers can interact with the store admin on WhatsApp regarding their product-related queries.</p>
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<h3>Frontend</h3>
<p>Your customers will add products to the cart and place the order. <img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-18734003966588" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/placed-order.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="756" /></p>
<p>When the order is placed successfully, both the store admin and the customer will be instantly notified on their respective WhatsApp.</p>
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<p>Checkout the following <strong>video</strong> for the visual representation.</p>
<div style="width: 980px" class="wp-video"><video class="wp-video-shortcode" id="video-0-2" width="980" height="551" preload="metadata" controls="controls"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/order-notification-on-wa-for-woo-1.mp4">https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/order-notification-on-wa-for-woo-1.mp4</a></video></div>

Order Notifications on WhatsApp

<p>This plugin sends WhatsApp notifications using the official WhatsApp Cloud APIs for WooCommerce orders. </p>

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<p>Note: <strong>AutomateWoo Refer A Friend</strong> requires <a href="https://woocommerce.com/products/automatewoo/">AutomateWoo</a> to be installed and active on your store.</p>
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<h2><strong>Boost your organic sales by adding a customer referral program to your WooCommerce store.</strong></h2>
<p>Adding a referral program to your WooCommerce store is a great way to increase your word-of-mouth sales and numerous studies show that people trust recommendations from people they know.</p>
<p>With AutomateWoo Refer A Friend you can quickly set up a referral program that is customized for your store.</p>
<p>Run a ‘coupon based’ campaign where advocates can share a unique coupon, giving the friend a discount and the advocate store credit for each successful referral. If you don’t wish to offer coupon discounts you can run purely ‘link based’ campaigns where advocates can refer their friends by sharing a unique link to your store.</p>
<h2>Why Use Refer A Friend?</h2>
<h3>Effortless Referral Management</h3>
<p>Easily create and manage a WooCommerce customer referral program all from your WordPress admin area. You can choose between either an automatic or manual referral approval process. Selecting automatic approval means that any referral that does not appear to be fraudulent will be automatically approved once its corresponding order is marked as complete.</p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/referrals-listing.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4874122 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/referrals-listing.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="382" /></a></p>
<h3>Intuitive Referral Process</h3>
<p>The customer referral process is easy and flexible for advocates, allowing sharing via Email, Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp.</p>
<p>For the advocate’s friend the process is just as simple, all they need to do it use a coupon to gain their referral discount.</p>
<figure id="attachment_4917272" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4917272" style="width: 620px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img class="wp-image-4917272 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/automatewoo-refer-a-friend-page.png?w=620" alt="WooCommerce customer referral page" width="620" height="443" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4917272" class="wp-caption-text">Full Share Page – Screenshot taken using the Storefront theme</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_4874132" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4874132" style="width: 620px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/referral-email.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4874132" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/referral-email.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="578" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4874132" class="wp-caption-text">Share Email Default Template</figcaption></figure>
<h3>Post-Purchase Widgets</h3>
<p>Encourage referral sharing by including the post-purchase share widget on the order confirmation page and by creating order follow-up emails using the email version of the widget.</p>
<figure id="attachment_4874126" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4874126" style="width: 620px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/widget.png"><img class="wp-image-4874126 size-medium" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/widget.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="247" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4874126" class="wp-caption-text">Order Confirmation Widget – Screenshot taken using the Storefront theme</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_4874128" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-4874128" style="width: 543px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/email-widget.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4874128" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/email-widget.png?w=543" alt="" width="543" height="368" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-4874128" class="wp-caption-text">Email Share Widget</figcaption></figure>
<h3>Fraud Prevention</h3>
<p>It’s important for your customer referral program to include fraud prevention methods. Our WooCommerce Refer A Friend add-on has a few fraud rules out of the box:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>Advocate IP address matches that of the customer</strong> – The referral will be marked as potentially fraudulent and will be blocked from auto-approval. Matching IP addresses don’t always mean that the referral is fraudulent as your store could be shared among co-workers who use the same IP address.</li>
<li><strong>Matching cookies</strong> – A cookie is placed in the advocates browser and if present they will not be able to use a referral coupon. If there is a match the coupon cannot be used.</li>
<li><strong>Matching emails</strong> – When attempting to use a referral coupon the billing email is checked against any previous orders. If there is a match the coupon cannot be used.</li>
</ul>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/referrals-detail.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4874135 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/referrals-detail.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="395" /></a></p>
<h3>Reporting</h3>
<p>Evaluate the success of your customer referral program by using reports that show the number of referral orders placed.</p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/report.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4874137 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/report.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="453" /></a></p>
<h3>Advocates Accounts Tab</h3>
<p>Advocates can view their successful referrals from their account area.</p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/accounts-page.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4874138 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/accounts-page.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="361" /></a></p>
<h3>Workflows Integration</h3>
<p>The Refer A Friend add-on integrates with AutomateWoo workflows adding new triggers and variables. This lets you set up automation for your customer referral program and also gives you complete control over any email notifications that you want to be sent to admins or advocates.</p>
<p><a href="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/workflow.png"><img class="size-medium wp-image-4874139 aligncenter" src="https://woocommerce.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/workflow.png?w=620" alt="" width="620" height="471" /></a></p>

AutomateWoo – Refer A Friend add-on

<p>Boost your organic sales by adding a customer referral program to your WooCommerce store.</p>

Order Notifications on WhatsApp vs AutomateWoo – Refer A Friend add-on