Bagisto Whatsapp Chatbot & Order Notification

Bagisto WhatsApp ChatBot & Order Notifications turns the customer’s life easy as they can purchase products directly using their WhatsApp account.

With it, the admin can send notifications to the customers if an order is going through any event like placed, shipped, or canceled.

Using the notifications, the store owners can boost their sales if it is integrated with platforms like Whatsapp, Facebook, etc. The most important feature to keep your customers engaged for any event, subscription or transaction is the Notifications.

So it is helpful for creating a good user experience that will not only make your product identity enhanced but also it will notify your customers in real-time.

Note- You can also check our Laravel eCommerce Whatsapp Contact module.

Check the working of the plugin in the video below –

• It packs in lots of demanding features that allow your business to scale in no time.

• The logged-in customer and Guest both have the option to checkout directly using their Whatsapp number.  

• The customer will able to see product details along with quantity and price on their Whatsapp number.  

• After selecting the shipping and payment methods, the customer will be able to place an order based on the selected choice.
• The notification will reach to customer’s Whatsapp number after placing an order with the order id.

• Unzip the respective extension zip and then merge “packages” into the project root directory

• Goto config/app.php file and add the following line under ‘providers’

Webkul\WhatsAppNotifications\Providers\WhatsAppServiceProvider::class

• Go to the composer.json file and add the following line under ‘psr-4’

"Webkul\\WhatsAppNotifications\\": "packages/Webkul/WhatsAppNotifications/src"

• Create a TWILIO Account and get all the below details from there.
• Set up a Webhook URL here i.e PROJECT_URL/whatsapp/bot
• Add Your TWILIO Config in the .env file.

That’s it, now just execute the project on your specified domain.

The store owners need to create the Twilio account with the following steps-

• Login into the account if you’ve it before.
• Or you can sign up by putting your Name, Email and then setting your password next click on the start your free trial button.

• The verification mail will be sent to your registered mail id, from there you can verify it.
• Then you need to enter your Phone number and click on the verify button, entering the verification code the phone number will be verified.
• After it, a pop-up will appear on your screen to activate your sandbox account.

For working in the test environment, the user needs to configure his/her sandbox inbound URL.

To be able to send and receive messages from the Sandbox to the Application, the store admin needs to go through the following steps.

• Send a message to the Twilio number with the verification code to join.

You will receive a confirmation text on your device.

• Send a One-Way Message.
• Two-Way Messaging. Now after replying to the notification as shown above the user will have a 24-hour conversation window.
• Configure your sandbox.

Note: In order to move into production using the Twilio API for WhatsApp, you need a WhatsApp Business Profile in conclusion, WhatsApp has to formally approve your account.

After the successful installation of the module, the admin can navigate to Bagisto store>>Configure>>WhatsApp Setting.

After enabling the module, now the admin can configure their settings.

The customer can go to the front end and find the WhatsApp button with the product.

On clicking on the product page, there he can have the option to purchase on WhatsApp.

On clicking on it, a pop-up will appear-

After filling all the fields, you will redirect it to your WhatsApp chat where you’ll receive the message from the store having all the details of it.

And on the mobile phone, you’ll view the page as follows. In that, you can also select the shipping and payment choices-

And then you’ll receive the message confirming your order-

Now the admin can go to Sales > Orders and check the complete order details.

The admin can generate shipment by clicking on Ship. The customer receives a notification with its order and invoice ID for the same.

Also, if you want to provides real-time, personalized checkout messages to customers after they place an order on the checkout page, then you can check Laravel Ecommerce Order Checkout AI Message.

So, that was much about the User Guide of Bagisto Whatsapp Chatbot & Order Notification Module for any queries or doubts reach out to us at [email protected]. You can also raise a ticket at our HelpDesk System.

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