Let customers pick items from a chat menu and save their order

Customers pick from a list of items in a chat message, and their choices are saved straight to your database.

How the work actually flows

A straight line.

Pattern: Sequence (1)

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Starts itA stepA personA record or sheetResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

A larger build with multiple systems, AI reasoning, and custom rules.

Business functions
E-commerce & ProductMessaging & NotificationsSpreadsheet & Database Ops
Connects
TelegramPostgreSQL

The problem it solves

Taking orders or preference lists over chat means copying details into a spreadsheet by hand, and messages get lost in a busy conversation. You end up double-checking what someone actually picked instead of just having the answer recorded.

Who it fits

Small shops or service businesses that take orders or selections from customers over chat.

How it works

  1. Sends a customer a list of available items in chat
  2. Lets them tap to select one or more options
  3. Saves their selections to your database
  4. Clears the chat as it goes to keep things tidy
What you get

Orders customers place themselves in chat

You let customers pick exactly what they want from a chat menu and their order lands straight in your system.

What you get

A database record of exactly which items each customer selected.

What you need

A Telegram bot and a Postgres database.

We can build this. But should you?

The hard question is not how to build it. It is whether this is the right thing to build first.

That is what a Fractional Chief AI Officer figures out with you, before anyone writes a line of code.

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