Answer WhatsApp order and product questions for your store

Answers customer WhatsApp messages about order status and product availability using your live Shopify data.

How the work actually flows

It branches. Exactly one path is taken; a person is alerted when a step fails.

Pattern: Exclusive Choice (4)

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Starts itA stepA personOne path onlyResultPayoff
Build size
Advanced

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

Business functions
AI Agents & Autonomous SystemsVoice & PhoneE-commerce & ProductMessaging & NotificationsCustomer Support & Ticketing
Connects
ShopifyWhatsApp BusinessSlackOpenAI

The problem it solves

Customers message you on WhatsApp asking where their order is or what's in stock, and your staff end up doing the same lookups over and over. It pulls people away from other work all day long.

Who it fits

Shopify store owners who get frequent WhatsApp questions about orders and products.

How it works

  1. A customer sends a WhatsApp message, like asking where their order is
  2. The system looks up the customer and figures out what they're asking
  3. For order questions, it checks Shopify and replies with live status and a tracking link
  4. For product questions, it checks Shopify and replies with stock and options
  5. Anything unclear is handed off to your human support team
What you get

Shoppers who get an instant order answer

Customers asking about their order or a product on WhatsApp get a fast, accurate answer pulled from your store.

What you get

Instant WhatsApp replies with live order status or product availability, or a handoff to a human.

What you need

A Shopify account, a WhatsApp Business account, and an OpenAI or OpenRouter API key.

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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