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Order updates

Every order update, on WhatsApp, without lifting a finger.

The messages customers actually want — placed, paid, on its way with tracking, delivered — sent the moment your store says so. From WooCommerce through the free plugin, or from any system through a small API. Meta bills them at its utility rate, to your own account.

01
Nine updates, one approved template each

Placed, paid, cash-on-delivery confirmation, payment reminder, shipped with tracking, completed, delivered, cancelled, and a feedback request after delivery. Installed for you at Meta, each one switchable per bot.

02
Buttons, not just text

Confirm or cancel a cash-on-delivery order, track the parcel, pay a pending order, rate the delivery. Every tap lands in your inbox and fires a webhook your store can act on.

03
It never double-sends

A payment landing seconds after the order folds into one message. Anything older than a day when it arrives is skipped, a cancellation retires what was queued, and shipped fires once per tracking number.

04
Your wording, their approval

Change any message, keep {name} {order} {total} {tracking} where you like, and submit it to Meta from the console. The approved version keeps sending until the new one is through.

How it works

1
Connect the store

WooCommerce: install the free plugin and press Connect. Anything else: create an API key and post order events to /api/v1/orders/events — or let Claude do it through MCP.

2
Turn on the updates you want

Under Automations, switch each of the nine on or off. Feedback requests are off by default; cash-on-delivery confirmation goes out the moment a COD order arrives.

3
Watch them land

Sent, delivered, read and replied per update, and a reason on anything that failed. A customer’s tap on Confirm or Cancel shows in the thread and reaches your webhook.

4
Stay inside the allowance

Starter includes 1,000 a month, Pro 10,000, Scale unlimited. Meta bills each delivered message at its utility rate — no markup from us.

What it will not do

Worth knowing before you sign up, not after.

  • Shopify order updates are not automatic yet. A Shopify store gets order lookup in chat today, and can post events through the API.
  • An update needs the customer’s phone number on the order, in a form that can be dialled. Orders without one are skipped and shown as such.
  • Meta only delivers to numbers on WhatsApp. A number that is not is marked, so nothing further is attempted on it.
  • Utility templates cannot carry promotional wording, and Meta reviews every edit before it sends.

Questions

Do I need to write the WhatsApp templates?

No. The nine templates are installed for your number the first time you switch order updates on. You can edit the wording afterwards and submit the new version from the console.

What does an order update cost?

Meta’s utility rate for the customer’s country, billed to your own WhatsApp Business Account — a cent or two in most countries. Tendabot adds nothing; your plan sets a monthly allowance.

Can my own system send them?

Yes. A small REST API takes an order and an event and does the rest — the docs page shows the exact requests. Claude can call the same thing through MCP.

What if the customer replies?

Their message lands in the shared inbox like any other, and the AI answers it with the order in context — so “where is it now” gets a real answer, not a template.

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