Sample Workflow · E-commerce

E-commerce Customer Engagement

How a small commerce team could tag order enquiries, confirm purchases in chat and follow up after delivery.

What is this sample workflow?

This illustrative sample workflow shows how E-commerce teams configure WAExtension to organize inbound leads, track pipeline stages, automate follow-up reminders, and log customer notes directly inside WhatsApp Web.

Illustrative sample workflowTeam profile: A small D2C store selling made-to-order products, with two founders splitting chat duty.

The situation

Pre-sale questions, order updates and after-sales support all arrived in one inbox. Buyers asked 'where is my order?' repeatedly because proactive updates weren't happening, and post-delivery check-ins never happened at all.

The setup with WAExtension

  1. Tagged chats by intent: pre-sale, order-status, after-sales, wholesale.
  2. Built a short template set: order confirmation, shipping update, delivery check-in.
  3. Set follow-up dates for delivery + 3 days to trigger a review-request check-in.
  4. Pinned wholesale conversations with a dedicated label so they don't hide among retail chats.
  5. Checked weekly analytics to see which question types dominate and updated product-page FAQ copy accordingly.

What changed

  • Fewer 'WISMO' messages because status updates go out proactively from templates.
  • Post-delivery check-ins arrive consistently, surfacing issues before they escalate.
  • Wholesale leads stop drowning in the retail firehose.
  • Analytics feedback loop turns repeated chat questions into better product pages.

This is an illustrative sample workflow showing how a team of this profile would configure WAExtension. It is not a claim about a specific identifiable customer and contains no fabricated metrics or testimonials.

Features used in this workflow

Keyword-Triggered Message Bot

Keyword-triggered Message Bot for instant replies.

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Visual Chatbot Flows

Visual chatbot flows with a simulator and 7 starter templates.

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AI Assistant

AI Assistant using your own OpenAI, Gemini or Anthropic key.

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Canned Responses & Shortcuts

Canned responses via /shortcuts, pinned to a shortcut bar.

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Webhooks & Group Tools

Webhooks, CSV import/export, click-to-chat links, group tools.

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Broadcasts with Pacing

Send Message and Broadcasts with pacing, an hourly cap and reports.

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Try it: Order Confirmation · Post-Service Check-In

Related: E-commerce industry guide · Order Follow-Up use case · Customer Support use case

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