WhatsApp for Shopify, explained
Practical guides written by the team building Beacon Messenger. Everything here describes how Shopify, Meta's WhatsApp Cloud API and the app actually behave; no growth-hack promises.
How to add a WhatsApp chat button to your Shopify store (2026)
Three ways to put a WhatsApp button on a Shopify storefront, what each one costs in page speed and reliability, and how to set one up with multiple agents and business hours in about ten minutes.
September 27, 2026 · 9 min readHow to send Shopify order confirmations and shipping updates over WhatsApp with the official Cloud API
What you need from Meta, how message templates and variables work, what a conversation costs, and how to wire Shopify orders and fulfillments to WhatsApp without an unofficial gateway.
September 27, 2026 · 6 min readCash on delivery on Shopify: confirm orders over WhatsApp before you ship
Why COD orders get refused at the door, how a WhatsApp confirmation with Confirm and Cancel buttons cuts returns, and how to set it up so replies tag the order automatically.
September 27, 2026 · 7 min readRecovering abandoned checkouts on Shopify with WhatsApp, the compliant way
How Shopify records abandoned checkouts, what consent you need before messaging, how to time the reminder, and how to measure whether it is working without inflating the numbers.