Order management

Order management for Instagram and WhatsApp sellers.

To manage orders coming from both Instagram and WhatsApp, stop treating each chat as the order. Send buyers from either app to one store link, and every order lands in a single dashboard with its items, address, payment status and history attached. You verify payments in a queue, update status once, and buyers track it themselves.

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Dashboard for orders from Instagram and WhatsApp

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Payment screenshots waiting for your approval

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Buyers track their own order, with no account

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Commission on your orders, on every plan

What breaks across two inboxes, and what replaces it

The DM version

  • ✓The item is in one message, the address in another, and the payment screenshot in a third.
  • ✓Someone asks about a piece on Instagram and pays you on WhatsApp, and nothing joins the two halves into one order.
  • ✓The same customer is a different conversation in each app, so you cannot tell a repeat buyer from a new one.
  • ✓You check two inboxes before you can say what is still unpaid, and one of them is always the one you forgot.
  • ✓A screenshot scrolls out of view and the order never ships.
  • ✓Two people buy the last piece within a minute of each other.
  • ✓You search chat history to answer 'has this shipped yet?'

The dashboard version

  • ✓One order record holds the items, customer, address and payment together, whichever app the buyer arrived from.
  • ✓Instagram and WhatsApp both point at the same store link, so there is one order list rather than one per channel.
  • ✓A returning buyer is recognised by their phone number, not by which chat you happen to open.
  • ✓Unverified payments sit in a queue until you approve or reject them.
  • ✓Stock is reserved at order placement, so the same piece cannot sell twice.
  • ✓Order status is on the order, and the buyer can read it without asking you.
  • ✓Un-proofed pending orders have their own view, so nothing sits forgotten.
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One dashboard for all orders

Every order arrives with its items, customer details, address and payment status attached, so there is no scrolling chats to reconstruct it.

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Instagram and WhatsApp, one list

Share the same store link in your bio, your stories and your WhatsApp replies. Wherever the buyer started, the order lands in the same place, so there is no second inbox to reconcile.

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Verify payments in a queue

UPI payment screenshots land in a verify queue. Approve or reject each one against the amount the order expects, before you ship.

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Update status, buyers see it

Move an order from confirmed to packed to shipped, and the buyer follows it live from your store.

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Stock stays honest

Stock is reserved the moment an order is placed rather than when payment clears, so you do not oversell during the payment window.

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Search the whole store

Order search runs across your entire order history, not just the page currently on screen, so an old order is one query away.

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Fewer status-check messages

Buyers track their own order from placed to delivered, and get WhatsApp and email updates as it moves, so the check-in DMs drop off.

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Web and mobile, same orders

Run the same dashboard from the seller web app or the mobile app. Verify a payment on your phone between deliveries and it is done everywhere.

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Reviews after delivery

Once an order reads delivered, the buyer can review what they bought, so your product ratings come from real purchases only.

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Zero commission

We take no cut of your orders. Every rupee a customer pays is yours.

How an order moves through the dashboard

  1. 1

    The order is placed

    A buyer follows your store link from a reel, your bio or a WhatsApp reply, and checks out after verifying their phone by OTP. Stock is reserved right away, so the item is held while they pay.

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    The payment proof arrives

    For UPI orders the buyer uploads their payment screenshot, and the order enters your verify queue rather than confirming itself.

  3. 3

    You verify it

    Open the order, check the screenshot against the expected amount, and approve or reject. An automatic check flags whether the amount and payee look right, but it is advisory and the decision stays yours.

  4. 4

    You pack and ship

    Move the order to processing and then shipped. Each change is visible to the buyer immediately.

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    The buyer tracks it

    They follow the order to delivered on your store without creating an account, and can leave a review once it lands.

Questions, answered

How do I manage orders coming from both Instagram and WhatsApp?
Point both channels at the same store link instead of taking orders inside each chat. Whether a buyer found you on a reel or messaged you on WhatsApp, they check out on the same store, so every order lands in one list with its items, address and payment attached. You stop reconciling two inboxes.
A customer asked on Instagram and paid on WhatsApp. How do I keep that as one order?
Send them a store link the moment the conversation turns into an order. The checkout collects the items, address and payment against one record, so the enquiry and the payment stop living in two different apps. Chat stays for questions; the order itself exists in one place you can search later.
How do I manage Instagram orders in one place?
Take orders through a store link rather than through DMs. Every order that comes through your store lands in one dashboard with its items, customer details, address and payment status attached, so you work from a list instead of a chat history.
How does payment verification work?
For UPI orders the customer uploads a payment screenshot and the order enters a verify queue. You approve or reject each one by hand before shipping, so you stay in control of every sale. An automatic check on the image flags whether the amount and payee look right, but it never decides for you.
Can customers track their orders?
Yes. Buyers follow their order from placed through packed and shipped to delivered, right from your store and without creating an account. They also get WhatsApp and email updates as the status changes.
Does it prevent overselling?
Yes. Stock is reserved when an order is placed, not when the payment clears, so the same item cannot be sold twice during the payment window. If a buyer abandons an unpaid order, that stock is released again automatically.
Can I manage orders from my phone?
Yes. There is a mobile app and a web dashboard over the same orders, so you can verify a payment or mark something shipped from wherever you are and see it reflected in both.
How do I find an old order?
Search by customer name, phone or order number. The search runs on the server across your whole order history rather than filtering only the page on screen, so older orders are still findable.
What happens to orders where the customer never pays?
They stay pending with no payment proof, and they have their own view so they do not clutter your main list. The stock they were holding is released, so an abandoned order does not quietly cost you a sale.
Can I cancel or refund an order?
Yes. An order can be moved to cancelled or refunded, and those states are final. Once an order is cancelled it cannot be walked back into a paid state by any route, which prevents a cancelled order being accidentally resurrected after its stock has been returned.

Get every order in one place, whichever app it came from.

If you are checking Instagram and WhatsApp to work out what is still unpaid, that is the point where one order list starts paying for itself. Free to start, live in minutes. Your store, your UPI, zero commission.

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