🛒 Commerce
Commerce turns Intelli into a mini storefront. You can list products, take orders, accept payments, and ship — all from chat. Find it at Dashboard → Commerce.
What's inside Commerce
- Products — your catalog of items for sale.
- Catalogue— the curated list of products you push to WhatsApp's native catalog.
- Storefront — a shareable web page with your products, branded.
- Orders — every order placed, with status and customer details.
- Payments — payment links, refunds, payout history.
- Analytics — top sellers, revenue, conversion.
- Settings — currency, taxes, shipping, payment providers.
Step 1: Set up your store
- Go to Commerce → Settings.
- Choose your currency (e.g. NGN, USD, KES).
- Set up payment providers — connect Paystack, Flutterwave, or whichever provider you use.
- Add shipping zones if you deliver physical items.
- Add tax rates if applicable.
Step 2: Add products
- Go to Commerce → Products → Add Product.
- Fill in the name, description, price, and at least one photo.
- Add SKU and stock level if you track inventory.
- Add variants (size, color) if the product has options.
- Save — the product is live.
Step 3: Choose where to sell
Option A — WhatsApp catalog
Go to Catalogue, pick which products to push. They'll appear as a swipeable catalog inside your WhatsApp Business profile — customers can browse without leaving chat.
Option B — Storefront
Go to Storefront, pick a theme, and grab the link. Share it anywhere — link in bio, ads, email signature. It's a fully hosted page on Intelli.
Step 4: Take orders
Orders come in from three places:
- Customer taps a product in your WhatsApp catalog.
- Customer checks out on your storefront.
- You create one manually from a chat — useful when someone asks in DMs.
All orders land in Commerce → Orders. Click any order to see line items, payment status, and customer details.
Order lifecycle
- Pending — placed but not paid yet.
- Paid — payment confirmed by the provider.
- Fulfilling — being prepared / shipped.
- Completed — delivered, done.
- Cancelled / Refunded — for the obvious reasons.
Status changes can trigger automatic messages to the customer (set this up under Settings → Automation).
Payments
When an order is created, Intelli generates a checkout link from your connected payment provider and sends it to the customer. Once they pay, the order auto-moves to Paid.
For refunds, open the order, click Refund, choose full or partial. Refunds go through the original payment method.
What's next
- Tell customers about new products with a campaign.
- Trigger order updates with automation.