Take orders directly.
Keep your margins.
Practical guides and free tools for selling through WhatsApp, Instagram, and QR menus — so you stop handing 20–30% of every order to delivery apps.
The OrderViaChat WhatsApp store builder was discontinued in 2026. You can no longer sign up or create a store, and the hosted storefronts have been shut down. This site is now a free, independent library of guides and calculators for small businesses that take orders directly — no account, nothing to buy. More about the change.
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