From an order in Shopify to the customer's WhatsApp reply in under 10 seconds. Here is what the data flow looks like.
An example from Chatarmin's customer base: a customer orders a pet food subscription for 84 euros in a Shopify store at 14:23. Within 7 seconds the order reaches Chatarmin as a webhook, is matched with her WhatsApp profile and triggers the post-purchase flow. At 14:23 she receives a WhatsApp confirmation with a tracking link. Three days later comes the shipping update, 14 days later the review request. After 60 days, based on how long the food lasts, the restock reminder follows. One system, all based on Shopify order data, not a single manual step.
"There are over 10,000 customers we currently can't reach by email."
— Shopify brand with 50,000+ euros in monthly revenue, from a Chatarmin sales call
More than 1,100 sales calls with e-commerce brands show that Shopify is by far the most used integration at Chatarmin. The reason is the low implementation threshold rather than the marketing promise. WhatsApp marketing for Shopify is up and running in a few minutes, with no developer, no CSV import and no nightly sync job. That is why brands with 50,000+ euros in monthly revenue end up with Chatarmin: the setup costs less than the sales call that precedes it.
70% of all Shopify carts are abandoned before checkout. WhatsApp reaches the share that email misses.
As soon as a customer enters email and phone number in the Shopify checkout and closes the tab, Shopify sends a checkouts/update webhook to Chatarmin. If the phone number belongs to a WhatsApp profile with a valid opt-in, the abandoned cart flow starts after the configured delay (30 minutes, 2 hours or 24 hours). The message is personalised automatically: first name, image of the most expensive item in the cart, direct checkout link with pre-fill, and optionally a discount code from the Shopify discount system.
From Chatarmin's customer base: abandoned cart flows on WhatsApp convert 3 to 10 times better than by email. An example at an average cart value of 60 euros and a 5% conversion rate: 100 messages cost 11 euros in Meta fees and bring in 300 euros of revenue, a ROI of 27:1. Three A/B variants run in parallel, so you can systematically optimise copy, image and discount logic.
"WhatsApp messages get read. The open rate is 85%, while winback emails often land below 15%. And unlike email, a WhatsApp message appears right on the lock screen."
— Summary from several Chatarmin sales calls
The WhatsApp flow runs alongside your Klaviyo abandoned cart rather than replacing it. You can send on both channels (WhatsApp 30 minutes after abandonment, email after 2 hours), or use Klaviyo lists for email non-openers and trigger WhatsApp only where the email is still unopened after 48 hours. Your Customer Success Manager sets up either option with you during onboarding.
Post-purchase: WhatsApp as the strongest opt-in channel after checkout
The thank-you page widget turns 20 to 40% of buyers into WhatsApp subscribers. Your list grows passively with every order.
Right after a purchase, the customer's attention is at its peak: they have just spent money, they expect a confirmation and shipping details, and they are ready to open a channel for it. Chatarmin places an opt-in widget with a clear promise ("Shipping updates via WhatsApp") on the Shopify order confirmation page. Between 20% and 40% of buyers sign up. For a store with 1,000 orders a month, that is 200 to 400 new WhatsApp subscribers, without active acquisition and without ad spend.
Once a buyer has opted in, Chatarmin handles the entire post-purchase communication on WhatsApp. Order confirmation within 10 seconds of the webhook. Shipping update with a tracking link as soon as Shopify sets the fulfilment status to "shipped". Delivery confirmation once the carrier webhook reports "delivered". Review request 14 days after delivery. Optionally a cross-sell or restock reminder based on product category and usage time. Every step is fed with Shopify order data and shows open rate, click rate and attributed revenue in the dashboard.
"Shipping updates on WhatsApp reduce support requests by up to 70%. The customer gets the information proactively, before they even ask."
— From Chatarmin's customer base
Treating WhatsApp for Shopify purely as a marketing channel misses half its value. Every buyer who opts in through the thank-you page widget is not only a recipient for future campaigns but also a support contact who no longer needs to email "Where is my order?". If you also use Chatarmin for customer service (armincx by Chatarmin), both use cases run through one inbox: marketing campaigns from your Shopify stack and support requests from the same channel. That saves 2 to 4 service tickets per order on average.