Business opportunity
WhatsApp Business Automation / Digital Catalog & Storefront Apps
From our industries research
Official source ↗WeChat Mini Programs (lightweight in-app storefronts) are functionally echoed in India by two adjacent, verified real tools: (1) the WhatsApp Business App/API catalog feature that lets a merchant list products and let customers browse and order inside a chat thread, increasingly layered with chatbot automation (FAQ answers, order tracking, cart recovery) via Meta Business Solution Providers; and (2) mobile-first Indian storefront-builder apps such as Dukaan (founded 2020, positions itself as a mobile-first Shopify-alternative for kirana/small sellers, reported several million stores created) and Instamojo (Bengaluru-based, founded 2012, payments + storefront + shipping for D2C/small brands). These let a shopkeeper create a shareable digital catalog/store without coding.
What you should know
- Best suited to
- Kirana store owners, home-based sellers, small D2C brands and service providers (tailors, tiffin services) wanting a no-code digital storefront/ordering front door at low monthly cost.
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Step-by-step setup
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