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Every WhatsApp order in one place

Connect your WhatsApp Business numbers. Every order — typed out, forwarded, or sent as a photo of a handwritten list — is captured, read and queued automatically.

WhatsApp order automation

WhatsApp is where a lot of food orders actually happen — a chef firing off three lines after service, a shopkeeper photographing a handwritten list, a rep forwarding a voice note. It was built for conversations, not order capture, which is why those orders usually end up retyped by hand.

ManualOut connects your WhatsApp Business numbers and treats every message as a possible order: typed text, photos and documents are all captured, read and queued, with the original message kept beside the order and the customer identified by their number.

The awkward part of WhatsApp is that one order is rarely one message. A customer sends three lines, then a photo, then "actually make the milk two crates" four minutes later. A person has to stitch that together in their head. ManualOut groups the messages that belong to the same order, reads the correction as a correction rather than a second order, and reconciles a voice note against the text that follows it.

It runs on the official WhatsApp Business Platform, so nobody is watching a phone. You keep as many numbers as you run — a national line, a regional depot line, a key-account line — feeding one review queue, and the customer carries on ordering exactly the way they always have. Nothing about their side changes.

What syncs with WhatsApp Business

The detail, rather than a logo and a promise.

  • As many business numbers as you need, one queue
  • Text messages, photos and documents
  • The original message kept beside the order
  • The customer identified by their number

Worth knowing

  • Requires a Facebook Business Account, a valid phone number and OTP verification.
  • WhatsApp charges vary by message type and are billed by Meta, not ManualOut.

How an order reaches WhatsApp Business

The same five steps, whichever system sits at the end.

  1. 01

    The order arrives

    However your customer chose to send it: email, WhatsApp, a PDF, a spreadsheet, a voice note after service. They do not have to change anything.

  2. 02

    The AI reads it

    ManualOut's AI pulls out the products, quantities and pack sizes, and matches each line to your product list. Anything it cannot match, it flags.

  3. 03

    Your rules are checked

    Price list, minimum order value, delivery charge, cutoff time, company and warehouse. Checked on every order, so it does not depend on who is on the desk.

  4. 04

    The sales order is created

    The order goes into your ERP and the ERP's order number comes back. If the ERP rejects it, you get the error and can fix and retry.

  5. 05

    Your team handles what is left

    Clean orders go through on their own. Only real decisions reach a person: a shortage, a line that would not match, an order below the minimum.

ERP sync summaryIn ERP
ERP order no.
SO-4471203
Synced by
Automatic
Synced at
14 May 2026, 10:17 PM
Confidence
94%
  1. Order received
  2. AI parsing completed
  3. Validation completed
  4. Inventory checked
  5. Synced to ERP
  6. Order confirmed

FAQ

WhatsApp Business, answered

How does WhatsApp order automation work?

Connect your WhatsApp Business numbers and ManualOut treats every message as a possible order — typed text, photos and documents are captured, read, matched to your products and turned into a sales order in your ERP.

Do customers need to change how they order on WhatsApp?

No. Customers keep messaging the way they already do; the automation happens on your side. ManualOut even groups the messages that belong to one order and reads a correction as a correction, not a second order.

What does ManualOut need to connect WhatsApp?

It runs on the official WhatsApp Business Platform and needs a Facebook Business Account, a valid number and OTP verification. WhatsApp message charges are billed by Meta, not ManualOut.

Which ERP does the WhatsApp order go into?

Any ERP ManualOut connects to — Dynamics 365, Business Central, SAP, NetSuite, Odoo, QuickBooks and more — so a WhatsApp order becomes a sales order in the system you already run.

See an order go into WhatsApp Business

We will run one of your own orders all the way through — including what happens when it fails.