Description
When a shopper leaves your checkout without ordering, DripTell can send them reminders on WhatsApp. You decide in DripTell how many reminders go out, when each one is sent, what it says and whether it includes a coupon.
Each reminder can include:
- the shopper’s product photo, items and cart total
- a button that rebuilds their cart and opens checkout with their details filled in
- a single-use coupon that expires, created in your store for that shopper
Reminders stop as soon as the shopper orders. Replies arrive in your DripTell inbox, so your team can answer questions and help them finish the order.
What you set in DripTell
- How many reminders to send and how long to wait before each one
- The message for each reminder, using your own approved WhatsApp templates. Ready-made templates in English and Arabic are included.
- The discount: none, a percentage, a fixed amount, free shipping or your own code
- Which countries get reminders, quiet hours in the shopper’s local time, and the cart values each reminder applies to
- How often one person can be reminded, and how many reminders your store sends each day
- Results: reminders sent, button taps, carts recovered and revenue
What this plugin does in your store
- Adds an unticked WhatsApp box at checkout. Only shoppers who tick it get reminders. You can change its wording.
- Saves the phone number, email and name the shopper types at checkout, with their cart, and sends them to DripTell.
- Tells DripTell when an order is placed or its status changes, so reminders stop and recovered orders are counted.
- Rebuilds the cart and applies the coupon when a shopper taps a reminder’s button.
- Lets DripTell create single-use, expiring coupons for reminders.
Works with the classic checkout and the block checkout, and with high-performance order storage.
You need a DripTell workspace with a WhatsApp number connected. Reminders are set up in DripTell under Cart Recovery.
External services
This plugin connects to DripTell (https://driptell.com), a WhatsApp messaging service, to send cart reminders. It does nothing until you paste a DripTell connection key in WooCommerce > Settings > DripTell.
What is sent to DripTell, and when:
- When you save the connection key or click “Check the connection”: your site name, store currency, and the plugin, WooCommerce and WordPress versions.
- When a phone number or email is filled in at checkout (typed by the shopper, or already saved in their account), and whenever that cart changes: the phone number, email, first and last name, country and language, whether they ticked the WhatsApp box and the box’s wording, and the cart’s products (name, quantity, price and image address) and total.
- When an order is placed or its status changes: the order number, status, total, currency, dates, the shopper’s name, email, phone and country, and which cart it came from.
DripTell also calls this site to create a single-use coupon for a reminder. That request is signed with your connection key and only creates a coupon.
Data is sent to the DripTell address in your connection key (normally app.driptell.com). DripTell’s terms: https://driptell.com/terms-and-conditions. DripTell’s privacy policy: https://driptell.com/privacy-policy.
Privacy
The plugin stores the details filled in at checkout, the cart and the shopper’s WhatsApp choice in its own table, and sends them to DripTell as described under External services. Saved carts are deleted after 31 days. Updates waiting to be sent are queued with WooCommerce’s scheduled actions, which WooCommerce clears on its own schedule. The plugin adds a suggested paragraph to your privacy policy guide.
Installation
- In DripTell, open Settings > Integrations > WooCommerce, enter your store address and copy the connection key.
- Install and activate this plugin.
- Open WooCommerce > Settings > DripTell, paste the connection key and save. The status shows “Connected”.
- In DripTell, open Cart Recovery to choose your reminders and turn them on.
FAQ
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Who gets reminders?
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Only shoppers who tick the WhatsApp box at checkout. The box is unticked by default, and its wording names your store and WhatsApp. Shoppers can stop reminders at any time by replying STOP.
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How many reminders should I send?
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You choose in DripTell. A good start is one reminder after 30 minutes and a second a few hours later with a coupon. WhatsApp limits how many marketing messages one person receives, so a few well-timed reminders work better than many.
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Can I change the wording of the WhatsApp box?
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Yes. In WooCommerce > Settings > DripTell you can change the box text and the small print under it, or hide the box.
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Does it work with the block checkout?
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Yes. The WhatsApp box and the cart updates work with both the classic checkout and the block checkout.
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Are my own visits tracked?
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No. By default, carts of people who can manage WooCommerce are not tracked. You can change this in WooCommerce > Settings > DripTell.
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How long is cart data kept?
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The plugin deletes saved carts after 31 days. It supports WordPress’s personal data export and erase tools.
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Contributors & Developers
“DripTell for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.
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Changelog
1.0.0
- First release: WhatsApp opt-in at checkout, cart and order updates, cart restore links and single-use coupons.
