WhatsMenu

WhatsMenu is a WhatsApp-first online catalog and storefront platform where local shops, home bakers, and restaurants publish a shareable product menu with a fast two-page checkout, QR dine-in ordering, bookings, and 20+ payment gateways — commission-free.

What is WhatsMenu?

WhatsMenu is a mobile-first online catalog and storefront platform built for local merchants — home bakers, small shops, restaurants, cafes, salons, clinics, florists, and service businesses that currently sell through scattered WhatsApp chats, Facebook DMs, and manual order forms. You start with a free plan (one catalog, 30 items, 50 orders a month) and can publish a storefront on a free whatsmenu.page subdomain in under an hour: photograph a printed menu or price list and the built-in AI extracts every item and price for you to approve, or add products by hand, import a spreadsheet, or bring them over from WooCommerce. Customers browse a clean, mobile-optimized catalog and either check out through a fast two-page cart (paying via 20+ gateways including Stripe, PayPal, Adyen, Mollie, Razorpay, Paystack, and Flutterwave, or QR/offline options like cash and bank transfer) or tap into a WhatsApp conversation to ask questions first. Beyond the catalog and checkout, WhatsMenu layers on QR table ordering with kitchen display, bookings and appointments with real time-slot management, in-house delivery with driver tracking and courier handoff (Lalamove, Detrack), cloud POS for walk-ins, and operational controls like order cutoffs, prep lead times, daily order limits, and inventory that auto-sells items out at zero stock. Retention and marketing features — loyalty points, coupons, bundles, referrer accounts, and order-linked reviews — are built in, alongside analytics, CSV/Excel export, custom pages, and multilingual storefronts. The vendor, Websumo Solutions in Kuala Lumpur (product launched December 2021), sells it on a freemium subscription and, via the SaasZilla lifetime deal reviewed here, as a one-time $49–$299 license with a 60-day money-back guarantee. There is no TrustRadius listing and the deal page had no reviews at the time of research, so all evaluation rests on the vendor's site, the SaasZilla write-up, and third-party YouTube tutorials.

Key Features

• *AI Catalog Builder** — photograph a printed menu or price list and AI reads every item and price for approval; drag in product photos for AI descriptions, one-click translation, and AI-generated images.
• *Two-Page Checkout** — customers browse, add to cart, and complete a streamlined two-step checkout with clear order confirmations; optional WhatsApp inquiry sits alongside it.
• *WhatsApp Ordering** — customers pick items and send the order to you on WhatsApp with a tap, so you confirm, arrange payment, and deliver in one conversation.
• *QR Table Ordering** — print a QR code for tables; customers scan, browse, and order on-site with floor-plan management, kitchen display, and call-waiter support.
• *Bookings & Appointments** — customers pick a service and a genuinely open time slot and book themselves in, with staff schedules, reminders, no-show tracking, and reschedule/cancel links.
• *20+ Payment Gateways** — Stripe, PayPal, Adyen, Mollie, Razorpay, Paystack, Flutterwave, Mercado Pago and more, plus QR payments (DuitNow, Touch 'n Go) and offline cash/bank transfer — no transaction fees taken by WhatsMenu.
• *Operational Controls** — business hours, order cutoffs, prep lead times, daily order limits, scheduled availability, and inventory that auto-marks items sold out at zero stock.
• *Delivery & Cloud POS** — draw delivery zones on a map, run in-house drivers with live tracking and proof-of-delivery photos, dispatch to couriers, and ring up walk-ins on a tablet.
• *Retention & Marketing Toolkit** — loyalty points, discount coupons, product bundles, a referrer program, order-linked reviews, and sales analytics with CSV/Excel export.

Who is it for?

• Home bakers and meal-prep sellers managing weekly pre-orders with order cutoffs and pickup dates.
• Small restaurants, cafes, and food trucks wanting QR table ordering, takeout, and delivery without commission fees.
• Solo merchants and small shops selling via WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook who want a proper catalog instead of screenshot chaos.
• Florists, boutiques, and custom-work sellers who need customers to browse, then chat before confirming an order.
• Clinics, salons, tutors, and trainers who want self-serve bookings alongside a catalog.
• Local retailers who want a multilingual, mobile-first storefront without building or hosting anything.

Who is it NOT for?

• Anyone who needs a proven vendor with years of third-party reviews — there is no TrustRadius, G2, or Capterra history yet.
• Larger businesses or chains that need deep integrations with their existing ERP, accounting, or complex multi-warehouse setup.
• Sellers who need Shopify-class themes, a full app ecosystem, or serious marketing suite depth out of the box.
• Automated WhatsApp selling — if you expect a bot to confirm and take payment with zero human involvement, look elsewhere.
• Teams that can't rely on a small founder-led company for a critical revenue channel — vendor longevity is the biggest risk here.