Magento WhatsApp Share Cart

Magento WhatsApp Share Cart extension lets customers share their shopping cart with WhatsApp contacts, groups and broadcast lists.

Table of Content

1. Extension Installation Guide
2. Configuration
3. UTM Tracking Settings
4. Bitly Short URL Settings
5. WhatsApp Share Cart in Frontend

1. Extension Installation

• Upload or copy all folders in the zip package to your Magento root folder. It doesn’t overwrite any existing files but just adds new files to the folder structure.
• Once done, log in your Magento admin panel, go to System > Cache Management, select all caches and refresh.
• Navigate to System > Configuration, if you can see the extension tab, it is installed properly.
• If you get Access denied error, you need to log out admin panel and log in again.

2. Configuration
   For configuring the extension, log in to Magento, move to System > Configuration > WhatsApp Share Cart where you can find various settings to enable the extension.

• WhatsApp Share Cart: Enable or disable the extension from here.
• Enable WhatsApp Share Cart: Select option to enable the extension in desktop, mobile or both.
• Enable WhatsApp Share Cart For: Select customer groups to enable the extension for.
• Custom Cart Sharing Message: Set default sharing message to send while sharing shopping cart and related details.

3. UTM Tracking Settings
   UTM tracking helps analyze the visits and conversions in Google Analytics as it concatenates tracking code to the shared URL. You can configure the UTM Tracking Settings as shown below:

• UTM Tracing: Enable UTM Tracking for WhatsApp Share Cart from here.
• Campaign Source: Set the source for tracking analysis in Analytics.
• Campaign Medium: Set the medium for tracking analysis in Analytics.
• Campaign Name: Set the name for tracking analysis in Analytics.

4. Bitly Short URL Settings
   The extension facilitates to register and use short URLs while sharing shopping cart URL in WhatsApp. Configure the following settings to start using Bitly Short URL for the extension:

• Bitly Short URL: Enable Bitly URL Shortener to share short product URLs.
• Login Name: Enter login name provided by Bitly while registration.
• API Key: Enter your Bitly URL Shortener API key here to enable short URL while sharing cart in WhatsApp.

5. WhatsApp Share Cart in Frontend
   Once you have configured the extension successfully, whenever users add products to cart and go to the cart page, WhatsApp Share Cart button is seen enabled on the shopping cart page. On click of the button, users can share cart details along with URL to their WhatsApp contacts, groups and broadcast lists.

• Contacts Selection in WhatsApp
  Users get redirected to web or app version of WhatsApp based on the device i.e desktop or mobile they are sharing from, when they click the WhatsApp Share Cart button. On the app page, they are asked to select contacts, groups or broadcast lists to which they want to share shopping cart details.

• Sharing in WhatsApp
  Once the contacts are selected, the message is sent to them with details like default sharing message, product details, and the cart URL. When a contact clicks on the URL, he is redirected to the shopping cart loaded with products added to cart.

• UTM Tracking Enabled in Shared URL