WhatsApp order links

Create a WhatsApp order link for your restaurant

Give customers a link, a button or a QR code that opens your menu and takes the order. Share it in WhatsApp, on Google and on Instagram. The Free plan includes 50 orders a month, with 0% commission.

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A restaurant's own ordering website and menu built on Menuthere, open on a phone

Pick a kind

Three kinds of WhatsApp order link

People use the words "order link" for three different things. The kind you choose decides who does the typing and adding up.

Three kinds of WhatsApp order link and what each one does
Kind	What the customer taps	Who does the work	Cost
A chat link (wa.me)	A chat with your number, with optional typed text	The customer writes the order. You read it, add up the total and ask for the address.	Free
An order form	A web form that turns the answers into a WhatsApp message	The form collects items and an address. It comes from a third-party tool, so check its price, its limits and where it keeps the data.	Set by the tool
A menu link	Your menu in the phone's browser, with dishes, sizes and add-ons	The customer picks and places the order. It lands in your dashboard and partner app.	$0 on the Menuthere Free plan

If you get a few orders a week and like typing totals, a chat link is enough. If you are retyping orders, use a menu link.

The quick way

Make a WhatsApp order link with wa.me

This is WhatsApp's own click to chat link. It costs nothing.

1
Start with your number in full international format
The link is https://wa.me/ followed by your full phone number. Leave out zeroes, brackets and dashes. A made-up example number: https://wa.me/15551234567.
2
Add a message if you want one typed for the customer
Add ?text= and the message with spaces written as %20. Example: https://wa.me/15551234567?text=Hi%2C%20I%20want%20to%20order. A line break is %0A.
3
Test it on your own phone
Open the link from a different phone before you print it or post it. The customer can change the typed text, and the message reaches you only when they press Send.
4
Or let the Business app make it for you
The WhatsApp Business app creates a short link and a QR code for your account. In the app, open Tools, then Short link. You can edit the default message. The QR code does not expire unless you reset it or delete the account.
5
Know what the link cannot do
A wa.me link opens a chat and nothing else. It shows no menu and no prices, and it saves no order. You read each message, add up the total and ask for the address yourself. For a menu with prices, use a menu link (below). Step-by-step guides: a WhatsApp link for your restaurant and a link with "I want to order" already typed.

Compare

These are the four ways restaurants send customers to WhatsApp to order. The first three columns are kinds of tool. The last column is Menuthere.

Chat link, WhatsApp catalogue and cart, order-form tool and Menuthere menu link compared
Compare	Chat link (wa.me)	WhatsApp catalogue and cart	Order-form tool	Menuthere menu link (Free)
Cost	Free	Part of the free Business app	Set by the tool	$0. 50 orders a month, then view-only until the 1st
What the customer sees	A chat with a typed message	Your catalogue inside WhatsApp	A web form	Your menu in the phone's browser
Menu and prices	None	Items added one by one. Each needs an image and a country of origin. Prices can be added only in certain countries.	Whatever the form holds	Full menu, photos, prices, out-of-stock marking
Sizes and add-ons	None	Not listed in Meta's help pages	Depends on the tool	Yes, on every plan
How you get the order	As a chat message. You add up the total.	The cart arrives as a chat message. You confirm it by hand.	A WhatsApp message made from the form	In the dashboard and partner app, plus a copy on your WhatsApp number when the customer taps Send
Order saved for you	Only in the chat	Only in the chat	Often a spreadsheet or the tool	Yes. The Free plan keeps 30 days of history.
Payment	Arranged in chat	Arranged in chat. Paying inside WhatsApp works in only a few countries.	Depends on the tool	Cash, pay on pickup, your own payment link or bank details. Online payments from Lite where available.
Best for	A few orders a week	A small range that seldom changes	Custom orders such as cakes	Steady orders from many customers

Catalogue facts are from WhatsApp's Help Center pages on catalogues, carts and payments, read on 30 September 2026. A missing field in a help page does not prove the feature is impossible, so the table says "not listed". A pre-filled text is only a draft until the customer presses Send. More on catalogues: WhatsApp menu and catalogue.

With Menuthere

A menu link you can share on WhatsApp

This is how it works on the Free plan, step by step.

1
Sign up and build your menu
Import the menu from a photo, a PDF, an Instagram page or a Google link, then check it. Sizes, variants and add-ons are on every plan.
2
Get your ordering website link
Your store gets its own address on Menuthere, such as menuthere.com/your-name. You can use your own domain from the Lite plan.
3
Open Share in the dashboard
Copy the link, tap the WhatsApp button, download the QR code, or follow the short steps for your Google, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook profiles. The WhatsApp button opens WhatsApp with "Order from" and your store name, then the link, already typed.
4
The customer orders in the browser
The menu opens in the phone's browser. No app to install. They pick dishes, choose takeaway, delivery or dine-in, and place the order.
5
The order lands in your dashboard and partner app
The partner app for Android and iPhone rings until you accept the order. You do not retype anything.
6
Your number gets a copy
After the order, the customer sees a Send Order to WhatsApp button. It opens WhatsApp with the order written out, addressed to the WhatsApp number in your Settings. The customer presses Send, so it is a copy on your number that the customer sends. The button is not shown on stores connected to Petpooja, on UPI-QR checkouts or on orders already paid through Cashfree.
7
Know the Free plan limit
The Free plan includes 50 orders a month. After that the menu stays viewable and ordering pauses until the 1st, or until you upgrade. Lite is $9 a month and has unlimited orders. See the pricing page and the Free plan in full.

Pro plan

Want customers to send "Hi" instead?

On the Pro plan, Menuthere connects your own WhatsApp Business number. A customer who sends "Hi" gets a reply with an Order Now button. It opens your menu already signed in, so there is no OTP and no password. How it works.

The Order Now link is valid for 23 hours and works for the first person who opens it. A forwarded link shows an expired screen, and that customer sends "Hi" again for a new one. Stores with WhatsApp ordering on can also show a "Send Hi to order" button on the store's info page.

Meta bills its per-message fee to your own WhatsApp account, and Menuthere takes no cut. From 1 October 2026 Meta also charges for service messages, with a free allowance of 1,000 delivered service messages a month per business number (Meta's pricing page, updated 28 September 2026). Work out your own figure with the WhatsApp cost calculator.

Pro is $39 a month and also adds automatic order-status updates, broadcasts and the missed-order alert. The details are on the WhatsApp ordering page.

Placement

Where to put your WhatsApp order link

Google's WhatsApp chat button and its menu and order link are two separate fields. They do different jobs.

Where to put a WhatsApp number, menu link or QR code, and what each does
Place	What to put there	Good to know
Google Business Profile, WhatsApp button	Your WhatsApp Business number	Add it under Edit profile, Contact, Chat. A chat button then shows in Search and Maps. It opens a chat, so orders are typed by the customer. Guide
Google Business Profile, Menu link	Your menu link	Add it under Edit profile, Contact, Menu link (on a phone: Edit profile, Business information, Contact, Menu link). Customers who tap it reach your menu and order there.
Instagram bio	Your menu link, with "Order here" in the bio	Menuthere's Share screen has the steps.
WhatsApp Business profile	Your menu link in the Website field	Open Settings, Business tools, then Business profile.
Facebook Page	Your menu link in the Website field	The Share screen has the steps.
Table tents, signs, packaging, receipts	The QR code	A table QR code opens the menu for that table. WhatsApp lists storefront signage and table tents as uses for its own QR code. Free QR code menu
WhatsApp chats and groups	The link with a line of text	The Share screen's WhatsApp button types "Order from" and your store name, then the link, for you. Table orders on WhatsApp

Two rules. Do not reset a printed WhatsApp QR code, because the old one stops working. Use one menu link everywhere, so a change to the menu shows in every place at once. Does a WhatsApp QR code expire?

Before you share it

Test it and keep it working

Run through this list once before you print a QR code or post the link. It takes a few minutes and catches most mistakes.

Open the link from another phone.
Check that the number is in full international format.
Place a test order, then look for it in the dashboard and the partner app.
Scan each printed QR code from arm's length.
Remember the Free plan limit of 50 orders a month.
Upgrade to Lite for $9 a month for unlimited orders, your own domain, no Menuthere badge and online payments. Stripe is used where it opens accounts, and Razorpay or Easebuzz in India.
Lite and Pro have a 7-day free trial.

Questions owners ask

Answered, plainly.

It is a link that opens a chat with your business number when a customer taps it. A wa.me link can also carry typed text. A menu link opens your menu so the customer picks dishes instead of typing the order.

Write https://wa.me/ and your number in full international format, with no zeroes, brackets or dashes. Then add ?text=I%20want%20to%20order. Test it on your own phone. The customer can edit the text and has to press Send.

No. It opens a chat. For a menu with prices, share a menu link. WhatsApp's own catalogue can also show items, but you add each one by hand and each needs an image.

A form is a third-party tool that turns answers into a WhatsApp message. It can collect items and an address, but you depend on the tool and often still retype the order elsewhere. A menu link with checkout saves the order in a dashboard.

Yes. A chat started from your link, QR code or Google button does not need your number saved. Only broadcast lists need the customer to have saved it.

The order is saved in your dashboard and partner app first. The customer then sees a Send Order to WhatsApp button and can send you the full order. It goes to the WhatsApp number in your Settings. The button is not shown for Petpooja-connected stores, UPI-QR checkouts or orders paid through Cashfree.

Yes. The Free plan is $0 with 0% commission and includes 50 orders a month. After that ordering pauses until the 1st, or until you upgrade. There is no per-order fee. Lite ($9 a month) and Pro ($39 a month) have a 7-day free trial.

On the Pro plan, they get a reply with an Order Now button that opens your menu already signed in. The link lasts 23 hours. Meta's per-message fee is billed to your WhatsApp account, and Menuthere takes no cut.

The Business app's QR code does not expire unless you reset it or delete the account. QR codes made through the API do not expire automatically. A Menuthere QR code opens your live menu, so changing a price does not mean reprinting.

Add your WhatsApp Business number under Edit profile, Contact, Chat. A chat button then shows in Search and Maps. To send orders to your menu, put your menu link in the Menu link field as well.

For WhatsApp's own QR codes and short links on the API, Meta says analytics are not available. Menuthere saves the orders in your dashboard but does not show link-click counts.

One API business number can have up to 2,000 QR codes and short links, each with a pre-filled message of up to 140 characters. The Business app gives one QR code and one short link per account.

Sources (11) · checked 2026-10-01

How to use click to chat · WhatsApp Help Center, 30 September 2026
How to create short links · WhatsApp Help Center, 30 September 2026
About QR code for WhatsApp Business · WhatsApp Help Center, 30 September 2026
How to create a link to your WhatsApp from your Google Business Profile · WhatsApp Help Center, 30 September 2026
About catalogs · WhatsApp Help Center, 30 September 2026
About carts · WhatsApp Help Center, 30 September 2026
About payments to businesses · WhatsApp Help Center, 30 September 2026
How to use broadcast lists · WhatsApp Help Center, 30 September 2026
QR codes and short links (Cloud API) · Meta for Developers, 21 May 2026
WhatsApp Business Platform pricing · Meta for Developers, 28 September 2026
About the menu editor (Menu link) · Google Business Profile Help, 1 October 2026

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Create a WhatsApp order link for your restaurant

Give customers a link, a button or a QR code that opens your menu and takes the order. Share it in WhatsApp, on Google and on Instagram. The Free plan includes 50 orders a month, with 0% commission.

Free plan, $0. 0% commission on every plan.

Not on Google? Create it manually

Kind

What the customer taps

Who does the work

Cost

A chat link (wa.me)

A chat with your number, with optional typed text

The customer writes the order. You read it, add up the total and ask for the address.

Free

An order form

A web form that turns the answers into a WhatsApp message

The form collects items and an address. It comes from a third-party tool, so check its price, its limits and where it keeps the data.

Set by the tool

A menu link

Your menu in the phone's browser, with dishes, sizes and add-ons

The customer picks and places the order. It lands in your dashboard and partner app.

$0 on the Menuthere Free plan

Compare

Chat link (wa.me)

WhatsApp catalogue and cart

Order-form tool

Menuthere menu link (Free)

Cost

Free

Part of the free Business app

Set by the tool

$0. 50 orders a month, then view-only until the 1st

What the customer sees

A chat with a typed message

Your catalogue inside WhatsApp

A web form

Your menu in the phone's browser

Menu and prices

None

Items added one by one. Each needs an image and a country of origin. Prices can be added only in certain countries.

Whatever the form holds

Full menu, photos, prices, out-of-stock marking

Sizes and add-ons

None

Not listed in Meta's help pages

Depends on the tool

Yes, on every plan

How you get the order

As a chat message. You add up the total.

The cart arrives as a chat message. You confirm it by hand.

A WhatsApp message made from the form

In the dashboard and partner app, plus a copy on your WhatsApp number when the customer taps Send

Order saved for you

Only in the chat

Often a spreadsheet or the tool

Yes. The Free plan keeps 30 days of history.

Payment

Arranged in chat

Arranged in chat. Paying inside WhatsApp works in only a few countries.

Depends on the tool

Cash, pay on pickup, your own payment link or bank details. Online payments from Lite where available.

Best for

A few orders a week

A small range that seldom changes

Custom orders such as cakes

Steady orders from many customers

Place

What to put there

Good to know

Google Business Profile, WhatsApp button

Your WhatsApp Business number

Add it under Edit profile, Contact, Chat. A chat button then shows in Search and Maps. It opens a chat, so orders are typed by the customer. Guide

Google Business Profile, Menu link

Your menu link

Add it under Edit profile, Contact, Menu link (on a phone: Edit profile, Business information, Contact, Menu link). Customers who tap it reach your menu and order there.

Instagram bio

Your menu link, with "Order here" in the bio

Menuthere's Share screen has the steps.

WhatsApp Business profile

Your menu link in the Website field

Open Settings, Business tools, then Business profile.

Facebook Page

Your menu link in the Website field

The Share screen has the steps.

Table tents, signs, packaging, receipts

The QR code

A table QR code opens the menu for that table. WhatsApp lists storefront signage and table tents as uses for its own QR code. Free QR code menu

WhatsApp chats and groups

The link with a line of text

The Share screen's WhatsApp button types "Order from" and your store name, then the link, for you. Table orders on WhatsApp

Create a WhatsApp order link for your restaurant

Three kinds of WhatsApp order link

Make a WhatsApp order link with wa.me

Start with your number in full international format

Add a message if you want one typed for the customer

Test it on your own phone

Or let the Business app make it for you

Know what the link cannot do

Order form, catalogue or menu link?

A menu link you can share on WhatsApp

Sign up and build your menu

Get your ordering website link

Open Share in the dashboard

The customer orders in the browser

The order lands in your dashboard and partner app

Your number gets a copy

Know the Free plan limit

Want customers to send "Hi" instead?

Where to put your WhatsApp order link

Test it and keep it working

Answered, plainly.

What is a WhatsApp order link?

How do I make a WhatsApp link with "I want to order" already typed?

Does the wa.me link show my menu or prices?

Is a WhatsApp order form better than a link?

Can customers order without saving my number?

How do I get the order on my own WhatsApp number on the Free plan?

Is the Menuthere order link free?

What do customers get if they send "Hi" to my number?

Does a WhatsApp QR code expire?

How do I add a WhatsApp button to my Google listing?

Can I see how many people tapped my WhatsApp link or scanned the QR?

How many WhatsApp QR codes or short links can I make?

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Three kinds of WhatsApp order link

Make a WhatsApp order link with wa.me

Start with your number in full international format

Add a message if you want one typed for the customer

Test it on your own phone

Or let the Business app make it for you

Know what the link cannot do

Order form, catalogue or menu link?

A menu link you can share on WhatsApp

Sign up and build your menu

Get your ordering website link

Open Share in the dashboard

The customer orders in the browser

The order lands in your dashboard and partner app

Your number gets a copy

Know the Free plan limit

Want customers to send "Hi" instead?

Where to put your WhatsApp order link

Test it and keep it working

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Answered, plainly.

What is a WhatsApp order link?

How do I make a WhatsApp link with "I want to order" already typed?

Does the wa.me link show my menu or prices?

Is a WhatsApp order form better than a link?

Can customers order without saving my number?

How do I get the order on my own WhatsApp number on the Free plan?

Is the Menuthere order link free?

What do customers get if they send "Hi" to my number?

Does a WhatsApp QR code expire?

How do I add a WhatsApp button to my Google listing?

Can I see how many people tapped my WhatsApp link or scanned the QR?

How many WhatsApp QR codes or short links can I make?

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