Get order alerts on your phone with Make
A restaurant owner asked on the Make Community forum how to get a WhatsApp message on his personal phone whenever a new order comes in on his website. The answer from another member: send the order to a Make webhook and use the official WhatsApp Business Cloud app, which needs a Meta business setup first. If only you need the alerts, a Telegram bot made with BotFather is the simpler start. He also suggested checking for duplicate orders and message limits.
The lesson: If only you need the alerts, start with a Telegram bot. WhatsApp needs a Meta business setup first.
Copy this prompt
When a new order comes in on my website, send me a phone message with the order number, the customer's name, the items, the total and the pickup or delivery time. Send each order only once, even if the website sends it twice.
Our own prompt, written from what the source describes. We haven't run it ourselves. Text in [BRACKETS] is what you replace.
Watch out for
- This is a forum question with answers from other members, not a finished setup.
- Don't put customers' phone numbers or addresses in a chat app unless you need them there.
Where this comes from
Original post by Abdullah_Shah on Make Community, Oct 23, 2026. We rewrote it in our own words. Check the original for the full context.
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