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32 points by parvardegr 2 years ago · 12 comments · 1 min read

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Mini Woo is a project that allows you to create a mini app for Telegram that connects to your WooCommerce website. It uses Next.js, the Telegram Bot API and the WooCommerce REST API to provide a seamless shopping experience for your customers on Telegram

aith 2 years ago

This is really cool! I didn't know telegram was capable of these kinds of apps. How/why would customers find your store on telegram vs regular web?

  • parvardegrOP 2 years ago

    Hi, one reason is telegram payment. on the other hand these kind of telegram mini-apps can be the future of the e-shops because of the telegram great communication capabilities. there are many online shops using Instagram to sell their products, they can do better with telegram mini-apps in my opinion.

    • victor106 2 years ago

      That’s interesting. What makes you think that Telegram is a better platform than Instagram?

      • parvardegrOP 2 years ago

        in my opinion sellers can communicate better with customers via telegram. one of the great features of the Instagram is stories, telegram add stories lately,telegram have bots, channels, mini-apps so you can have better tools to sell your products.

        • victor106 2 years ago

          The question is about marketing. How do you market on Telegram?

          • parvardegrOP 2 years ago

            telegram have an internal ads feature, beside that there is other ways like advertising in popular channels, groups and bots. many people already use these kind of advertisements in Telegram.

      • throwaway60722 2 years ago

        Anecdote: Both my parents and all grandparents have Telegram while none of them have Instagram.

        It's a chat app used by a much wider audience than Instagram. Instagram is predominantly used by younger people who want to live the digital social life.

        • meowtimemania 2 years ago

          Where are you based? In the USA I don’t know anyone using telegram. I only recently downloaded it to follow some channels related to the Israel/gaza conflict. I really like the app.

    • sgt 2 years ago

      Do you know if WhatsApp will become capable of these types of mini apps soon?

      • teitoklien 2 years ago

        Already is capable to an extent, ive made orders with whatsapp chat based apps before

        Usually to order coffee (powered by shopify stores typically)

        • sgt 2 years ago

          Yeah but that is either via buttons or a link. I found later that WhatsApp is working on launching app type of functionality very soon via WhatsApp Flows.

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