Cashew packers
Processed cashew nuts are one of the district's ODOP products, packed for shops and buyers who reorder by grade.[4]
- Grade and price replies
- Dispatch notes with the transport receipt
- New-crop notes to buyers who opted in
West Bengal · 21.8° N, 87.7° E
WhatsApp Business API for Contai: cashew packers, marine traders and the coast's hotels
Contai runs a coast: eight blocks from Contai-I to Ramnagar-II, with the beaches of Digha and Shankarpur on its road. Its cashew and its catch are among the district's ODOP products, and Digha, by the district's count, is 187 km from Kolkata.
For Contai, also called Kanthi, the Purba Medinipur subdivision town near the Bay of Bengal: how cashew packers, marine-product traders, the hotels and cars of Digha, Mandarmani and Shankarpur and the town's shops get customers to write first, then answer in Bengali on the official WhatsApp Business API, and what each message costs.
See it work
A link on the hotel board, the cashew packet and the bill
A family from Kolkata may stay two nights and never come back; a buyer may order cashew once a season. Pick a sample to see the link that lets them write first, in Bengali, whenever they want to.
The Bengali text is URL-encoded inside the link, so the letters survive when it is printed as a QR code on a signboard or a packet. A guest who scans it at check-out and writes three months later reaches the same number, and the hotel answers free-form for the next 24 hours.
What the link cannot do is give permission for offers. A guest who writes to ask about rooms has asked about rooms; a note about next season's rates goes only to guests who said yes to it, and that yes is best asked for at the desk or on the booking form.
One number, one Bengali sentence, one link
A wa.me link opens a WhatsApp chat with a number, optionally with a pre-filled message.
Try
Format: number | message
Link for a hotel board, a cashew packet or a bill
https://wa.me/919000000051?text=%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%2C%20%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%20%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%87%20%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%98%E0%A6%B0%20%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%20%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%3F
- Number
- +919000000051
- Encoded text
- 312 chars
- Stripped 2 separators (spaces, dashes, dots, brackets).
- wa.me takes the full international number as digits only — no +, no 00, no spaces.
- The message was URL-encoded (40 characters → 312) and pre-fills the chat; the customer still presses Send.
Market brief
Contai and Purba Medinipur
From the Purba Medinipur district administration, Invest India's ODOP list and Meta; Wikipedia only for the town's history and institutions.
- 01
Purba Medinipur has four subdivisions: Tamluk, Haldia, Contai and Egra. The Contai subdivision takes in the Bhagwanpur-II, Contai-I, Contai-III, Deshapran, Khejuri-I, Khejuri-II, Ramnagar-I and Ramnagar-II blocks and Contai Municipality.[2]
- 02
The district covers 4,736 sq km in 25 blocks and 3,014 villages, with coastal plains to the south, nearly all of it within 10 m of sea level. It gives Bengali and Hindi as its languages.[1]
- 03
Digha, Mandarmani, Junput and Shankarpur are the district's coastal destinations. Digha is 187 km from Kolkata, Shankarpur lies on the Digha–Contai road 14 km east of Digha, and Junput is 40 km from Digha.[1],[3]
- 04
Invest India's One District One Product list names processed cashew nuts, marine products, patachitra and washed human hair for Purba Medinipur.[4]
- 05
Contai, also called Kanthi, was made a subdivision by the East India Company, and its administration moved into the old Nimak Mahal salt building in 1863; Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay served here briefly as deputy magistrate.[7]
- 06
The town has Prabhat Kumar College, affiliated to Vidyasagar University, a subdivisional hospital and court, and Kanthi railway station on the line from Howrah that runs on to Digha.[7]
- 07
Meta allows free-form messages only inside the 24-hour window a customer opens by writing, charges each delivered message by category and the recipient's country code, and asks for each person's opt-in, naming the business, before a business messages them.[5],[6]
Who in Contai sends WhatsApp messages
Four kinds of business between the town and the sea.
Marine-product traders
Marine products are another of Purba Medinipur's ODOP products, sold to buyers in Kolkata and other states who order on the day's rate.[4]
- Today's rate in reply
- Truck and dispatch details
- Payment-received notes
Hotels from Digha to Shankarpur
Digha, Mandarmani, Junput and Shankarpur are the district's coastal destinations, and their guests book by message and ask the way on the day.[1],[3]
- Booking confirmations
- Check-in notes the day before
- Directions in reply
Car services on the Digha–Contai road
Visitors arrive at Kanthi or Digha station and need a car to the beaches, booked before they leave Kolkata.[3],[7]
- Driver and car details
- Pickup times at the station
- Fare replies
Bengali templates, English for the invoices
The district gives Bengali and Hindi as its languages. Meta approves templates in Bengali, Hindi and English, and each language version on its own.
A hotel that sends its check-in note in Bengali and in Hindi approves two versions and pays the same for either. Inside the 24-hour window, replies can be in any language the guest writes in. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Bengali | bn | Guests from Kolkata, buyers and most customers |
| English (India) | en_IN | Invoices and buyers in other states |
| Hindi | hi | Visitors and traders from outside West Bengal |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a season on the Contai coast costs to message
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for each reply to a guest or buyer, ₹0.19 for a booking, check-in or dispatch note, ₹0.94 for a season offer to people who opted in and ₹0.14 for a login code.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Contai · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A buyer of cashew or marine products on a foreign number is billed at that country's rate, published in rupees on the pricing page. Invoices are in rupees and carry your West Bengal GSTIN.
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What a Contai business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the link above.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
Messages from the link on the hotel board reach a front desk and a manager on one number, with labels for bookings and notes on who replied.
- Template manager and library
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Approve the booking, check-in and dispatch notes once in Bengali and English for the messages that go after a guest or buyer has gone quiet.
- Consent records and opt-out enforcement
Each contact's opt-in source and time are recorded, STOP replies are enforced at platform level (even against later imports), and the audit trail exports.
Guests or buyers who say yes to season offers are recorded with the time and source, separately from those who only scanned the link.
- Published per-market rates
InfiQ publishes its per-message rate for every Meta market in rupees, ex-GST, so the cost of messaging customers abroad is known before you send.
A marine-product or cashew buyer abroad is billed at that market's rate, which InfiQ publishes in rupees before you send.
Nearby
Around Contai, on the map
City pages for neighbouring markets in southern West Bengal and Odisha.
Medinipur, the Paschim Medinipur headquarters, has its own page about patachitra and Madur mats; this one stays with Contai's cashew, catch and coast. The India guide covers DPDP consent, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Contai teams
Questions Contai businesses ask
Our hotel at Shankarpur, on the Digha–Contai road, prints a WhatsApp QR code on its board. What happens when a guest scans it?+
WhatsApp opens with your number and a message already typed, such as a question about rooms. When the guest presses send, a 24-hour window opens and your answers are replies at ₹0.145 each. Scanning the code is not a yes to offers.
We pack processed cashew, one of Purba Medinipur's ODOP products, in Contai. Can a link on the packet bring reorders to our WhatsApp?+
Yes. A click-to-chat link or QR code on the packet lets a buyer write to you whenever they run out. Their message opens the window, so the price, the grades and the order confirmation are replies; the dispatch note days later is a utility template at ₹0.19.
Families from Kolkata book our rooms at Mandarmani on WhatsApp. Can we send them check-in details the day before they drive down?+
Yes. A check-in note for a booking the family made, with the time, the room and the route, is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved once in Bengali. Their questions on the road are replies at ₹0.145 each.
We trade marine products from Contai to buyers in other states. Can each buyer get a dispatch note with the truck details?+
Yes. A dispatch note for the buyer's own order, with the truck number, the driver and the expected arrival, is a utility template at ₹0.19. A daily rate list sent to buyers who did not ask is marketing and needs their opt-in.
Our coaching centre near Prabhat Kumar College in Contai wants to send class changes to students' parents. Which kind of message is that?+
A class change or fee reminder about the student's own enrolment is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved in Bengali and English. An advertisement for a new course sent to all parents is marketing, and goes only to parents who agreed to receive it.
Our car service runs trips from Contai to Junput, 40 km from Digha. Can we confirm a booked trip and the pickup point on WhatsApp?+
Yes. The car, the driver's number and the pickup point for a trip already booked are a utility template at ₹0.19. If the guest writes to change the time, the answers are replies. Keep offers for other trips out of the confirmation.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Purba Medinipur district: official website · District Administration, Purba Medinipur · read 2026-10-21
- [2]Subdivision and blocks · District Administration, Purba Medinipur · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Tourist places · District Administration, Purba Medinipur · read 2026-10-21
- [4]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [5]Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [6]Get opt-in for WhatsApp · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
- [7]Contai (general history and institutions) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
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