Attar houses
Attar made by deg-bhapka distillation sells in domestic and international markets, and a new buyer often asks for samples first.[4]
- Sample photos and prices in reply
- Order-ready note with the invoice
- Dispatch note with tracking
A business day in Kannauj
WhatsApp Business API for Kannauj's attar houses, distilleries and incense makers
Kannauj, the itra (इत्र) capital, still makes attar by the deg-bhapka process its district is famous for. Its orders start with a question about a sample and end with a courier, and WhatsApp can carry all of it.
- 07:00
A distillery's utility template asks its flower suppliers to confirm today's delivery.
- 11:00
A perfume shop in another city asks for samples of three attars.
- 15:00
Bottled lots leave with a courier; each buyer gets a dispatch note.
- 20:00
An incense-stick maker sends a distributor the invoice for the week's cartons.
For the attar houses and deg-bhapka distilleries of Kannauj, the incense-stick makers who share its ODOP entry and the shops that sell its perfume across India and abroad: how one order runs on WhatsApp from a sample request to delivery, which steps need a template, and what each message costs.
See it work
One attar order, from a sample to the courier
A perfume shop in another city asks a Kannauj attar house for samples. Step through the order to see which messages are replies and which have to be templates.
Two of the nine steps are templates, and both are utility: the note that the order is ready and the note that it has left. Everything else is a reply to something the shop asked, which needs no approval and can be written in any language.
Distilling and bottling take time, so the window the shop opened has usually closed by the time the attar is ready. That is why the order-ready note is the one template every Kannauj attar house should have approved before its first order.
A shop, an attar house and a courier
9 / 9
- Perfume shopanother city
- Attar houseKannauj
- Courier
Step 9 of 9Response
Attar housePerfume shop
Courier's update, as a reply
- Request — solid arrow — a call that expects an answer
- Response — dashed arrow — the answer coming back
- Event — dotted arrow — something happened and is pushed out
- Async — double head — fire-and-forget, nobody waits
Step 9 of 9: Attar house to Perfume shop — Courier's update, as a reply
Kannauj in eight lines
From the Kannauj district administration, Uttar Pradesh's ODOP portal, the Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre and Invest India's ODOP list.
Kannauj district was carved out of Farrukhabad on 18 September 1997; it lies in Kanpur Division and covers 2,093 sq km with three tehsils, eight blocks and 752 villages.[1]
Its ancient name was Kanyakubja, or Mahodaya; Harsha held a religious assembly here, and Hiuen Tsang visited in 643.[2]
Chandradeva, the first Gahadavala king of Kannauj, ruled from 1089–90, and under Akbar Kannauj was the headquarters of a sarkar.[2]
The district calls itself the land of fragrances and says its essence, flavour and fragrance industry is famous internationally.[1],[3]
Uttar Pradesh's ODOP portal calls Kannauj the itra, or attar, capital of India, made by the age-old deg-bhapka distillation process from flowers, herbs, spices and aromatic woods, and calls it a GI-tagged craft.[4]
The same portal says Kannauj's attars serve domestic and international markets, and its incense sticks and dhoopbatti are made from natural resins, essential oils, herbs, wood powders and floral extracts.[4]
Invest India's ODOP list names perfume (attar), incense sticks and products for Kannauj.[6]
The Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre was set up in 1991 and is an autonomous body under the Ministry of MSME, with training courses and a NABL-accredited testing laboratory.[5]
Who in Kannauj starts first
Four businesses that follow from the stills, the incense units and the shops that sell what they make.
Distilleries and their suppliers
Flowers, herbs, spices and aromatic woods are the stills' raw materials, bought from growers and suppliers.[4]
- Delivery confirmation to a supplier
- Weight and payment note
- Answers to suppliers who write in
Incense-stick and dhoopbatti makers
Incense sticks share Kannauj's ODOP entry with attar, and sell to distributors and shops.[6],[4]
- Order confirmations to distributors
- Invoices and payment reminders
- New fragrances to buyers who opted in
Perfume shops and online sellers
A shop that sells attar to visitors, or online, is asked to reorder long after the first sale.
- Reorder answers in reply
- Order and courier updates
- Seasonal offers to customers who opted in
A slow product and a 24-hour window
Attar from traditional deg-bhapka stills is not always a product a house can ship the same day. A buyer's first question and the moment his lot is distilled and bottled can be days apart.
WhatsApp's window is 24 hours. Inside it, the house can answer anything the buyer asks: photos, prices, which attar suits which season. When the lot is ready, the buyer has long gone quiet, so the order-ready note goes as an approved utility template, written once in Hindi or English with variables for the attar, the quantity and the invoice.
Selling more to the same buyer is different again. A note about a new attar or a festival price is marketing, and it goes only to buyers who said yes to hearing about offers.
On InfiQ
What a Kannauj attar house runs on InfiQ
Matched to the order in the sequence above.
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.
Get the order-ready and dispatch templates approved before the first order, in Hindi and English, and reuse them for every lot.
Learn moreDeveloper API and webhooks
A shop selling vials online can trigger order and courier updates from its own system through InfiQ's REST API and signed webhooks.
Published per-market rates
A buyer abroad is billed at his own country's rate, published in rupees before you send, so an export order's messages are costed in advance.
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a Kannauj attar order costs to message
Lite at ₹999 a month or Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for each reply about samples or delivery, ₹0.19 for an order-ready or dispatch note, ₹0.94 for a new attar to buyers who opted in and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
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 Kannauj · 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 shop in Mumbai or Hyderabad on an Indian number costs the same India rate as one in Kannauj; a buyer abroad is billed at his own country's rate. Invoices are in rupees and carry your Uttar Pradesh GSTIN.
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City pages near Kannauj
The nearest markets on the Ganga plain between Farrukhabad and Kanpur.
Kannauj's buyers and suppliers move between several of these cities; each page looks at its own trades. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Kannauj teams
Questions Kannauj businesses ask
Perfume shops ask our Kannauj attar house for photos and prices of samples before they order. Is what we send back marketing?+
No. The shop asked, so the photos, the prices and your suggestions are replies at ₹0.145 each for 24 hours after its last message, with no template. Marketing is a message you start about offers, sent only to buyers who agreed to receive it.
Our Kannauj distillery buys flowers from suppliers through the season. Can each supplier get the weight and payment note for the day's delivery on WhatsApp?+
Yes. A weight or payment note for flowers the supplier delivered is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved in Hindi, with the date, the weight and the amount as variables. When a supplier writes back, your answers are replies at ₹0.145.
The ODOP portal calls Kannauj attar a GI-tagged craft, and buyers abroad ask us about it. What does a message to an overseas buyer cost?+
Each message is billed at the rate for the buyer's country code, not India's. InfiQ publishes every market's rate in rupees on the [pricing page](/pricing) and invoices in rupees with GST to your Uttar Pradesh GSTIN, so there is no foreign-currency bill.
Our incense-stick unit in Kannauj supplies distributors across Uttar Pradesh. Can invoices and payment reminders go out on WhatsApp by themselves?+
Yes. If you bill in Busy, InfiQ's native Busy integration sends invoices and automatic payment reminders on WhatsApp with no integration fee. Each reminder to a distributor's Indian number is a utility message at ₹0.19.
Visitors who bought attar at our Kannauj shop want to reorder later. Can we send them our new attars before Diwali?+
Only those who agreed to hear about new attars and offers. A seasonal offer is a marketing template at ₹0.94, and InfiQ records each customer's opt-in with its date and source and enforces STOP. A customer who writes to reorder gets every answer as a reply.
Our Kannauj shop sells attar vials online across India. Can order and courier updates come from our website without staff typing them?+
Yes. Your site or order system can call InfiQ's REST API to send the order confirmation and the courier update as utility templates at ₹0.19 each, and signed webhooks report delivery back. The API is included on Growth and is an add-on on Lite.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Kannauj district: official website · District Administration, Kannauj · read 2026-10-21
- [2]History · District Administration, Kannauj · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Economy · District Administration, Kannauj · read 2026-10-21
- [4]Kannauj · One District One Product, Government of Uttar Pradesh · read 2026-10-21
- [5]Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre, Kannauj · Fragrance and Flavour Development Centre · read 2026-10-21
- [6]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
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