Keralam · Updated 2026-10-20
WhatsApp Business API for Kayamkulam's coir units, transporters and palace visitors
Once the seat of Odanad's pepper-trading rajas, Kayamkulam now sits where NH 66, a rail junction and National Waterway 3 meet.
Kayamkulam was the seat of Odanad, a kingdom that traded pepper. Today a highway, a rail junction and a national waterway meet in the town, in a district whose ODOP product is coir.
For Kayamkulam's coir units and sellers, the transporters and parcel agents at its junction and on NH 66, the cabs and lodges that serve Krishnapuram Palace, and the boat-race organisers on its lake: how one order flows from a buyer's message to delivery and payment on WhatsApp, and what each step costs.
See it work
One coir order through a Kayamkulam unit's WhatsApp
A retailer in Kollam asks a Kayamkulam coir unit for door-mat designs. Follow the order around the diagram, from the first message to the balance reminder, and see which steps are replies and which are templates.
The top row is one conversation: the retailer writes, the unit answers, the order is placed, all inside a single 24-hour window at the service rate. The bottom row comes days later, after the mats are made, so the dispatch note and the balance reminder go as approved utility templates.
Message, reply, order, dispatch, delivery, reminder
- Retailer in Kollam to Unit's shared inbox: asks for designs
- Unit's shared inbox to Design photos and rate: staff answer
- Design photos and rate to Order and advance: retailer orders
- Order and advance to Dispatch note: days later
- Dispatch note to Delivered by NH 66: lorry arrives
- Delivered by NH 66 to Balance reminder: balance due
Hop 6 of 6
Delivered by NH 66Balance reminderbalance due
Arrives at Balance reminder — utility template.
Hop 6 of 6: Delivered by NH 66 to Balance reminder — balance due.
Market brief
Kayamkulam in eight lines
From the Alappuzha district administration's pages and Invest India's ODOP list, with the town's history, routes and boat race as general background from Wikipedia.
- 01
Kayamkulam is one of Alappuzha district's six municipalities, with Alappuzha, Chengannur, Cherthala, Mavelikara and Harippad; the district has six taluks and lists Malayalam as its language.[2],[1]
- 02
Krishnapuram Palace was built by Marthandavarma Maharaja at Kayamkulam in Karthikappally taluk; its eighteenth-century Gajendramoksham mural is one of the largest in Kerala, and the palace museum holds antique sculptures, paintings and bronzes.[3]
- 03
The palace is about 2 km from Kayamkulam railway station; Thiruvananthapuram airport is about 103 km away and Kochi's about 132 km.[3]
- 04
Kayamkulam was the medieval kingdom of Odanad, or Onattukara, a military power and a centre of the pepper trade until Marthanda Varma conquered it for Travancore.[5]
- 05
National Waterway 3, the West Coast Canal, runs through Kayamkulam lake, with an inland water transport terminal in the town; Chinese fishing nets stand on the lagoon's banks.[5]
- 06
NH 66 runs through the town, Kayamkulam Junction station lies on the road to Punalur, and Kollam is about 37 km away, Alappuzha about 45 km.[5]
- 07
The Kayamkulam boat race is held on the fourth Saturday of August, and a national cartoon museum opened at Krishnapuram in 2014.[5]
- 08
Invest India's ODOP list names coir products for Alappuzha district.[4]
Industries
Who in Kayamkulam answers on WhatsApp
Four businesses that follow from the district's coir, the town's routes, its palace and its lake.
- 01
Coir product units and sellers
Coir products are Alappuzha's ODOP entry, and a seller's buyers ask for designs, sizes and rates before they order.[4]
On WhatsApp: Design photos in reply · Dispatch notes with the invoice · Balance reminders
- 02
Transporters and parcel agents
NH 66, Kayamkulam Junction and the National Waterway 3 terminal put the town on three routes at once.[5]
On WhatsApp: Booking confirmations · Lorry or parcel numbers · Delivery notes to the consignee
- 03
- 04
Boat-race organisers
The race on Kayamkulam lake comes round on the fourth Saturday of every August.[5]
On WhatsApp: Race-day details to seat holders · Replies about timings and venues · Offers to supporters who opted in
Malayalam first, English and Hindi for buyers further away
Malayalam for the town and the district; English for invoices and buyers' offices; Hindi for buyers and drivers from northern states.
Each language is a separate version of a template, approved by Meta on its own. Replies need no template, so staff answer in whatever a buyer writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
| Language | Meta code | Use it for |
|---|---|---|
| Malayalam | ml | Retailers, guests and race supporters in Keralam |
| English (India) | en_IN | Invoices, dispatch notes and buyers' purchase offices |
| Hindi | hi | Coir buyers and drivers from other states |
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a Kayamkulam coir unit's month of orders costs
Lite at ₹999 a month or Growth at ₹2,999, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for every reply to a buyer who wrote, ₹0.19 for a dispatch note or balance reminder, ₹0.94 for a new-design offer to buyers who said yes 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
Everything a growing business needs to run WhatsApp properly.
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Lite, plus the API, automation and team scale serious senders need.
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Kayamkulam · 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 retailer in Kollam and a buyer in Delhi both cost the same India rate. Invoices are in rupees and carry your Keralam GSTIN.
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What a Kayamkulam business runs on InfiQ
Matched to the order flow above.
- Shared team inbox
The first node of the flow: sales, the shop floor and accounts answer one number, so the retailer who asked for designs gets the reminder from the same chat.
- Template manager and library
Approve the dispatch note and the balance reminder once in Malayalam and English, with the lorry number and the amount as variables.
- Busy accounting integration
A unit that bills in Busy sends invoices and automatic payment reminders on WhatsApp, with no integration fee.
Nearby
City pages near Kayamkulam
The NH 66 towns between Kollam and Alappuzha.
Kayamkulam's buyers and travellers move along NH 66 and the canal between these cities; each page looks at its own trades. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Kayamkulam teams
Questions Kayamkulam businesses ask
- Q1
A retailer in Kollam writes to our Kayamkulam coir unit for door-mat designs. Are the photos we send templates?
No. The retailer wrote first, so design photos, sizes and the rate are replies inside the 24-hour window at ₹0.145 each. A template is needed only when you write after the window has closed, as with the dispatch note days later.
- Q2
Our parcel agency near Kayamkulam Junction books goods on trains. Can the consignee get the parcel number on WhatsApp?
Yes. A booking note for goods the consignee is expecting is a utility template at ₹0.19, with the parcel number, the train and the expected arrival as variables. If the consignee writes back, your answers for 24 hours are replies.
- Q3
Visitors ask our Kayamkulam cab service how to see the Gajendramoksham mural at Krishnapuram Palace. Can we answer in English and Malayalam?
Yes. A visitor who writes first opens a 24-hour window, and your replies can be in any language, at ₹0.145 each. A booking confirmation sent later is a utility template, approved separately in Malayalam (ml) and English (en_IN).
- Q4
Our club sells seats for the Kayamkulam boat race on the fourth Saturday of August. Can we send seat holders the race-day details?
Yes. Details for a seat the supporter booked are a utility template at ₹0.19, with the gate, the time and the seat as variables. A message to last year's supporters that seats are on sale is marketing at ₹0.94, only for those who said yes.
- Q5
Our Kayamkulam coir unit ships mats to buyers in northern states. Can the dispatch note be in Hindi?
Yes. Hindi (hi) is a Meta template language, so the dispatch note can be approved in Hindi as well as Malayalam and English, under the same template name. Each version costs the same India rate, ₹0.19, wherever in India the buyer is.
- Q6
Our lodge on NH 66 in Kayamkulam hosts travellers between Kollam and Alappuzha. Can guests get check-in directions before they arrive?
Yes. Directions for a room the guest booked are a utility template at ₹0.19, with the check-in time and a map link. A guest who replies with an arrival time opens a 24-hour window, and your answers are replies at ₹0.145.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]Alappuzha district: official website · District Administration, Alappuzha · read 2026-10-21
- [2]Municipalities · District Administration, Alappuzha · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Krishnapuram Palace · District Administration, Alappuzha · read 2026-10-21
- [4]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-21
- [5]Kayamkulam (general background only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
- [6]WhatsApp Business Platform: pricing · Meta for Developers · read 2026-10-21
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