FlareSend blog
Practical articles for developers and African SMEs — OTPs, payments, bulk messaging, webhooks, and pricing. Built to skim, not scroll forever.
Official Cloud API or a QR-linked session API: setup time, per-message versus flat KES pricing, and which path fits a Kenyan team.
When a Daraja STK callback succeeds, queue one WhatsApp receipt. The send uses recipients, type, and text — and it only happens once per M-Pesa receipt.
If Meta Cloud feels heavy, here are practical WhatsApp API options for developers and small businesses.
Groups are powerful for communities — automate announcements carefully.
A simple framework for transactional WhatsApp notifications that customers welcome.
Confirm orders on WhatsApp the moment checkout succeeds.
Point FlareSend at your HTTPS endpoint and start receiving inbound events.
Bulk does not mean blast spam. Here is a safer programmatic approach.
A Laravel-friendly pattern for sending WhatsApp messages from jobs and controllers.