# BlueCart and Volty > Chefs send their produce list on WhatsApp and Volty proposes a BlueCart order for the sales rep to approve, and kitchens ask by email where a delivery is. Food distributors that take orders in BlueCart let chefs order by WhatsApp and check delivery status, while the sales team approves each order before it lands. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## Tomorrow's produce order A chef messages a list. Volty reads the catalog and proposes the order. CA Chef Antonio Ruiz WhatsApp · Customer For tomorrow: 2 cases romaine, 1 case lemons, 10 lb shallots. Same as usual. Checked BlueCart · Casa Ruiz · romaine $38.50/cs · lemons $52/cs · shallots $2.10/lb Volty Thanks Chef. That's 2 cases romaine at $38.50, 1 case lemons at $52.00 and 10 lb shallots at $2.10, so $150.00 for delivery tomorrow morning. I'll send it to Kayla to confirm. Waiting for approval BlueCart order for Casa Ruiz: romaine 2 cs, lemons 1 cs, shallots 10 lb, $150.00, deliver Tue Nov 3 Approve · Edit · Decline BlueCart account Casa Ruiz Net 15 Buyer Antonio Ruiz Sales rep Kayla Simmons Delivery days Mon to Sat Last order Oct 31 · $412.80 Client terms and order history in BlueCart ## What Volty does with BlueCart BlueCart is the wholesale ordering and B2B e-commerce platform many food suppliers and the restaurants they serve use to place and track orders. Access credentials your admin creates in BlueCart's settings let Volty read clients, catalogs, products and orders. A chef messages a supplier for tomorrow's order and Volty reads the catalog and prices, proposes the order for the sales rep to approve, and answers where today's delivery is. - Orders by message · A chef's list becomes a BlueCart order for the rep to approve. - Catalog and prices · Volty reads the account's items and prices before it confirms. - Delivery status · A buyer asking where an order is hears its status. - Each chef, their own catalog · Casa Ruiz sees Casa Ruiz prices, found by the buyer's number on the BlueCart client. Connects with BlueCart API with credentials from Settings Volty reads Clients, catalogs, products, prices, order status Volty can change New orders, approved by the sales rep Setup Our team, with a BlueCart admin Category Hospitality, food & events Casa Ruiz's usual romaine, lemons and shallots, priced from its own catalog. ### Where is our delivery A kitchen manager asks before lunch. Volty reads the order status. HK Hannah Kim Gmail · Customer Has our order for today gone out yet? Still waiting on the dairy. Checked BlueCart · Order 55190 · Northside Kitchen · out for delivery 9:40am Volty Hi Hannah, order 55190 left the warehouse at 9:40am and is on the truck now, with the dairy on board. It's due before 11:30am. ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Order cutoff reminder - When · 4pm, two hours before cutoff · The missing-order sweep - Step 1 · Finds regulars with nothing in · No BlueCart order for tomorrow's truck - Step 2 · Nudges the chef · WhatsApp template, "same as last Tuesday?" - Step 3 · Builds the order from the reply · Held until the rep approves The dairy is on the truck, and the kitchen manager knows it before lunch prep. ## How Volty connects to BlueCart BlueCart lets a business create its own API access credentials in the app, and logs every call made with them. Our team builds the custom connection on those credentials, and an admin approves it in Volty. - 01 · Create access credentials · In BlueCart, an admin opens Settings, API Access Credentials, and clicks Create Access Credentials. - 02 · Share the three values · An access key ID, a secret access key and an API key go to our team over a secure channel. - 03 · Approve in Volty · An admin approves the connection once. Create order starts Off. - 04 · Watch the call log · Every request Volty makes shows under Settings, API Call Logs in BlueCart. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Match buyer to client · Reads - Read client catalog and prices · Reads - Read order status · Reads - Create an order · Changes Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes BlueCart starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### Where do we create the BlueCart credentials? In the BlueCart app, an admin goes to Settings, API Access Credentials, and clicks Create Access Credentials. That gives an access key ID, a secret access key and an API key. BlueCart logs each API call under Settings, API Call Logs, so you can see what Volty requested. ### Can a chef place an order by WhatsApp? Volty reads the chef's catalog and prices, repeats the order back, and can create it in BlueCart once the chef confirms. Creating orders starts Off. Most distributors set it to Check with staff so a sales rep approves each order first. ### Does Volty know where a delivery is? Volty reads the order's BlueCart status, such as Processing, In Transit or Fulfilled, and answers from that. If your drivers track ETAs somewhere else, Volty does not see them unless that system is connected too. ### How much does it cost to connect BlueCart with Volty? Every Volty plan includes seats, active contacts and AI credits and starts with a free 7-day trial, and the plan prices are on voltade.com/pricing. Meta bills message charges separately for WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger. ## Related integrations - MarketMan Hospitality, food & events - MarginEdge Hospitality, food & events - WhatsApp Business API Messaging channels - Gmail Email All integrations ## Start your free trial Talk to Volty · Start your free trial Sign up for our 7-day trial. No credit card needed. ## Not convinced? Hear more from our CEO and Volty The Leonard and Volty Show · 8 October 2026 ### Meta now charges for WhatsApp replies The Leonard and Volty Show · 1 October 2026 ### Too busy to hire? 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