# Vori and Volty > Grocery shoppers ask on WhatsApp whether an item is in and what it costs, and owners ask Volty for department sales, with both answers read from Vori. Independent grocers on Vori let shoppers ask Volty whether an item is in and what it costs, and owners ask for department sales without pulling a report. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## Is the Kerrygold in Andre asks before leaving home. Volty reads the item's price and count in Vori. AC Andre Coleman WhatsApp · Customer Do you have the Kerrygold unsalted butter in stock today? Checked Vori · Kerrygold Unsalted 8 oz · $4.79 · 18 on hand Volty Yes, Andre. We have Kerrygold unsalted butter, 8 oz, at $4.79. There are 18 in the dairy case right now. Perfect, coming by after work Vori item Kerrygold Unsalted Butter 8 oz In stock Price $4.79 On hand 18 Department Dairy Last received Oct 30 Store products and inventory, read with a scoped key ## What Volty does with Vori Vori is a point of sale and back-office platform built for independent grocers. Volty reads a product's shelf price and on-hand count from Vori so a shopper on WhatsApp knows it is in before driving over. Owners ask Volty in team chat how a department sold yesterday, and Volty answers from Vori's transactions. - Price at the register · The price a shopper hears comes from the same Vori item the till rings up. - In the dairy case or not · On-hand counts are read when the question arrives. - Department sales on request · Produce yesterday against last Saturday, in one line. - Read-only by default · Item notes stay Off until a manager turns them on. Connects with Vori REST API, bearer key with role permissions Volty reads Store products, prices, inventory, transactions Volty can change Item notes if enabled, Off at the start Setup Our team, with a key from your Vori dashboard Category Retail & POS Shelf price and count, both from the store's Vori catalog. ### Produce, week over week Rosa compares yesterday's produce sales with last Saturday. Volty totals the Vori transactions. Store team Volty · Team chat R Rosa How did produce do yesterday compared with last Saturday? Checked Vori · Produce · Sat Oct 31 $3,420 · Sat Oct 24 $3,105 VoltyAPP Produce sold $3,420 yesterday, up from $3,105 the Saturday before. ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Opening low-stock list - When · Before opening · On a daily schedule - Step 1 · Checks on-hand counts · Items close to running out - Step 2 · Posts what is running low · For the morning manager - Step 3 · Answers about any item · Last delivery, current price Andre checks for butter before he walks over. ## How Volty connects to Vori Vori has a public REST API. A Vori user creates a key on the API keys page of the Vori dashboard and gives it role-based permissions, and the Volty team sets Volty up with it as a custom connection. - 01 · Create a scoped key in Vori · On the API keys page, give the key read permissions for products, inventory and transactions. The secret shows once. - 02 · Share it with our team · We store it for your workspace only. Vori allows 20 requests per second per key. - 03 · Approve the connection · A Volty admin approves it once. - 04 · Set Vori tools · Each is On, Check with staff, or Off. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Search store products · Reads - Read price and on-hand · Reads - Read department sales · Reads - Add item note · Changes Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes Vori starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### What does Volty need from our Vori account? A Vori user creates an API key on the API keys page of the Vori dashboard and assigns its permissions by role. For this setup the key needs read access to products, inventory and transactions. The secret appears once, so it is shared straight with our team when Volty is set up. ### Will the price Volty quotes match the register? Volty reads the price from the store product in Vori when the shopper asks, so it matches what Vori holds at that moment. A sale price you have not entered in Vori yet will not be in the answer. ### Can Volty change prices or stock counts in Vori? No. This connection reads items, prices, inventory and transactions. Price changes and receiving stay in Vori with your staff. An item note tool exists, and it is Off until a manager turns it on. ### How much does it cost to connect Vori 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. 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