A WhatsApp product catalog is a single shareable link that shows every product you sell, with photos, prices and categories, so customers can browse your whole range instead of asking for items one by one. VCardMyWeb's catalog goes further than the one built into WhatsApp Business: no small product cap, real categories, and a direct path from browsing straight to checkout.
WhatsApp Business already has a catalog feature, and it is a reasonable starting point for a small range. The difference shows up once you have more products, need categories, or want a customer to be able to actually check out rather than just browse.
| Capability | WhatsApp Business catalog | VCardMyWeb catalog |
|---|---|---|
| Product limit | Capped by WhatsApp | Set by your plan, not by WhatsApp |
| Categories | Limited | Unlimited, structured browsing |
| Checkout from the catalog | No | Yes — part of your WhatsApp Store |
| Stock awareness | No | Yes — out-of-stock items marked automatically |
Many sellers use both together: the native catalog for in-app discovery, and a VCardMyWeb catalog as the link they actually share for browsing and ordering. See the full WhatsApp Store for how the catalog connects to checkout, stock and orders.
Add each product with a clear photo, price and short description, then group related products into categories — by type, size, collection or whatever makes sense for what you sell. A well-organised catalog answers "what do you have?" before the customer even has to ask.
Each part of VCardMyWeb connects to the next, so your catalog, orders, payments, billing and shipping stay in one system.
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Learn moreA WhatsApp product catalog is a single shareable link that shows every product you sell with photos, prices and categories, so customers can browse your whole range instead of asking for items one by one.
WhatsApp Business has a native catalog that displays products inside the app, but it has no checkout, no stock tracking and a product limit. A VCardMyWeb catalog has no such cap, supports proper categories, and connects directly to checkout, inventory and orders.
There is no small product cap on a VCardMyWeb catalog the way there is in the native WhatsApp catalog. Your plan determines your limits — see the pricing page for what each plan includes.
Yes. Categories let a customer jump straight to the section they want, which matters once you carry more than a handful of products.
Yes. Your catalog is part of your WhatsApp Store, so a customer can add items and check out from the same link rather than switching to a chat to place the order.
No. Your catalog is a hosted page you share as a link, so it works without API access, approval or developer setup.
Put your whole range in one link, organised into categories customers can actually browse.