Question 1

How to Verify your Meta Business Account?

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After you set up your WhatsApp Business API, you can start using our tool to send and receive messages right away. However, until you verify your business and get your Display Name approved, WhatsApp restricts you to sending only up to 250 messages per day.

You can increase this limit to 1,000 messages per day by completing the aforementioned steps. In this article, we’re going to see how to get your business verified.

Requirements

To verify your business with WhatsApp, you need the following two documents:

Business legal name document – This can be your GST certificate, EIN documentation, certificate of incorporation/formation, or business license. View the list of documents accepted by Meta.
Business address & phone number document – This can include your MSME Udyog Aadhaar, a utility bill (water, electricity, etc.), a bank statement, or your business license.

Verify Your Business with WhatsApp

Follow the instructions below to verify your business:

Click here to go to the Security Center page in the Meta Business Settings. If it asks you to select a business, select the one you used during the API setup.
From the Verification section, click on Start verification. If it shows some other button

Question 2

Bulk Import Contacts via CSV or Excel File

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Want to import 100s or even 1000s of contacts at once? You can do that using our CSV / Excel import feature. In this article, we’ll see how you can do that.

Follow the simple steps given below to bulk import your contacts:

Create a CSV or Excel sheet with your contacts' data, including first name, last name, WhatsApp number, and any additional contact attributes that you'd like to add to the contact.

IMPORTANT: WhatsApp phone numbers must be added with country codes but WITHOUT the plus + sign. E.g., if the number is +91-XXXXX-XXXXX, you should add 91XXXXXXXXXX.
Make sure to format the phone number column as Text / Plain Text. See instructions on how to do that in Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel.

Open the Contacts > Import / Export page. You'll see the following screen:

Select the Contact Lists to which you want to import these contacts.
Browse and select your CSV / Excel file.
Select the default Contact status and Contact tags that you want to set for the imported contacts.
Click on Continue to move to the next step.
On the next step, you'll see **Sheet Column

Question 3

Create WANotifier Account & Setup Phone Number With WhatsApp API

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In this article, we’ll show you how to create your WANotifier account, set up your phone number with the WhatsApp API, and integrate it with WANotifier.

By the end of this guide, your account will be ready to start sending WhatsApp notifications.

Must-have Requirements

The following are 4 must-have requirements by WhatsApp to set up your phone number with the WhatsApp API. Please make sure you have all of the following before proceeding.

Phone Number – You must have a spare phone number to set up with the WhatsApp API.

Note that if you’re already using a phone number on the WhatsApp mobile app, you won’t be able to use that number with the API. Either you’ll have to disconnect the number from your phone app or get a new phone number to integrate it.
WhatsApp does not allow using the same phone number for both the free WhatsApp phone app and the WhatsApp API.

Registered Business – You must have a registered business and some kind of government-issued business registration proof, like an incorporation document.

If you do not have legal business documents, you won’t be able to use the WhatsApp Business API.
For Indian businesses, having a GST certificate is mandatory.

Website – You must also have a website. WhatsApp requires you to have a live website for your business with a privacy policy page for your users. You cannot use any third-party websites owned by other people or businesses. The website must be owned by you and

Question 4

WhatsApp API & WANotifier Pricing Explained

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We use the official WhatsApp Business API to let you send bulk marketing and transactional messages on WhatsApp, so there are two charges involved when you use WANotifier with the API:

1. Charges for our tool

We offer 4 different paid subscription plans and charge a small monthly/yearly fee to provide you with a tool to use the APIs. You can check out the different plans that we offer on our Pricing page.

We also offer a Free plan to help you get started.

If you want to send messages to more than 2,50,000 contacts, we offer custom Enterprise pricing. Contact us to learn more about it.

2. WhatsApp Business API charges

WhatsApp charges a small per-message fee for the messages you send. These charges are not billed by us, and you pay this directly to Meta (the company that owns WhatsApp) through their respective portal.

To learn more about how the WhatsApp Business API pricing works, check out their official Message-Based Pricing page.

To see the exact per-message charges for different message categories, click the link below:

WhatsApp API Pricing Sheet.

| Total effective cost = WANotifier tool charges + WhatsApp Cloud API charges

Still need more details?

We’ve written a detailed article that breaks down the pricing structure of the WhatsApp Bus

Question 5

How to Add Payment Method for WhatsApp API Billing?

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The WhatsApp Business API is a paid service, and Meta charges a small per-message fee for the messages sent through it. To pay for API usage, you need to add your payment method in the Meta Business portal.

Follow the instructions below to add your payment method.

Open the Meta Business Settings page.
If it asks you to select your Business account, select the one that you used to set up the WhatsApp Business API.
From the left sidebar, go to Accounts > WhatsApp Accounts, and select your WhatsApp account from the list.
Click on the Settings tab, then click the Payment Settings button.
On the Payment Settings page, perform the following two actions:

In the Payment methods section, click on the Add payment method button and add your payment method.
In the Business info section, click on the Edit button and enter your legal business details.

You’ll see a screen like the one below after your payment method is added successfully:

Important Notes:

Adding details in both the Payment method and Business info is required
If you're an Indian business, it's mandatory to add your GST number in the Business info section. If you don't add it, you won't be able to use the WhatsApp API.

Question 6

Fix: Phone Number Status Showing BANNED / Account disabled

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Is your Phone Number Status showing BANNED, and you're seeing the Account disabled message in your WhatsApp Manager? If yes, don't worry, we'll help you fix this issue!

If you're getting this error, it means that your WhatsApp Business account has been disabled (not the Meta Business account) because you violated either their Commerce policy or business terms of service.

How to fix this and get your business enabled?

1. Resolve the issue mentioned in their notice

The first step is to identify why your account was disabled and address the issue outlined in the notice from the Meta team.

To do this, open WhatsApp Manager. At the top, where the Account Disabled error is displayed, click the See details in Business Support Home link. This will take you to the account review page, which will look like this:

Under the Disabled status, you’ll find the reason why your account was disabled. Here are the different types of notices yo

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