How to Send Bulk WhatsApp Messages using the official WhatsApp Cloud APIs
Summary
TLDRThis video script outlines a step-by-step guide on how to use the WA Notifier tool to send bulk messages via the WhatsApp Cloud API. It emphasizes the safety of using WA Notifier, as it adheres to WhatsApp's terms of service, ensuring users' numbers won't be blocked. The process involves creating an account, adding contacts, setting up message templates with call-to-action buttons, and obtaining approval from WhatsApp. After approval, users can send messages to their contact lists, track message status, and even reply to customer inquiries directly. The video also covers setting up the WhatsApp Cloud API with Facebook, including creating an app, configuring webhooks, generating an access token, and adding a payment method. The script concludes with instructions on integrating with e-commerce platforms for transactional messaging and mentions a coupon for a 15% discount on WA Notifier's paid plans.
Takeaways
- 📧 Use the official WhatsApp Cloud API for sending bulk messages to ensure compliance with WhatsApp's terms and services.
- 🚫 Avoid using third-party tools that require your WhatsApp Web as they may lead to account blocking.
- 💡 Create a contact list with customer details to send messages to specific contacts.
- 📝 Add a call-to-action button to your messages to redirect customers to your website.
- 🔒 Submit your message template for approval to WhatsApp before sending to ensure legitimacy.
- ✅ Once approved, select the contact list and message template to send bulk messages to your contacts.
- 📊 Track the status of sent messages to see how many have been received and read.
- 📩 Access the inbox to read and reply to customer replies directly within the wa Notifier tool.
- 📱 Set up a new phone number not registered on WhatsApp and link it with your business for API use.
- 🏢 Have a registered business with valid documents and a business website with a privacy policy for API credentials.
- 💳 Add a payment method like a debit or credit card to your account to enable message sending through the API.
Q & A
What is the name of the tool discussed in the video for sending bulk messages through WhatsApp?
-The tool discussed in the video is called 'Wa Notifier'.
Is it safe to use the Wa Notifier tool to send bulk messages according to WhatsApp's terms of service?
-Yes, it is safe to use because Wa Notifier uses the official WhatsApp Cloud API, which means it is authorized by WhatsApp.
What are the steps to add contacts to Wa Notifier for sending bulk messages?
-First, you need to create a contact list with phone numbers and customer details. Then, you import this contact list into Wa Notifier under the 'Contacts' section.
How can you create a message template in Wa Notifier?
-You go to the 'Message Template' section, click 'Add New Template', give a name for the template, enter the content, and then submit it for approval.
What is the process to send a bulk message to contacts after creating a message template?
-You go to 'Send Message', click 'Add', enter a title, select the message type, choose the contact list, select the message template, preview it, and then click 'Save and Send'.
How can you track the status of sent messages in Wa Notifier?
-You can go to the 'Notification' section where you can see the message that has been sent and the number of members who have received and read them.
How can you view and reply to customer replies to your bulk messages?
-You can go to your 'Inbox' where all sent messages and customer replies are received. You can read the message and reply to your customers directly from there.
What are the four prerequisites needed before you can start sending bulk messages using the WhatsApp Cloud API?
-You need a new phone number not registered on WhatsApp, a registered business with valid documents, a business website with a privacy policy page, and a payment method like a debit or credit card.
What is the first step in setting up the WhatsApp Cloud API for sending bulk messages?
-The first step is to create an account on the Wa Notifier platform.
How do you add your phone number to the WhatsApp Cloud API?
-You log on to the Facebook developer portal, create an app for WhatsApp's Cloud API, and then add your phone number through the setup process, providing your business details and verification code.
What is required to get WhatsApp Cloud API credentials?
-You need to configure webhooks, generate a permanent access token by creating a system user with admin privileges, add a payment method, and change the app mode to live.
How can you integrate transactional messages with different platforms using Wa Notifier?
-You go to the 'Integration' section and select the platform you want to integrate with, such as WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, or Contact Forms. This allows you to send transactional messages directly from that platform.
What is the maximum number of contacts you can add in the free plan of Wa Notifier?
-In the free plan, you can add up to 500 contacts.
Outlines
📨 Introduction to Bulk Messaging with Wa Notifier
This paragraph introduces the Wa Notifier tool, emphasizing its safety and compliance with WhatsApp's terms of service by using the official WhatsApp Cloud API. The speaker explains that unlike other tools, Wa Notifier allows users to send unlimited messages without the risk of blocking. The process begins with logging into the Wa Notifier platform, creating a contact list, and importing it. Then, a message template is crafted, which includes a call to action button linking to the user's website. This template is submitted for approval to WhatsApp. Once approved, the user can select the contact list and message template to send messages to their contacts. The status of sent messages can be tracked, and replies from customers can be viewed and responded to in the inbox.
🚀 Setting Up Wa Notifier for Bulk Messaging
The second paragraph outlines the prerequisites and steps to set up the Wa Notifier for sending bulk messages. The prerequisites include a new phone number not registered on WhatsApp, a registered business with valid documents, a business website with a privacy policy, and a payment method. The setup process involves creating an account on Wa Notifier, obtaining WhatsApp Cloud API credentials, which includes logging into the Facebook Developer Portal, creating an app, setting up a phone number in WhatsApp Cloud API, configuring webhooks, generating a permanent access token, and adding a payment method. The paragraph also details how to change the app mode to live and input the necessary credentials into Wa Notifier.
📋 Adding Contacts and Creating a Message Template
This paragraph explains how to add customer contact details to Wa Notifier, either individually or by uploading a Google Sheet with all contacts at once. It guides the user to create a message template by giving it a name, selecting a category type, choosing a header type, and adding media or text. The process includes adding a call to action button with a link to the user's website and submitting the template for approval. Once approved, the user can create a notification, select the contact list, and schedule the message to be sent to customers. The paragraph also covers how to check the status of sent messages and how to chat with customers directly from the inbox.
🔄 Integration and Plan Upgrade for Wa Notifier
The final paragraph discusses how to integrate Wa Notifier with different platforms for sending transactional messages directly from those platforms. It mentions the free plan limit of 500 contacts and the option to upgrade the plan for more contacts. The speaker also provides a coupon code for a 15% discount on plan purchases. The paragraph concludes with a thank you message and a farewell note, indicating the end of the tutorial.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Bulk Messages
💡Wa Notifier
💡WhatsApp Cloud API
💡Contact List
💡Message Template
💡Call to Action (CTA)
💡WhatsApp Web
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💡Business Website
💡Payment Method
💡Transactional Messages
💡Integration
Highlights
Wa Notifier is a tool that allows you to send unlimited bulk messages through the official WhatsApp Cloud API, ensuring compliance with WhatsApp's terms and services.
To use Wa Notifier, you must first create an account and log in to access the bulk messaging features.
Contacts for bulk messaging need to be organized into a contact list, which can be created and imported into the tool.
Message templates can be created with custom content and call-to-action buttons that redirect customers to a specified website.
Before sending messages, they must be submitted for approval to WhatsApp to ensure adherence to their guidelines.
Once approved, you can send messages to selected contact lists using the created templates.
Wa Notifier provides a feature to track the status of sent messages, including how many have been received and read.
Replies to sent messages can be viewed and responded to directly from the inbox in Wa Notifier.
To set up Wa Notifier for bulk messaging, you need a new phone number, a registered business, a business website with a privacy policy, and a payment method.
The process involves creating an account on Wa Notifier, obtaining WhatsApp Cloud API credentials, and setting up webhooks.
A permanent access token is generated for the WhatsApp Cloud API, which is used for sending messages.
Adding a payment method is necessary to cover the costs associated with sending messages through the API.
Changing the app mode to live and adding the privacy policy URL are the final steps to obtain the WhatsApp Cloud API credentials.
Contacts can be added to Wa Notifier individually or by uploading a CSV file from a Google Sheet.
Transactional messages can be sent through integrations with various platforms like WooCommerce, Gravity Forms, and Contact Forms.
Wa Notifier offers different subscription plans to accommodate the number of contacts, with a free plan that includes up to 500 contacts.
A coupon code is available for a 15% discount on subscription plans, which can be found in the video description.
The video provides a step-by-step guide on how to send bulk messages using the WhatsApp Cloud API through Wa Notifier.
Transcripts
hello everyone in this video we will see
how you can send bulk messages using wa
Notifier so using this tool you can send
unlimited messages to any contacts you
want also there are several other tools
on the market to send bulk messages but
you need to use your WhatsApp web to
send messages which are against
whatsapp's terms and services so if you
use those methods your WhatsApp number
might get blocked but the wa notify tool
is completely safe to use because it
uses the official WhatsApp Cloud API to
send messages which means it is
authorized by WhatsApp so without any
delay let's see how we can use wa
Notifier to send messages so this is the
home page of wa Notifier now I have
already created an account so I'm going
to log in
then you will get this page to send bulk
messages first you need to add all your
contacts to this tool for that you need
to create a contact list like this to
whom you want to send the messages you
can add all the phone numbers to the
customer details like this but I'll show
you how to create this list later in the
video so once you have a contact list
that you can go into contact
then import that contact list here
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as you can see we have got all the
contact lists here which we just
imported next we need to create a
message template that we want to send to
our customers so just go into message
template
click add new template
or give a name for the template
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then enter the content here
and then here you can see a preview of
your content now if you want you can add
a button at the end of the message I'm
going to add a call to action so the
button you add here will appear on your
message like this so that whenever the
customer clicks on this link they will
be redirected to your website
so just enter the link of your website
once you're done adding the content we
need to submit it for approval which
means the message we created will be
sent to WhatsApp for approval so once
they approve it we will be able to send
this message to our customers so just
click submit
now after some time if you go back to
this page here you can see that the
status has been changed to approve once
this message has been approved next we
need to send this message to our
customers so just go to send message
click add
to enter any title you want select the
message type select the contact list
which you created then select the
message template which we created in the
previous step and finally you can see
the preview and click save and send
then the message will be sent to all
your contacts
so this is how you can send bulk
messages to any of your contact so you
can also track the status of your sent
messages and see how many members have
received and read them to see that just
go to notification
here you can see the message that has
been sent and how many members have
received it and read it now if we click
here you can clearly see who has read
the messages
okay so this is how you can see the
status of the messages that you have
sent now let's say someone has replied
to your message how can you see that
message to check that go to your inbox
and here you can see all the messages
that have been sent and whenever the
customer replies to your message you
will receive it here so here you can
read the message and reply to your
customers
okay so this is how the wa notify tool
works so now let's see how we can set up
this tool and start sending bulk
messages we will see this process step
by step okay I'm Grant from website
Learners and let's see how you can send
bulk messages using Whatsapp Cloud API
now before we start make sure you have
these four things the first is to have a
new phone number that is not already
registered on WhatsApp the second one is
to have a registered business with some
valid business documents and the third
one is to have a Business website with a
privacy policy page and lastly a payment
method like a debit or a credit card
once you are ready with all these things
next let's see how you can send bulk
messages using the WhatsApp Cloud API
now to do that we are going to do three
steps the first step is to create an
account on wa Notifier to create account
just click the link below this video and
it will take you to the wa Notifier site
now click get started for free here
enter your details and click sign up
after that you'll get a link in your
email to verify it so just click on the
link to activate your account and then
you will get a success message like this
now click on I understand an accept
button then you will get this page okay
so now we have successfully created an
account on wa Notifier once you have
created your account now in order to
send bulk messages using Whatsapp Cloud
API we need to first get these
credentials so we can now go to the next
step which is to get your WhatsApp Cloud
API credentials to get that we are going
to do five steps the first step is to
log on to Facebook developer portal and
create an app so to log in click here
and then you will get this pop-up now
click this link then enter your Facebook
account details and click login as you
can see we have now logged into
Facebook's developer portal once you're
logged in next we need to create an app
for whatsapp's cloud API only then we'll
be able to send bulk messages so to
create your app just click my apps
then click on create app
and choose business as an app type
click next now here
enter a name for your app I'm going to
enter wa Notifier here select your
business account if you don't have a
business account you may leave it
unselected and Facebook will
automatically create a business account
for you then click on create app
and then you will get this page which
means we have successfully created an
App once you have created an App here we
need to add a product to our app since
we'll be using WhatsApp to send out bulk
messages click on setup here
and then you will get this page okay now
we can go to the Second Step which is to
set up your phone number in WhatsApp
Cloud API to do that click on start
using the API
then scroll down and click on add phone
number
now here you need to enter these details
first let's enter a business name so the
name which you enter here will be
visible to others when they receive a
notification from WhatsApp so I am going
to enter Shop grocery now I am going to
enter my business website URL here
once that is done
choose the country
then click next
now click here
and choose your business category and
click next then enter your phone number
which is not registered on WhatsApp once
that is done click next
enter your verification code which you
have received on your mobile
again click next
and if we click here you can see that
our phone number has been added okay so
now we are simply set up our phone
number on WhatsApp Cloud API once you've
done that we can now go to the next step
of getting WhatsApp plot API credentials
which is to configure web hooks to do
that click on configuration here
then click edit to edit webhook details
now here we need to enter these details
to get these details let's go back to
this tab then scroll down
and here you can see the details which
we need to enter there first let's copy
this URL
then paste it here
next let's copy this verification token
and paste it here
once you have done that click verify and
save and once you do that click on
manage then you will get this pop-up now
we need to subscribe to all these fields
subscribing to all these fields is
required for full integration with wa
Notifier so let's subscribe one by one
and click done
okay so now we have set up the web hooks
let's go to the first step which is to
generate the permanent access token now
to generate the access token first we
need to create an user so to do that
click on nav dashboard
and click business settings then click
system users and then you will get this
page where you can create a new user to
do that
click on I accept
and click done
okay Enter the name for the system user
I'm going to enter employee then click
here
then select the system user role as
admin
once you're done now click on this
button
and click done
okay once you have created a system user
now click on ADD assets
then you will get this pop-up now click
on maps
and then select the app which you have
created
then enable this option
and once you have done that click on
Save changes
and finally click done
okay now to get the access token let's
click generate new token
then click here
and select your app
now scroll down
and select these two options which is
WhatsApp business messaging and WhatsApp
business management
once you have done that click on
generate token
and as you can see we have got the
permanent access token now this is the
access token which we will be using
later in this video so just copy this
access token
and paste it on the notepad
once you have done that let's click ok
then we can go to the fifth step just to
add a payment method in order to send
messages through whatsapp.api we need to
add our car details so to add it go to
accounts
and click on WhatsApp accounts
then click on settings
click on payment methods
and then you will get this page so click
on ADD payment method
then select the currency
and click next
then again click next
enter your card details
and once you're done click save
as you can see we have successfully
added the payment method once you have
added the payment method finally to get
the WhatsApp Cloud API credentials we
need to change the app mode to life so
to do that let's go to this tab
then enable this button here
here you can see that we have got a
message that says we need to add a
privacy policy URL so to add it let's
click here
and then you will get this page so here
you need to add the privacy policy URL
so let's go to our privacy policy page
then copy this URL
then come back
and paste it here
then click here
and choose your category
once you're done click save changes
now to change your app mode to live
enable this button
once you have done that let's go to
and click get started
then click here
and make sure your phone number is
selected
and here you can see that we have
successfully got the credentials now we
can go ahead and add the credentials
there so first let's copy this phone
number ID
paste it here
next let's copy this WhatsApp business
account ID and then paste it here
once you have done that let's enter the
permanent access token which we have
saved on our notepad so let's copy this
access token
and paste it here once you have added
the credentials click on Save and
validate
and it will be redirected to this
dashboard okay so now we have
successfully added the WhatsApp Cloud
API credentials so here we can start
sending bulk messages okay now let's go
to the final step of this video where we
see how to send messages to all your
customers to send messages first we need
to add all the contact details of our
customer so to add it just go to
contacts
then click add new
here enter the details of your customers
one by one
or if you want you can upload all your
contacts at once from your Google sheet
so to add all your contacts just click
on import contacts
and you will get this page now click
here
and then you will get this pop-up now if
we click here
it'll take you to this Google sheet
where you can see some sample data let's
copy this Google sheet and replace the
sample data with our contacts
so let's take a copy
then remove only the sample data which
are over here
now to add all your contacts here
just go to your Google sheet
where you have stored all your contact
list now let's copy the data
come back to this Google sheet
paste the data here
and once that is done here you can see
that these fields are empty right now so
you can enter these details for your
reference in the status field you can
enter whether they are subscribed or
unsubscribed
next in this list name field enter the
type of list the contact belongs to
finally you can enter any tags here okay
once you're done adding all the contacts
and its details now we'll download this
Google sheet in a CSV format just go to
file
then go to download
and click on CSV file
as you can see the Google sheet has been
downloaded now to add this contact list
let's go to wa Notifier
then click here
and select the Google sheet which we
just downloaded
now if we click import CSV
as you can see we successfully added the
contacts at once now if we click on
contacts
here you can see the contact list which
we added okay once you have added all
your contact lists at once now to send
bulk messages to all these customers
let's create a message template to do
that click here
click add new
then you will get this page now here we
can create a message template so first
we need to give a name for this template
I am going to type new sales offer and
then make sure you have selected the
category type as marketing and choose
the header type you want
you can either add text or media as a
header I am going to choose media
then here select the type of media I
want to add an image so I'll leave it as
it is now to add the image just click
here
select the image you want
and click open
and as you can see the image is added
next enter the content you want to send
and once that is done here you can see
the preview of the message you created
now let's say you want to add a call to
action button to your message all you
have to do is click here
and select the one you want I'm going to
choose call to action
here you can select the number of
buttons you want I am going to let it be
as it is and then enter your website's
URL
so that when someone clicks on this
button it will take them to your site
now here you can type the button text
you want
I am going to enter visit website okay
once you have added all the details now
if we click submit for approval
as you can see it says it'll take 24 to
48 hours to get approval from WhatsApp
once you have created a message template
notice in bulk messages we need to
create a notification to do that click
on notifications
now click on add new
then you will get this page here enter
the title of the notification
and select the notification type as
marketing and then select the contact
list to which you want to send the
notification
now if you click here
you can see that we can select whether
we want to send it now or schedule it
for later I am going to choose this then
click here
and select your message template that we
created once you're done notice in bulk
WhatsApp messages click save and send
and our customers will receive our
messages on their WhatsApp and also they
can click here and see your profile okay
so now we have successfully sent all the
messages in bulk now let's check the
status of the messages which we just
sent to check that go back to wa
Notifier click on notifications
and here you can see the status of your
notification so if we click this clock
icon
here you can see the status of the
messages which we sent this is how you
can check the status of your messages
okay now let's say you've got a reply
from a customer and you want to check it
and chat with the customer directly how
can you do that so to chat with the
customer directly all you have to do is
just close this
then go to inbox
and here you can see that we have got a
reply from a customer now if we open it
here you will see the message which we
received you can type your message here
and chat with the customer directly so
this is how you can chat with your
customer okay now you know how to send
bulk messages next let's say a customer
has purchased a product from your site
and you want to send a transactional
message so all you have to do is click
on integration
now here you can see that there are
different platforms like woocommerce
gravity forms and contact forms and so
on so here you can select which platform
you want to integrate with and send all
the transactional messages directly from
that now in the free plan of wa notify
we can add up to 500 contacts now if you
want to add more than 500 contacts you
can upgrade your plan
and here you will get different plans to
choose from also we have a coupon code
for you which gives you a 15 discount so
you can find the coupon code in the
description below which you can use to
purchase the plan you want okay so
that's it guys this is how you can send
bulk messages using Whatsapp Cloud API
so thanks for watching I'll see you guys
in the next video take care bye bye
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