{"id":92817,"date":"2017-08-03T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T15:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=92817"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:49:19","slug":"whatsapp-business-a-glimpse-of-the-paid-version-of-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/whatsapp-business-a-glimpse-of-the-paid-version-of-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp Business: a glimpse of the paid version of WhatsApp"},"content":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve long predicted that <\/span>WhatsApp<\/span><\/a> has been looking for ways to connect users to businesses, and it seems this is coming about\u00a0with a new app: <\/span>WhatsApp Business, a version of the app specifically for businesses. <\/b><\/p>\n

After a lot of rumors, thanks to <\/span>WaBetaInfo<\/span><\/a>, we now know the details of this new app version, exclusively for professionals. The first thing to know is that it will be a paid version of the app, and it can be used on your phone <\/span>in combination with the traditional WhatsApp app. <\/b>So, if you have a business, you can use the regular app for personal use and the Business app to stay in touch with your clients.<\/span><\/p>\n

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WhatsApp Business will help companies send messages via WhatsApp to their potential clients. These messages may be more advanced\u00a0than classic WhatsApp messages and may include <\/span>text, images, action items and also translation into different languages,<\/b> all at once.<\/span><\/p>\n

WhatsApp Business wants to position itself as an exclusive option for companies by offering quality information, not mere advertising. For example, it will allow <\/span>banks <\/b>to confirm our transactions or <\/span>airlines<\/b> we\u2019re flying with to let us know of flight delays. <\/span><\/p>\n

WhatsApp Business users can choose between two types of profiles: <\/span>Verified<\/b> and <\/span>Unverified<\/b>. Verified businesses will have a green badge next to their names and a verification symbol. <\/span><\/p>\n

WhatsApp will require a lot of information from companies who want to register as Businesses and <\/span>will carefully regulate the creation of Verified profiles<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

For now, WhatsApp Business will start to roll out soon in emerging markets such as <\/span>Brazil and India<\/b>, countries where they\u2019re also experimenting with a payment platform via WhatsApp. <\/span><\/p>\n

Does the arrival of WhatsApp Business mean that individual WhatsApp users will start receiving unwanted messages from companies? Not at all: <\/span>each user can choose if he\/she wants to receive this type of business messaging, <\/b>which will never be spam or unwanted advertising. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, although <\/span>WhatsApp will start earning money\u00a0<\/span>this way, it\u2019s far from becoming an app overrun by ads<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We\u2019ve long predicted that WhatsApp has been looking for ways to connect users to businesses, and it seems this is coming about\u00a0with a new app: WhatsApp Business, a version of the app specifically for businesses. After a lot of rumors, thanks to WaBetaInfo, we now know the details of this new app version, exclusively for … Continue reading “WhatsApp Business: a glimpse of the paid version of WhatsApp”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2041,"featured_media":92850,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":5},"categories":[],"tags":[2553],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-92817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectionwhatsapp-business"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328654,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92817\/revisions\/328654"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92817"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=92817"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=92817"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=92817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}