WhatsApp platform6 min read
WhatsApp Business app or the API: how to decide
One is a free phone app for one person. The other is a platform with per-message charges and rules. What changes when you move, and when not to bother.
Every question in one place, answered once.
The reason a customer comes back a second time.
The accounts your customers already write to.
What the software does for a team shaped like yours.
Written for how the work actually runs.
The systems your answers depend on.
Plain definitions for the words this category throws around.
How Meta's WhatsApp Business Platform actually behaves: the conversation window, templates, pricing, and the choice between the free app and the API.
WhatsApp platform6 min read
One is a free phone app for one person. The other is a platform with per-message charges and rules. What changes when you move, and when not to bother.
WhatsApp platform5 min read
Marketing, utility, authentication: Meta picks the category, not you, and it sets both what a template may say and what it costs. What fails review, and why.
WhatsApp platform6 min read
The customer service window runs 24 hours from the customer's most recent message, not from yours. What resets it, what closes it, and what you can send after.
WhatsApp platform6 min read
Meta bills you per template message by category and country. Your software vendor bills you separately. How the two add up, and what moves them.