Old days when businesses used SMS notifications and emails to their customers. It is time to shift to highly affordable, customer-centric and result-driven WhatsApp Notifications (also known as WhatsApp push notifications or WhatsApp business notifications). In this article, we will cover all the details about WhatsApp Notifications and sort your customer engagement with WhatsApp. To understand WhatsApp Notifications, you need to get the list of WhatsApp message templates. Once you have successfully created a WhatsApp-approved message template, you can send it out to your millions of customers without banned.

WhatsApp Business notifications are outbound messages to update your customers on important information. Examples of this are order confirmations, appointment reminders, and payment requests. You can send a WhatsApp Business notification with a called WhatsApp Business template message. Before you can use these templates, they first of all you need to be approved by Meta. With a software solution like Yenasys, you can send these notifications directly from your verified WhatsApp Official Number to your customers via WhatsApp.

WhatsApp Business push notifications are great for payment updates,shipping confirmations, reminders, appointments, and other related messages.

“Hi [name],

You have a scaling and polishing scheduled with [specialist’s name] on [date] at [time]. Pleasecall our office at [phone number] to make any changes. Thank you!”

Send a notification to your customers whenever a financial transaction is completed.

“Hi [name],

We wish to inform that your transaction [amount] is completed. Thank you for your order and your order will reach you within 5-6 business days. In case of any concerns, you can directly contact us via WhatsApp.”

This WhatsApp notification can be used to inform the customers in case of any new products or services launched by your business.

“Hi [name],

[company’s name] is coming to [place]! We’re excitrd to inform you that we’re opening a new diner near you. It’s almost here-you’re invitedto our Grand Opening celebration on [date], [time]. Join us for new meals, specials, prizes and more!”

You can update your customers with information regarding their orders through Whatsapp Business too. Below is an example of a shipping update for a cosmetic order.

“Great news [name],

Your order from [company’s name] is on its way. You will receive your order within two days. Track its progress here: [URL]”

Brands can send reservation notifications to their customers including all the booking details.

“Hi [name],

Thank you for booking your stay at [residency’s name] [place] for [date]. We are looking forward to welcoming you. To manage your booking, visit the following link: [URL]”

WhatsApp lets businesses send push notifications only with a broadcast message. To send it, you’ll need the WhatsApp Business app which has been specifically designed for individual entrepreneurs and small businesses. Naturally, for larger enterprises, it poses several limitations.

1. 1. You can only send a broadcast message to people who saved your number in their phone, which is rare since people don’t usually save the contact numbers of businesses.

1. 2. You can send it to a maximum of 256 people at a time. This is OK for small businesses, but mid to large-sized companies will find this problematic.

1. 3. The Whatsapp Business app is limited to five devices. You can install it only on one smartphone and not more than four other devices. These devices must be linked to the same number.

1. 4. The app is not completely GDPR compliant. It can read the phone numbers of all the stored contacts which poses serious security issues.

Since the above limitations make it difficult for medium to large-size businesses to use the WhatsApp Business app, they can use the WhatsApp API instead.

The WhatsApp Business API doesn’t have an interface, unlike the business app. So to use it, you’ll need a professional customer engagement platform like Yenasys.

The WhatsApp Business API not only overcomes the limitations of the WhatsApp Business app but also offers more professional features. This means that now you can:

1. 1. Automatically send notifications to up to unlimited recipients a day. However, don’t forget that WhatsApp holds the right to increase or decrease the limit and pricing accordingly.

1. 2. Be ensured that you are completely GDPR compliant. Don’t forget to ensure that the business solution you choose is also GDPR compliant. Yenasys lives up to that standard.

1. 3. Reach customers who haven’t saved your contact number. This doesn’t mean that you can spam the inboxes of customers who haven’t opted-in for the business notifications.

There are two ways of sending Whatsapp Business notifications. They are:

1. 1. Manual push notifications via WhatsApp Business template messages

1. 2. Automated push notifications via broadcasting

You can only initiate a conversation with your customer if they send you a message first (called a user-initiated conversation) or by sending them a WhatsApp Business message template.

This is because WhatsApp doesn’t want businesses to spam its users. Hence you’re not allowed to use a generic message to converse with customers.

Apart from initiating a conversation with the end user, you can use a message template in situations where you fail to reply to a user-initiated message within 24 hours.

A message template needs to be approved by Meta. It can have a maximum of 4096 characters, including text, emoji, and structured variables.

The broadcast feature lets businesses send a WhatsApp push notification to multiple contacts at the same time. While there is no limit on the number of broadcast lists you can create, you can only add a maximum of 256 contacts on each list. Moreover, as mentioned before, your customers must have your contact number saved on their phones.

However, you can overcome this limitation by using a Whatsapp Business API along with a messaging software solution like Yenasys. It lets users:

Yenasys also can be integrates with any software so that you can automatically send order confirmation and related messages on WhatsApp.