How to automate WhatsApp for your business
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To automate WhatsApp for a business, use the WhatsApp Business app for simple quick replies, or the WhatsApp Business API when you need several agents, an AI assistant or a CRM connection. With the API you can answer frequent questions, qualify leads, send reminders and save every conversation in your CRM automatically.
Business app or Business API?
Two different levels:
- Business app: free, one phone, greetings and quick replies
- Business API: multiple agents, chatbots, AI and integrations with CRM and other systems
What you can automate
Common WhatsApp automations for small businesses:
- Instant reply to new inquiries, day or night
- Qualifying questions before passing the lead to sales
- Appointment confirmations and reminders
- Payment links and order status updates
Connect it to your CRM
Each conversation should create or update the contact in your CRM, so the team sees the full history and nobody copies chats by hand.
Respect the rules
Message only people who opted in, use approved templates for outbound messages and always offer a way to talk to a person.
Frequently asked questions
Does the WhatsApp Business API cost money?
Yes. Meta charges per conversation or message type, plus the cost of the provider or platform you use.
Can an AI agent answer on WhatsApp?
Yes. Connected through the API, it can answer with your information and hand complex cases to your team.