https://sleekflow.io/blog/whatsapp-link
Ever since its emergence, WhatsApp has brought a huge change to the social media advertising industry at lightning-fast speed. Despite the fact that this messaging app is now the easiest and most convenient way for individuals to get in touch, many businesses still find it difficult to acquire customer-initiated conversations since adding phone numbers to the contact list might be a bit annoying.
Here comes the good news for both parties – WhatsApp allows users to send messages to unsaved contacts without installing any third-party tool! As long as you have an active WhatsApp account and a valid phone number, you can create a “click-to-chat” link and make it hassle-free for customers to begin a chat with your team. In this article, SleekFlow will explain what it is, why to use it, how to create one, and examples of the best results. Let’s look into it.
Simply speaking, a WhatsApp link is the URL that people use to open a WhatsApp conversation. By clicking on the link, neither the business nor the customer needs to save any number before sending a message to an unknown contact.
This feature works on both mobile phones and websites, you can embed these links in an image or across various platforms according to your own needs.
A usual “click-to-chat” link is composed of two parts: the standard link and your phone number.
For example, if your phone number is 6123 4567 whereas the country code is +852, your WhatsApp link will be https://wa.me/85261234567.
Please make sure you do not include any special characters such as brackets and dashes when filling in your phone number, otherwise, the link will be useless.
When clicking on this type of WhatsApp link, a template message will automatically appear in the text field. The format is as below:
https://wa.me/?text=<pre-filled message>
Assuming the phone number remains unchanged while adding the welcoming message “Hello, I am interested in knowing more about your WhatsApp API service”.
Your link will be:
https://wa.me/85264522442?text=Hello,+I+am+interested+in+knowing+more+about+your +WhatsApp+API+service.