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WhatsApp click to chat

WhatsApp’s click to chat feature allows you to chat with someone without having their phone number stored in your phone’s address book. As long as you have this person’s phone number and they have an active WhatsApp account, you can create a link to start a chat with them. When you click on this link, a chat with this person will automatically open. Click to chat works on both your phone and WhatsApp Web.

Create your own link

Go to https://wa.me/number>. '< number>' is the complete phone number in international format. Do not use zeros, brackets, or dashes.

Examples :

Use : https://wa.me/1XXXXXXXXXX

Do not use : https://wa.me/+001-(XXX)XXXXXXX

Create your own link with a pre-filled message

This pre-populated message will automatically appear in the text field of the message that's about to be send.

Use: https://wa.me/whatsappphonenumber?text=urlencodedtext.

where <whatsappphonenumber> is the complete phone number in international format and url encoded text is the url encoded pre-populated message.

Example : https://wa.me/31610062534?text=I %20heb% 20interest %20in% 20th %20auto% 20that %20te% 20buy%20state

To link with just a pre-populated message, use https://wa.me/?text=urlencodedtext

Example : https://wa.me/?text=I %20wil% 20information %20over% 20apartment%20dat %20te% 20rent%20

Clicking on this link will bring up a list of contacts to whom you can send your message.

For more information about the possibilities of WhatsApp click to chat, please contact support@saysimple.com or read this blog with 4 useful applications.