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Note: CX platform only provides one platform for users to support WhatsApp usage and operations. But the WhatsApp conversation cost, users shall pay for Meta or WhatsApp BSP, not for CX provider.

1. Conversation Categories

Conversations are categorized with one of the following categories:

  • Marketing — Enables you to achieve a wide range of goals, from generating awareness to driving sales and retargeting customers. Examples include new product, service, or feature announcements, targeted promotions/offers, and cart abandonment reminders.

  • Utility — Enables you to follow-up on user actions or requests. Examples include opt-in confirmation, order/delivery management (e.g., delivery update); account updates or alerts (for example., payment reminder); or feedback surveys.

  • Authentication — Enables you to authenticate users with one-time passcodes, potentially at multiple steps in the login process (e.g., account verification, account recovery, integrity challenges).

  • Service — Enables you to resolve customer inquiries.

Marketing, utility, and authentication conversations can only be opened with template messages. Service conversations can be opened with any type of message other than a template message.

See Message Types to learn more about the various types of messages you can send to customers.

2. Opening Conversations

Conversations are opened when you send a message to a customer under the following conditions.

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For additional examples, see Meta pricing explainer PDF.

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3. Authentication-International Rates

Rates vary based on conversation category and country/region rate. You can download the rate card below that corresponds to your WhatsApp Business Account's currency to see our rates by country/region for each conversation category.

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