What counts as marketing
- Promotions, offers, upsells, and re-engagement templates.
- Any template with promotional language, even if combined with utility info.
WhatsApp Business API marketing cost
Marketing conversation pricing for WhatsApp Business API and how to optimize campaigns.
Marketing conversations on WhatsApp Business API have their own pricing tier. Use marketing templates carefully and focus on engagement to keep ROI strong.
Key takeaways
- Marketing templates open a marketing conversation and incur marketing rates.
- Quality and engagement affect deliverability; avoid spammy sends.
- Segment audiences and time broadcasts to improve conversion per cost.
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Reducing marketing spend
- Use utility templates where appropriate to avoid marketing classification.
- Target engaged segments; avoid cold lists.
- Test copy and timing to increase replies and conversions.
Measure ROI
- Track conversions per marketing conversation, not just per send.
- Compare CAC/LTV across channels like email and SMS.
- Use A/B testing on templates to lower cost per conversion.
FAQs
Can I reuse utility templates for marketing?
If language is promotional, it will be treated as marketing. Keep utility templates transactional to avoid marketing pricing.
Do I pay more for large broadcasts?
Meta charges per conversation started. Bigger audiences mean more conversations; segmenting helps control spend.
Does engagement affect cost?
Meta pricing is fixed per conversation, but high engagement protects quality and keeps messages deliverable.
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