This article will describe the WhatsApp welcome series template usage and how to use it across the BusinessChat platform.
This article will include the following:
Template goal.
Template components.
The template uses in BusinessChat.
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Goal
You can use welcome series templates to follow up with customers that visit your website and are interested in your products and convert them into actual sales.
Uses
Welcome and capture new contacts automation.
Welcome series templates can be assigned in the Send Template Message step inside your welcome series automation.
💡Tip
Welcome series automation
Read this article to learn how to create your welcome series automation.
Components
Template | Header | Body | Footer | Interactive buttons |
Welcome series | Optional (text, media, file) | Required | Mandatory (opt-out message) | Link to store Or Custom link |
🔴 Warning
If you change the component structure of your template on WhatsApp Manager, it will no longer be valid for this usage. Please edit and revert it to the required structure to fix this.
Header (optional)
Headers are optional and can include the following types of media:
Image.
Document.
Video.
Text (up to 60 characters, can consist of 1 custom field).
Body (required)
Body content is required, and it is a text field only. Bodies can contain 1024 characters and be registered as plain text or text with custom fields; they can be stylized and contain emojis.
Footer (mandatory)
The footer is a mandatory text field that includes the opt-out to prevent your number from getting blocked or reported as spam.
Interactive Buttons (optional)
The welcome series template has two options for the interactive buttons:
Store link button: contains your store link. We will automatically add the link to the button; you can only change the button label.
Custom link button: you can redirect your contacts into a specific link.
💡 Tip
App Store Integration
First purchase templates can be only available if you have installed an e-commerce app in BusinessChat App Store.