Send personalised WhatsApp messages to hundreds or thousands of customers using broadcasts, automation, WhatsApp Business API and LandinChat.
Bulk WhatsApp messaging is the practice of sending personalised, one-to-one WhatsApp messages to many opted-in customers at once using the Official WhatsApp Business API — not group chats, not unofficial 'modded' senders.
95%+ open rate, 24% reply rate, 3–8× higher conversion than email — at a fraction of paid-ad CPMs.
Promotions, flash sales, abandoned cart, order updates, appointment reminders, OTPs, surveys, re-engagement.
Ecommerce, retail, healthcare, education, real estate, travel, finance, restaurants, coaching, local services.
Yes — and there are four legitimate routes. They differ in volume, automation and price.
Free, native to the WhatsApp Business app. Capped at 256 saved-contact recipients per list, no automation, no analytics. Fine for a corner shop with 50 regulars.
Free desktop and mobile app for one number. Manual sends, no segmentation, no API — best for solopreneurs under 1k messages/month.
Official Meta API for serious volume. Tiered limits up to unlimited, supports templates, automation, analytics, and multi-agent inboxes. Requires a Business Solution Provider like LandinChat.
Layered on top of the API — campaign builder, CRM, AI chatbot, broadcast scheduler, analytics. LandinChat is purpose-built for this.
The end-to-end workflow used by 12,000+ LandinChat customers. Walk these eight steps and ship your first broadcast today.
Get the Official WhatsApp Business API through a Meta-approved partner like LandinChat. Verify your business, connect a clean phone number, and complete display name approval (24–48h).
Upload an opt-in CSV, sync from HubSpot/Shopify/Zoho, or pipe through the REST API. Store consent proof per Meta policy — required for marketing templates.
Slice by lifecycle stage, last purchase, city, language, tag, RFM score or any custom attribute. Tight segments deliver 3–5× the conversion of unsegmented blasts.
Draft a marketing or utility template with merge variables, header media, and quick-reply or URL buttons. Submit for Meta approval through the dashboard.
Pick a send window aligned to recipient time zones. Throttle by tier capacity, A/B split the audience, and queue follow-ups for non-responders.
Trigger the send. The API fans out one personalised, one-to-one conversation per contact — not a group blast.
Watch delivered, read, replied, clicked, converted and revenue in real time. Per-segment, per-template, per-variant attribution out of the box.
Promote the winning variant, prune cold segments, rotate templates to protect quality rating, and feed wins back into the next cadence.
The same workflow — different cadence, segmentation and pre-flight depending on audience size.
At this size you can be opinionated. Hand-segment your list into 3 buckets — recent buyers, dormant, and new leads. Write three sharper variants instead of one generic blast. Approval and send happen in under an hour. Expected outcome: 95+ delivered, 90+ read, 25–35 replies, 8–14 conversions.
This is where segmentation starts paying off. Build 5–8 segments by behaviour, run a 200-contact A/B test on copy or media, then ship the winner to the remaining 800. Tier 1 (1k unique/24h) is enough. Expected outcome: ~950 delivered, 880+ read, 240+ replies, 60–120 conversions. Most teams complete this in a 90-minute window.
Treat this as a launch event. Pre-flight a 1k pilot, lock template variants, schedule the main send in a 30-minute window during your audience's evening peak, and have agents + AI chatbot on standby for inbound replies. Tier 2 (10k unique/24h) is required. Expected outcome: ~9,500 delivered, 8,800+ read, 1,800+ replies, 600–1,400 conversions, broadcast complete in 3–6 minutes.
Free broadcast lists work — for the smallest scale. Once you cross 200 contacts or need automation, the API is the only sustainable path.
| Feature | Broadcast Lists | WhatsApp API | LandinChat |
|---|---|---|---|
| Message limit | 256 saved contacts | No recipient limit | Unlimited + tier-aware throttling |
| Automation | None | Build it yourself | Visual builder + AI chatbot |
| Personalisation | Manual | Via API only | Merge fields + segments |
| Analytics | None | Raw API logs | Real-time dashboards + attribution |
| CRM | No | BYO | Native CRM + Shopify/HubSpot sync |
| Lead management | No | DIY | Pipeline, tags, owner, SLA |
| Team inbox | Single device | DIY | Multi-agent inbox + roles |
| Campaign tracking | No | DIY | Per-segment + per-variant ROI |
Real campaign anatomy from each major vertical — what they send, the template they use, and what to expect.
Campaign: Friday dinner offer to 4k local diners
"Hi {{1}}, tonight only — 20% off any thali + free gulab jamun. Tap to reserve →"
31% reply rate, 412 covers booked
Campaign: Annual checkup reminder to 12k patients
"Hi {{1}}, you're due for your annual screening. Pick a slot here →"
47% booking conversion
Campaign: Counsellor follow-up for course leads
"Hi {{1}}, your free demo class for {{2}} is tomorrow at {{3}}. Join here →"
68% show-up rate
Campaign: Cohort enrolment for premium program
"Doors open for the next cohort. Limited to 50 seats. Apply →"
₹18L revenue per broadcast
Campaign: Flash sale + abandoned cart recovery
"Hi {{1}}, your {{2}} is still in your cart — and now 15% off for 2 hours."
27% cart recovery, 4.8× ROAS
Campaign: New launch alert to qualified buyers
"Hi {{1}}, the {{2}} project just opened pre-launch pricing. Book a site visit →"
92 site visits per blast
Campaign: Off-season package to last year's guests
"Hi {{1}}, monsoon Goa packages from ₹6,499 — book by Friday."
₹24L bookings in 48h
Campaign: Loan top-up offer to repeat customers
"Hi {{1}}, you're pre-approved for a ₹{{2}} top-up. Accept here →"
11% conversion to disbursal
Campaign: Weekend store promo to local catchment
"Saturday only — flat 30% off the new collection at our {{1}} store."
+38% weekend footfall
Campaign: Booking nudge for salons, clinics, gyms
"Hi {{1}}, your stylist {{2}} has slots open this weekend. Book →"
3.4× more weekend bookings
Copy-ready starting points across sales, marketing, promos, follow-ups, retention, reminders and support. Generate Meta-approved versions in 60 seconds with our free generator.
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Generate a custom versionHi {{1}}, just checking in on the proposal we shared last week. Any questions I can answer?
Generate a custom versionHi {{1}}, here's the 5-min explainer video on {{2}} you asked for →
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Generate a custom versionPick your industry, paste your offer, get a Meta-approved-ready template with merge variables, header media suggestions and CTA buttons — in under a minute. No signup.
The twelve guardrails that keep quality rating green, conversions up, and customers loyal across thousands of campaigns.
Compliance: only send to opted-in numbers, with audit-ready consent proof.
Consent: capture via CTWA, web widget, QR, checkout — never inferred.
Personalisation: at minimum first name; ideally last order or city.
Timing: respect local time zones and religious observance.
Frequency: cap at 2–3 marketing messages per recipient per week.
Audience segmentation: lifecycle × behaviour × value — not one giant list.
Offer creation: scarcity + relevance beats discount depth.
Message formatting: short, line-broken, one CTA, one button.
Media usage: header image lifts CTR ~25%; keep under 5MB.
Link tracking: UTM every URL button; attribute back to revenue.
A/B testing: every campaign over 1k recipients gets a 10% pilot.
Quality monitoring: watch block + report rate per template daily.
The eight failure modes that get numbers banned, brands distrusted, or campaigns ignored. Every one of them is preventable.
Cold-purchased numbers tank quality rating in hours and risk a permanent ban. Build opt-ins instead.
Meta requires explicit opt-in. Use click-to-WhatsApp ads, web widgets, QR codes or checkout opt-in.
Generic blasts halve conversion. Merge first name, order context or city at minimum.
Sending at 2am or during religious observance burns trust. Use time-zone-aware scheduling.
One blast to your whole list trains customers to ignore you. Cut by lifecycle and behaviour.
Manual follow-ups don't scale. Trigger sequences from button clicks and replies.
If you don't watch quality rating, blocks and CTR per template, the channel will collapse.
Cap at 2–3 marketing messages per recipient per week. More is the fastest path to red status.
The seven metrics that matter — and the LandinChat benchmarks across 1.2 billion messages sent in 2026.
Industry avg 96–99%.
Best-in-class 85–95%.
Beats email by 8–12×.
URL-button CTAs 2–4× plain text.
vs ~2% for cold email.
30-day repeat-buy uplift.
A broadcast is the start of the conversation. Automation is how you handle the next thousand replies, qualify the leads, and turn them into revenue without staffing an army.
Handles 60–85% of routine replies — pricing, availability, FAQs, returns.
Multi-step nurture, onboarding, renewal and reactivation flows with branching logic.
1h / 24h / 72h sequences with dynamic product image and discount tier.
Score replies, assign to the right rep, open the deal in your CRM.
T-24h, T-2h, T-15min — cuts no-shows by 60–80%.
If no reply in 48h, send variant B; if no reply in 96h, hand off to a human.
Send on event — payment received, ticket booked, status changed.
Re-engage no-clickers from the last broadcast with a different angle.
LandinChat versus the WhatsApp Business app, manual messaging, SMS and email — across the capabilities that determine campaign ROI.
| Capability | WhatsApp Business App | Manual messaging | SMS / Email | LandinChat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Official WhatsApp Business API | Manual via BSP | Not supported | Not applicable | Built-in |
| Unlimited campaigns | Yes | Capped at 256 | Capped at 256 | Unlimited |
| CRM | Add-on | No | No | Native |
| Automation | DIY | No | No | Visual builder |
| AI chatbot | DIY | No | No | Built-in |
| Shared team inbox | DIY | No | No | Built-in |
| Broadcast messaging | Yes | 256 only | No bulk | Unlimited |
| Analytics | Logs only | No | Open rates only | Full attribution |
| Contact segmentation | DIY | Labels | Lists only | RFM + behaviour |
| Lead tracking | DIY | No | No | Pipeline + owner |
Forty questions answered — covering policy, pricing, tiers, deliverability, integrations and operations.
Use the Official WhatsApp Business API through a Meta-approved partner. Upload opted-in contacts, build an approved template, segment your audience, then schedule and broadcast — every recipient gets an individual, personalised one-to-one message.
The WhatsApp Business app supports free broadcast lists capped at 256 recipients, and only contacts who saved your number receive them. For real bulk volume you need the API, which is metered per conversation by Meta.
Tier 1 allows 1,000 unique recipients per 24h, Tier 2 10,000, Tier 3 100,000, and Tier 4 is unlimited. Tier upgrades happen automatically when quality rating stays green for 7 days.
Not when you use the Official API, send only to opted-in contacts, use approved templates, and maintain a high quality rating. Bans almost always trace back to unofficial 'modded' senders, scraped lists, or spam complaints.
Official WhatsApp Business API + verified business + clean opt-ins + approved templates + active opt-out handling + frequency caps. LandinChat ships every layer out of the box.
They connect the API, segment their CRM, design a template, run a small A/B test, scale the winner, and feed reply data back into the CRM. The whole loop runs inside a broadcast platform like LandinChat.
Yes. Auto-triggers, drip sequences, AI chatbots for replies, abandoned-cart recovery, appointment reminders, and lead routing can all run unattended after the first broadcast.
LandinChat is purpose-built for bulk WhatsApp messaging on the Official API — broadcast scheduler, CRM, shared inbox, AI chatbot, analytics, and template manager in one workspace.
Broadcast lists are a free, 256-recipient feature in the WhatsApp Business app limited to saved contacts. Bulk messaging via API has no recipient limit, supports rich templates, automation, analytics, and works without contacts saving your number.
No. Messages sent via the WhatsApp Business API arrive even if the recipient hasn't saved the number — unlike the free broadcast lists in the WhatsApp Business app.
Yes. Merge first name, order ID, last purchase, due date, city, language, loyalty tier or any custom field. Personalised broadcasts convert 3–5× higher than generic blasts.
Yes. Header images, videos up to 16 MB, PDFs, location pins and interactive buttons (quick reply, URL, call) all ship inside one campaign.
Click-to-WhatsApp ads, website widgets, QR codes, checkout opt-in, post-purchase confirmations and offline forms. Every opt-in is logged in a consent ledger.
Meta charges per conversation by country and category. India marketing conversations run roughly ₹0.78, utility ~₹0.12; US marketing ~$0.025, utility ~$0.014. Platform fees from LandinChat start at $0 for the free trial.
Yes — test copy, media, buttons, send-time or segment. The winning variant is auto-promoted to the remaining audience.
Yes. Quick-reply, URL and call buttons; buttons typically lift CTR 2–4× over plain text.
A pre-approved message format required for opening a conversation outside the 24-hour customer service window. Templates can carry header media, body variables, footers, and buttons.
Usually 1–60 minutes via Meta's automated review; complex marketing templates can take 24 hours. LandinChat pre-validates templates against Meta policy to cut rejection rate by ~70%.
Yes — schedule by date and time, recipient time zone, or send-time optimisation. Recurring schedules supported for daily, weekly and monthly cadences.
Yes — 180+ countries with localised templates, language detection, time-zone scheduling and country-specific pricing.
Add a STOP keyword footer; replies are auto-excluded from future broadcasts. LandinChat manages a central opt-out ledger respected across every campaign and channel.
Meta scores every sending number from green (high) to red (low) based on customer feedback. Green status unlocks higher tiers; red triggers throttling or messaging suspension.
Send to clean opt-ins, use relevant templates, cap frequency, vary template content, monitor block/report rates, and remove cold contacts every 30 days.
Yes — native HubSpot, Salesforce, Zoho, Shopify, WooCommerce, Razorpay and Stripe connectors, plus a REST API and webhooks for anything custom.
Yes. Button clicks, keyword replies or 'no response' can launch follow-up sequences, assign a sales rep, open a support ticket or update a CRM field — no code required.
B2C peaks 10am–12pm and 7pm–9pm local; B2B peaks 10am–1pm Tue–Thu. Use send-time optimisation if your audience spans multiple time zones.
Track revenue per campaign with UTM-tagged URL buttons and CRM attribution. LandinChat reports cost-per-conversation, conversion rate and attributed revenue per segment.
Yes — order confirmations, OTPs, shipping updates, appointment reminders. Use utility or authentication templates, which are cheaper than marketing.
Yes. Trigger a 1-hour, 24-hour and 72-hour sequence with the product image, dynamic discount code, and a buy-now URL button. Typical recovery rate 18–32%.
Send only to opted-in contacts, lead with value not promotion, cap to 2–3 messages per recipient per week, vary creative, and honour opt-outs immediately.
Yes — a shared team inbox with assignment rules, internal notes, canned replies and SLA timers handles inbound replies at scale.
Yes — train an AI agent on your catalog, FAQs and policies; it handles 60–85% of routine replies and escalates only the complex ones to a human.
The WhatsApp Business app supports 256-recipient broadcast lists from mobile. For real bulk volume, manage campaigns from the LandinChat web dashboard on any device.
Even 100 opted-in contacts is enough to launch — the channel earns its keep at any scale because of the 95%+ open rate.
Yes — native sync ingests customers, orders, abandoned checkouts and tags continuously.
Yes — store opt-in proof, honour deletion requests, and use EU data residency where required. LandinChat ships GDPR, DPDP and SOC 2 controls by default.
Marketing templates promote a product or offer; utility templates support an existing transaction (order, appointment, account). Utility is cheaper, faster to approve, and not subject to marketing opt-in.
No — Meta downgrades or rejects utility templates containing promotional language. Keep promos in marketing templates with explicit opt-in.
Most 10k-recipient broadcasts complete in 2–6 minutes; throughput scales linearly with your messaging tier.
Start the free trial, connect your number to the Official API in ~10 minutes, import a contact list, submit your first template, and launch — most teams ship their first broadcast on day one.
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