Choose Your WhatsApp Platform:
Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2025 9:20 am
Trust: When users explicitly agree, they trust you not to spam them, leading to higher engagement rates.
Effectiveness: Messages sent to an opted-in audience are far more likely to be read and acted upon.
Legal Compliance (PDPO 2025 in Bangladesh): The PDPO 2025 mandates free, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent for the processing of personal whatsapp number list data (including phone numbers). Collecting and using numbers without this consent is illegal and can lead to severe penalties.
WhatsApp Policy: WhatsApp strictly prohibits unsolicited messaging, bulk messaging, and the use of scraped lists. Violations can lead to your account being permanently banned.
Your choice of platform dictates how you'll manage your list.
WhatsApp Business App (for small businesses/individuals):
Pros: Free, easy to set up, suitable for managing a smaller number of customer interactions.
Cons: Limited features, requires manual management, can only send Broadcast Lists to up to 256 contacts who have saved your number in their phone. Not scalable for large lists.
WhatsApp Business API (for medium to large businesses):
Pros: Designed for scale, automation (chatbots), integration with CRM, ability to send messages to unlimited users (within WhatsApp's messaging limits), official "green tick" verification possible.
Effectiveness: Messages sent to an opted-in audience are far more likely to be read and acted upon.
Legal Compliance (PDPO 2025 in Bangladesh): The PDPO 2025 mandates free, specific, informed, and unambiguous consent for the processing of personal whatsapp number list data (including phone numbers). Collecting and using numbers without this consent is illegal and can lead to severe penalties.
WhatsApp Policy: WhatsApp strictly prohibits unsolicited messaging, bulk messaging, and the use of scraped lists. Violations can lead to your account being permanently banned.
Your choice of platform dictates how you'll manage your list.
WhatsApp Business App (for small businesses/individuals):
Pros: Free, easy to set up, suitable for managing a smaller number of customer interactions.
Cons: Limited features, requires manual management, can only send Broadcast Lists to up to 256 contacts who have saved your number in their phone. Not scalable for large lists.
WhatsApp Business API (for medium to large businesses):
Pros: Designed for scale, automation (chatbots), integration with CRM, ability to send messages to unlimited users (within WhatsApp's messaging limits), official "green tick" verification possible.