Blue Tick or Green Tick? Choose wisely

You have seen your favorite celebrities on social media with verification ticks, that’s how you distinguish actual accounts from fake ones. Similarly, WhatsApp provides a green tick verification to official businesses so customers don’t engage with fake businesses.

So, what exactly is the ‘green tick’ or verified badge?

WhatsApp green tick is a badge that is given out by WhatsApp that verifies that you have an official business account. It signifies that you have gone through an additional verification process by WhatsApp.?

It appears next to your WhatsApp number and confirms that it is an authentic and notable business.?Although it doesn’t give you access to any additional information, the green tick will help instill trust among customers. Customers directly see your brand name and not just a registered number.

How to Apply for a green tick on WhatsApp?

Now that you know, it’s going to be beneficial for you, here’s how you can apply for the green tick.

Step 1: Apply for WhatsApp Business API

You can only get a green tick if you use?WhatsApp Business API , so if you don’t, you will have to switch to API.

Step 2: Increase engagement:

Increasing engagement and showing higher traffic is a good way to increase your chances of getting verified. This helps WhatsApp to see you’re a legitimate business.

Step 3: Via API provider?

Your API provider can easily apply for you as it’s already connected to your Facebook Business Manager.

Step 4: Manually:

You can also do it yourself. Go to your Facebook Business Manager and go to Business Settings, then go to WhatsApp Accounts and select the one you’re applying for in the green tick.

Step 5: Submit relevant documents

Go to settings and select Contact support, there you’ll be able to ask a question. “WABiz: Request official business account status”, after that you’ll have to submit documents and information supporting your application.?

Step 6: Wait for Approval:

Now, this can take a few days, you’ll automatically get to know when you get a green tick on your business account.

Okay, but doesn’t this look like a very tedious process??

Isn’t it going to be difficult to find a reliable API provider?

How will you manage to increase your engagement?

What if we told you there’s one solution to all these problems?

?? Engati’s WhatsApp Chatbot ??

Engati’s?WhatsApp Chatbot ?comes with API integration. So you don’t have to go looking for a reliable and cost-efficient solution. The chatbot will take care of all your customer conversations of you, giving you the flexibility to switch between live chat too, whenever necessary.?

You can run targeted campaigns using the chatbots, not only will you get to engage with a huge audience but also generate quality leads and convert them.?

With Engati, you’ll also be able to easily take care of the verification process from start to end.???

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