Changing WhatsApp provider without losing your brokerage number
Moving your brokerage to a new WhatsApp provider: what Meta migrates, what it quietly does not, and the two things only your outgoing vendor can hand back.
Moving your brokerage to a new WhatsApp provider: what Meta migrates, what it quietly does not, and the two things only your outgoing vendor can hand back.
Meta needs one template per language and translates nothing. Which African language codes exist, which do not, and how a brokerage builds a library.
How a brokerage loses its WhatsApp number to a SIM swap, a phished code or a linked device — the settings that stop it, and what POPIA requires afterwards.
Two grey ticks are not proof of receipt. What sent, delivered, read and failed mean on the WhatsApp Business Platform, and what a broker should file.
Registry papers, a recognisable display name, two-step verification: what Meta checks before a brokerage number can scale, and what the badge is worth.
Cloud API stores message data where you tell it to, but only if you set the region before registering the number. What EU and UK brokers should check.
Why clients see a number instead of your firm, how Meta reviews display names, and which legal, trading or network name belongs at the top of the thread.
Meta bills WhatsApp per message delivered. Which of a broker’s messages are charged, which are free inside the service window, and how to budget a month.
Half the premium reminders did not send. What a WhatsApp messaging limit counts, how tiers and quality rating work, and how to run a month-end batch.
Migrate the number clients already message, or run it alongside the app. What each route costs in chat history, and a checklist to do it in one evening.
Utility or marketing? What Meta approves, why broker templates get rejected, the 60-day review window and the UK consent rules that sit on top.
A step-by-step guide for FAIS-licensed brokerages moving off personal phones: choosing the number, capturing opt-in, writing templates and keeping records.