Connect your WhatsApp Business number

PayPerWA connects straight to Meta's official WhatsApp Cloud API. There is no middleman, so the connection is done once through Meta's own signup window.

Before you start

• A Facebook account that manages (or can create) your business portfolio.
• A phone number that can receive an SMS or voice call for the one-time code.
• The number must not be active on the regular WhatsApp app. If it runs on the WhatsApp Business app, Meta can keep the app working alongside the API (this is called coexistence), but only when Meta finds that number eligible during connection.
• Your legal business name and website, if you have one. Meta compares the display name against these.

Steps

1. Open Dashboard → Settings → WhatsApp and click Connect.
2. Log in to Facebook in the Meta window and pick or create your business portfolio.
3. Create a WhatsApp Business Account, enter the display name customers will see, and add your phone number.
4. Enter the verification code sent to the number.
5. Return to PayPerWA. The channel card shows LIVE when the connection is complete.

Right after connecting

• Add a payment method in Meta. Without it every campaign message fails with error 131042.
• Check the display name status on the channel card. Meta reviews new names before they show to customers.
• A new business portfolio can message 250 unique customers in a rolling 24 hours. Meta raises it to 2,000 once your business is verified (or after 2,000 delivered messages in 30 days), and higher as you keep quality up. See messaging limits.