Thanks for your tutorial; everything was on point. 1. There is something I'm probably missing here. Was the connection to Facebook at the beginning of the video only because WhatsApp belongs to Facebook? Because I see this tutorial talks about when people send a message to a business through WhatsApp 2. What is the difference between this kind of WhatsApp to downloading from the apple/google store WhatsApp business?
Thank you! 1. Yes, you need to connect WhatsApp through Facebook (called Meta now), because WhatsApp is part of it. 2. By using a WhatsApp Business account, you can automatically reply to questions. With normal WhatsApp (via the app stores), that is not possible. If you want to know more about hoe to use WhatsApp automation for any business, I highly recommend checking out my WhatsApp Automation Starter Pack: chatimize.com/whatsapp-automation-starter-pack/. This will help you getting started quickly!
Yes! Manychat has a direct integration with Google Sheets. You can find it under Settings > Integrations. If you want to connect it to your CRM, they might have an integration for that as well. If they don’t, you can create an integration using Make. Here is 30 Days off for the paid plan of Make: chatimize.com/make/
Thank you for the video. One question please, will i be able to answer my customers via phone(whatsapp business) in case the customer requested a human to chat with ? Or all whatsapp chats mandatory will be through manychat website?
Great Video!!! I have few questions: 1. The display name(i.e. Chatimize Test) will appear automatically if the contact is not saved by client? 2. Until the WhatsApp account approved, what is limit to send and receive texts? 3. How many days could be taken to get approval in general?
Hey Hardik! Here are your answers: 1. Nope, then the number would appear. Only really big companies have their display name always appear, but you need to request it at WhatsApp 2. Only 10 Whatsapp Contacts can talk to your chatbot, but I do not know if their is a limit on the number of texts. 3. On average, it takes between 5-15 working days to get approved.
thanks for your explanation, i have one question: what if i want to create a choose from a menu and the user can input either a number or a text. for example: what service you want? 1- repair 2- support how to make it that the user can reply with either "1" or "repair" ?
Then you need to check the option for “Free user input” (to User Input element) and add a condition after it that checks on whether the user said “1” or “repair”. Do you understand?
@@chatimize thanks for your help, just one last question, when i use whatsapp ref url and qr code there's a prefilled text , i want to keep it empty how to do this ?
@@mohamedelbagir6038 This is not possible, because you can only activate a specific flow by using a pre-filled message. But I just created a video on how you can create a normal sentence for WhatsApp Ref URL and QR Code: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TSXqG97I0XY.html
Hey Dilip! Unfortunately, this is not possible. What you can do is show multiple options with text, for example: 1. Option 1 2. Option 2 And say that they need to type “1” or “2” to determine their flow. Then you can use a user input element and a condition to make the flows goes well.
@@chatimize Hi, Thank you for your reply. The audience I am interested in are church people. They probably would not want to sign up for WhatsApp. Is there another way to reply to their question with a personalized audio response perhaps several hours later. Thanks....Phil Lipkey
Yes, I think that will be possible. But I think it is good to have a look at Uchat (chatimize.com/uchat/), because the have more WhatsApp eCommerce features than ManyChat.
Hi there, would like clarify on the phone number requirements. Meaning that if I'm using *123* phone number and it was used as my WhatsApp Business account. then, this number is not available to use for ManyChat registration?
Since I was already using WhatsApp Business, I followed the instruction that I should first delete my WhatsApp Business account and apply. I followed the confirmation instructions via Facebook and it is in the evaluation process. I am currently trying to log in to my WhatsApp business account again, but I am not receiving the code. Is it something related to the approval process or am I experiencing another problem?
Those who try to message me right now are greeted with a message like this. I am in Turkey. Am I getting this because my account is not approved or can I not use it in Turkey? 'Your message could not be delivered. This business can't chat with phone numbers with your country code'.@@chatimize
@@chatimize at first let me thank you for the all good info and the way you show humbleness to react with all of your comments not the all are doing that. I have a question pls its important Lets guess I'm a freelancer and want to make a chatbot to a client, the way i saw how manychat works don't think that I can request a client's facebook or Google to register (I mean the first mins of regestring of your video),so it works only if it's gonna be done by myself. Am I right? In another words what is the suitable way to make chatbot through freelancing sites? Excuse me for being so long
Hi! its was very helpfull! could explain something about the another option over the whatsapp bot config? i`ve been trying to config the URL whatsapp ref but i`m not getting succes
Hello puede más de un usuario es decir el equipo de ventas puede ver todos los mensajes del robot y etiquetar o asignar al vendedor o al técnico de soporte por ejemplo???
What you can do is connect ManyChat to a Google Sheet. Just go to Settings --> Integrations and connect your Google account there. Then, inside your flow you can add a Google Sheet action and add information to a specific sheet.
Hey can u help me .. I m creating a counselor chatbot with machine learning to understand different inputs....I want to deploy that chatbot on WhatsApp just like the video...can I do it and how
Is it possible to add answers to the questions , so the chat box interacts with the user? Eg like connecting a bible to the chatbox so it automatically provides answers from the Bible based on the input of the user
Hi, what if I have a list of contacts who I want to 1) blast a message 2) then trigger different messages automatically based on their responses. Is it possible to do with this WhatsApp and ManyChat?
Yes, this is possible to do. But you can only blast a message to users who talked to your chatbot in the last 24 hours. What kind of message would you like to blast?
Hi Joren, thanks for the information! i have one question, how many whatsapp number lines are possible to use in the same manychat account, only one or more? Tahnks!!
@@TarekHijazi This is doable by creating an integration between Manychat and Jira. If you want to learn how to create custom Manychat integrations, you can learn more here: chatimize.com/custom-manychat-integrations/
Hello Joren. Thank you for your video. I did all the steps. Everything is correct. But my problem is the pixel. I sent this information to my web designer. The chatbot is not working. Manychat's support is too slow. I sent 3 emails and nothing! I bought Manychat Pro. Do you have any video about that? Please tell me what I can do. Thanks Cris
ManyChat has a direct integration with Paypal and Stripe, maybe you can use that. Here is more information: support.manychat.com/support/solutions/articles/36000183951-buy-button-selling-with-instagram-direct-message-and-messenger
Am just thinking on my own side, is there a way One can export those user inputs to a data base like google sheets. Just like storing the users' first name, last name, etc. in a spreadsheet
Hey Christian! Yeah, that is possible. Go to Settings -> Integrations and then connect your Google account to ManyChat. Then inside a flow you can insert a Google Sheet action and send the data to a Google Sheet.
Hello, understand we have to get a new mobile number to work with manychat. May I know whether there is any way to integrate with existing working mobile number with whatsapp. Reason is that we have many customers who already know our existing working mobile number. Thank you
hellow.. Whatsapp channel was turned off i get this message from the channel created is there a way to clear it.. because i real need that channel back
@@chatimize yes thanks for reply but i have already work it out.. one thing if you can help. i want to send image from server to chatbot whatsapp but cant find that feature. can you help me out pal
It looks nice, but not what I'm looking for with these kiddies drag and drops. Is there a way to integrate this with a terminal? Just so I can wire it up with GPT-3
Hey Diederik! Het is beter om een nieuw nummer te kopen en hier ManyChat op te gebruiken. Er zijn vaak problemen als je hetzelfde nummer wilt gebruiken.
@@vontdeux It's not possible to do this with buttons, you can only do this with User Input. This is actually something that I explain in my WhatsApp Chatbot Starter Package course (access = $9). Are you interested?
@@chatimize I assumed, like FB messenger that it could be placed on the bottom of a website home page for visitors to message the business when they are on the website. Thanks
@@zippydoodar Currently, this is not possible, because ManyChat doesn't give us a "WhatsApp website widget". But maybe they will add this in the future!
Hi Joren, if we want to make bots for multiple small businesses who don't have FB pages, can we add our FB page and act like an agnecy for all small businesses? And where can I learn about fee charged by whatsapp for each message we send to user?
Hey Rishi! This is a really good question! I think you could do this, but I would not recommend to do it. A better way is to create a dummy Facebook page and connect it to that. Could be in the future you won't be helping them anymore (for whatever reason) and then it is not possible for your client to easily switch to another agency (because then they need to switch phone numbers and all). Regarding the fee, you only have to pay ManyChat. ManyChat handles the fees that come from WhatsApp.
@@rishishukla4143 Currently, it is just their regular pricing (manychat.com/pricing/). So you pay for the number of subscribers you have. But to be honest, I think they are going to change this in the future, so it's good to keep an eye on it 👀
@@chatimize so please, example like I want to put on the services I render at my business for the client to choose and it’s more than 3, how do I do that?
@@abubakariabdulsomed5009 I would recommend showing your three most important services if you want to use buttons. Otherwise, you can just make a message with, these are my services: Service A, B, C, D. Please send me a message with the name of the service in it. And then when they message you "web design" (for example) then you can respond to that message.
Hello, Chatimize. Can you please recommend best WhatsApp chatbot builder with AI and have best prices? I have some researches and is Dialogflow is good or there are other better options?
Hey Murodbek! Dialogflow is great for their AI, but pretty hard to store user information. I would recommend using ManyChat and integrating it with Dialogflow
bro, I connecting WhatsApp to many chat, of cause I using a new number but, i follow your tutorial but still cannot connect, i show "We can’t verify the Meta Business Account that you selected. Go back to the previous screen to select a different account, or go to Meta Business Manager for support." . need help
That's weird, because you don't need to be verified in order to have a WhatsApp chatbot. Is it possible you record a screen recording of the steps you take and send it to info@chatimize.com? Then, I can have a better look at it :)
@@chatimize does “Unlimited customer-initiated conversations” mean that if a customer starts conversation first, then I can send anything in 24 hrs? For free? Or is it limited to 1000 customers only?
@@azaty You can send anything in the 24 hour window. With WhatsApp, the first 1000 user-initiated conversations are free (each month). If you have more than 1000 conversations in a month, you need to pay per conversation. The price of a conversation depends on the country you are in.
@@chatimize thanks for replying, but can I do it to export the data from Google sheets and then autocomplete a forum in my website with the data exported?
What you can do is a assign a tag to a user once they have finished the test, for example the tag “Finished”. Then at the beginning of the test you set a Smart Delay of 5 minutes (time they get). After 5 minutes you check if they have the tag, if they don’t have it, you need to stop the test.
Yes indeed! And it has some small changes: - With WhatsApp you do not have quick replies, you only have buttons - When asking for the email, there is no bubble a user can click on - If someone starts a conversation on WhatsApp, you do not know their first name. But you do know their phone number!
Yes, this is because you also need to get approved for the WhatsApp Business API. Here is a video on how you can do that with ManyChat: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UeYQWvxyfOM.html
Hi, can i let user decide in ManyChat if they prefer messanger or WhatsApp ? My deal is , nor everybody has WhatsApp , not everybody had messanger … so if there is kinda all in one and it will ask user …
You can ask it at the start of the conversation and provide a link to the correct channel. If you want to ask it before, I would recommend adding two seperate buttons to your website (for example)
Can you kindly explain what do you mean? I have seen you got the answer, but I go over the comments section and I did not understand your question, what do you mean by what do they prefer, they already apply to you through the channel they chose isn't it?
The first 1,000 user-initiated conversations are free every month. If you have more than 1,000 user-initiated conversations, you need to pay per conversation to Meta.
@@user-tj9jy2xp1iUser-initiated is when a user starts the conversation with your WhatsApp Chatbot. Business-initiated is when the WhatsApp Chatbot starts a conversation with the user (this needs to be done with Message Templates)
It can be done pretty quickly, often within a week. Here is a video on how you can do it: How To Verify Your Facebook Business (And use all WhatsApp tools) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9cDja_-y8FU.html
ManyChat has a free plan which gives you access to their basic features for the first 1,000 contacts. After that, it will cost you $15 per month and the price goes up with the number of subscribers you have. Check my review for more information: chatimize.com/reviews/manychat/
Manychat has a free plan up to 1000 contacts with basic features. If you reach those contacts or want more features, you need to go with their Pro plan
I forgot to tell you this in my video, but every business still needs to be approved for the WhatsApp Business API if you want to use it. If you are not approved, you can only use WhatsApp Business for the first 10 contacts that talk to your chatbot. Here is a video on how you can get approved for WhatsApp: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UeYQWvxyfOM.html
How long do you belive its still going to be until they fully open Whatsapp API? And when this is done we should be able to use zaps or integromat right?
@@israelortiz4652 Do you mean that Facebook will open up WhatsApp without getting approved? Or you mean that ManyChat opens up WhatsApp for every ManyChat account?
Manychat has a free plan with basic features, as long as you stay under 1000 contacts. When you want more features or go above the 1000 contacts, you need to go with their paid plan (starts at $15 a month).
Manychat offers a free plan up to 1,000 contacts with Basic features. After that, you need to use Pro. If you want to have one month of the Pro plan for free, use this discount code: joren_wouters_mc_edu
Hi,when i verify my whatsapp number but it came out these word , how can i fix it? the tutoriol ask me to delete my whatsapp account , any solution to connect my whatsapp with manychat? This number is registered to an existing WhatsApp account. To use this number, disconnect it from the existing account. Then, return to this page and re-enter the number. Note: It may take up to 3 minutes for the number to become available
Hey Chee! I recommend adding a new number to your Facebook Business account and adding ManyChat to that number. It’s best practice to never use the same number for multiple WhatsApp accounts.