WhatsApp won't let you message first — unless Meta approved it
WhatsApp keeps businesses from cold-messaging people at random — it's how the channel stays spam-free and customers actually read what lands. The catch: to send an order update, a reminder, or an offer to someone who isn't already chatting with you, the message has to be a template Meta reviewed and approved. Get that part wrong and you simply can't reach your customer at the moment it matters.


