🌶️ Getting started: warm up
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When you first start using WhatsApp, your phone number is unknown to Meta.
You must therefore follow some rules to prove your identity before you can really start using WhatsApp to its full potential.
This is the warm-up phase. Your account will gradually be validated by Meta, and you will no longer need to follow these rules.
Best practice
- Target a segment of engaged customers for your first campaign. This will ensure that your first campaign generates engagement, showing WhatsApp that you are a high-quality account.
- Send a campaign to a limited list of opt-ins.
- For example, you can send a campaign to your loyal customers announcing a new WhatsApp channel.
- Include an unsubscription button. This prevents some customers from blocking your number and lowering your rating.

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Launch automations.
- Automations as abandoned cart start regular conversations. This increases your account rating, which is very beneficial at first.
⚠️ Don't:
- Send a message to your full base without an unsubscription button.
⭐️ First sendings and segmentation
In order to grow you opt-ins base and warm-up your account, we recommend you to send a first campaign spread over several days.

Campaign format
Follow the instructions above to boost the quality of your sendings. You can request a review of your campaign from us.
Volumes
Whatever you limit, we recommend you to stick to these volumes below:
Date |
Number of contacts targeted (maximum) |
---|---|
D1 |
500 |
D2 |
1 000 |
D3 |
1 500 |
D4 |
2 500 |
D5 |
5 000 |
… +1 |
… x2 |
Therefore, it will takes 3 days to activate a database of 3 000 contacts, and 5 days for a database of 10 000 contacts.
Segmentation
Total number of contacts
Start by creating a segment with everyone who:
- has a phone number
- is an email opt-in
- has made at least 2 purchases this year
Let's say that makes a segment of 5 000 people.
Segments division
The idea is to start with your best customers, those who are most interested by your communications.
Here is a simple method to divide the 5 000 people in segments, depending on the number of purchases made:
Date |
Rule |
Approx. volume |
---|---|---|
D1 |
purchases > 4 this year |
500 |
D2 |
purchases = 4 this year |
800 |
D3 |
purchases = 3 this year |
1 200 |
D4 |
purchases = 2 this year |
2 500 |
Sendings scheduling
Then you can schedule your campaign in 4 sendings, on 4 segments and on 4 different days.
If you get a warning from Meta, cancel the sendings and contact Simio to adjust the strategy.