How it works
The link opens WhatsApp on the customer’s phone or computer with a chat to your number already started. Nobody has to save your number first.
- Pick your country and type your WhatsApp business number.
- Add a first message if you want one, or start from a suggestion.
- Copy the link, download the QR code, and add the link to your Google Business Profile as the Chat button.
Put the link where customers already look for you: the Chat button on your Google profile, your website’s contact page, your Instagram bio and booking confirmations. Print the QR code on menus, counters, delivery bags and visiting cards.
Method and limits
The link WhatsApp uses
WhatsApp’s help page documents the click to chat link as https://wa.me/ followed by your full number in international format, with no +, leading zero, brackets or dashes. This page builds exactly that from the country you pick and the number you type, and drops a leading 0 for you.
The first message
WhatsApp lets the link carry a message with ?text=. It fills the chat box and the customer can edit it or delete it before sending. Google’s Chat field asks for the plain link, so add the message version to your website, social profiles and QR code.
Privacy
Everything runs in your browser. Your number and message are never sent to Reach, and the link and QR code are made on your device.
Questions
- How do I make a WhatsApp link for my business?
- Pick your country, type your WhatsApp business number and copy the link this page makes. It follows WhatsApp’s format, https://wa.me/ plus your full number with the country code and no + or spaces.
- Can I add WhatsApp to my Google Business Profile?
- Yes, where Google offers Chat. Open Edit profile, then Contact, choose WhatsApp under Chat and paste the link. Google offers Chat only in some regions and only on claimed, verified profiles.
- Does the link work with WhatsApp Business?
- Yes. The link opens a chat with the number, whether that number runs WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business.
- Does a WhatsApp QR code expire?
- Not this one. The code holds the wa.me link itself with no redirect in between, so it keeps working while your number is on WhatsApp.
- Why doesn’t my message show on the Google profile?
- Google’s Chat field takes the plain link to your number, so this page gives you a separate profile link without the message. The message version is for your website, social profiles and QR code.