—> Learn how to collect the phone numbers of your WhatsApp subscribers

For any successful WhatsApp marketing strategy, it is key to have a qualified source for new subscribers to join the channel. As people enter your WhatsApp chat, we call the sign-ups that brings users into your WhatsApp list, Chat-ins.

Besides Chat-ins, new users can be created via contacts import, learn more /Guide

There are two fundamental ways how Chat-ins work

1. users become a contact by writing your WhatsApp number.

2. users leave their number in a Chat-in form

3. Write our number (WA.ME Link based Chat-in) To make it easiest possible to first contact your number, Meta/charles provides so called WA.ME Links. Scanning a QR-code or clicking a link, opens WhatsApp with a pre-filled message

1. Fill in your number (Sign-up form based Chat-in) Comparable to email newsletters signups, users can leave their number to become part of your channel. charles gives you the opportunity to place those WhatsApp Chat-in forms on your website (Thank-you-page for now)