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How to Create Your First WhatsApp Campaign

Send a bulk WhatsApp template message to a list of contacts — from picking a template to launching the send.

Beginner 5 min read

Tutorial video coming soon

What You'll Learn

In this tutorial you'll learn:

  • Create a new campaign and choose an approved template
  • Add recipients and review the cost estimate
  • Launch the campaign and monitor progress

Prerequisites

Before you start:

  • An approved WhatsApp template
  • At least one contact, group, or tag to send to
  • An active phone number

Step-by-Step Guide

1

Start a new campaign

Dashboard → Campaigns → New Campaign

Give the campaign an internal name — recipients never see it.

Campaigns page with campaign cards and Campaigns highlighted in the sidebar
The Campaigns page.
New Campaign dialog with the campaign name Demo Diwali Campaign
Give the campaign an internal name.
2

Choose a template and phone number

Only APPROVED templates are offered — pending or rejected templates aren't available for a campaign.

New Campaign dialog with the demo_summer_sale template, sender phone number and a message preview
Pick an approved template and a sender number.
3

Add recipients

Pick individual contacts, a Tag, a Group, a conversation Label, or upload a plain phone list, or send to everyone currently opted in.

Add Recipients dialog with By Tag selected and the VIP tag chosen
Choose where recipients come from.
4

Review and launch

Check the credit cost estimate, then choose Send Now or Schedule for later, and click Launch.

Add Recipients dialog with 5 recipients and the Send Now and Schedule buttons highlighted
Send now or schedule for later.
5

Monitor progress

The campaign detail view shows live per-recipient status: queued, sent, delivered, read, or failed.

Campaign delivery statistics and a per-recipient status list showing read, delivered and failed
Live per-recipient status.
Tip

You can pause a running campaign at any time and resume it later without losing progress.

How to Create Your First WhatsApp Campaign — Vaaniq Tutorials