WhatsApp message template categories
Meta requires WhatsApp message templates to be correctly categorized to ensure their approval and proper use. Each category has a specific purpose, and when creating a template, you must choose the one that best represents the content of the message.
The correct categorization avoids rejections and
WhatsApp Message Template Library
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The Template Library is a Zenvia repository with standardized message suggestions for use on WhatsApp. These templates are structured according to Meta’s guidelines, streamlining the creation and
Why was my WhatsApp template rejected?
Important: Before proceeding with the instructions, confirm whether the feature is available for your access profile.All WhatsApp templates need to be approved by Meta before being used in campaigns or conversations with your contacts.
When accessing Settings > Message templates > WhatsApp, if you s
Start a sale with a Facebook Messenger Template
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Facebook Messenger message templates are used in the commercial inbox to:
Start a conversation with a contact (when there is no active session); orReestablish the conversation after the 24-hour s
Start a customer service with a WhatsApp Message Template
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Message templates in Zenvia Customer Cloud are used to initiate or reestablish a conversation in the Customer Inbox.
These templates, created by you, undergo content validation by Meta, ensuring
Actions in Success expert agent
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.This is the fourth and final step in creating the expert agent. Here, you can select the success action: Message Sending or Surveys.
To access this feature, go to Zenvia Customer Cloud > Expert a
Registration of WhatsApp message templates in Zenvia Customer Cloud
WhatsApp message templates allow you to send personalized messages to your customers, automating processes and optimizing communication. For example, you can create a template for a welcome campaign that is automatically sent whenever a new customer registers.
Message templates go through an approva
New WhatsApp Business pricing model
Effective as of July 1, 2025
Starting July 1, 2025, WhatsApp Business API will no longer use the 24-hour session (or conversation window) pricing model. Charging will now be based on each template message sent, except for user-initiated interactions.
What is changing?End of 24-hour conversation wind
How to create and manage email templates in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Email message templates allow you to send personalized communications to your customers, automating processes and optimizing customer interaction.
You can create email templates to use in marketi
Building a chatbot using a model
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Using a model, you can simplify the process of creating a chatbot and build it more practically.
These templates function as pre-configured structures that already include the main conversational
Transactional Messages with Zapier
With Zapier, you can send automated messages without needing to know how to code.
This guide will show you how to use Zenvia Conversion to pull contact details from a Google Sheets spreadsheet and use them to send an automated WhatsApp message.
Step-by-stepCreate a Zap in Zapier
Go to Zapier.com and
How to set a greeting message for other sources
Learn how to send message templates to customers coming from channels other than WhatsApp or Messenger (e-commerce, forms, etc)To activate this function, follow the steps explained below:
1. Go to Conversation Channels on the left menu and choose the channel of your business (WhatsApp or Facebook Me
Registration of SMS Message Templates in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.SMS message templates allow you to send personalized messages to your customers, automating processes and optimizing communication. For example, you can create a welcome campaign template that wi
Best practices for creating and sending WhatsApp message templates
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Message templates, also called templates, are standardized and pre-approved messages by WhatsApp, used to initiate conversations following Meta's guidelines. In this article, you will find best p
Send media messages with WhatsApp
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.To send WhatsApp messages that include media, it's necessary to:
Have a message template pre-approved by Meta within Zenvia Customer Cloud.Provide a media link during the setup of the message.Sen
10. Notification of WhatsApp Templates via Zenvia Chat
The WhatsApp Template Notification feature allows agents to send notifications (WhatsApp HSM) in a conversation that already has a service history in Zenvia Chat.
This enables the agent to re-establish contact easily through an active message for customers who have already been assisted via Zenvia C
Create an email with the Zenvia Customer Cloud builder
The Zenvia Customer Cloud email builder allows you to quickly create visually appealing marketing messages without needing any code. You can use ready-made templates or build your email from scratch by combining content blocks and layout rows.
Before you beginThis article explains how to use the bui
Message sending errors in the Sales Customer Inbox
When a message is not delivered to the commercial service inbox, it is important to understand the reason for the error in order to take the correct measures.
Error messagesIn the inbox, located under Sales > Customer Inbox, you will see two types of messages related to errors:
Short and informative
How to send WhatsApp Broadcast Messages
At Zenvia Conversion, we understand how useful it is for companies to be able to send mass messages through WhatsApp while still complying with all the app's policies.To send your template via mass broadcast, follow these steps:
1 - Go to the Contact Panel.
2 - After selecting the multiple recipient
How to find my Templates and Quick Responses
How to access the text you need for your conversation in seconds
In Zenvia Conversion, you can quickly find message templates and quick responses from each of your conversations.
For that, both on your mobile device and on your desktop, all you have to do is enter the conversation and type the "/"
Sending message templates in support inbox
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Message templates are used to initiate or resume a customer support interaction. Meta requires the use of these pre-approved templates to ensure compliance with their policies, prevent spam, and
Use of buttons in WhatsApp message templates
Buttons help make interactions more dynamic and facilitate customer responses. In Zenvia Customer Cloud, when creating a message template, you can use different types of buttons, depending on the category of the chosen template.
Meta defines two main types of buttons that can be used:
Call to Action
Support inbox
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The support inbox in Zenvia Customer Cloud is the environment where conversations between agents and customers take place via tickets.
In the inbox, you can view conversations organized by status
Shopify integration with Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The integration of Shopify with Zenvia Customer Cloud allows for the automatic sending of WhatsApp messages whenever a new order is placed. This connection facilitates communication with customer
How to activate and use the Shopify app
With this app you can send automatic messages through WhatsApp every time you receive a new order from Shopify, also, you can send all the information about your products directly from the conversation with your client in Zenvia Conversion.
Is necessary that customers who buy through Shopify have a
How to use the communication rules builder
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The communication builder in Zenvia Customer Cloud provides all the necessary tools for any user to create and edit automated flows in a practical and visual manner.
This article describes all th
What is a WhatsApp session
The WhatsApp Business API offers several advantages for companies, one of the main ones being the possibility of multiple users accessing the same WhatsApp account. At Zenvia Conversion, we use the official WhatsApp API, which has rules in place to ensure proper use of the platform.
What is a WhatsA
How to create and use quick reply messages in sales service
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Quick replies are message templates used to streamline communication during a conversation. They can be sent in recurring situations, such as when a product is out of stock or when a contact send
Integrate WooCommerce with Sales
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Integrate WooCommerce with the Commercial Service to automate messages and make it easier to send product information directly in conversations with customers.
With this app, you can:
Send automa
What are quick responses and how to create them
Quick Replies are message templates designed to be sent in specific situations during customer service to expedite communication with your contacts.
For example, if a product is out of stock or if the company receives a message outside of business hours, a Quick Reply will be sent to the contact.
Qu
How to Create a CSV File for Bulk Uploads
Ensure that your file is free from errors when you upload your database
When a CSV file doesn't fulfill the necessary requirements to upload a database containing multiple clients, Zenvia Conversion will display an error:
To avoid this, follow the steps below:
1 - Create a spreadsheet with Goog
How to recover contact engagement with "We miss you" automation
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The We Miss You automation is a smart solution for engaging inactive customers. Using artificial intelligence, you can set up personalized messages via SMS or WhatsApp to reactivate contacts and
WhatsApp rules and definitions
Below you will find the main guidelines defined by Meta, organized by topics to facilitate usage in Zenvia Customer Cloud:
Number (Green badge)Message templatesMessage delivery issuesQuality rating of your numberMessaging limit (Tier)24-hour window⚓
Number (Green badge)Number verification turns you
Why we use Sessions on Facebook Messenger and how they are calculated
Why is it limited when I can start a conversation? What are the costs of using the Facebook API?
Just like WhatsApp, using the integration with Facebook Messenger has a variable login cost, which will be added to the plan you have contracted with Zenvia Conversion.
Why are Zenvia Conversion sess
Creating an automated communication flow in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The purpose of the communication flow is to establish triggering rules through a customizable flow, allowing you to reach your target audience autonomously. With it, you can schedule an automatic
Transfer contacts to sales support in WhatsApp broadcasts
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Send bulk WhatsApp messages and keep the conversation going with your customers through human or automated support on Zenvia Customer Cloud. This ensures a continuous and seamless experience for
WooCommerce
App to send automatic messages and product descriptions on your conversations with this application.
With this app you can send automatic messages through WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger every time you receive a new order from WooCommerce.
Also, you can send all the information about your produc
How can I upload multiple clients to Zenvia Conversion
You can upload databases to Zenvia Conversion through a CSV spreadsheet
This function saves essential time when loading customers and prospects in Zenvia Conversion.
Here we will show you the step by step:
1 - Go to "Contacts", on the "+" symbol in the lower right corner select "Upload conta
How to edit fields in HSM (pre-approved templates) on your phone
How to edit fields in HSM (pre-approved templates) on your phone
Edit the HSM (Highly Structured Message) messages on the conversation screen. At the moment, only available for Android.
From your Android phone:
1- Enter the conversation in which you want to send the message.
2- Select the te
Available expert agent success templates
In this article, learn more about expert agent templates available from Zenvia and examples of how to use them.
Successful expert agent templates are ready-to-use models provided by Zenvia with pre-filled fields designed to make it easier to create an expert agent without starting from scratch. By u
Sandbox tests in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The Sandbox Tests module is designed to provide and streamline the process of testing our APIs.It offers a secure environment where developers can perform quick tests of multichannel APIs before
General settings of sales in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Set up and customize customer service options in Zenvia Customer Cloud to enhance the customer experience and streamline your team’s work. The configurations applied will be reflected in the Serv
Handling and Transferring Support Conversations
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.In this article, learn how to manage conversations in the support inbox of Zenvia Customer Cloud. Understand the support flow, agent or group transfers, linking conversations to tickets, and the
Integrate Mercado Shops with Sales support
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Integrate your Mercado Shops account with Zenvia Customer Cloud to easily manage contacts who have made a purchase in your store.
Learn how to automate your sales process communications via Whats
Integration of the Quotes App
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The Quotes App simplifies the creation and sending of quotes to your contacts via WhatsApp, allowing you to register and measure all sales made through Zenvia Customer Cloud.
Additionally, with t
Limitations of WhatsApp Business API
Check out the main limitations of the WhatsApp in Zenvia Conversion.
Message Templates in Zenvia ConversionDue to the use of the WhatsApp Business API, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger message templates are the only way for your company to initiate conversations, as long as the contact has not writte
Tiendanube integration with Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.With the integration between Tiendanube and Zenvia Customer Cloud, you can automate WhatsApp message sending upon receiving new orders and share product information directly in conversations with
Quotes App
Quotes App is a feature integrated into Zenvia Conversion that simplifies the creation and sending of quotes to your contacts via WhatsApp. With Quotes, you can record and measure all sales made through our solution.
In Quotes, you manage your company's product catalog, configure additional fields t
Marketing Messages Lite API (MM Lite API)
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The Marketing Messages Lite API (MM Lite API) is a Meta technology developed exclusively for sending marketing messages via WhatsApp, focused on performance, engagement, and traceability.
Why use
Tiendanube App
How to activate and use the Tiendanube App in Zenvia Conversion
With the Tiendanube app you can send automatic messages via WhatsApp every time you receive a new order from Tiendanube, in addition to being able to send all your product information directly from your conversation with the client
Success expert agents
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The Success expert agents module belongs to Zenvia Customer Cloud and aims to facilitate the customization and optimization of customer service and communication.
Success expert agents are system
How to use variables for broadcast messages
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Variables allow you to personalize information at the time of sending the message, making it specific to each recipient.
There are some differences between the sending options you might notice wh
How to Create a Direct Access Link to Your Instagram Inbox
Create a direct link to your Instagram inbox using Meta’s official shortcut: ig.me.
This link allows customers to be redirected straight into a conversation with your business account quickly and easily.
You can share this link on:
Your website or blogNewsletters (emails)Promotional campaignsOther d
Automation of Transactional and Conversational Messages through API
How you can automate your conversations and messages through the Zenvia Conversion API
Zenvia Conversion allows you to automatically send messages in any conversational channel (WhastApp, FB Messenger, etc.) through its API. This is very useful for various use cases, such as:
Sending notifica
Zenvia Conversion Integration with Zenvia NLU
Zenvia NLU is a conversational artificial intelligence tool designed to create virtual assistants across various communication channels, automating stages of the customer journey.
Integrated with Zenvia Conversion, you can use Zenvia NLU's chatbots to enhance digital customer service and operationa
What's new in Zenvia Customer Cloud
10/17 ⚙️ New feature
Fill templates for tickets
It’s now easier to automate repetitive tasks during ticket creation and handling.
With fill templates, you can create reusable templates that automatically apply actions to fill in ticket fields. This allows you to define standards and perform repetit
Errors in broadcast message sending on Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Message sending errors occur when messages, for some reason, do not reach the recipients. These cases are indicated as Sending errors or Not Delivered in the send reports.
To understand the reaso
Sending and receiving Instagram messages in the sales service
Send and receive Instagram Direct messages directly in the Zenvia Customer Cloud commercial inbox, centralizing the conversation flow and ensuring agility in customer service.
Requirements for UseFacebook Account with linked Instagram business account connected to Zenvia Customer Cloud.Instagram Pag
Report: Conversational Channels
Conversational Channels is a feature of the Zenvia Conversion Report module that helps better understand the quantity of interactions and messages exchanged in your company.
The metrics are derived from conversations held in the Chats module and are related to the channels contracted by you.
How to
Broadcast report in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The performance report of a specific send in Zenvia Customer Cloud provides detailed information about the communications sent, helping you monitor and analyze aspects such as delivery status, co
Commercial customer inbox in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Handle customer service and monitor interactions between your company and contacts in the Zenvia Customer Cloud Customer inbox. Here, you manage conversations, answer messages, and keepon track
Error sending messages in Zenvia Conversion
Find out if your customer's contact number is valid or not in this guide to help you better understand message delivery errors in Zenvia Conversion.
Possible Message Delivery Errorsa. Invalid WhatsApp NumberWhen adding a new contact and trying to send a message template to start a conversation in th
Transfer contacts for sales chat in automation flows
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Automatically transfer contacts who respond to your campaign to support with a specific agent or team. This way, you will increase the chances of conversion by making the most of each interaction
Zapier Integration Example: Google Sheets
Learn how to integrate a template with Zenvia Conversion using Zapier
1 - Create a user account at zapier.com. You an do this with your email or Facebook account.
2 - To create your first integration, log in and click in the upper left where it says "Make a Zap"
3 - Choose the latest version of Z
Sales support group settings in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Manage and organize how users are grouped and how the support tickets are distributed among them.
In this article, you will learn:
Edit group nameChange a user's groupConfigure group rules and pa
Choosing the format for creating a flow chatbot
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The flow chatbot allows you to automate communication with your users, guiding them through a series of predefined steps. These steps can range from a simple welcome message to collecting informa
Performance Dashboard in Zenvia Conversion
The Performance Dashboard is a feature in Zenvia Conversion that allows you to analyze data on the performance of your campaigns and the return on financial investment made through Zenvia Attraction and Meta.
For instance, suppose your company created a campaign for Black Friday and sent it to 100
API: Frequently-Asked Questions
Everything you need to work with our API
This article will answer the majority of questions you might have about Zenvia Conversion's API.
You can find a Postman collection with requests available for the Zenvia Conversion API here.
1 - How to upload leads using the API:
When you upload a lead v
How to integrate and use the Facebook catalog in commercial service
Send your Facebook product catalog via WhatsApp directly in your commercial support conversations.
Create your catalog1. Go to the Commerce Manager in your Facebook Business Manager and click Add Catalog.
2. Set up the catalog and rename it with your company name (do not use the default name to avo
Actions of support specialist agents
Whenever a ticket is updated, the system checks if any support specialist agent has conditions configured for that scenario. If so, the actions linked to that agent are executed automatically.
This is the final step of the agent configuration, where you define the success actions to be taken, such a
Automation performance report in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Zenvia Customer Cloud automation performance report provides information about a specific automation, including the total number of triggers, messages sent, impacted contacts, and performance rat
Additional Fields
In Zenvia Conversion, Pro Plan customers can add additional fields that are customized to your business, improving the organization of important information in the platform and making it easier for your team to access.
Additional fields can be simple text (open), dropdown (multiple options) or date
Chats in Zenvia Conversion
Located in the left sidebar menu, Chats is a module of Zenvia Conversion where interactions and message exchanges between your company and a contact occur.
For example, if someone contacts you through any communication channel to inquire about the price of a product, they will be answered in Chats.
Send WhatsApp messages in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Sending bulk messages via WhatsApp allows your company to communicate directly with a large number of contacts. You can include images, videos, emojis, reply buttons, and links to direct recipien
08. Hours and Holidays
The Hours and Holidays feature lets customers know when you are available to serve them. You can use this feature in situations such as:
If you have a specific department in your company, in which the attendants are only available for service on certain days and at certain times, (example: Tuesday
Defining the Objective and Type of Chatbot
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.Welcome to the Chatbot module of Zenvia Customer Cloud. Here, you do not need to understand programming or code to create a virtual assistant and automate communication with your customers.
This
Sending Messages in the Customer Inbox
Important: Before following the instructions, make sure the feature is available for your access profile.The customer inbox is where you communicate with your contacts. You can send text and audio messages, image and video files, documents, location, payment links, and much more.
How the Customer In
How to send bulk WhatsApp messages on Zenvia Attraction
Learn how to send bulk WhatsApp messages, integrated with Zenvia Conversion, by Zenvia Attraction.
To carry out bulk shoots from Zenvia Attraction, access the platform through app.zenvia.com with the same login and password used in Zenvia Conversion.
Then, access the Products top menu and then sel
Facebook Catalog
Learn how you can send your Facebook product catalog via WhatsApp
Create a Catalog
1 - Access your Commerce Manager page in your Facebook Business Manager (https://business.facebook.com/commerce/) and press on “Add a Catalog”:
2 - Setup your catalog configuration and rename it to your company n
User access profiles in Zenvia Customer Cloud
Each user added to Zenvia Customer Cloud is assigned an access profile that defines which system features they can use.
These profiles are configured to control access to all features of Zenvia Customer Cloud, ensuring that each user has only the permissions relevant to their role.
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How to integrate Zenvia Attraction with my Zenvia Conversion account
Zenvia Attraction is a mass messaging platform for marketing campaigns across channels such as SMS, Email, WhatsApp, and RCS. And Zenvia Conversion is a solution to simplify communication and conversion for your sales strategies.
Integration with Zenvia Conversion allows you to unify the processes o