Create a WhatsApp link with a pre-filled message

What a WhatsApp link does

A WhatsApp link opens a chat with your number, without the person saving you as a contact.

They click, WhatsApp opens, and your opening message is already in the text box. All they have to do is press send.

It is the link to put in your Instagram bio, your email signature, a sales page or a story.

The right number format

WhatsApp expects the number in international format, with no plus sign, no spaces and no leading zero.

A UK number 07700 900123 becomes 447700900123. The tool does this conversion for you.

Pick the country code, type the number the way you usually write it, and the link updates.

If you paste a number that already starts with + or 00, the selected country code is ignored.

Writing the pre-filled message

The pre-filled message is optional, but it changes a lot.

It says where the person comes from. "Hi, I found you through your Instagram bio" saves you asking for context.

It also removes the blank page. Many people click, do not know what to write, and close the chat.

Keep it short and in the first person, as if the prospect wrote it. They can still edit it before sending.

Test before you publish

Always open the link once on your phone before you share it.

Check that the chat opens on the right number and that the whole message shows. Accents, emojis and line breaks come through fine.

The link does not expire. As long as the number is on WhatsApp, it keeps working.

After the first message

The link brings in the conversation. The sale happens in the messages that follow.

Many conversations stop after two or three messages, with no clear no. Those are the ones to follow up on, at the right time, with the right context.