Step 1: Accept YesHello Invitation
1.
Open Your Email Inbox
- Once payment is made, our team will manually create your account and you will receive an email with instructions how to get started connecting your WhatsApp channel.
- Note that our working hours are from 10am-6pm Mon-Fri & 10am-1pm Saturdays.
- Find the email from YesHello with the subject 'YesHello invited you to collaborate!'
- If you do not see the invitation email, try checking in your spam folder.
- If you still can't find it after 15 minutes, please contact support@yeshello.chat and we will manually resend you the invite
2.
Click to Accept Invitation
- Click to open the email
- Click the 'Accept Invitation' button
3.
Register Your New Account
- Fill up your first name
- Fill up your last name
- Your email is pre-set and can't be changed at this moment
- Fill in your new password
- Repeat your new password
- Press 'Sign up'
4.
Welcome to your YesHello Dashboard
- Congratulations!
- You have completed your YesHello registration
- Next, let's connect your WhatsApp number to the YesHello platform
- To do that, you must first register your Chat API account
- See Step 2 below
- Once payment is made, our team will manually create your account and you will receive an email with instructions how to get started connecting your WhatsApp channel.
Step 2: Register Chat API Account
⚠️ Chat API is not an Official WhatsApp Partner. Chat API should only be used as a temporary solution while you are waiting for your official WhatsApp API account approval.
We suggest using Chat API for first 4-8 weeks to try out the platform before registering for your unlimited WhatsApp API from 360Dialog ($50/mo), or from other providers here.
To use a Chat API ($39/mo) you will need to make an account here.2.
Click Create an account
3.
Enter your details
4.
Copy Instance ID &
Token
- Copy the Instance ID (ex. 149779)
- Copy Token (ex. 8w7dec3k2by8gkuj)
- Save it to be used later
- Next, let's connect your WhatsApp number to YesHello in Step 3
Step 3: Connect WhatsApp Number
1.
Connect Your First Channel
- Return to your YesHello dashboard
- https://app.yeshello.chat/
- Click the 'Connect Channel' button
2.
Choose WhatsApp
3.
Press the Next button
4.
Choose Chat API
5.
Press the Next button
6.
Connect Chat API & your WhatsApp number
- Paste the Instance ID from Step 1
- Paste the Token from Step 1
- Type the WhatsApp number you want to connect to WhatsApp API (ex. 60149903735)
7.
Press the DONE button
Step 4: Connect WhatsApp API
1.
Go to Chat API Dashboard & click Regular Authorization
- Go to your Chat API dashboard
- https://app.chat-api.com/
- Click 'Regular Authorization'
2.
Scan WhatsApp web QR code with your phone
- On your mobile phone, open your WhatsApp application
- Press 'Settings'
- Press 'WhatsApp web'
- Press 'Scan QR code'
- Scan the QR code on your Chat API dashboard using your mobile phone
3.
Once you are connected, set your Instance settings
4.
WhatsApp API Pricing
- You have a 3-day free trial to use Chat API
- After day 3, subscribe to Chat API for USD$39/mo using Paypal
- You now can send 6,000 WhatsApp messages per day
5.
Endnotes - *important!!
To make sure your WhatsApp API connection is stable:
- Make sure your phone is always turned ON
- Keep your phone charged and connected to power supply
- Make sure your phone has strong internet connection (wifi recommended)
- Do not connect to WhatsApp web as this will disconnect Chat API connection
- Turn OFF Android's 'Battery Optimization' feature
- Use the YesHello platform as your primary way to reply your WhatsApp messages
*We recommend leaving your phone in the office/at home, plugged in, and connected to wifi.
Congratulations Your WhatsApp Channel Setup Is Complete!
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