Instagram bio
One of your bio links, for questions before people book.
Create a WhatsApp link
To create a WhatsApp link, put your full international number after https://wa.me/, digits only (WhatsApp Help (opens in a new tab), checked October 27, 2026). For a message, add ?text=.
WhatsApp link generator
Your WhatsApp link
https://wa.me/
Your number goes at the end: digits only, country code first.
Free, no login. The link is built in your browser and your number isn’t saved. It can’t check that the number uses WhatsApp.
Use it
Where to put your WhatsApp link
Put it where people already have a question. Name the action on the button.
Website button
WhatsApp offers an official Chat on WhatsApp button (opens in a new tab). Use it unchanged.
Newsletter
End each issue with “Questions? Ask us on WhatsApp.”
Instagram or Messenger reply
Offer it in an auto-reply when a lead would rather continue on WhatsApp.
A link isn’t an automation
Plain wa.me link or Manychat Ref URL?
A Ref URL’s automation runs only if the lead sends its pre-filled text (Manychat Help, checked October 27, 2026).
Opens a chat
Plain wa.me link
- Built from your number, with an optional pre-filled message
- Works without Manychat, on phones and WhatsApp Web
- Starts a Manychat keyword automation when its text holds the keyword
Starts a flow
Manychat WhatsApp Ref URL
- Pre-fills the first message and ties it to one automation (opens in a new tab)
- Each placement can get its own Ref URL and automation
- Comes with a QR code for the same automation
- Manychat advises no punctuation in its text
After the tap
What happens after the tap?
On the WhatsApp Business Platform, the lead’s message opens a 24-hour window. Through your Manychat Default Reply, ManySetter answers.
- Each new message from the lead resets the 24-hour window (opens in a new tab).
- Once it closes, only a template message can reach them.
- A link isn’t a Click-to-WhatsApp ad, so no free entry point window opens.
- Templates later need their opt-in (opens in a new tab), and every stop request must be honored.
Lead: Hi! How much is your coaching program?
- Update: 24‑hour window open until 9:41 AM tomorrow
AI Setter: It’s $1,500 for 12 weeks, or 3 × $550. How many clients now?
Lead: Four, all from referrals.
AI Setter: Four is in range (2 to 10). Want a 20‑minute call this week?
Qualified · booked only when the calendar confirms
Before you share it
Test it from a second phone
- 01
Tap it on another phone
Use someone else’s WhatsApp. Check it opens a chat with your number.
- 02
Try a phone without WhatsApp
See what a visitor without the app gets, and keep another way to reach you.
- 03
Open it on desktop
WhatsApp Help says click to chat works on WhatsApp Web. Check that it does.
- 04
Send the message two ways
As pre-filled, then reworded. With Manychat, check which automation answers each.
Troubleshooting
When the WhatsApp link fails
- How to fix it
The number must be in full international format and have an active WhatsApp account (WhatsApp Help on click to chat (opens in a new tab)). Rebuild it above and test it from another phone.
- How to fix it
The country code is probably missing, so the first digits are read as one. Start with + and your country code.
- How to fix it
WhatsApp Help’s international format adds a 9 after +54 and drops the 15, and adds a 1 after +52 (international numbers (opens in a new tab), checked October 27, 2026). Try that form, then test.
- How to fix it
Check the pasted link still ends with ?text= and the encoded message. Edit the message in the generator, not in the link.
- How to fix it
The link must use the number connected to Manychat. Then a keyword in the text, a Ref URL or your Default Reply (opens in a new tab) takes the message. More in the WhatsApp automation guide.
- How to fix it
Your Default Reply may fire only once every 24 hours per contact, so a second test from the same phone goes unanswered (Manychat Help on the Default Reply (opens in a new tab), checked October 27, 2026). Retest from another phone.
FAQ
WhatsApp link questions
Write https://wa.me/ and your full number in international format, digits only, like https://wa.me/14155550123. Or enter your number in the generator above.
It’s https://wa.me/ plus your number with its country code and no +: +44 7700 900123 becomes https://wa.me/447700900123. Tapping it opens a chat with you.
Add ?text= and the URL-encoded message after the number, per WhatsApp Help (opens in a new tab). The generator encodes it. The lead can still edit it before sending.
Yes: a keyword in its pre-filled text starts that keyword’s automation, per Manychat Help (opens in a new tab) (checked October 27, 2026). Otherwise, your Default Reply (opens in a new tab), if set, takes the message.
No, only people who write: Manychat adds a contact (opens in a new tab) only after their first message. Once 24 hours pass without a new one, you need a template and opt-in (opens in a new tab).
No. Meta opens a free entry point window (opens in a new tab) only for chats started from a Click-to-WhatsApp ad on the mobile app (checked October 26, 2026). See Meta’s rates by market.
No. A wa.me link works for any number with an active WhatsApp account. You need Manychat only when an automation, or your setter, should reply.
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