WhatsApp will no longer be free for everyone: news coming for the most famous chat in the world
Per WhatsApp a commercial breakthrough is coming that could change its users’ approach to using the most famous chat on the planet. A new way to connect users with companies, transforming itself into a great potential e-commerce platform. It will be possible to associate telephone numbers to businesses and more. However, these additional services will not be completely free. The companies that join the aforementioned will have to pay a fee, along the lines of what already happens with Facebook. The goal is clear: exploit the approximately 2 billion “users” to create an unprecedented digital economic world.
At the moment the aim is to create connections not only between relatives and friends but also with company profiles. Connect to the required shops and businesses through your account. This will change the way we communicate with merchants and shops, including to request information on orders and products. Everything is more immediate and at a distance, which does not hurt in a pandemic period.
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WhatsApp will no longer be free for everyone: new services are coming
The Californian messaging company has launched in the past few months its digital payment service. This is part of the aforementioned expansion strategies of the e-commerce platform that Facebook has in mind.
WhatsApp Pay allows users to exchange money for free or make purchases from small businesses.
In January, the CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined the plans to offer the service in India, Indonesia and Mexico, while the first market surveyed is the Brazil.
On his blog WhatsApp highlighted that the launch was part of a broader digital payment strategy across all platforms of Facebook.
“As WhatsApp payments are enabled by Facebook Pay, we want to allow people and businesses to use the same card information in our app family in the future.“.
While person-to-person payments will be free, small businesses will have to pay a “processing fee for receiving customers’ money“, Says the company in a statement.
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