Quick start

This guide takes you from sign-up to your first sent message. It takes about 10 minutes.

1. Create your account

1. Go to app.wabot.shop and click Sign Up.
2. Enter your Email and a Password (at least 6 characters), confirm the password, and click Sign Up.
3. Welcome: choose your Organization Type, for example Retail and Shopping or Healthcare and Medical, and click Next.
4. Set up: fill in your Organization Name, Email, Address, Phone, Country and Website. Currency and Time Zone are filled in automatically from your country.
5. Tick I understand and agree to wabot.shop terms of service and click Create.

Wabot takes a few seconds to set up your workspace (“Congrats on joining Wabot 🔥”), then opens your Dashboard.

Note

Invited by a teammate? Open the invite link from your email. Your email is already filled in, so you only need to choose a name and password.

2. Follow the getting-started checklist

Your dashboard shows a checklist, “Complete the following simple steps to get started!”, with a progress bar:

Step	Where it takes you
Connect Whatsapp Business	Links your WhatsApp number. See Connect WhatsApp
Create a Contact	Adds the first person you’ll message
Create a Template	Creates a message for Meta to approve
Enable Test Mode	Optional. Try Wabot safely with up to 3 test numbers
Create a Campaign	Sends your template to a group
Set Auto Response	An automatic reply for when you’re away

Click Add Now next to any step to do it.

3. Try it safely in Test Mode (optional)

Test Mode lets you try templates, bots and campaigns without messaging real customers.

1. On the dashboard, switch on Enable Test Mode.
2. Click Add Test Number. A QR code appears.
3. Scan the QR code with the phone you want to test with. WhatsApp opens with a verification message; send it. The QR code refreshes every 10 seconds.
4. Repeat for up to 3 test numbers.

While Test Mode is on, a yellow banner is shown at the top of the app and some features are limited.

Caution

When you switch to Live Mode, all your test data is deleted.

4. Send your first message

1. Go to Settings → Templates and click Add Templates. Alternatively, install a ready-made one from the Wabot Library tab.
2. Wait until its status is Approved (green). Click Sync to check for updates.
3. Open Chat, click New contact, and enter the phone number with country code.
4. In the composer, click Templates, pick your template, fill in any variables and send.

When the customer replies, the 24-hour window opens and you can chat freely.

Next steps

Use the shared inboxAssign chats, add notes, schedule messages and use AI rewrite.

Send a campaignMessage a whole group at once.

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