{"id":5249,"date":"2026-08-27T15:07:04","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/whatsapp-to-charge-businesses-for-customer-replies-from-october-2026-msme\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:07:05","slug":"whatsapp-to-charge-businesses-for-customer-replies-from-october-2026-msme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/whatsapp-to-charge-businesses-for-customer-replies-from-october-2026-msme\/","title":{"rendered":"WhatsApp facturera les r\u00e9ponses aux clients aux entreprises \u00e0 partir d&#039;octobre 2026 \u2013 MSME"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Share<\/li>\n<li>Tweet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>WhatsApp will begin charging businesses for certain customer replies sent through its Business Platform from October 1, 2026, in a move that could increase communication costs for companies that rely heavily on the messaging service<\/p>\n<p>The new pricing will apply to businesses using the WhatsApp Business Platform, also known as the WhatsApp Business API, rather than individuals or businesses using the standard WhatsApp Business application<\/p>\n<p>Under the new <a href=\"https:\/\/justfineinfotech.com\/fr\/how-to-advertise-in-google-ai-mode-for-ecommerce\/\" title=\"Comment faire de la publicit\u00e9 en mode IA de Google pour le e-commerce\">mode<\/a>l, businesses will pay for delivered service messages that were previously free under WhatsApp\u2019s 24-hour customer service window<\/p>\n<p>For businesses in Nigeria, a chargeable utility-type message sent to a Nigerian number will cost about $0.0101, or roughly N14, based on the exchange rate used in the report<\/p>\n<p>Marketing messages will cost considerably more, at about $0.062, or approximately N84 per message<\/p>\n<p>The charges could become significant for companies that handle large volumes of customer interactions through WhatsApp<\/p>\n<p>For instance, a Nigerian fintech sending 500,000 chargeable messages at $0.0101 per message could incur about $5,050 in Meta messaging fees alone. Additional charges from business solution providers or software platforms may also apply<\/p>\n<p>The development is particularly important for Nigerian businesses because WhatsApp has become an important channel for customer service, sales, order updates, payment confirmations and other business communications<\/p>\n<p>Banks, fintechs, airlines, retailers, telecommunications companies and small businesses increasingly use WhatsApp to communicate with customers at scale<\/p>\n<p>Meta has been moving towards a per-message pricing structure since July 2025, when it replaced its previous conversation-based pricing model for business-initiated template messages<\/p>\n<p>However, service messages remained free within the 24-hour customer service window. 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