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A Message Template is a message format pre-approved by Meta, required any time you want to start a conversation instead of replying inside an open chat window.

1. Creating a WhatsApp Message Template

Build a template in ChatSyncs, from picking a type to sending it once approved.

2. Why Templates Get Rejected and How to Fix Them

What each template status means, and how to fix and resubmit a rejected one.

3. Character Limits for Media Message Templates

The limits for a template’s header, body, footer, and buttons.

4. Guidelines for Utility and Marketing Templates

The difference between Marketing, Utility, and Authentication templates, and which to pick.

5. Understanding Conversations and Their Types

How your template’s category decides what WhatsApp charges you when it’s sent.

6. How to Create and Use Carousel Media Templates

Build a Carousel template — swipeable cards with images, videos, or products.

7. Create Templates in WhatsApp Manager and Sync to ChatSyncs

Build a template in Meta’s WhatsApp Manager and pull it into ChatSyncs.

8. Template Variables vs Custom Variables — What's the Difference?

The difference between a Template Variable and a Custom Field, and when to use each.

9. Templates to Restart Conversations After Non-Working Hours

Ready-to-use templates for reconnecting with a customer after your reply window closed.

10. Understanding WhatsApp Quality Rating

What WhatsApp Quality Rating is, and how a low rating gets a template paused or disabled.

Frequently asked

Creating a WhatsApp Message Template — it walks through picking a type and submitting it for approval.
See Why Templates Get Rejected for what each status means and how to fix and resubmit.
See Guidelines for Utility and Marketing Templates — the one-line test is whether the message benefits the customer or your business.