Posted by Today I’ll show you how to create product catalog on WhatsApp business, including how to setup your WhatsApp business account for your business.
You should know that WhatsApp Business is completely separate to the standard version of WhatsApp, but it works in much the same manner.
Its main purpose is to connect businesses and customers, rather than friends and family (which was the main reason why the WhatsApp Messenger was built). The app is aimed at small business owners.
Currently WhatsApp has over 2 Billion users in over 180 countries to stay in touch with their customers, friends and family, anytime and anywhere.
You can use both the WhatsApp Business app and WhatsApp Messenger simultaneously on one device as long as the accounts are registered with two different phone numbers.
You should know that you cannot use one phone numbeSr to open WhatsApp Business app and WhatsApp Messenger.
Note: If you have an existing WhatsApp Messenger account, you can easily migrate your account, including chat history and media, to a new WhatsApp Business account. Your chat history can’t be moved back to WhatsApp Messenger if you decide to stop using the WhatsApp Business app.
You can use WhatsApp business app for your small business instead of creating an online shop which will cost some cash when buying domain name and a hosting account.
Numerous number of small business owners are using WhatsApp business app to connect to thousands of potential clients and they do make profit.
So this is one of the reasons why you should start using WhatsApp business if you’ve not started using it.
Pros of WhatsApp Business
- You will be displayed to the world
- You can create a standard business profile
- Easy to create a business profile with helpful information for your customers like your address, business description, email address, and website.
- You can create a custom labels like; new customer, new order, pending payment, order complete etc. which will help you to stay organized while attending to your clients.
- Respond instantly to your customers – there is room for “Automated Messages”
- It enables you to message more and work less
- It is free (no hidden charges)
What is product catalog?
According to Cambridge dictionary – a product catalog is a list, usually with images, of the products a company or business offers.
A product catalog is a type of marketing collateral that lists crucial product details that help buyers make a purchase decision. These details include product features, descriptions, dimensions, price, weight, availability, color, customer reviews, and more. – According to Paperflite.
A product catalog is an effective way to expand your customer base and to expose your customers to all of the amazing products that your company sells.
WhatsApp describes Catalogs as a mobile storefront for businesses to showcase and share their goods so people can easily browse and discover something they would like to buy.
What you should know about WhatsApp business catalog
According to WhatsApp – Business owners can upload a maximum of 500 products or services to their catalog.
An up-to-date catalog allows current and potential customers to browse through a business’s products or services and connect with the business.
If you want to properly setup WhatsApp business account for your business read the section below ⤵ and make sure to add a profile picture that describes your business.
Your business profile contains the following
Business name – This is the name of your business on WhatsApp business.
Description – Here you should add a description of your business. You have up-to 512 characters left to describe your business to your potential clients. But I’ll advise you to always make your description short.
Your business category – You can select one category (recommended) or more than one category from the listed categories that you will see (that is – if your business is multi-categorized).
Business address – Indicate your business address here. You’re advised to type your state followed by your country. For example – Los Angeles, USA or Lagos, Nigeria.
Business hours – If your business is always open, you’re advised to set all the days to “open 24 hours”.
Your contact email address – Use a functional email address so that people can contact you through your email address.
Website – if your business has a website, enter your URL in the space provided for you. For example https://jonakyblog.com
How to setup your catalog manager
Images – Add image to give a positive impression to your potential clients. Surprisingly you can add up-to 10 images per item if you have many images that best describes your product.
Note: WhatsApp reviews all the images that you’ll add to know if it corresponds to their terms of service.
Item name – This is where you should write the name of your product.
Price – This is where to fix the price tag of your products. You can leave this field empty if your product is negotiable.
Description – Here you should provide a description of your product so that customers can see the reason why they should buy the product.
Link – Provide a website link (e-commerce store) to the product if you have the product in your website.
Item code – Provide a code to your product if you have unique code for each item.
How to create an amazing WhatsApp business catalog
I’ll provide you an easy steps with screenshots on how to create a unique and amazing catalog on WhatsApp business.
Step #1: Download the App
With your mobile phone, download WhatsApp business for Android or WhatsApp business for iPhone. Depending on your device operating system, you can as well go to Apple store or Google Play store to download it.
Step #2: Setup your business profile
After you have finished downloading the app, install it and register it with your existing WhatsApp phone number or you can use a different phone number for your WhatsApp business.
Carefully setup some info about your business, such as: name, image etc. you can as well skip that and do it later.
Now tap the three dots at the top right edge of your screen and click on Settings > Business tools.
Step #3: Organize your Catalogue
When you click on catalogue, it will take you to the Catalogue Manager. Now click on the plus (+) icon to add new products.
Step #4: Add your products
Click on “Add Images” icon to add the featured image of your product. Click on “more fields” to add other fields like: description, link & item code.
Note: You can add up to 10 images per item if you have many images that describes the item.
When you’re done, click “Save”.
Step #5: Add more products
In order to add many products to your catalogue, repeat step #4. Below image shows some items that I have added to my catalogue.
Step #6: A link to your catalogue
To send your catalogue link to your friends or to other social media platforms, tap the icon at the upper right corner of your screen.
Now select how you want to share the link. You can click the first option which is “send via WhatsApp Business”.
Click on “Copy link” if you want to copy your catalogue link and use it on another platform.
Tap “Share link” if you want to share it to other apps in your phone. Apps like: Facebook, Instagram, Xender, Twitter, Gmail etc.
Step #7: Invite people to view your catalogue
When chatting with your friends, you can send products from your catalogue to your friends by tapping on the “attachment icon” and clicking the “catalog icon”.
When it opens, choose whether you want to send a product to the person or whether you want to send the entire catalogue link.
Step #8: Potential clients can view your catalogue
When you share your catalogue link or your product link to friends or to social media platforms, different people can now have access to your WahtsApp business catalogue.
If you only shared a link to an item from your catalogue, anyone that clicked on that link will see a preview of that particular product with two buttons namely; “MESSAGE BUSINESS” and “ADD TO CART” button.
Just below the product, the customer will see “More” and “SEE ALL”. When the person click on either of them, s/he will be able to see your business profile, other products or items from your catalogue as well as a “MESSAGE” button.
The message button can be used to contact product or item seller.
Conclusion
If you have taken out your time to go through this amazing and detailed article, you must have learnt a lot about WhatsApp Business as well as how to create WhatsApp business catalogue.
With the help of this guide, you can now create awesome catalogue for your small business; instead of planning to own an e-commerce website.
WhatsApp business catalogue helps business owners to sell their products across the internet.
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