Post by mahbubamim077 on Nov 24, 2024 8:30:39 GMT
Buying a virtual number from Twilio If you want to be sure the number you want to purchase can be used for WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business, try to enter it for activation on the WhatsApp app and if there's anything wrong with it, it will fail and you will know. Toll-free (800 prefixes after the country code) numbers can't be used for activation. Numbers that can't receive international calls either. Optional: check if the chosen number wasn't used on WhatsApp before purchasing it Sometimes, virtual numbers aren't entirely new and you likely don't want a used number with an already existing WhatsApp account. If that's you, we can recommend our free WhatsApp number checker tool .
Expected result Configure your new number to accept phone calls We whatsapp blasting will activate our new WhatsApp account using a phone call instead of an SMS. To do that, we need to configure the number to accept phone calls and record them. We will use these recordings to get our activation code from WhatsApp. Go to Phone Numbers > Manage > Active Numbers. There, you should be able to find your newly acquired number. Click on it to edit it. Go to " A call comes in " section, and paste the following This configuration tells Twilio to accept incoming calls, send them to voicemail, and record those received voicemails.
Click on " Save configuration " and we are ready to receive calls. Check the following video for a complete walkthrough of the configuration we made above. 0:00 / 0:21 1× Activating your new WhatsApp account using your new virtual number For this step, we are going to activate a new personal WhatsApp account, but you can use either this version or WhatsApp Business. Any of the two flavors should work with this method. Download WhatsApp and enter the phone number you have just purchased You will see in the video below how the first verification method is via SMS, something that we know doesn't work with virtual numbers and WhatsApp. Because of this reason, we have to wait a couple minutes until we are able to request a call instead of an SMS. 0:00 /0:31 1× Requesting a call to verify the number After the wait time is exhausted, you can tap on " Didn't receive a verification code? ". That will give you the option to request an activation call instead.
Expected result Configure your new number to accept phone calls We whatsapp blasting will activate our new WhatsApp account using a phone call instead of an SMS. To do that, we need to configure the number to accept phone calls and record them. We will use these recordings to get our activation code from WhatsApp. Go to Phone Numbers > Manage > Active Numbers. There, you should be able to find your newly acquired number. Click on it to edit it. Go to " A call comes in " section, and paste the following This configuration tells Twilio to accept incoming calls, send them to voicemail, and record those received voicemails.
Click on " Save configuration " and we are ready to receive calls. Check the following video for a complete walkthrough of the configuration we made above. 0:00 / 0:21 1× Activating your new WhatsApp account using your new virtual number For this step, we are going to activate a new personal WhatsApp account, but you can use either this version or WhatsApp Business. Any of the two flavors should work with this method. Download WhatsApp and enter the phone number you have just purchased You will see in the video below how the first verification method is via SMS, something that we know doesn't work with virtual numbers and WhatsApp. Because of this reason, we have to wait a couple minutes until we are able to request a call instead of an SMS. 0:00 /0:31 1× Requesting a call to verify the number After the wait time is exhausted, you can tap on " Didn't receive a verification code? ". That will give you the option to request an activation call instead.