TimelinesAI
Official WhatsApp Business API

One workspace for every WhatsApp setup

Connect the WhatsApp setup your team already uses to TimelinesAI: a personal WhatsApp number, a WhatsApp Business App number, or the official WhatsApp Business Platform (WABA). Bring conversations into a shared workspace and connect them to your CRM without forcing every team into the same connection path.

Three connection paths

Start with how your team works today

01QR connectionKeep the phone workflow
02Official WABAUse Meta's official API
03CoexistenceKeep the app and add WABA
One TimelinesAI workspace

QR and WABA are different connection types. Meta eligibility, messaging rules and fees apply to WABA.

Start here if your number was blocked

Number getting banned?

Bans are issued by Meta, not by TimelinesAI. WhatsApp's automated anti-spam systems react to messaging patterns on QR-connected numbers: sudden bursts of messages, outreach to people who never replied, recipient reports. That risk exists with or without TimelinesAI.

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Understand what happened

WhatsApp's automated anti-spam systems react to messaging patterns on QR-connected numbers.

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Choose the long-term path

If you message at volume, the official WhatsApp Business API is the path Meta built for it. For an eligible WhatsApp Business App number, Coexistence can keep the app on the phone while adding WABA to that same number.

Compare the three paths

Choose the connection path

QR, official WABA, or both

Choose QR when your priority is keeping the phone workflow. Choose WABA when your workflow needs Meta's official API and approved templates. For an eligible WhatsApp Business App number, Coexistence can keep the app on the phone while adding WABA to that same number.

Coexistence, in plain terms

One number. Two ways to work.

Same business number

WhatsApp Business App

Stays active on the phone

Official Meta API

Connected to TimelinesAI

TimelinesAINew supported messages

The app and the API operate side by side. Meta decides eligibility for each Business App number during setup.

What changesQR connectionOfficial WABAApp + APICoexistence
Keep the number in the app on your phoneyesnoyes
Official Meta API and approved templatesnoyesyes
Group chatsyesnoIn the phone app only
Broadcast campaigns via Meta templatesnoyesyes
Meta per-message feesNonePer Meta pricingPer Meta pricing
Chat history in TimelinesAINew messages after connectionNew messages after connectionNew messages; existing history stays on the phone
Eligibility decided by MetaNot requiredYesYes, per number

Know the operating rules

Templates, the 24-hour window, and Meta pricing

Official API messaging follows Meta's published rules. These are the three concepts to understand before setup.

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The 24-hour window

After a customer writes to you, you can reply freely for 24 hours. To start a conversation or reply after the window closes, you send a Meta-approved template message.

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Meta-approved templates

Templates are reviewed by Meta and grouped into categories with different pricing.

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Meta per-message fees

The WABA connection is part of your TimelinesAI plan - no separate platform fee. Meta charges its own per-message fees for template messages, billed by Meta and depending on country and message category. Replies within the 24-hour customer service window do not require templates.

The practical guide

How to connect - step by step

Start with the overview, choose the connection path, then use the operating guides for templates and campaigns.

Direct answers

WhatsApp Business API FAQ

The questions teams ask before they change a connection path, answered without hiding Meta's rules.

Bans are issued by Meta, not by TimelinesAI. WhatsApp's automated anti-spam systems react to messaging patterns on QR-connected numbers: sudden bursts of messages, outreach to people who never replied, recipient reports. That risk exists with or without TimelinesAI. If you message at volume, the official WhatsApp Business API is the path Meta built for it.
The official API is not immunity - Meta enforces its messaging policies and quality rating there too. The difference is predictability: on WABA you work within published rules (approved templates, opt-in messaging, quality score) instead of pattern-detection heuristics. Numbers that follow the rules operate at volumes QR connections cannot sustain.
Your WhatsApp Business App keeps working on your phone, and the same number is also connected to the official WhatsApp Business API in TimelinesAI. The app and the API operate side by side. It applies to eligible Business App numbers - Meta decides eligibility per number during setup.
Existing 1:1 history stays in the app on your phone. TimelinesAI mirrors new supported messages after activation. Coexistence does not import historical messages.
Your TimelinesAI workspace, team setup and CRM integrations stay in place - what changes is how the number is connected. If you use the Public API or webhooks, tell us during onboarding: we verify your flows on the WABA connection before you switch.
The WABA connection is part of your TimelinesAI plan - no separate platform fee. Meta charges its own per-message fees for template messages, billed by Meta and depending on country and message category. Replies within the 24-hour customer service window do not require templates. We walk through your expected volumes on the call.
After a customer writes to you, you can reply freely for 24 hours. To start a conversation or reply after the window closes, you send a Meta-approved template message. Templates are reviewed by Meta and grouped into categories with different pricing.
No - the WhatsApp Business API does not support group chats. With Coexistence, groups keep living in the app on your phone; they are not mirrored to TimelinesAI. If groups are core to your workflow, tell us - we will help split the work between connection paths.
Meta decides eligibility per number during Embedded Signup. The number must be active in the WhatsApp Business App (not a personal number, not already on Cloud API), and country availability is checked for the specific number. We verify eligibility with you before setup.
Connection runs through Meta Embedded Signup on a guided call with our team; there is no promised setup time, since Meta's checks can add steps. Coexistence can be disconnected - the app on your phone keeps working with your chats. We review the implications for your workspace before any switch.

Still deciding?

Talk it through with a person

Talk to our team about your current account type, messaging workflow and CRM. We will identify the suitable connection path and review Meta's requirements with you before setup.

Book a WABA call