How To Create A WhatsApp Chatbot With Stickers!

Chatbots on WhatsApp is quite common in today’s World, every company would want their WhatsApp Chatbot to be on the top and to attract and keep their customers engaged for a longer time.

A lot of people have admitted that visual context is more effective than written or text as that can keep users engaged and interested, also the reply back rate is higher. One way of visual context is Stickers, as they are gimmicky and have a small message with a graphic conveyed in one small sticker.

 

A Sticker that clearly tells users that the message is related to Christmas.

The best part is that WhatsApp supports stickers and there is a whole lot stickers that can be uploaded to WhatsApp by users. But can WhatsApp chatbots do that?

WhatsApp ChatBot by WATI

The good news is WATI has just introduced the feature where you can get a WhatsApp chatbot with stickers now and can also be included in your favourite template messages so that customers can be engaged for a longer period of time.

So you can easily send stickers using WhatsApp’s Official APIs to send messages.

How to apply for WhatsApp Official APIs?

To apply for WhatsApp Official APIs, you must have the below details –

1. WhatsApp Phone Number (Should not have a WhatsApp account, this number is non transferable)
   If you want to delete the WhatsApp account with your number, follow these steps.
2. Business Display Name (Should have clear relationship with Business)
   To know about Display Name Guide, please click here
3. Verified Facebook Business Manager ID (should be verified by uploading business documents)
   If you do not have a Facebook Business, please create by clicking here.
   To verify your Facebook Business, please follow these steps

Once you have these details, you must submit these details to a WhatsApp Business Solution Provider (BSP) such as WATI. To apply with WATI, you can apply using this link.

WhatsApp Chatbot With Stickers (Step by Step):

You can easily send stickers using WATI, and having the access of WATI’s Dashboard.

Step 1: Go to your WATI Dashboard and click on the ‘Automation’ tab.

Step 2: Click on ‘Reply Material’ tab under the WATI logo

Step 3: Click on Stickers!

Step 4: Click on Green Button which says ‘Add Sticker’

Step 5: Upload a (.webp) extension sticker, as WhatsApp Stickers are supported in .webp format.

Step 6: After uploading a sticker, Go to ‘Keyword Action’ and click ‘Add Keyword Action’

Step 7: Type in keyword(s) and choose from Exact Matching or Fuzzy Matching.

 

Step 8: Click NEXT STEP, go to the stickers tab and choose the sticker you uploaded minutes ago.

 

Step 9: Click SAVE and your sticker would successfully be sent by the chatbot when a user sends the triggered keyword.

 

You can do this for template messages too and also add more keywords to the selected sticker and also make your users more engaged now!

For a more detailed explanation on the above, you may view this video below:

About WATI

Also for a detailed explanation on how to build a proper WhatsApp Chatbot by WATI dashboard you may view this video here.

WATI is a product of Clare.AI and is WhatsApp’s Official API Partner. The WATI Platform currently allows you to create a WhatsApp Chatbot without coding. You can use the drag and drop chatbot builder or create a chatbot using keywords through WATI. To know more about WATI, visit the official website.