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- Can you have two WhatsApp Business accounts in one app?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How to set up a WhatsApp Business account<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Two business numbers on one phone<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- How to add two accounts to WhatsApp Business on a computer<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Running several WhatsApp Business numbers in Accovod<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- What about the WhatsApp Business API?<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Common questions<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Cheat sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Can you have two WhatsApp Business accounts in one app?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
You can’t add a second account inside the WhatsApp Business app, because its settings have no \u201cAdd account\u201d option. Regular WhatsApp lets you keep two accounts on one phone and switch between them, but the Business app doesn’t support that yet<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
An account also has exactly one phone number, and you can’t attach a second number to it. So for two accounts you’ll need two numbers either way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How to set up a WhatsApp Business account<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you don’t have a Business account yet, download WhatsApp Business from Google Play or the App Store. It’s free, and the app walks you through setup in about five minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Agree to the terms.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Enter your phone number and the code from the text message.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Type your business name and pick up to three categories.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Add your opening hours. You can add a photo, address, website and description later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
If the number already has regular WhatsApp on it, the Business app will offer to move it over. Back up your chats first, because after the move that number stops working in regular WhatsApp. If you change your mind, you can move it back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two business numbers on one phone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The easiest way to keep two numbers on one phone is to install both apps. One number goes into WhatsApp Business and the other into regular WhatsApp. You’ll need a dual-SIM phone or an eSIM for the second line. The second number won’t have a catalog, quick replies or labels, though, and customers will see it as a personal account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If both numbers need to be business accounts, each one needs its own phone to receive the login code. You don’t have to carry both phones around. You can answer customers from a computer and leave the phones on your desk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How to add two accounts to WhatsApp Business on a computer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
On a computer, you open a Business account in WhatsApp Web or in the WhatsApp desktop app. The computer connects to your phone as a linked device. One number can have up to four of them, and they keep working even when the phone is off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Each browser can hold only one number at a time. If you sign in to WhatsApp Web with a second number, the first one gets logged out of that browser. WhatsApp also logs the computer out if the phone with that number hasn’t been used for more than 14 days, so open WhatsApp on each phone every couple of weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost everything else works on the computer the same way it does on the phone, including chats, labels and quick replies. Only live location, broadcast lists and status updates stay on the phone<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To keep the numbers from logging each other out, give each one its own browser profile. Chrome has profiles too, but they all go online from the same IP address, so to WhatsApp they look like one computer. With more than two or three numbers, or numbers from different countries, each profile should get its own proxy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In Accovod, each WhatsApp number gets its own profile with its own cookies, proxy and fingerprint. We built this browser for people who run many accounts, so all profiles sit as a list in one window, and you switch to another number in one click, the way you switch tabs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Adding a number takes a couple of minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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- Click New profile. Type web.whatsapp.com in the Platform field and the number or the shop’s name in the Account field, so you can spot it in the list later.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Paste a proxy (HTTP or SOCKS5), ideally from the same country as the number, and click the check mark. Accovod shows the IP, its country and Fraud Score, and sets the profile’s language and time zone to match the proxy. If you haven’t set up a proxy before, the docs show how to add a proxy to a profile<\/a> step by step.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Open the profile, and WhatsApp Web shows a QR code. Take the phone with that number, go to Settings \u2192 Linked devices \u2192 Link a device and point the camera at the code. On Android, tap the three dots in the top right corner instead of Settings. The profile remembers the login, so next time your chats show up right away.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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Accovod runs on Windows and Mac. If several people answer customers, add the WhatsApp profiles to a cloud group and share it with your team<\/a> by email. They’ll get the same numbers, and nobody has to pass phones or codes around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See plans<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n
What about the WhatsApp Business API?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The WhatsApp Business API, which WhatsApp calls the Business Platform, is a separate paid product for companies that message customers from their own CRM or software. The Business app and the chats in it stay free. The API has no phone app. You connect it through Meta or a provider and pay for each delivered message<\/a>. The price depends on the country and the kind of message, and replies to customers who wrote first are free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A shop with two to five numbers rarely needs the API. The free app plus a separate browser profile for each number is enough to answer every customer from one computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Common questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Can I use the same number for WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Yes, but only in one app at a time. You can move a number from regular WhatsApp to the Business app and back. If you want both apps running, the second one needs a different number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How many WhatsApp Business accounts can I have?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
As many as you have numbers. Each number also needs a phone that gets the login code. If you don’t use that phone for 14 days, the computer gets logged out of WhatsApp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
How do I open WhatsApp Business on a computer?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
- Open the profile, and WhatsApp Web shows a QR code. Take the phone with that number, go to Settings \u2192 Linked devices \u2192 Link a device and point the camera at the code. On Android, tap the three dots in the top right corner instead of Settings. The profile remembers the login, so next time your chats show up right away.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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