Facebook<\/a> Inc. makes almost all of its money through advertising. But it’s trying a different approach with its WhatsApp<\/a> unit.
The world’s most popular messaging service is pushing more aggressively into customer service features, including a pay-to-message option for businesses, and says it’s focusing on enterprise tools, not advertising. WhatsApp paused plans for targeted advertising late last year, surprising those who thought it would follow in line with its parent company.
“Our focus has been on the business messaging products,” says Matt Idema, WhatsApp’s chief operating officer. He said WhatsApp still envisions ads inside Status<\/a>, a feature on the app similar to Facebook’s Stories, at some point.
WhatsApp announced an update Thursday aimed at businesses that use its API<\/a>, the software interface that lets companies manage message threads with their customers outside of the app, like through a third-party dashboard. WhatsApp currently charges some businesses a small fee – a few cents per message – to send users things like receipts and confirmation reminders via the app instead of email.
Now WhatsApp will offer more API features, including free storage to host a business’s messages, in hopes that more of them will sign up for the API. Idema says 175 million of WhatsApp’s 2 billion-plus users interact with a business on the app every day, a sign that WhatsApp is focused on a function people care about. Tens of thousands of businesses use the API, Idema said, though Facebook doesn’t disclose WhatsApp’s revenue.
Part of WhatsApp’s appeal has been its high level of encryption, which means messages are never typically stored on Facebook servers or read by the company. By offering to store a businesses messages if they ask, WhatsApp is also committing to not use them to bolster ad targeting, a spokesman says.
Facebook has been working for years to figure out a way to turn its incredibly popular messaging apps into a remunerative business. The company pushed automated messaging bots aggressively a few years back on Messenger<\/a>, its other standalone chat app, but that use case never took off. It also puts advertising inside of Messenger, though analyst’s don’t consider it to be a significant part of Facebook’s revenue.
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The new plan is a combination of commerce and customer service. Charging businesses to send messages through the API is the only way WhatsApp makes money today. But Facebook has invested in a number of international companies, including Jio Platforms<\/a> Ltd. in India, to secure partners for WhatsApp as it builds commerce and business features in those markets. In India, for example, many small business owners use WhatsApp in lieu of a website, relying on the service to interact with customers and display product catalogs.
WhatsApp is trying to expand that functionality, too. Retailers can now promote a Facebook Shop<\/a> on WhatsApp, a product catalog that works across all of the company’s apps, including Instagram<\/a>. Idema sees Shops as a graduation of sorts from WhatsApp’s existing catalogs feature, saying it will let retailers manage a digital storefront from all Facebook’s apps instead of just on WhatsApp.
The next phase of WhatsApp’s plan will also include payments, enabling customers to buy products directly within the app. Those plans have hit regulatory snags in a number of countries, including India and Brazil, WhatsApp’s largest markets, adding to the complexity around making money through private messaging.
Facebook reports earnings on Thursday Oct. 29.
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Facebook已经投资了众多国际公司,包括Jio平台有限公司在印度,获得合作伙伴WhatsApp它构建商务和业务功能在这些市场。
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脸谱网公司通过广告让几乎所有的钱。但它的尝试一种不同的方法WhatsApp单位。
世界上最流行的信息服务是在更积极地发展客户服务功能,包括pay-to-message选择企业,说这是专注于企业工具,而不是广告。去年年底WhatsApp暂停计划有针对性的广告,令人惊讶的那些认为将遵循与母公司保持一致。
“我们的重点是业务消息传递产品,”马特Idema说WhatsApp首席运营官。他说,WhatsApp仍然设想广告里面状态一个特性,应用类似于Facebook的故事,在某种程度上。
WhatsApp周四宣布了一项更新,旨在利用其的企业API,软件界面,让公司与客户管理消息线程之外的应用,通过第三方的仪表板。WhatsApp目前一些企业指控少量费用-几美分每消息发送收据和确认用户通过应用程序而不是电子邮件提醒。
现在WhatsApp将提供更多的API功能,包括免费存储主机业务的消息,希望更多的人将签署的API。Idema说1.75亿WhatsApp 2个多亿的用户与业务应用的每一天,这一迹象表明,WhatsApp重点是人们关心的函数。成千上万的企业使用API, Idema说,尽管Facebook并没有透露WhatsApp的收入。
WhatsApp的一部分的吸引力是其高水平的加密,这意味着消息从来都不是通常存储在Facebook上由公司服务器或阅读。通过提供存储企业消息如果他们问,WhatsApp也承诺不使用它们来增强广告瞄准,一位发言人说。
Facebook多年来一直在想办法把其非常受欢迎的消息传递应用程序变成一个有利可图的业务。公司积极推动自动化通讯机器人几年前信使,其他独立的聊天应用程序,但用例没有起飞。它也使广告的信使,尽管分析师不认为它是一个Facebook的收入的重要组成部分。
新计划是一个商业和客户服务的组合。向企业发送消息通过API今天WhatsApp赚钱的唯一途径。但是Facebook在众多国际公司投资,包括Jio平台有限公司在印度,获得合作伙伴WhatsApp它构建商务和业务功能在这些市场。在印度,例如,许多小企业主使用WhatsApp代替一个网站,依靠服务与客户互动和展示产品目录。
WhatsApp试图扩展功能。零售商可以促进Facebook的商店WhatsApp,产品目录,所有公司的应用,包括Instagram。Idema看到各种各样的商店作为毕业从WhatsApp现有的目录功能,说它会让零售商管理数字店面从所有Facebook的应用程序,而不只是WhatsApp。
WhatsApp的下一阶段的计划还包括支付,使顾客购买的产品直接在应用程序。这些计划了监管障碍在许多国家,包括印度和巴西,WhatsApp最大的市场,增加的复杂性通过私人消息赚钱。
10月29日星期四Facebook公布业绩。
脸谱网公司通过广告让几乎所有的钱。但它的尝试一种不同的方法WhatsApp单位。
世界上最流行的信息服务是在更积极地发展客户服务功能,包括pay-to-message选择企业,说这是专注于企业工具,而不是广告。去年年底WhatsApp暂停计划有针对性的广告,令人惊讶的那些认为将遵循与母公司保持一致。
“我们的重点是业务消息传递产品,”马特Idema说WhatsApp首席运营官。他说,WhatsApp仍然设想广告里面状态一个特性,应用类似于Facebook的故事,在某种程度上。
WhatsApp周四宣布了一项更新,旨在利用其的企业API,软件界面,让公司与客户管理消息线程之外的应用,通过第三方的仪表板。WhatsApp目前一些企业指控少量费用-几美分每消息发送收据和确认用户通过应用程序而不是电子邮件提醒。
现在WhatsApp将提供更多的API功能,包括免费存储主机业务的消息,希望更多的人将签署的API。Idema说1.75亿WhatsApp 2个多亿的用户与业务应用的每一天,这一迹象表明,WhatsApp重点是人们关心的函数。成千上万的企业使用API, Idema说,尽管Facebook并没有透露WhatsApp的收入。
WhatsApp的一部分的吸引力是其高水平的加密,这意味着消息从来都不是通常存储在Facebook上由公司服务器或阅读。通过提供存储企业消息如果他们问,WhatsApp也承诺不使用它们来增强广告瞄准,一位发言人说。
Facebook多年来一直在想办法把其非常受欢迎的消息传递应用程序变成一个有利可图的业务。公司积极推动自动化通讯机器人几年前信使,其他独立的聊天应用程序,但用例没有起飞。它也使广告的信使,尽管分析师不认为它是一个Facebook的收入的重要组成部分。
新计划是一个商业和客户服务的组合。向企业发送消息通过API今天WhatsApp赚钱的唯一途径。但是Facebook在众多国际公司投资,包括Jio平台有限公司在印度,获得合作伙伴WhatsApp它构建商务和业务功能在这些市场。在印度,例如,许多小企业主使用WhatsApp代替一个网站,依靠服务与客户互动和展示产品目录。
WhatsApp试图扩展功能。零售商可以促进Facebook的商店WhatsApp,产品目录,所有公司的应用,包括Instagram。Idema看到各种各样的商店作为毕业从WhatsApp现有的目录功能,说它会让零售商管理数字店面从所有Facebook的应用程序,而不只是WhatsApp。
WhatsApp的下一阶段的计划还包括支付,使顾客购买的产品直接在应用程序。这些计划了监管障碍在许多国家,包括印度和巴西,WhatsApp最大的市场,增加的复杂性通过私人消息赚钱。
10月29日星期四Facebook公布业绩。
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