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WhatsApp QR Codes
One tap into the chat, and a number you can change after the print run.
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Two things are called a WhatsApp QR code, and only one of them ages well
The code WhatsApp issues from inside the app and a code you make from a wa.me link look identical on a sticker. They fail differently. The first can be reset from inside the app, and every sticker carrying it goes dead at once. The second carries the number in the ink, so the day the number changes the sticker is wrong on every table, van and box it was printed on.
- The app-issued code can be reset from inside WhatsApp, and every sticker carrying it goes dead at once.
- A number typed like a business card, with spaces or a leading zero, makes a code that opens WhatsApp on nothing.
- The opening line is printed as permanently as the number, so a seasonal offer outlives the season.
- A support line that differs by market needs one printed code per market, or one code that can tell the markets apart.
Static above, dynamic when the number might move
Make it free, in the browser
The studio above builds a static WhatsApp code from a number and an optional first message. Nothing is metered and nothing leaves the browser except the link, which is checked against the acceptable use policy at download.
Or encode a short link and keep the number behind it
A dynamic code carries a short link instead of the number. The number, and the pre-typed first line, are then a setting you can change after the print run.
wa.me/<number>?text=<first message>The scan is a redirect, not a page
wa.me is an ordinary https address, so the scan is answered with a redirect: WhatsApp opens in one tap, with no landing page in the middle and nothing of ours to load.
Route it by country
One printed code can reach a different number in each market with a country rule, so the sticker on an export carton opens the local line.
What a dynamic WhatsApp code changes
- No page in the middle
The scan is a redirect to wa.me. The app opens directly; a visitor never sees a page of ours.
- The number moves after printing
From a personal number to a business one, from one agent to the next, without touching the print.
- The first line changes with the season
The pre-typed message is part of the destination, so a summer offer becomes an autumn one at the redirect.
- One code, one number per market
geoA country rule sends each scan to the local line, with an untargeted country taking the default you chose.
- Priced like a plain link
1 credit to create the code and 1 credit per scan. The WhatsApp kind carries no surcharge.
- The honest trade
A dynamic code resolves through an account. If the balance empties there is a 14 day grace period, then a paused page on the same address: never an advert and never a stranger.
Questions
Why does a WhatsApp code open the chat in one tap when a contact card opens a page?
Because wa.me is an https address the phone already knows how to hand to WhatsApp, so the scan is answered with a redirect straight to it. A contact card is data the phone has to display and offer to save, so it lands on a page first.
Can one printed code reach a different WhatsApp number in each country?
Yes. A country rule on a dynamic code sends each scan to the number you chose for that market. Country is read from the connecting address on the scan itself and is never stored against a person.
Do I pay more for a WhatsApp kind than for a plain link?
No. It is 1 credit to create and 1 credit per scan, the same as any dynamic code. A rule on top is 5 credits, every change · add, edit or remove · a save that changes nothing is free.
What happens to the printed code if I move to a different number?
On a static code, nothing can: the number is in the pattern. On a dynamic code you change the destination and every printed copy follows, at no charge and with no limit on how often.
Does the first message have to be fixed?
On a static code it is part of the pattern. On a dynamic code it is part of the destination, so it can change whenever the offer does.