Templates, then a paid number, then a send Updated 2026-10-24
Open the template and read its variables and its Meta status before you plan a send. The number itself is the $29 subscription from the cost guide. Saving a draft does not deliver a message.
Read the template before you send Open the template: the text, the variables and the Meta status. A saved reply is not a delivery. A customer receives the message only after Meta has approved the template and the number is on the paid plan.
Open the template and read every variable. Check that Meta's status is approved before a real send. WhatsApp Business API is $29 a month per connected number. Send only after the status is approved and the number is paid. Open the template and read its language, category, variables, and Meta status before a send. When a template is required A message that starts the conversation from the business uses an approved template. A reply inside an open customer conversation follows WhatsApp's own window rules. BizUply does not replace those rules. An automation can be the trigger only on the business plan, and only if the template and the paid number already exist.
A saved reply is treated as a message the customer received. A customer receives the template only after Meta approves it and the number is paid.
When a customer actually receives the message A message the business starts uses a template Meta has approved. Read the variables and the status first. A reply inside an open customer conversation follows WhatsApp's own window. Saving a draft in the inbox is not that delivery. The customer receives the template when the number is on the paid plan and Meta has approved the template.
The inbox can save a reply. A saved reply is not, by itself, a message the customer received. FAQ Can an automation send the template? Only on the business plan, with a paid number and a template Meta has approved. The automation guide creates a task. Add a WhatsApp action only when you intend to send.
Does saving a reply send it to a customer? Not by saving a sample. A customer receives a template only after Meta has approved it and the number is on the paid plan.
What does the $29 cover? The connected number, including templates in the dashboard. Not Meta's per-message fee.
Can one login manage many client numbers? No. Each number has its own subscription.
