Everyone has lost a sale at the "save my number first" step. A direct link skips it: the customer taps once and is already typing to you.
Messaging someone on WhatsApp normally means saving the number to contacts, opening the app, finding the person and only then writing. That is four steps, and every one of them loses people. A `wa.me` link opens the chat directly, with your opening message already filled in — the customer only has to hit send.
Writing the first message is where plenty of people give up, especially when they are not sure what to say. Filling that text in for them removes the hesitation — and on your side, it tells you where the contact came from. Use a different text per placement ("Saw the poster in the window", "Came from Instagram") and you learn which channel works without any analytics tool.
The link itself is useful wherever people can click; the QR code is useful wherever they cannot. Most businesses need both. Generate both here at once and use each where it fits.
No. That is exactly what the link solves. The chat opens all the same, and your number lands in their history like any other.
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