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🇳🇱 Three connection options · clear risks

How would you like to connect WhatsApp?

Choose what suits your situation: a new business number, migration to official WhatsApp, or your existing WhatsApp Business app via QR. Below you will find the advantages, risks and who is responsible for what for each option.

WhatsApp in the team inbox
App or official — the same inbox
Connect your own number
Your number, your bot
Channels side by side
Add e-mail, chat and phone

See per tool what works with app connection and official WhatsApp →

✓ Incoming messages work on all options

Customers who already know you reach you via your number. Messages arrive in your Slimbot inbox. Messaging new contacts yourself is officially possible via approved templates (+ opt-in). With the app connection (QR), you start the first message in your own app — after that, the AI can read along and reply.

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Official · Business package

New 085 / business number

We activate a new business number via the official WhatsApp Business route. No phone or QR needed — fully with Slimbot.

  • Professional 085 number or business number
  • Outbound to new contacts via templates
  • Scalable, no app maintenance

⚠ Risks

  • Business verification with WhatsApp can take days
  • Marketing requires approved templates + opt-in
  • WhatsApp conversation costs in addition to subscription
CustomerWhatsApp Business account, business verification, opt-in, template rule compliance
SlimbotNumber, official integration, hosting, inbox & AI
Plan: Business / Enterprise
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Most chosen · Starter+

WhatsApp Business app (QR)

Keep your WhatsApp Business app. Connect via QR code — like WhatsApp Web, on a secure EU server.

  • Fastest live — scan and ready
  • App stays on your phone
  • Ideal for SMEs up to ~500 messages/day

⚠ Risks

  • WhatsApp may restrict app integrations in case of abuse
  • Unsolicited bulk/spam → ban risk on your number
  • No outbound to strangers from dashboard
  • Keep phone online; QR expires periodically
CustomerPhone reachable, scan QR, no spam, WhatsApp policy
SlimbotEU hosting, inbox, AI, technical support
Plan: Starter and higher
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Quick comparison

New business / 085 Official migration QR (existing app)
Phone app on this numberNot requiredDepends on WhatsApp (side by side or migration)Yes, stays
WhatsApp verificationYesYesNo (to start)
Outbound new contactsTemplates + opt-inTemplates + opt-inOnly via your app
Ban risk with spamWhatsApp blockWhatsApp blockHigh with unsolicited traffic
Live withinDays (verification)Days (migration)Minutes (QR)
Ideal forNew business numberExisting number, scaleSMEs, quick start