When your Facebook Business is not verified or WhatsApp account review is under proces, you can quickly get access to WhatsApp API with a few limitations - <ul class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__ul"><li value="1" class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__listItem">You can send business-initiated messages to upto 250 contacts per 24 hours</li></ul> <ul class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__ul"><li value="1" class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__listItem">You can add upto 2 numbers on WhatsApp Business API</li></ul> <ul class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__ul"><li value="1" class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__listItem">If the conversation is initiated by the user, you can send unlimited replies to those conversations without any limitations.</li></ul> <h3 class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__h3" dir="ltr" style="text-align: start;">How to increase business-initiated messaging limit?</h3> If you want to increase your business-initiated messaging limit, you must complete your Facebook Business Verification process and get your WhatsApp account approved.Here's a guide to show how you can complete Facebook Business Verification <a href="https://help.botbiz.io/articles/verify-your-meta-business-account-45b410-4330c" rel="noreferrer" class="PlaygroundEditorTheme__link">Steps to complete your Business Verification.</a>

When your Facebook Business is not verified or WhatsApp account review is under proces, you can quickly get access to WhatsApp API with a few limitations -

* You can send business-initiated messages to upto 250 contacts per 24 hours

* You can add upto 2 numbers on WhatsApp Business API

* If the conversation is initiated by the user, you can send unlimited replies to those conversations without any limitations.

### How to increase business-initiated messaging limit?

If you want to increase your business-initiated messaging limit, you must complete your Facebook Business Verification process and get your WhatsApp account approved.

Here's a guide to show how you can complete Facebook Business Verification

[Steps to complete your Business Verification.](https://help.botbiz.io/articles/verify-your-meta-business-account-45b410-4330c)

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