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Overview

You can connect Periskope to any normal or business WhatsApp number that you use for your official business communication.

WhatsApp API numbers cannot be linked to Periskope.

Once connected, Periskope will sync all chats and groups that this number is part of. You can then manage these chats and groups from the Periskope dashboard.

In order to perform any bulk actions like adding or removing members from a group, the connected WhatsApp number must be an admin on that group.

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Connecting WhatsApp to Periskope account

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Pre-requisites

  1. A phone number that you will use to manage all your official WhatsApp chats, groups and communities logged in on WhatsApp.

  2. A Periskope account. If you don’t have one, you can sign up here.

Once logged into Periskope, you will see a Getting started screen with a Link Phone option as shown below.

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Link phone number

  1. Enter your phone number and click on link phone.
  2. Once you click on link phone, you will see a pairing code on the screen
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Continue on WhatsApp

When a pairing code is generated, you will receive a notification on your WhatsApp enabled phone. Click on the notification to process further.

  1. Click confirm to continue connecting WhatsApp to Periskope
  2. Enter the pairing code that you see on the Periskope dashboard
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If you face any errors regarding pairing on WhatsApp, click on link phone to generate a pairing code again.

If you are unable to generate a pairing code or having issue with the process, try restarting the phone from the option given on screen.

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Done 🚀

Once you’re successfully connected to WhatsApp, you will see following screen on Periskope.

After the sync is performed, you’ll be able to see the metrics and chats on Periskope.

To perform any action regarding your phone (such as restart, resync, delete), you can visit here.

To add more phones, you can visit here.

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