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# Messaging limit & Quality Rating - What they are and how to increase them

> Chatarmin guide: Messaging limit & Quality Rating - What they are and how to increase them

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# Messaging Limits

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Messaging limits are the maximum number of business-initiated conversations (conversations opened as a result of sending a marketing, utility, or authentication template to a WhatsApp user) a business phone number can open in a 24-hour moving period.

Business phone numbers are initially limited to 250 business-initiated conversations in a 24-hour moving period, but this limit can be [increased](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/messaging-limits/#increasing-your-limit) to 1K or more.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/chatarmin-help-center/MtZ2rhhtTAqzIWsl/images/a687422a-e6ad-4626-a10c-6ba91286b37d/019b9c80-e03d-7792-bfc6-0935f2f79928.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=MtZ2rhhtTAqzIWsl&q=85&s=e3c8fcc02d3a7a179c558a8efbb3cba1" alt="Chatarmin help center image" width="524" height="67" data-path="images/a687422a-e6ad-4626-a10c-6ba91286b37d/019b9c80-e03d-7792-bfc6-0935f2f79928.png" />

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# Increasing Your Limit

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If your business phone number has a [connected status](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/phone-numbers#phone-number-status), you can increase its messaging limit by either completing [business verification](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/overview/business-accounts/#business-verification), or opening 1,000 or more business-initiated conversations in a 30-day moving period, using templates with a high-quality [rating](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/messaging-limits/#quality-rating).

Messaging limits can be increased to the following limits:

* 1K business-initiated conversations
* 10K business-initiated conversations
* 100K business-initiated conversations
* An unlimited number of business-initiated conversations

  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/chatarmin-help-center/MtZ2rhhtTAqzIWsl/images/a687422a-e6ad-4626-a10c-6ba91286b37d/019b9c80-e01c-72dc-a71a-942c55881481.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=MtZ2rhhtTAqzIWsl&q=85&s=2591ac227d2ad206e781e9b003c01b46" alt="Chatarmin help center image" width="1333" height="406" data-path="images/a687422a-e6ad-4626-a10c-6ba91286b37d/019b9c80-e01c-72dc-a71a-942c55881481.png" />

Once you complete business verification or meet the messaging threshold, your business phone number's messaging limit will be increased to 1K and can [scale automatically](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/messaging-limits/#automatic-scaling) after that.

Note that if your business phone number has a low-quality rating, it may continue to be limited to 250 business-initiated conversations until its quality rating improves.

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# Automatic Scaling

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Once you have reached the 1K business-initiated conversations limit, each time you open a business-initiated conversation, we will determine if your limit should be increased according to the following criteria:

* your business phone number is [connected](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/cloud-api/phone-numbers#phone-number-status)
* your business phone number [quality rating](https://developers.facebook.com/docs/whatsapp/messaging-limits/#quality-rating) is **Medium** or **High**
* in the last 7 days, your business phone number has been used to open X or more business-initiated conversations, where X is the business phone number's current messaging limit, divided by 2

If your business phone number meets all conditions, we will increase its limit by one level, 24 hours later. If its quality rating has been set to **Flagged** for the last 7 days, however, we will decrease its limit by one level, immediately.

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## Checking Your Limit

You can check your current messaging limits in the [**WhatsApp Manager**](https://business.facebook.com/wa/manage/home/) > **Account tools** > **Insights** panel. The panel only shows your current limit if it has increased from the default.

<img src="https://mintcdn.com/chatarmin-help-center/MtZ2rhhtTAqzIWsl/images/a687422a-e6ad-4626-a10c-6ba91286b37d/019b9c80-e070-7552-ac78-1d36f0925b85.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=MtZ2rhhtTAqzIWsl&q=85&s=8fe240299ad18b5a6af153d1b731b41d" alt="Chatarmin help center image" width="1460" height="1287" data-path="images/a687422a-e6ad-4626-a10c-6ba91286b37d/019b9c80-e070-7552-ac78-1d36f0925b85.png" />

Your quality rating is based on how messages have been received by recipients over the past seven days and is weighted by recency. It is determined by a combination of quality signals from conversations between businesses and users. Examples include user feedback signals like blocks, reports and the reasons users provide when they block a business.

Your business phone number's status, quality rating, and messaging limits are displayed in the [**WhatsApp Manager**](https://business.facebook.com/wa/manage/home/) > **Account tools** > **Phone numbers** panel.

Note that it is normal for numbers with high traffic to experience quality changes within short intervals (even within minutes).

See [About WhatsApp Business Account Message Quality Rating](https://www.facebook.com/business/help/896873687365001) for more information about quality ratings.

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# How to maintain high quality?

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* Check your WhatsApp Business Account Quality Rating [here in your WhatsApp Manager](https://business.facebook.com/wa/manage/phone-numbers/) within the Meta Business Portfolio\
  (ex "Business Suite" ex "FB Business Manager")
* Make sure messages follow the [WhatsApp Business Policy](https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbusiness.whatsapp.com%2Fpolicy%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR2toFKMNbK97YGD56XJBBM5TmjFbXHQpuqEC-At2ZhwzeoOv3sTdXW4OLs\&h=AT0zgI_JzC1uKagbeYfxA13jFFyR_2w5bxdllOvbOApJtb9WN44s5g0ZSTUorltfc8D61qit0X7_-hWnoCyJtI5geoCrOd6wcmwQx1T8nTz9Mr5HwePtdd_GAzKc1KxSTkUIjw) and [Commerce Policy](https://business.whatsapp.com/policy?fbclid=IwAR0ODTBPgSM34yyvFNLU-g4uooMRx2QoIvpnTaJpNizjFtyArKm8fRcZoII).
* Only send messages to users who have opted into receiving messages from your business.
* Make the messages highly personalized and useful to users. Avoid sending open-ended welcome or introductory messages.
* Be mindful of messaging frequency; avoid sending customers too many messages a day. Be thoughtful of informational messages, optimizing for content and length.

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# Campaign Send Limits Q\&A

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**How many messages can be sent per minute?**

* Default 70/second -> On special request at META (this requires the [Blue Tick](/meta-related/whatsapp-official-business-account-blue-checkmark-verification) + highest [level of the messaging limit](/meta-related/messaging-limit-and-quality-rating-what-they-are-and-how-to-increase-them)) also 300/second

**How early do we need to schedule a campaign if we want to send a campaign to 50k people, for example?**

* *Update 032024*: From 1 to 50,000 it takes about 25 minutes. We are currently optimizing to get it to 15 minutes.

**Once a campaign has been set up, can it still be canceled? How quickly can this be done?**

* Exactly, until the campaign starts. But you can also pause it if it is already being sent

**Do I also have a security mode when customers report the campaign so that the sending is canceled?**

* Basically, META does this directly, so they pause the campaign/template if there is negative feedback, that's how it is with us too, yes.
