7 Reasons Why Whatsapp Banned your number ?
The logic behind banning your number
- We have to understand WhatsApp is owned by a for-profit company, Facebook. Their purpose is to maximize their revenue and profits.
- Their 2 crore users are their biggest asset on which they earn revenue with Business API that they provide.
- Their user base will keep on increasing as long as the service is clean and without spam.
- If someone sends lots of WhatsApp messages, then the service becomes bad and WhatsApp will lose their users. (Remember, their users are their asset).
- So if you generate SPAM messages, they will ban you.
- WhatsApp generates revenue by API and other automation services.
- So if you use third-party tools to emulate those functions then also WhatsApp will Ban your number.
What is the reason for Banning your number ?
- Using a 3rd party tool for sending Automated WhatsApp messages.
- Sending Lots of Messages in a short period of time.
- A sudden increase in the number of messages sent. Especially on a new number.
- Sending the same message to lots of people, in a short period of time.
- The ratio of sent v/s received is wrong. You are sending lots of messages but you receive very less number of messages.
- Sending messages to unsaved contacts can also result in Ban. This clearly means that you are sending messages to people whom you don’t know.
- People report or Block you. This is the #1 reason for your number getting banned.
How to activate banned WhatsApp number
- Send an email to support@whatsapp.com from your official email ID. Explain the usage pattern and request for removing the ban.
- When you get a message that your number is banned, there is a popup with two buttons. Support and cancel.
- Click on Support.
- On the next screen click on none of the reasons above.
- Now WhatsApp will open your Email Client and compose a message. Don’t press send yet.
- Two things you need to do before you hit send.
- Change email ID to support@whatsapp.com (original message will have something that says support@smb.whatsapp.com – this does not work).
- Write a personal message, why your number should be unbanned.
- Please include the log file that is generated
- You will get an auto-response saying that they are looking into the same.
- After 4-24 hours, you should get a response and your WhatsApp number will get activated.
- This may or may not happen based on what is detected by their servers.
- After 2-3 Ban, there can be a PERMANENT BAN. After that WhatsApp does not even respond to your email queries.
- Be careful the above process is not guaranteed to work always.
- We have to remember that Whatsapp is a private company and not a govt department. Your logic does not apply there.
How to avoid WhatsApp Ban
- People to whom you send messages Always send messages
- People who know you or you know them.
- OR You have a reason to send a message to them.
- OR those who might find your messages useful.
- Save people into your Contact List first before sending them the messages.
- Number and frequency of messages
- Increase the number of messages gradually.
- The frequency of messages to people is important. Make sure that there is a gap of 7-15 days between two messages that anyone receives from your side.
- Messages and its content is important
- Send messages which people would respond to.
- Don’t send the same message again and again.
- Single messages don’t motivate people to take action. You need a series of messages or a campaign of related messages to be effective.
- Never send these types of messages:
- Obscene defamatory statements about anyone.
- Any message that might contain viruses or malware.
- The Phone Number and Other details
- Always use the official WhatsApp app. Using unofficial Apps like GB WhatsApp or any other is more likely to result in a ban.
- Always keep updated to the latest version of WhatsApp.
- Always use 3G or 4G and not Wifi.
- Use phone number which is popular. Don’t get a new number for this activity.
- Don’t use Automation Tools.
- Some important tips
- Always back up your WhatsApp so that you can restore the same.
- If some chat history is important then download it or email it to your email ID.