Hello people 👋! When I was a student I used a lot group bulk messages to invite my friends for a party or a dinner. After lot of trial and error I noticed that a customized message with their name on it got a lot more answers than just a generic invitation message. That is why I built recently the app TextBlast, a bulk customize SMS app. However, nowadays people are using more and more WhatsApp instead of the traditional SMS. That is why I am proudly releasing today WhatsBlast. WhatsBlast helps you to send personalized mass messages easily using your friend's name (with the option of editing before sending). It will take you 5 minutes instead of 5 hours ! I hope you like it and also helps you to save some time WhatsBlast is perfect for marketing and communication campaigns on WhatsApp ! *Note that it's not 100% automated, WhatsBlast prepares and prefils your messages for each contact, but you will still have to press the sending button ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

How are you dealing with a privacy issue ?

Very nice product! I will test it today and let you guys know. I see a lot of potential! Congrats!

I wish it could send the message automatically instead of having to manually send each one. But I like the concept.

Very good update from TextBlast! I know in countries like France where SMS were free and unlimited everyone was (and is still) using the traditional SMS, but for example in Spain we only use WhatsApp. It's the most popular messaging app in the world, this is a good move!! 😊 good work!

@sandochee I have already sent a link to a friend that organizes meetups on meetup(dot)com. If you have not already, then I would suggest targeting event organizes on meetup and eventbrite.

OMG that’s a cool app !! And much needed !!

Awesome idea! Looking forward to test it!

Pretty useful for the launch of a new product, to inform your network via WhatsApp!👌🏻

Nice, I was waiting for Whats app support and you made it, thanks a lot!!

Did a quick try. But couldn't customize the friend group once I added a person to that list.

I have more then 4600 contacts in groups. But in this programme, it's just one big list. And can not find a new in a search. You have to scroll down, that's useless

Have longed for such a product to make it to the market. However, this solution wouldn't be complete with a scheduler and some templatized messaging in-built for sending out event-specific wishes and recurring reminders. Is that something that the product team at WhatsBlast would be factoring in or are these features already part of the product roadmap and would be rolled out in the features list in the future?

AND it would NOT be harm to build custom messaging groups or logical/virtual group of contacts saving the time of picking and choosing the contact groups.

Is it available for Windows ?

Hey Sandoche, Loved the idea and the concept! Couldn't find anything like it. While researching about the idea, I found this--> https://m.economictimes.com/tech... I would like to get your opinion on it! And how would this if or if not, affect your startup!

Do recipients have the ability to opt-out of future messages from the sender?

I've been waiting for this. Instant superuser. Contact me for in debth feedback.

Loss of money. Large text splitted and not going full msgs.

Hi Sandoche, I just found this site by doing a Google search for "how to send personalized mass messages in whatsapp". The WhatsBlast feature that interested me is specifically the ability to automatically personalize the recipient's name on the greeting (i.e., "Hello !"). I have the following questions: 1.- For those recipients that don't have me registered on their contacts (even some of my customers forget to register me on their contacts): Will the message be deliver to them? I ask because, as you know, on the standard "Broadcast" feature on WhatsApp, if the recipient doesn't have you on his contacts they won't get the message. 2.- What's the maximum amount of personalized messages I'm able to send in one shoot? Yes, I know I have to manually press the send button for each one, that's understood, but up to how many can I "load" (with their personalized name) before I start manually sending one by one. As you know, on the standard "Broadcast" feature on WhatsApp, the maximum amount of recipients is 256 (and you can't personalize it). 3.- How do I add the contacts I want to send the personalized message to? I've them registered on my cell phone's contacts, but what's the procedure for selecting them' Or can I upload an excel or CVS file where column A has the First name and column B their WhatsApp number? Best!