Adding a payment method to your WhatsApp API setup on Meta is an essential step for businesses looking to leverage WhatsApp for transactions and customer interactions. 

This process involves several steps, from setting up your business account to configuring payment methods. Before you can add a payment method, you need to verify your business in the Meta Business Manager. This process involves providing business details and documents that prove your business's legitimacy.

This blog walks you through all the steps to add a payment method for the WhatsApp API in Meta Business Manager.

How to Add Payment Method?

You first need to verify your business on Meta to add a payment method.

How to Verify Your Business on Meta?

  1. Start Verification

    • Go to Business Manager’s Security Centre and click Start Verification.
    • You may also see a verification prompt in Meta Ads Manager, Commerce Manager, or the App Developer Dashboard.

  2. Enter Business Details

    • Provide your legal business name, address, phone number, and website.
    • Ensure the details exactly match your legal business entity records.
    • Your website must be live and HTTPS-compliant.

  3. Confirm Business Details

    • If Meta finds a matching record, you can proceed.
    • If no match is found, upload supporting documents (e.g., business license, articles of incorporation).

  4. Choose a Verification Method

    • Email (Your business email domain must match your website domain.)
    • Phone call
    • Text message
    • WhatsApp message
    • Domain verification (Requires admin access to your website’s hosting or DNS provider.)

  5. Complete Verification

    • Submit your request and click Done.
    • Review time ranges from 10 minutes to 14 working days.
    • You’ll receive a notification once the verification is complete.

If your business is successfully verified, no further action is needed.

After your business verification is complete, you can add a payment method to your account.

 Here's how:

  1. Open Meta Business Manager.
  2. From the bar on the left, under the dropdown select the business account you want to add the payment for.


  3. Go to Business Setting and click on Billings and Payments.


  4. Now navigate to Accounts and choose WhatsApp Business        Accounts.


   5. Now for the account which you want to add the payment             method for, select the Add Payment Method.


   6. Finally add your card details and click Save.


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