UKhisimusi uyasondela, futhi ngawo, inkathi yokuthengisa eshisa kakhulu. Futhi kulo nyaka, umlingiswa oyedwa uthola amandla engeziwe njengendawo yempi eyinhloko yokuthengisa: I-WhatsApp. Ngokombiko okhethekile okhiqizwe ngokubambisana ne-Opinion Box, isiteshi sihlala siyindlela eyinhloko yokuxhumana phakathi kwabathengi namabhrendi e-Brazil. Ucwaningo lubonisa ukuthi u-30% wabantu base-Brazilian sebevele basebenzisa uhlelo lokusebenza ukuze bathenge, kuyilapho u-33% beluncamela ukuthi luthengiswe, ukudlula izindlela ezivamile ezifana ne-imeyili nocingo.
"Iminyaka eminingi, i-WhatsApp bekuwuhlelo lokusebenza lokuthumela imiyalezo. Namuhla, iyindawo yemakethe ematasatasa ezitolo zedijithali zaseBrazil," kusho u-Alberto Filho, oyi-CEO ye-Poli Digital, inkampani yaseGoiás esebenza nezixazululo ezisemthethweni zokuxhumana ze-WhatsApp.
Ngakho-ke, ingcindezi yokunqoba umncintiswano kanye nemiphumela esheshayo ngalesi sikhathi sonyaka iholela izinkampani eziningi ukuba zithole imikhuba ephula izinqubomgomo ze-Meta, inkampani engumzali ye-WhatsApp. Umphumela? Elinye lamaphupho amabi amakhulu kunoma yiliphi ibhizinisi lesimanje: ukuvinjelwa kwe-akhawunti yabo.
“Ukuqonda ukuthi lolu hlelo lusebenza kanjani nokuthi imingcele yalo ingakanani kubalulekile ukuze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi umbukiso oyinhloko wokuthengisa awuvali iminyango yawo phakathi nesonto likaKhisimusi,” kuchaza uMariana Magre, uchwepheshe wenkonzo yamakhasimende ka-WhatsApp kanye ne-Customer Success kwaPoli Digital.
Uchaza ukuthi ukukhula kwe-meteoric kwe-WhatsApp Business kulethe kokubili amathuba nezingozi. Lapho isiteshi siba sibaluleke kakhulu, kuba mkhulu umthelela wokusetshenziswa kwaso kabi. “Lokhu kwanda akuhehanga amabhizinisi asemthethweni kuphela, kodwa nabakwa-spammers nabakhwabanisi, okuholele ekutheni iMeta iqinise ukuqapha kwayo ngokuziphatha okusolisayo,” kuchaza yena.
I-Meta Platforms imemezele ukuthi, phakathi kukaJanuwari noJuni 2025, ama-akhawunti e-WhatsApp angaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-6.8 avinjelwe, iningi lawo lihlotshaniswa nezenzo zokukhwabanisa, njengengxenye yomzamo obanzi wokuqeda ukuhlukunyezwa kwezinsizakalo zayo zokuthumela imiyalezo yizigebengu.
"Isistimu ye-Meta ihlaziya amaphethini okuziphatha ukuze ihlonze umsebenzi ofana nogaxekile. Izimpawu eziyisixwayiso zihlanganisa ukuthumela ivolumu ephezulu ngokungavamile yemilayezo ngesikhathi esifushane, izinga eliphezulu lokuvinjwa nemibiko, kanye nokuthumela imilayezo koxhumana nabo abangakaze baxhumane nomkhiqizo."
Imiphumela iyehluka. Ukuvinjwa kwesikhashana kungathatha amahora noma izinsuku, kodwa ukuvinjelwa unomphela kubi kakhulu: inombolo iba engasebenziseki, wonke umlando wengxoxo uyalahleka, futhi ukuxhumana namakhasimende kuvalwa ngokushesha.
Kodwa-ke, uchwepheshe ovela ku-Poli Digital imininingwane yokuthi iningi lamabhulokhi lenzeka ngenxa yokuntuleka kolwazi lobuchwepheshe. Iziphambeko ezivame kakhulu zihlanganisa ukusetshenziswa kwezinguqulo ezingekho emthethweni ze-WhatsApp, ezifana ne-GB, i-Aero, kanye ne-Plus, kanye nemiyalezo eminingi ngama-API "esolwandle". Lawa mathuluzi awavunyelwe i-Meta futhi alandelelwa kalula ngama-algorithms okuvikela, okuholela cishe ekuvinjweni okuthile.
Elinye iphutha elibi kakhulu ukuthenga izinhlu zoxhumana nabo nokuthumela imilayezo kubantu abangagunyaziwe ukuyithola (ngaphandle kokungena). Ngaphandle kokwephula imithetho yenkundla, lo mkhuba unyusa kakhulu izinga lezikhalazo zogaxekile.
Ukungabikho kwesu lokuxhumana elihlelekile kwenza isimo sibe sibi kakhulu: ukuthunyelwa ngokweqile kwamaphromoshini angenamsebenzi kanye nokunganakwa kwezinqubomgomo zezentengiso ze-WhatsApp kubeka engcupheni lokho okubizwa ngokuthi Isilinganiselwa Sekhwalithi, imethrikhi yangaphakathi ekala "impilo" ye-akhawunti. "Ukuziba lesi silinganiso nokugcizelela imikhuba emibi kuyindlela emfishane eya endaweni ehlala njalo," kugcizelela u-Mariana.
Ukuze usebenze ngokuphepha, kubalulekile ukuqonda umehluko phakathi kwezinguqulo zohlelo lokusebenza:
- I-WhatsApp Personal: yakhelwe ukusetshenziswa komuntu ngamunye.
- I-WhatsApp Business: mahhala, ilungele amabhizinisi amancane, kodwa anemikhawulo.
- I-API Yebhizinisi Le-WhatsApp Esemthethweni: isixazululo sebhizinisi esivumela ukuzenzekelayo, ama-ejenti amaningi, ukuhlanganiswa kwe-CRM, futhi, ngaphezu kwakho konke, ukuphepha okungalawuleki.
Kuleli phuzu lokugcina lapho "iqhinga" liqamba amanga. I-API Esemthethweni isebenza ngaphakathi kwemingcele ye-Meta, enezifanekiso zemilayezo egunyazwe kusengaphambili, ukungena okuyisibopho, nezindlela zokuvikela zomdabu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqinisekisa ukuthi konke ukuxhumana kulandela ikhwalithi edingekayo kanye namazinga emvume.
"Kwa-Poli Digital, sisiza izinkampani zenze lolu shintsho ngokuphepha, zifaka yonke into endaweni eyodwa ehlanganisa i-WhatsApp API esemthethweni ne-CRM. Lokhu kuqeda ubungozi bokuvimba futhi kugcine ukusebenza kuthobelana," kuchaza uMariana.
Isibonelo esiyinhloko yi-Buzzlead, inkampani esebenzisa i-WhatsApp kakhulu ukuze uthole izaziso nokuzibandakanya. Ngaphambi kokuthutha, ukusetshenziswa kwezinkundla zemiyalezo ezingekho emthethweni kubangele ukuvinjwa okuphindelelayo kanye nokulahleka komlayezo. "Lapho siqala ukuthumela imiqulu emikhulu, sabhekana nezinkinga ngokuvimbela izinombolo. KwakungePoli ukuthi safunda nge-WhatsApp API esemthethweni futhi sakwazi ukuxazulula yonke into, "kusho uJosé Leonardo, umqondisi weBuzzlead.
Ushintsho lwaluwujuqu. Ngesixazululo esisemthethweni, inkampani yaqala ukusebenza ngaphandle kwemishini ebonakalayo, isebenzisa izifanekiso ezigunyaziwe futhi yehlisa kakhulu ingozi yokuvinjelwa. "Imiphumela yaba ngcono kakhulu, ngezinga lokufunda eliphezulu kanye nokulethwa kwezaziso okungcono," kwengeza lesi sikhulu.
U-Mariana ufingqa iphuzu eliyinhloko: “Ukuthuthela ku-API Esemthethweni akukhona nje ukushintshwa kwamathuluzi, kuwushintsho endleleni yokucabanga. Inkundla ye-Poli ihlela ukuhamba komsebenzi, iqinisekisa ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho, futhi iqaphe ikhwalithi ye-akhawunti ngesikhathi sangempela. Umphumela uwukuthula kwengqondo ukuze ugxile kulokho okubaluleke ngempela: ukuthengisa nokwakha ubudlelwano namakhasimende, ikakhulukazi ngoKhisimusi.”
“Futhi uma uKhisimusi kuyinani eliphakeme lokuthengisa, ukuphepha nokuthobela kuba yisipho sangempela kulabo abafuna ukuqhubeka nokukhula ngo-2025,” kuphetha u-Alberto Filho.

