{"id":2212,"date":"2020-02-17T11:30:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T06:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/?p=2212"},"modified":"2024-11-22T12:42:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T07:12:27","slug":"freelancers-money-whatsapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/freelancers-money-whatsapp\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make money online with WhatsApp as a Freelancer?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t need a fact-checker or a borrowed quote to prove that almost everybody is hooked to WhatsApp. We live \u2018Mobile\u2019 every day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhatsApp\u2019s core functionality is messaging. <strong>No Ads! No Games! No Gimmicks!<\/strong> In a world where everybody wants to be heard, Brian Acton and Jan Koum knew exactly what their product was going to be.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, look at us now, we have aced the texting game, especially when we are stuck at a function, attending a boring party, or every time we feel the need to do so.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WhatsApp is catching on as a versatile platform for businesses, enterprises and e-commerce retailers to market themselves as well. With that being said, the app also gives a chance to industrious users to pad their income. Yes, you can make money, too using WhatsApp.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How do I Market myself or my business on WhatsApp?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say your business has a decent online presence, but your messaging or posts aren\u2019t reaching your customers, and you do not have a budget to run ads or promote social posts regularly.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s what you need to do:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Make a WhatsApp group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Build hype on social media about the group.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Promote the post for seven days (do it once).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Once people start adding themselves, you are set.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 5:<\/strong> Promote your products and services, but don\u2019t spam.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Step 6:<\/strong> You can <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/payment-links\/\">use Razorpay\u2019s payment links<\/a> to collect payments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, with <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Razorpay\u2019s product suit<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> collecting payments will be easier than ever. Here\u2019s what you get if you <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/easy.razorpay.com\/onboarding\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sign up razorpay account<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Razorpay Payment Links<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; It can help freelancers or individual businesses with a fast settlement or alternate payment option\u2013you can create and share Payment Links for and provide flexibility to your clients.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Razorpay Payment Gateway<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8211; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empower your business with <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/payment-gateway\/\">Razorpay, the top payment gateway in India,<\/a>\u00a0with complete online onboarding, minimum documentation, and start transacting within 2 minutes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Razorpay Payment Page<\/strong> &#8211; Whether you have a website or you don\u2019t, whether you have an app or you don\u2019t, you can still <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/payment-pages\/\">accept payments online through Payment Pages<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><b>What are the other features of WhatsApp that I can explore?\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can send a broadcast message and address customers directly.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Share promotional content using the app\u2019s file sharing features.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a mailing list for your specific WhatsApp contact.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a custom signature for your website link (If you have a website)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update your WhatsApp status because more users check status updates rather than messages (Talk about your product)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike any other app, communication is more fluid in WhatsApp&#8211;an individual can address customer queries person to person. Whereas, on Twitter and Facebook responding to tweets or comments takes a day unless you have enough bandwidth to humanise your social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/razorpay-payments-on-whatsapp-business\/\">What is WhatsApp Pay? How do you send and receive money on WhatsApp?<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the other ways to make money using WhatsApp?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course, affiliate marketing. It isn\u2019t as complicated as it sounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concept behind affiliate marketing is all about promoting products or services of companies and brands. In this program, you earn a cut for every sale you make.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you heard about <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Razorpay\u2019s Partner Program<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/partners\/\">Razorpay Partner Program<\/a> is a referral program through which you can offer the Razorpay product suite to your clients or customers and get rewarded for the same. The program then becomes a source of additional income for Razorpay partners.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This affiliate program is not just limited to agencies and companies alone. Even individuals, freelancers or individual businesses can be a part of this program and earn commissions by referring businesses to Razorpay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Also Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/partner-affiliate-referral-program-india\/\">learn more about our partnership program<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Freelancers can also earn money by contributing to local news stories.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look out for publications and various news networks who want new content in their WhatsApp feed. Unilad, LADbible, 9GAG are some of the online platforms that will pay for high quality, videos, memes, footages, news and perhaps, something unique.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, be prepared to capture unusual occurrences, but Strictly, no TikTok stuff, please.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How to expand my reach on WhatsApp?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some may say to add as many contacts as possible. But let me ask you this, what are you going to do with a reach that doesn\u2019t convert? This is where you carefully select the contacts. Yes, it requires a lot of manual effort to set the engine running, but it will be worth the time you put in.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u2019t flood your feed to get more possible ears and eyes. People are tired of spam, if you don\u2019t pay attention, your group might be on mute for a year, or the users would leave after a consistent bombardment of messages. The only thing that works is to deliver as you advertise, fix your product, and word of mouth will do the magic to your numbers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only secret ingredient to crack WhatsApp is consistency, good judgement and loads of patience. Well, Rome wasn\u2019t built in a day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>Other Social Media Money making Guide:<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/freelancers-money-instagram\/\">Earn Money on Instagram as a Freelancer<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/learn\/freelancers-facebook-marketplace-shop-money\/\">Earn Money on Facebook as a Freelancer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The only secret ingredient to crack WhatsApp is consistency, good judgement and loads of patience. 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