Messaging service WhatsApp is taking early steps towards making money off its platform in India. On Thursday, tickets booking platform BookMyShow said it had started collaborating with WhatsApp. It sent its users confirmations on WhatsApp for tickets ...and more »
UPDATE THREE: A WhatsApp spokesperson has told Express.co.uk that the issues affecting the services today has now been fixed. On Down Detector the outages on WhatsApp have falled from a peak of a few thousand to now just a handful, suggesting the ...and more »
In what seems to be the first steps towards monetising its platform, WhatsApp for Business has started a collaboration with online ticketing platform BookMyShow. As per a Factor Daily report BookMyShow is sending its users confirmations on WhatsApp for ...and more »
Online movie ticketing service BookMyShow is among the first batch of businesses to sign up for WhatsApp, India's favourite messaging app with over 200 million active users, as it looks to turn many of the traditional texts digital. The move, the ...and more »
WhatsApp is going corporate. The Facebook-owned messaging app has started verifying business accounts and is preparing a standalone app for corporations to chat with customers, according to a recently posted page hidden in its support website and an ...and more »
New Delhi: WhatsApp has officially started testing verified business accounts on its platform, media reports have said. The WhatsApp business accounts is aimed at a monetization bid though the instant messaging has claimed it will not be putting “ads ...and more »
WhatsApp suffered a global outage on Thursday for a brief period, with users reporting problems accessing the app. According to downdetector.com, WhatsApp was down in parts of northern Europe, Mexico and Brazil; though some users in India faced ...and more »
WhatsApp users have now started getting confirmatory messages about movie tickets booked on BookMyShow. “(We are) not piloting — we have integrated with WhatsApp for sending confirmation… and in more than (one) way… The conversations are on on ...and more »
WhatsApp businesses messaging services which rolled out for beta testing in India recently, gained its first client in online ticketing giant BookMyShow today. WhatsApp which has more than 200 million strong Indian users started testing the new ...and more »
According to a Factor Daily report, Ola, Oyo, and airlines will also be joining BookMyShow soon. The report also mentioned that BookMyShow has confirmed this feature is no more in the pilot stage and they've integrated WhatsApp with their service ...and more »