# WhatsApp link generator: the customer taps or scans, and the chat starts with your message.

> Turn any WhatsApp number into a wa.me link with a pre-filled message, copy it for your bio or ads, and download a QR code as PNG or SVG. Free, no sign-up.

Dashing (dashing.krd) is a point-of-sale, inventory and double-entry accounting platform for retail shops in Iraq — Arabic-first, also in Kurdish (Sorani) and English — with a cashier that works offline and a built-in AI assistant called Dash.

Canonical: https://dashing.krd/en/tools/whatsapp-link

A wa.me link opens a WhatsApp chat with your number without the customer saving it first. It needs the number in international form: the country code, then the number without its leading zero, digits only. A UK mobile written 07700 900123 becomes 447700900123; an Iraqi one written 0770 123 4567 becomes 9647701234567. Type the number with + and its country code (an Iraqi number also works as written locally) and the message you want the customer to start with, and the link and a printable QR code appear. Dashing sends receipts and statements on WhatsApp the same way.

## Where to put the link

The "Message us" button on your Facebook and Instagram pages, the TikTok bio, the receipt footer, and a QR sticker by the till. A starting message makes the customer type less and tells you where they came from ("from the ad", "about the offer").

## How a wa.me link is built

The link is https://wa.me/ followed by the full number in digits, then ?text= and the message, encoded so spaces and non-Latin letters survive the trip: https://wa.me/447700900123?text=Hello. The tool encodes the message for you. A link without a message opens an empty chat.

## Message templates

Five messages a shop sends every day, ready in one tap: a general enquiry, your order is ready, a debt reminder, thanks after a purchase, holiday hours. Type your shop name once and it fills the templates; edit the text as you like. The QR downloads as PNG or SVG for the shopfront or a card.

## Common questions

### Why does my link open the wrong number, or say it is not on WhatsApp?

Almost always a missing country code. A local number such as 07700 900123 does not say which country it belongs to; write it with + and the code (+44 7700 900123) and check the digits in the link before you share it.

### Does the link work with WhatsApp Business?

Yes, wa.me opens regular WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business, whichever is installed on the customer's phone.

## Other languages

- العربية: https://dashing.krd/tools/whatsapp-link
- کوردی: https://dashing.krd/ckb/tools/whatsapp-link

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