Important community updates should not disappear in the feed.
Reach members with announcements, reminders, resources, and calls to action without adding another noisy group chat.
Permission-based. Built on the official WhatsApp Business Platform.
Today
Hi Ada, the new set is live
You asked us to tell you first: 20% off until midnight. Want the code?
9:41 AM
Yes, send it
9:41 AM
- Member groups
- Churches
- NGOs
- Foundations
- Alumni networks
- Professional communities
How it works
From an opt-in to a community that shows up.
Collect opt-ins
A link in your bio, a QR at checkout, a form on your site, or straight from your own app over the API. However they come in, they land in one list.
They opt in
Build the campaign
They respond
See what works
Buddy for communities
The group chat is muted. The email is unopened.
Group chats get noisy
Useful updates disappear under daily conversation, side threads, and notifications people mute.
Important updates get missed
Email, feeds, portals, and push notifications are crowded. The people who care may never see the thing you sent.
Follow-up becomes manual
Teams copy numbers, send one-off messages, and lose the chance to build a repeatable customer relationship.
How communities use Buddy.
Create a clean opt-in channel
Let members join through event pages, QR codes, welcome cards, websites, or member onboarding flows.
- Event page
- Welcome QR
- Member form
- Website
Segment members
Organize members by role, interest, location, event attendance, membership status, or engagement.
- Volunteers
- Donors
- Local chapter
- New members
Send announcements that do not vanish
Use WhatsNews for important reminders, event changes, volunteer calls, resource drops, and member updates.
- Venue change
- Volunteer call
- Reading list
- Membership update
Respect preferences
Keep communication permission-based and give members clearer ways to hear about the updates they actually want.
- Events
- Resources
- Volunteer needs
- Leadership updates
WhatsNews communities send.
New venue, same time
412 reads
We need six hands
27 signed up
This month's reading
180 downloads
Doors open at 5pm
98% read
FAQ
Questions, answered.
Buddy is a customer engagement and retention platform built around WhatsApp. It helps you build an audience, understand subscribers, send relevant WhatsNews, automate follow-ups, and measure what happens next.
Still have questions?
Reach out to Sarah, the founder. She reads and replies to every message.
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