WhatsApp Green Tick: How to Get the Blue Checkmark
The WhatsApp green tick is now a blue checkmark. Meta calls it an Official Business Account, and it shows next to your business name in chats. You request it in WhatsApp Manager once your number has been registered for 30 days or more, your business portfolio is verified, two-step verification is on and your display name is approved.
Green tick or blue checkmark?
People still search for the WhatsApp green tick, because that is what the badge used to look like. Today the badge is a blue checkmark next to the business name. It is the same idea: WhatsApp has checked that the account belongs to the business it says it does.
Meta’s name for an account with the badge is an Official Business Account. When you read about the green tick, the blue checkmark or an Official Business Account, they all mean this badge.
What Meta requires
| Requirement | What it means |
|---|---|
| Policy compliance | The account follows WhatsApp’s business and commerce policies. |
| Number registered for 30 days or more | The phone number has been on the platform for at least 30 days before you request. |
| Verified business portfolio | Your business portfolio has passed Meta’s business verification. |
| Two-step verification on | The phone number has two-step verification switched on. |
| Approved display name | The name shown to customers has been approved by Meta. |
| After a denial | Wait 30 days before you request again. |
Source: Meta, Official business accounts, checked 31 October 2026.
Meta’s documentation states no cost for the badge.
How to request the blue checkmark
- Complete business verification for your business portfolio in Meta’s business settings.
- Make sure your display name is approved and matches how customers know your business.
- Switch on two-step verification for the phone number.
- Wait until the number has been registered for at least 30 days.
- In WhatsApp Manager, open Profile, then Official business account, and submit the request.
- If the request is denied, fix what you can, then wait 30 days before you request again.
Business verification is worth doing anyway
Business verification is one of the badge requirements, and it helps you even if the badge never comes. Once your portfolio is verified, your messaging limit path starts at 2,000 business-initiated messages to unique customers in a rolling 24 hours, up from 250. You can also register up to 20 phone numbers instead of 2.
A verified business with an approved display name can also hold up to 6,000 message templates, against 250 when unverified.
Source: Meta, Phone numbers, Messaging limits and Message templates, checked 31 October 2026.
What this means for your business
The badge helps customers trust that a chat is really you, which matters most for brands that get copied or that send payment links.
Business verification does change what you can do. It raises how many customers you can message first in a rolling 24 hours, and how many numbers and templates you can hold. Do it early, before you plan any broadcast or reminder campaign.
If your request is denied, the 30-day wait is the real cost. Check every requirement before you submit, so you only wait once.
How AeroChat handles it
The badge sits on your WhatsApp account, so you request it in WhatsApp Manager whichever software you use. AeroChat connects the same number through embedded signup,, so the badge stays on the account that answers your customers.
What customers see after the name is the conversation itself. AeroChat answers from your own systems, for example order tracking from your store data and payment links in the chat. Bookings run against tools such as Calendly and Google Calendar, and your team can take over through human handover at any point.
Questions
How much does the WhatsApp green tick cost?
Meta’s documentation states no cost for the Official Business Account badge. You request it in WhatsApp Manager. A provider may charge for its own help, but the badge itself has no stated fee.
Can I get the green tick on the WhatsApp Business app?
The requirements and the request route Meta describes are in WhatsApp Manager, which is part of the WhatsApp Business Platform. With coexistence, you can keep the Business app on your phone and run the same number on the platform.
How long should I wait after a denial?
Meta asks you to wait 30 days after a denial before you request again. Use that time to fix whatever was missing, such as verification or the display name.
Does the blue checkmark raise my messaging limit?
Business verification is what moves your messaging limit path to 2,000 business-initiated messages to unique customers in a rolling 24 hours. Limits then grow automatically to 10,000, 100,000 and unlimited, based on your quality and how much you message.
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Related guides: WhatsApp messaging limits and the WhatsApp Business API explained.