Number checker
A WhatsApp number checker built into every outreach step
Lead lists are full of landlines, old numbers and people who don’t use WhatsApp. ReachPods checks each number against WhatsApp with one of your connected accounts before the first message, skips the ones that aren’t on it, caches the answer for 30 days and lets you branch the sequence on the result.
Number check
Before the first message
- MROn WhatsApp
Marco Rossi
+39 345 ••• 812
- PSOn WhatsApp
Priya Shah
+44 7911 ••• 204
- FBNot on WhatsApp
Felix Braun
+49 30 ••• 991 · landline
- OHCached 30 days
Omar Haddad
+971 50 ••• 330
- check before the first message
- Automatic
- result cache
- 30 days
- failed steps on bad numbers
- 0
- “Number on WhatsApp?” condition
- Branch
Overview
Stop messaging landlines
Phone numbers in a CRM export or a purchased list are a mixed bag: office landlines, switchboards, numbers that changed hands, people who never installed WhatsApp. Sending to them wastes your daily budget, fails steps and, worst of all, looks like spam to WhatsApp.
ReachPods verifies every number before it messages it. When a WhatsApp step is about to send its first message to a lead, the number is looked up on WhatsApp with one of your connected accounts. If it’s not on WhatsApp, the step is skipped and the lead simply continues to the next step in the flow.
The result is cached for 30 days, so the same number isn’t looked up again and again across campaigns. And because the check is also a condition, number on WhatsApp?, you can route those leads somewhere useful instead: email, a LinkedIn invitation or Telegram.
Verification
Check if a number is on WhatsApp before every first message
The check happens automatically on WhatsApp steps; there’s nothing to configure. Numbers are compared by their digits, so the formatting in your import doesn’t matter as long as the country code is there.
Skipped leads aren’t failures: they move on through the flow, and the reason is recorded on their timeline.
- Automatic on WhatsApp steps
- Uses one of your connected accounts
- Skipped leads continue the flow
- Reason on the lead timeline
Campaign
WhatsApp follow-up
Message + voice note
Your voice
Email instead
Same campaign
Short follow-up
+2 days
LinkedIn invite
Try another channel
Branch on the result
Route leads with the “number on WhatsApp?” condition
Put a number on WhatsApp? condition in front of your WhatsApp steps to choose what happens to everyone else. A typical flow sends WhatsApp users a message and voice note, checks has email? for the rest, and falls back to a LinkedIn invitation when there’s no email either.
- Yes / no branches
- Combine with has email? and has LinkedIn?
- One campaign for a mixed list
Campaign
Route by result
Message + voice note
LinkedIn invite
Caching
WhatsApp number verification results cached for 30 days
Each answer is cached for 30 days. Re-running a campaign, or enrolling the same lead in another one, reuses the cached result instead of looking the number up again.
- 30-day cache
- Shared across campaigns
- Fewer lookups per account
Number check
Before the first message
- MROn WhatsApp
Marco Rossi
+39 345 ••• 812
- PSOn WhatsApp
Priya Shah
+44 7911 ••• 204
- FBNot on WhatsApp
Felix Braun
+49 30 ••• 991 · landline
- OHCached 30 days
Omar Haddad
+971 50 ••• 330
What’s included
WhatsApp number checker features
Has phone? condition
Leads without any phone number can be routed elsewhere before the check.
CSV imports
Bring phone numbers in with your CSV; any column can be mapped.
No failed steps
Bad numbers are skipped cleanly instead of failing and retrying.
Per-number limits
Messages to verified numbers respect each WhatsApp account’s daily limit.
Lead timeline
See whether a number was verified, skipped or messaged on each lead.
Multichannel fallback
Send non-WhatsApp leads to email, LinkedIn or Telegram in the same flow.
How it works
WhatsApp number checker: how it works in four steps
- 1
Import phone numbers
Upload a CSV with phone numbers including country codes.
- 2
Add a WhatsApp step
The number is checked automatically before the first message.
- 3
Add a condition (optional)
Use “number on WhatsApp?” to choose a fallback for everyone else.
- 4
Send with confidence
Only real WhatsApp users receive WhatsApp messages.
Who it’s for
WhatsApp number checker: who it’s for
Agencies with mixed lists
Send WhatsApp to the numbers that have it and email to the rest, from one campaign.
Event and webinar follow-up
Registration forms collect phone numbers of every kind; verify before you message.
Local business prospecting
Business listings mix landlines and mobiles; only the mobiles on WhatsApp get a message.
FAQ
WhatsApp number checker: questions and answers
Something else on your mind? Get started and try it on your own accounts.
How does the WhatsApp number check work?
Before the first WhatsApp message to a lead, the number is looked up on WhatsApp with one of your connected accounts. If it isn’t on WhatsApp, the step is skipped.
How long are results cached?
30 days.
What format should phone numbers be in?
Include the country code. Numbers are compared by their digits, so spaces, dashes and plus signs don’t matter.
What happens to numbers that aren’t on WhatsApp?
The WhatsApp step is skipped and the lead continues through the flow. Use the “number on WhatsApp?” condition to send them to another channel.
Can I check numbers without sending a message?
Yes. A “number on WhatsApp?” condition checks the number and branches without sending anything.
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