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WhatsApp number screening
The world's most widely installed messenger, where the phone number is the account itself — and the default way people reach each other in India, Brazil and Indonesia.
Coverage
- India
- Brazil
- Indonesia
- Mexico
- Nigeria
- Western Europe
In India and Brazil, WhatsApp took over by replacing paid SMS, and now carries everything from small-merchant orders to government notices. In the Gulf states, though, voice calling was restricted for years and users moved to Botim instead.
Platform characteristics
- Signup and login are both tied to the phone number — one number, one account. When a number is disconnected or recycled, the account goes with it, so list freshness matters more here than elsewhere.
- Avatar, status text and last-seen are all governed by privacy settings, and a large share of users restrict them to contacts, leaving nothing observable from outside.
- There are two separate business tiers — the Business app and the Business API — and merchant accounts carry business profiles and catalogs, behaving nothing like personal ones.
- Groups circulate through chat.whatsapp.com invite links, a public entry point that is a completely different kind of lead from a phone number.
What NexCheck detects
Items and unit prices come straight from the platform price list and stay in sync with it.
| Service | Standard | VIP |
|---|---|---|
| WhatsApp Activation - Fast Channel | 0.000019 | 0.000014 |
| WhatsApp Activation - SVIP Channel | 0.000014 | 0.000012 |
| WhatsApp Time Detection - SVIP | 0.000174 | 0.000145 |
| WhatsApp Gender/Age - SVIP | 0.000435 | 0.000319 |
| WhatsApp Eco 4D Active Detection | 0.00116 | 0.000725 |
| WhatsApp High-Value User Screening | 0.00058 | 0.00029 |
| WhatsApp Instant Online Screening | 0.000217 | 0.000145 |
| WhatsApp Bot & Ad Account Screening | 0.000174 | 0.000145 |
| WhatsApp Banned Account Screening | 0.000174 | 0.000145 |
| WhatsApp Active Detection - Channel 1 | 0.000174 | 0.000145 |
| WhatsApp Gender/Age - Channel 1 | 0.000464 | 0.000406 |
| WhatsApp Active Detection - Channel 2 | 0.000174 | 0.000145 |
| WhatsApp Gender/Age - Channel 2 | 0.000464 | 0.000406 |
| WhatsApp Group Link Screening | 0.00029 | 0.000217 |
USD / record
What screening solves here
Because the number is the account, "registered or not" is only the entry ticket. What actually decides your cost is stripping out banned, dormant and spam-flagged numbers — messages to those either never land or drag the sending side into risk control. Registration age and four-dimension activity separate out long-idle accounts, while gender/age and high-net-worth flags handle segmentation.
FAQ
How do I check in bulk which numbers are on WhatsApp?
Upload the list in international format and run the registration check — there's a fast lane and an SVIP lane. Use the fast lane to sweep a large list quickly, the SVIP lane when you need steadier results. Registration is only the first layer: the same batch can then go through ban screening and dormant/spam-number screening so the unusable ones are gone before anything else.
How do I filter out dormant and spam WhatsApp numbers?
There's a dedicated dormant/spam-number filter, separate from the ban filter. Dormant numbers are registered but long inactive; spam numbers are themselves doing mass sends. Both drag down delivery quality. For a finer cut, layer on four-dimension activity or the real-time online filter to isolate accounts in active use right now.
Can WhatsApp screening tell me gender and age?
Yes — gender and age detection runs on three separate lanes (SVIP, Channel 1, Channel 2), which differ in speed and result profile, so test a small sample before committing a large list. There's also registration-time detection, which tells you whether an account is long-established or recently created; pairing that with gender and age makes segmentation far more useful.
Key markets
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