Can I ask for feedback with a utility message?
Updated 30 September 2026
Yes, if the request is about one specific order or visit and has no promotion. A general survey, or one with an offer, is marketing.
- Meta says a general or generic request for feedback will not be approved as utility. It must be about a specific order or interaction.
- Meta's utility examples include a note after delivery that quotes the order number, and a request about a recent visit to a store.
- Add a discount or any promotion and it becomes mixed content, which Meta treats as marketing.
- Marketing costs more: ₹0.8631 a message in India against ₹0.115 for utility. Meta approves a misjudged utility template as marketing.
- Send it only to customers who opted in to WhatsApp messages from you.
Ask for reviews without writing each message
Menuthere has review requests built in, and sends automatic order-status updates on WhatsApp from your own number, so you aren't writing each message by hand.
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Sources (3)
- Template categorization, Meta for Developers, updated 15 September 2026
- Pricing on the WhatsApp Business Platform, Meta for Developers, updated 28 September 2026
- WhatsApp Business Messaging Policy, WhatsApp, last updated 23 September 2026
