How do I split my WhatsApp customers into lists?
Updated 30 September 2026
In the WhatsApp Business app, tag customers with labels (up to 20) and message a group with broadcast lists (up to 256 contacts each, as many lists as you like).
- Labels: you can create up to 20, for example “regulars” or “office lunch”. WhatsApp is rolling labels out under a new name, “lists”.
- A broadcast list holds up to 256 contacts. Each person gets your message alone, and their reply comes back as a private chat.
- Only people who saved your number receive a broadcast list message, so ask new customers to save it.
- Split by what people agreed to. Meta advises getting opt-in for each kind of message and offering a clear way to stop.
- If you connect the app to the API with coexistence, you can't create new broadcast lists and existing ones become read-only.
Customer segments without hand-made lists
Menuthere keeps a list of everyone who orders and groups customers into segments, so you can send a broadcast from your own WhatsApp number to the right group instead of building lists by hand.
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Sources (4)
- How to use labels, WhatsApp Help Center, read 30 September 2026
- How to use broadcast lists, WhatsApp Help Center, read 30 September 2026
- Onboarding WhatsApp Business app users (coexistence), Meta for Developers, updated 26 June 2026
- Getting opt-in, Meta for Developers, updated 16 June 2026
