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Flash sale announcement WhatsApp template
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Announce a limited flash sale with a discount code customers can copy. Promotional WhatsApp template for online stores. Free to copy and edit.

Official template, maintained by Talqui

Flash sale: 20% off
Hi Maria, our flash sale is on! Take 20% off everything until March 14. Use your code at checkout.
Reply STOP to opt out
Copy offer code
Shop the sale
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80% approval rate

Share of submissions of this template that Meta approved.

Category
Marketing
Industry
E-commerce
Use case
Promotion
Language
en_US

✳Approval tip

How to get this template approved

Name the real end date and percentage in the body so reviewers see a concrete offer. COPY_CODE buttons are marketing-only.

Flash sale announcement message example

Flash sale: {{percent}}% off
Hi {{first_name}}, our flash sale is on! Take *{{percent}}% off* everything until {{date}}. Use your code at checkout.
Reply STOP to opt out

Variables

  • {{percent}}20
  • {{first_name}}Maria
  • {{date}}March 14

</>For developers

Create the flash sale announcement template on Meta, free

The template as JSON for @talqui-oss/template-builder, and the Cloud API request that creates it. Replace the $ variables with your account values.

ecommerce_flash_sale_promo.json

{
  "name": "ecommerce_flash_sale_promo",
  "language": "en_US",
  "category": "MARKETING",
  "header": {
    "type": "TEXT",
    "text": "Flash sale: {{percent}}% off"
  },
  "body": {
    "text": "Hi {{first_name}}, our flash sale is on! Take *{{percent}}% off* everything until {{date}}. Use your code at checkout."
  },
  "footer": {
    "text": "Reply STOP to opt out"
  },
  "buttons": [
    {
      "type": "COPY_CODE",
      "example": "SAVE15"
    },
    {
      "type": "URL",
      "text": "Shop the sale",
      "url": "https://acme.com/sale"
    }
  ],
  "variables": {
    "percent": {
      "example": "20"
    },
    "first_name": {
      "example": "Maria"
    },
    "date": {
      "example": "March 14"
    }
  }
}

Create with the Meta Cloud API

curl -X POST "https://graph.facebook.com/v26.0/$WABA_ID/message_templates" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $META_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "ecommerce_flash_sale_promo",
  "language": "en_US",
  "category": "MARKETING",
  "parameter_format": "NAMED",
  "components": [
    {
      "type": "HEADER",
      "format": "TEXT",
      "text": "Flash sale: {{percent}}% off",
      "example": {
        "header_text_named_params": [
          {
            "param_name": "percent",
            "example": "20"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "BODY",
      "text": "Hi {{first_name}}, our flash sale is on! Take *{{percent}}% off* everything until {{date}}. Use your code at checkout.",
      "example": {
        "body_text_named_params": [
          {
            "param_name": "first_name",
            "example": "Maria"
          },
          {
            "param_name": "percent",
            "example": "20"
          },
          {
            "param_name": "date",
            "example": "March 14"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "FOOTER",
      "text": "Reply STOP to opt out"
    },
    {
      "type": "BUTTONS",
      "buttons": [
        {
          "type": "COPY_CODE",
          "example": "SAVE15"
        },
        {
          "type": "URL",
          "text": "Shop the sale",
          "url": "https://acme.com/sale"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'

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