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Weekend special promotion WhatsApp template
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Promote a weekend special or chef's menu with a booking link. Promotion WhatsApp template for restaurants and cafes. Free to copy and edit.

Official template, maintained by Talqui

northwind.example.com
Hi Maria, this Friday only: our chef's Margherita Pizza with a free dessert for every table at Northwind Bistro. Book now, spots fill quickly.
Reply STOP to opt out
Book a table
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Category
Marketing
Industry
Restaurants
Use case
Promotion
Language
en_US

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How to get this template approved

Name the dish and price in the body. Food photos cannot be included in the header here, so describe the dish vividly.

Weekend special promotion message example

Hi {{first_name}}, this {{day}} only: our chef's *{{item}}* with a free dessert for every table at {{restaurant}}. Book now, spots fill quickly.
Reply STOP to opt out

Variables

  • {{first_name}}Maria
  • {{day}}Friday
  • {{item}}Margherita Pizza
  • {{restaurant}}Northwind Bistro

</>For developers

Create the weekend special promotion 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.

restaurants_weekend_special_promo.json

{
  "name": "restaurants_weekend_special_promo",
  "language": "en_US",
  "category": "MARKETING",
  "body": {
    "text": "Hi {{first_name}}, this {{day}} only: our chef's *{{item}}* with a free dessert for every table at {{restaurant}}. Book now, spots fill quickly."
  },
  "footer": {
    "text": "Reply STOP to opt out"
  },
  "buttons": [
    {
      "type": "URL",
      "text": "Book a table",
      "url": "https://northwind.example.com/book"
    }
  ],
  "variables": {
    "first_name": {
      "example": "Maria"
    },
    "day": {
      "example": "Friday"
    },
    "item": {
      "example": "Margherita Pizza"
    },
    "restaurant": {
      "example": "Northwind Bistro"
    }
  }
}

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": "restaurants_weekend_special_promo",
  "language": "en_US",
  "category": "MARKETING",
  "parameter_format": "NAMED",
  "components": [
    {
      "type": "BODY",
      "text": "Hi {{first_name}}, this {{day}} only: our chef'\''s *{{item}}* with a free dessert for every table at {{restaurant}}. Book now, spots fill quickly.",
      "example": {
        "body_text_named_params": [
          {
            "param_name": "first_name",
            "example": "Maria"
          },
          {
            "param_name": "day",
            "example": "Friday"
          },
          {
            "param_name": "item",
            "example": "Margherita Pizza"
          },
          {
            "param_name": "restaurant",
            "example": "Northwind Bistro"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "FOOTER",
      "text": "Reply STOP to opt out"
    },
    {
      "type": "BUTTONS",
      "buttons": [
        {
          "type": "URL",
          "text": "Book a table",
          "url": "https://northwind.example.com/book"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}'

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