Reserve your WhatsApp username before its too late
THE SO WHAT
WhatsApp moving to reserved usernames for 3B+ users is a shift from phone-number identity to handle-based presence—this opens the door to multi-handle profiles, business discovery, and eventually more commerce. If your customer base lives on WhatsApp, start thinking about handle strategy and brand impersonation risk now, not after squatters move in.
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