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WhatsApp to Release Ads by 2020


Sun 26 May 2019 | 12:54 PM
Ahmed Yasser

WhatsApp revealed that status stories will start getting advertisement in 2020, at an annual Facebook Marketing Summit in Rotterdam, Netherlands, according toTech news.

The advertisements will be shown between WhatsApp stories such as; Instagram stories. The stories would be displayed entirely on the screen and a link will redirect users to the website.

WhatsApp's status stories' feature allows users to share text, photos, videos and animated GIFs that lasts only for a day.

WhatsApp's status stories

Noteworthy,  Facebook's vice president of business and marketing partnerships reported that the company was planning to generate revenue from Whats App through ads.

WhatsApp is considered the world’s biggest instant messaging service with over 1.2 billion active users will begin displaying ads in the Status page in 2020.

Facebook is also providing advertisers with the capability to redirect users from Facebook and Instagram to WhatsApp. These are the changes that will be made to the social media platforms for better integration across all three services.

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