Seen by many as a way to recover the $22 billion that Facebook spent to purchase WhatsApp three years ago, this approach would have the social network charge companies for features that businesses can use to get in touch with customers.
Earlier this year, WhatsApp rolled out verified accounts for businesses, but it’s not yet clear at this point if this particular verification process would be charged or not. Facebook is expected to roll out a statement on Tuesday in order to detail how it plans to monetize WhatsApp.
"We want to put a basic foundation in place to allow people to message businesses and for them to get the responses that they want. We do intend on charging businesses in the future,” WhatsApp's chief operating officer, Matt Idema, was quoted as saying by
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