> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.watx.in/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Quickstart

> Create an account, name your workspace, start the free trial, connect WhatsApp, send your first message and invite a teammate.

This is the shortest path from nothing to a working WhatsApp inbox. It takes
about fifteen minutes, most of it inside Meta's own connection wizard.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create your account">
    Go to [app.watx.in](https://app.watx.in) and choose **Create account**.

    You can sign up two ways:

    * **Email and password** — enter your full name, email and a password of at
      least 6 characters. Watx emails you a confirmation link; the account is
      not usable until you click it.
    * **Continue with Google** — Google has already verified the address, so
      there is no email round-trip and you land straight in the setup wizard.

    Details and the password-reset flow are on [Signing in](/account/sign-in).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up your workspace">
    The first screen of the wizard asks for:

    * **Workspace name** — usually your company or brand name. It appears in
      the sidebar, in the header and on every invite link. You can change it
      later.
    * **Workspace logo** (optional) — a PNG, JPEG or WebP up to 2 MB.
    * **What do you want to do first?** — optional, pick as many as apply.
    * **How big is your team?** and **Where did you hear about us?** — both
      required.

    Press **Continue**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose a plan and start the trial">
    The second screen shows **Starter**, **Growth** and **Enterprise** with
    their current prices and limits, read live from your Watx instance.

    Press **Start free trial** on a plan. That starts a **15-day trial** — no
    card, no payment. Enterprise is quoted by hand, so its card says **Talk to
    sales**: fill in your name and work email and we get back to you, and the
    trial starts in the meantime.

    <Warning>
      A workspace gets **one trial, ever**. Switching between plans carries the
      same clock forward; it does not grant another 15 days. See
      [Plans and billing](/getting-started/plans-and-billing).
    </Warning>

    Until a plan is chosen, the rest of the dashboard is closed — the wizard is
    a hard gate.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect a channel">
    You land on **Onboarding**, a checklist with one card per channel showing
    whether it is connected.

    For WhatsApp, open **Channels → WhatsApp → Channel Settings** and press
    **Connect with Facebook**. That opens Meta's own Embedded Signup wizard,
    where you sign in with the Facebook account that administers your business,
    pick or create a business portfolio, and add the phone number customers will
    message. Watx shows what each of Meta's steps expects before you start.

    <Note>
      Use the Facebook profile that already manages your WhatsApp Business
      account. Connecting an existing number keeps its chat history; you can
      also start with a new number.
    </Note>

    Full detail, including what Meta verifies: [Connect your
    number](/whatsapp/connect). The other two channels have their own guides —
    [Instagram](/instagram/connect) and [Website chat](/website/install).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Send your first message">
    Message your connected WhatsApp number from your own phone. The conversation
    appears in the **Inbox**, and you can reply in the thread with text, media,
    a voice note or a canned reply.

    <Warning>
      WhatsApp lets you send a free-form message only within **24 hours** of the
      customer's last message. Outside that window, only a template approved by
      Meta will send. This is Meta's rule, not ours — see [The 24-hour
      window](/whatsapp/messaging-window) and [Message
      templates](/whatsapp/templates).
    </Warning>
  </Step>

  <Step title="Invite a teammate">
    Open **Settings → Users & Roles** and press **Invite member**. Choose a role
    (**Admin**, **Agent** or **Viewer**), how long the link stays valid (1, 7 or
    30 days) and an optional label to remind you who you sent it to. Press
    **Generate link**.

    The link is shown **once** — copy it, or use **Send via WhatsApp** to share
    it. Watx stores only a hash, so there is no way to show it again; to
    re-share, revoke the invite and create a new one.

    What each role can do: [Members and roles](/settings/members-and-roles).
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Where to go next

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Core concepts" icon="book-open" href="/getting-started/concepts">
    The vocabulary the rest of these docs uses.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Contacts" icon="users" href="/contacts/overview">
    Import your existing customers and organise them with tags and segments.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Automations" icon="bolt" href="/automations/overview">
    Answer common questions and follow up without anyone typing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="AI agents" icon="robot" href="/ai-agents/overview">
    Put an agent on the thread — drafting first, replying when you trust it.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>