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# New WhatsApp sign-up process

Release date: 29 June 2022

Embedded sign-up allows businesses to [**onboard onto the WhatsApp Business Platform directly from the Clickatell Portal**](https://clickatell.gitbook.io/whatsapp-user-guide/getting-started/create-a-whatsapp-business-account)**.** This embeddable onboarding flow simplifies the sign-up process, significantly reducing the time it takes to onboard and allowing you to get set up more quickly with WhatsApp.

You are guided step-by-step through the entire new WhatsApp sign-up journey from within the Clickatell Portal when adding a new WhatsApp Account & Profile.

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