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

# Your WhatsApp & Email

> Send from your organization's own WhatsApp number and email address. We set it up with you through MSG91.

Your organization's WhatsApp number and email address become the way your members hear from you. Invitations, confirmations, updates, alerts and broadcasts all go out **in your name**, not Fast Party's.

## Why use your own channels

* **Members recognize you.** A message from your alumni association or club gets opened. One from an unfamiliar sender often doesn't.
* **Replies come to you.** Members answer the organization they know.
* **Your brand, every time.** Your name and logo on every message.

<Warning>
  If your own channels aren't set up, messages still go out, but from **Fast Party's default account**. Your members will see Fast Party as the sender, not your organization. We strongly recommend connecting your own.
</Warning>

## How setup works

Your WhatsApp and email run through **MSG91**, a messaging provider. You don't have to work it out yourself: **our team takes care of the setup with you.**

<Steps>
  <Step title="Tell us you're ready">
    Email [contact@fastparty.ai](mailto:contact@fastparty.ai), or raise it during your organization onboarding.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Set up your MSG91 account">
    We help you create an MSG91 account in your organization's name. Your organization owns it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect your WhatsApp Business number">
    We register your number with WhatsApp and get the Fast Party message templates approved for it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Connect your email sender">
    We verify your sending domain, so emails arrive from your own address and don't land in spam.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Go live">
    From then on, every message to your members goes out from your WhatsApp number and email address.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What it costs

Messaging on your own channels is billed **separately** and paid by your organization, directly to MSG91. Fast Party adds no markup.

| Channel | Cost per message |
| - | - |
| **WhatsApp** | ₹0.15 |
| **Email** | ₹0.04 |

Push and in-app notifications carry no messaging charge.

<Tip>
  **Example:** an invitation to a 500-member circle, sent on WhatsApp and email, costs about ₹75 + ₹20 = **₹95**.
</Tip>

## Related

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="How notifications work" icon="bell" href="/notifications/overview">
    The four channels and the four message types.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Broadcasts" icon="bullhorn" href="/organizations/broadcasts">
    Message any of your circles, or an event's guests.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>


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