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# Create The WhatsApp Form
## Create A Message Template
Before creating a form, you must first create or have a message template. A message template is the message that will be sent after the form is submitted.
To create one, go to the **Message Templates** menu and click the **Add Message Template** button.
Create a title for your message template as your reference. Then, create the messages. Click the save button after you are done. As example:
After you save the message template, make sure you change its status to **Active**.
This is the preview of the message template:
## Create A WhatsApp Form
To create a WhatsApp Form, go to the **Create & Customize Form** section and click the **Create Form** menu.
Now, complete all the required details:
* **Form Type:** Currently only have Lead Form. Just pick this.
* **Title Form:** Create any name for your form. Just for your reference.
* **WhatsApp ID:** Choose your WhatsApp account. This will be the message sender.
* **Message:** Choose a message template that you created before in the message templates.
Click the save button after you are done.
## Customize The WhatsApp Form
After you created the form, now you need to customize your form. To do this, go to the **List Form** menu. Then click the **Customize Form** button under the **Action** section.
Now, complete the other fields (logo form, thumbnail form, and description form) as you require. You also can customize your description to make it more presentable. Then. click the save button.
After saving the form, you can click the **Preview** button to see the preview of your form. Or you can proceed to publish the form by clicking the **Publish Form** button.
By default, the WhatsApp Form will have the **First Name**, **Email**, and **Phone Number** fields. These are the data that you will be collecting. For example, this is the preview of the form that I created:
You also can add a few other fields to your form. Just click the **Add Input** button.
This is a preview of the form with additional fields:
After you publish the form, please make sure that the status of the form is **Publish** and it is **Active.** Click the **Copy URL** button to get your form link. You also can edit or delete your form by clicking the buttons under the **Action** menu.