While you’re still having your team verify WhatsApp numbers one by one and manually mark user attributes, your competitors have already completed WhatsApp number screening with automated tools—processing 100,000 numbers in 1 hour and accurately locking in high-value customers. While you’re missing out on high-quality leads due to manual screening errors, competitors have used automated WhatsApp number screening tools to create a closed loop of "bulk screening → precise reach → efficient conversion," doubling their marketing ROI. In the fiercely competitive landscape of WhatsApp marketing, "manual number screening" is not just an efficiency issue—it’s a survival issue that determines whether you can keep up with industry pace. As a mainstream automated WhatsApp number screening tool, ITG Global Screening is the key to helping enterprises break free from manual troubles and surpass competitors. Starting from a comparison of "manual vs. automated," this article will explain in detail how automated tools reshape the WhatsApp number screening process, helping you quickly catch up in the competition.
Many enterprises still insist on manual WhatsApp number screening, but they don’t realize this has become a marketing weakness—allowing competitors to outperform them easily in 3 dimensions:
- Manual screening: It takes 3-5 minutes for one person to verify a single WhatsApp number. Screening 100,000 numbers requires one person to work continuously for 3-4 months. During peak marketing periods like Black Friday or Christmas, it’s impossible to finish on time, causing you to miss the golden promotion window.
- Automated tools (e.g., ITG Global Screening): 100,000 numbers take only 1-2 hours to process, with background automatic operation—no manual monitoring needed. Competitors can complete screening and launch campaigns the same day, while you’re still organizing number lists.
Competitive Reality: A cross-border e-commerce industry survey shows that 78% of leading enterprises already use automated tools for WhatsApp number screening. Their processing efficiency is over 100x that of enterprises using manual screening, and their new product promotion cycle is 5-7 days faster.
- Manual screening: Can only judge number validity through simple indicators like "avatar or nickname," unable to identify "silent accounts" or "virtual numbers." The misjudgment rate exceeds 30%, and the cost of sending messages to invalid numbers accounts for over 45%.
- Automated tools: Use AI algorithms to identify empty numbers, virtual numbers, and high-risk numbers with an accuracy rate of 99.2%. They also extract user tags like age, interests, and activity level. Competitors only send messages to "truly active + target-matched" users, achieving a conversion rate 3-5x higher than yours.
Real Case: In the same industry, Enterprise A (manual screening) sent products to 50,000 numbers with a 0.9% conversion rate. Enterprise B (using ITG automated screening) sent to 20,000 precise numbers with a 4.8% conversion rate—B achieved over 5x more conversions with less investment.
- Manual screening: A 10-person operation team needs 3 full-time staff for number screening, accounting for over 30% of labor costs. You also bear costs for invalid SMS sending and API calls, with dual cost overlap.
- Automated tools: One person can complete the entire process, reducing labor costs by 90% and invalid promotion costs by 50%. Competitors achieve better marketing results with 1/5 of your costs.
Data Comparison: The average "cost per customer acquisition" for enterprises using manual screening is 80 yuan, while those using automated tools only spend 15 yuan. This cost gap lets competitors invest more resources in content and discounts, widening the gap further.
Taking ITG Global Screening as an example, the automated WhatsApp number screening tools relied on by competitors achieve "cost reduction, efficiency improvement, and precision" through 3 core advantages—advantages that manual screening can never match:
- Multi-format compatibility: Supports bulk upload in Excel, CSV, and TXT formats. No manual number formatting is needed—the system automatically identifies country codes and removes special characters (e.g., spaces, hyphens).
- High concurrency capability: Processes up to 500,000 numbers per batch. 100,000 numbers take an average of 1.5 hours, with processing speed increasing linearly with the number of entries—no lag.
- Background automatic operation: After uploading numbers and setting parameters, you can close the page or switch devices. The system continues screening in the background and notifies you via email and SMS upon completion, without disrupting other work.
Competitive Scenario: While you spend 3 days processing 10,000 numbers, competitors use ITG to process 100,000 in 1 hour, launching marketing 2 days earlier to capture customer attention. By the time you start promoting, competitors have already completed their first round of conversions.
- Basic screening: Real-time verification of whether a number is registered on WhatsApp, and if it’s an empty/disconnected/virtual number (e.g., Google Voice)—eliminating 100% of invalid resources.
- In-depth screening: Extracts user activity (past 3/7/30 days), basic attributes (age, gender, region), and interest tags (e.g., "cross-border e-commerce," "maternal and child") to lock in target customers.
- Risk screening: Marks high-risk accounts that are "banned, frequently reported, or have abnormal devices" to avoid associated risk control. Competitors’ account safety rate is 80% higher than yours.
- AI dynamic optimization: Algorithms iterate in real time based on global number data. For regions with high virtual number rates (e.g., India, Southeast Asia), the identification accuracy is 3x higher than manual judgment.
- Automatic result classification: After screening, numbers are automatically filed into "valid active accounts, low-active accounts, invalid accounts, and high-risk accounts." Supports export by tag (e.g., only export numbers labeled "females aged 25-35 + active in the past 7 days").
- Integration with marketing tools: Can be directly synchronized to WhatsApp bulk messaging tools (e.g., WhatsApp Business API) and CRM systems—no manual copy-pasting. Competitors achieve "push triggered immediately after screening," while you’re still uploading numbers manually.
- Automatic data review: Generates screening reports automatically, including validity rate, tag distribution, and conversion prediction. Competitors use data to optimize strategies quickly, while you’re still manually sorting Excel files.
No complex skills are needed—ordinary operators can get started in 10 minutes. Follow these 4 steps to complete automated WhatsApp number screening and narrow the gap with competitors quickly:
- Organize numbers: Arrange WhatsApp numbers to be screened in the format "country code + number" (e.g., "+8613800138000," "+11234567890"). No manual deduplication is needed—the system handles duplicate numbers automatically.
- Determine dimensions: Based on competitors’ strategies and your own needs, select screening dimensions (e.g., if competitors focus on "activity + interest tags," set the same to align with their targeting).
- Log in: Register for an ITG Global Screening account. New users get a free quota for 10,000 numbers. Enter the "Automated WhatsApp Number Screening" module.
- Upload files: Click "Upload Numbers," select the organized file. The system automatically identifies the number column and supports bulk upload of multiple files (total size ≤ 50MB).
- Set parameters:
- Mandatory parameters: Check "Eliminate empty/disconnected numbers," "Eliminate virtual numbers," and "Eliminate high-risk numbers" (basic operations for competitors to ensure number quality).
- Optional parameters: Select activity level (e.g., "active in the past 7 days" to match competitors’ reach rhythm) and interest tags (e.g., "3C products," "home goods" to cover competitors’ target audiences).
- Confirm task: Verify the number of entries, screening dimensions, and estimated time (e.g., "100,000 numbers, estimated time 1 hour 20 minutes"). Click "Start Screening."
- Monitor progress: Check real-time progress in the "Task Center," with options to pause/resume. You can view a preview of completed results at any time (e.g., "50,000 numbers screened, 48% valid").
- Analyze reports: After screening, focus on 3 key data points to benchmark competitors:
- Valid number ratio: If competitors have a 45% valid ratio, yours should be above 40%. A large gap means you need to check your number sources.
- Tag matching rate: The proportion of valid numbers with "target tags (e.g., aged 25-35)" should be equal to or higher than competitors’.
- High-risk number ratio: Keep it below 5% to avoid account risk control and ensure promotion stability matching competitors.
- Synchronize and promote: Click "Export Valid Numbers," select "Synchronize to Bulk Messaging Tool," and connect directly to WhatsApp Business API. Send differentiated content by tag (e.g., push the same discounts as competitors to "highly active 3C-demand" users to poach customers).
Among numerous automated tools, ITG Global Screening is chosen by 80% of leading enterprises. The core reason is that it solves 3 key concerns of competitors:
Manual screening relies on subjective judgment, but ITG Global Screening connects to the official WhatsApp Business API interface to obtain real-time number registration status and activity data—achieving 99.2% accuracy, 15% higher than non-official third-party tools.
It has built-in localized identification rules for different global regions (e.g., the U.S., India, Southeast Asia), with virtual number identification accuracy exceeding 98%. This prevents the invalid promotions that competitors avoid due to virtual number misjudgment—mistakes you might still be making with ordinary tools.
No coding skills are required—with a fully visual backend, new operators on competitors’ teams can complete screening independently in 10 minutes. If you use complex tools, you may need 1 week of training to get started.
It has built-in "industry templates" (e.g., cross-border e-commerce templates, foreign trade templates). Competitors can select a template, upload numbers, and launch screening without manual parameter setting—gaining another efficiency edge.
It supports two pricing models: "pay-per-use" and "annual volume packages." Screening 100,000 numbers costs only 500-800 yuan—90% lower than manual labor costs.
New users get a free quota of 10,000 numbers, allowing competitors to test and verify results before paying—avoiding blind investment. If you choose expensive tools, you may still be bearing trial-and-error costs.
- Manual screening: 100,000 numbers took 3 people 5 days to process, with 45% invalid. The marketing conversion rate was only 1.2%—3x lower than leading competitors.
- High costs: Labor costs accounted for 35% of total marketing budget. Invalid promotion costs exceeded 20,000 yuan monthly, with an ROI of only 1:1.5—far below the industry average of 1:3.
- Falling behind in pace: New product promotions were 7 days later than competitors. High-quality customers were snapped up early, leading to a continuous decline in market share.
- Efficiency improvement: 100,000 numbers processed in 1.5 hours. Labor costs reduced by 90%, saving 18,000 yuan monthly in labor costs. New product promotion pace aligned with competitors.
- Accuracy improvement: Valid number ratio increased from 55% to 99.2%. Invalid promotion costs reduced by 55%, saving 11,000 yuan monthly.
- Conversion surpassing: By screening tags, messages were sent to "users aged 25-35 + highly active + 3C demand." Conversion rate rose from 1.2% to 5.8%, with an ROI of 1:4.2—exceeding the 1:3.8 of leading industry competitors.
If you’re still using manual screening, follow these 3 steps to launch automated tools quickly and narrow the gap with competitors in 3 months:
Analyze competitors’ target audiences (e.g., judge if they focus on "maternal and child" or "3C" through their promotional content), and set the same interest tags in ITG Global Screening.
Refer to competitors’ promotion rhythms (e.g., they push on Wednesdays), and complete automated screening 1 day in advance to seize the promotion window.
First, use the 10,000 free quota to test and compare results with manual screening:
- Efficiency comparison: Record the time taken for automated screening and compare it with manual time to confirm efficiency gains.
- Accuracy comparison: Randomly select 100 valid numbers and verify their real activity manually to ensure accuracy.
Adjust screening parameters based on test results (e.g., add the "active in the past 3 days" dimension) to match competitors’ accuracy.
Process numbers 2-3 times monthly with ITG Global Screening following the "screen → push → review" cycle to ensure customer list quality.
Synchronize screening results to your CRM, mark "high-value customers," and assign dedicated staff to follow up—preventing competitors from poaching customers through refined operations.
In today’s WhatsApp marketing, "whether to use automated tools for WhatsApp number screening" is no longer a choice for efficiency optimization—it’s a survival necessity that determines whether you can keep up with competitors and retain market share. When competitors do what takes you 3 months in 1 hour, and achieve 5x more conversions with 1/5 the cost, manual screening will only make you fall further behind.
As a mainstream automated tool, ITG Global Screening not only helps you complete WhatsApp number screening quickly but also lets you master the core advantages of competitors: precision, efficiency, and low cost. Remember: In competition, being one step ahead of competitors lets you capture 10% more market share. Automated WhatsApp number screening is the key to taking that step. Launch ITG Global Screening now—catch up to 3 months of competitors’ progress in 1 hour, and turn WhatsApp marketing from a "liability" into a "core advantage."
ITG Global ScreeningIt is a world-leading number screening platform that combines
Global mobile phone number segment selection, number generation, deduplication, comparison and other functions. It supports global customersBulk numbers from 236 countriesFiltering and testing services, currently supportedMore than 40 social and apps, such as:whatsapp/line, twitter, facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Viber, zalo, Binance, signal, skype, DISCORD, Amazon, Microsoft, Truemoney, Snapchat, kakao, Wish, GoogleVoice, Botim, MoMo, TikTok, GCash, Fantuan, Airbnb, Cash, VKontakte, Band, Mint, Paytm, VNPay, Moj, DHL, Okx, MasterCard, ICICBank, Bybwait.
The platform has several features, includingOpen filtering, active filtering, interactive filtering, gender filtering, avatar filtering, age filtering, online filtering, accurate filtering, duration filtering, power-on filtering, empty number filtering, mobile device filteringwait.
Platform providesSelf-sieve mode, sieve mode, fine-sieve mode and custom mode, to meet the needs of different users.
Its advantage lies in the integration of major social and applications around the world, providing one-stop, real-time and efficient number screening services to help you achieve global digital development.
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