The popular WhatsApp messenger will soon start showing ads. This was reported edition of the Economic Times, citing Chris Daniels (Chris Daniels), Vice-President of WhatsApp.
The ads are displayed along with the status in WhatsApp. According to Daniels, is become “the main mode of monetization” for the company. The timing of the launch of advertising in the status not yet reported.
Statuses for WhatsApp with pics and videos was launched in WhatsApp earlier in the year, as a kind of response to Stories in Instagram and Snapchat. Since then, they have become quite popular, pereplyunuv even use Snapchat. Feature allows you to add to the profile video and photos with text. Status updates are visible to user contacts within 24 hours, and then disappear.