# Limited-time offer templates | Developer Documentation

<div id="bkmrk-limited-time-offer-t">## Limited-time offer templates

<div><span>Updated: Nov 4, 2025</span></div><div>This document describes limited-time offer templates and how to use them.</div><div>Limited-time offer templates allow you to display expiration dates and running countdown timers for offer codes in template messages, making it easy for you to communicate time-bound offers and drive customer engagement.</div><div>![](https://support2.chatarchitect.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-04/embedded-image-4fs5f9gq.png)</div><div id="bkmrk-limitations"><div id="bkmrk-limitations-1"><div>### Limitations

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<span>Only templates categorized as `MARKETING` are supported.</span><span>Footer components are not supported.</span><span>Users who view a limited-time offer template message using that WhatsApp web app or desktop app will not see the offer, but will instead see a message indicating that they have received a message but that it's not supported in the client they are using.</span></div>