diff --git a/cloudflare/queues/batchmessage.go b/cloudflare/queues/batchmessage.go
index df165d0..f31462d 100644
--- a/cloudflare/queues/batchmessage.go
+++ b/cloudflare/queues/batchmessage.go
@@ -8,13 +8,31 @@ import (
 )
 
 type BatchMessage struct {
-	body    any
+	body    js.Value
 	options *sendOptions
 }
 
-// NewBatchMessage creates a single message to be batched before sending to a queue.
-func NewBatchMessage(body any, opts ...SendOption) *BatchMessage {
-	options := defaultSendOptions()
+func NewTextBatchMessage(content string, opts ...SendOption) *BatchMessage {
+	return newBatchMessage(js.ValueOf(content), contentTypeText, opts...)
+}
+
+func NewBytesBatchMessage(content []byte, opts ...SendOption) *BatchMessage {
+	return newBatchMessage(js.ValueOf(content), contentTypeBytes, opts...)
+}
+
+func NewJSONBatchMessage(content any, opts ...SendOption) *BatchMessage {
+	return newBatchMessage(js.ValueOf(content), contentTypeJSON, opts...)
+}
+
+func NewV8BatchMessage(content js.Value, opts ...SendOption) *BatchMessage {
+	return newBatchMessage(content, contentTypeV8, opts...)
+}
+
+// newBatchMessage creates a single message to be batched before sending to a queue.
+func newBatchMessage(body js.Value, contentType contentType, opts ...SendOption) *BatchMessage {
+	options := &sendOptions{
+		ContentType: contentType,
+	}
 	for _, opt := range opts {
 		opt(options)
 	}
@@ -26,13 +44,8 @@ func (m *BatchMessage) toJS() (js.Value, error) {
 		return js.Undefined(), errors.New("message is nil")
 	}
 
-	jsValue, err := m.options.ContentType.mapValue(m.body)
-	if err != nil {
-		return js.Undefined(), err
-	}
-
 	obj := jsutil.NewObject()
-	obj.Set("body", jsValue)
+	obj.Set("body", m.body)
 	obj.Set("options", m.options.toJS())
 
 	return obj, nil