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Solution

WhatsApp Lead Management

Capture, qualify and follow up every enquiry on WhatsApp — automatically.

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Typical timeline
3-6 weeks, plus Meta verification time
Includes
8 components
Engagement
Fixed-scope project
You receive
Code, data & documentation
The situation

Enquiries arrive on WhatsApp all day. One person answers them between other work, replies get slower as volume grows, follow-ups depend on scrolling back through chats, and the whole history sits on a handset that leaves when the employee does.

What this solution does

This solution puts your WhatsApp enquiries into a proper system. Every message gets an immediate, useful reply, the assistant gathers the details your team needs, the enquiry is assigned to a named person, and follow-up continues on schedule until there is an outcome. Conversations belong to the business, not to a phone.

How it works

  1. Enquiry arrives

    A customer messages your WhatsApp number — from your website, a visiting card, an ad or a Google listing. The message is received through the official WhatsApp Business API and logged as a lead.

  2. Instant, useful reply

    An AI assistant greets the enquirer, answers routine questions from your own information, and asks the two or three qualifying questions your sales process actually needs.

  3. Assignment and notification

    The lead is assigned by service, location or round-robin, and the owner is notified on WhatsApp with the conversation summary and a one-tap call link.

  4. Human takes over

    Your team member picks up the conversation in a shared inbox with the full history visible. The assistant steps back the moment a person engages.

  5. Follow-up until an outcome

    If the conversation goes quiet, scheduled nudges go out at agreed intervals and stop automatically on reply or when the lead is marked closed.

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The difference it makes

What changes once this is in place

Every enquiry answered in seconds

Immediate response is the single biggest controllable factor in conversion, and it is where most businesses lose enquiries without realising.

Enquiries live in a system, not a handset

Staff changes and lost phones stop costing you pipeline, and anyone can pick up a conversation with full context.

Your team starts informed

Requirement, location and budget range are already captured, so the first human conversation is a sales conversation.

Follow-up that happens

Scheduled nudges recover the enquiries that normally go quiet and get forgotten.

What's included

  • Official WhatsApp Business API setup with business verification
  • AI assistant grounded in your services, pricing approach and policies
  • Lead pipeline with stages, owners and next-action dates
  • Shared team inbox with assignment, tags and internal notes
  • Assignment and escalation rules with response-time tracking
  • Automated follow-up sequences with reply detection
  • Catalogue, brochure and location sharing within the chat
  • Reporting: enquiry volume by source, response time, conversion rate

This is a good fit if

  • You receive a meaningful share of enquiries on WhatsApp
  • More than one person needs access to customer conversations
  • Response time is currently measured in hours rather than minutes
  • You spend money on advertising and cannot tell which campaign produced a customer

Limitations you should know about

Every solution has constraints. We would rather you read them here than discover them after signing.

  • WhatsApp Business API requires Meta business verification, which takes days to weeks and is outside our control
  • Messages sent outside a 24-hour customer-initiated window must use pre-approved templates and carry a per-conversation fee set by Meta
  • Promotional broadcasts require genuine opt-in; messaging purchased lists leads to quality penalties and eventual number bans
  • A number moved to the API can no longer be used in the normal WhatsApp app on a phone
  • The AI assistant handles routine enquiries well; complex negotiation and anything sensitive should go to a person, and the design routes it there

Technology we typically use

  • WhatsApp Business Cloud API
  • Claude API
  • Python with FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • n8n
  • Next.js dashboard

Questions

WhatsApp Lead Management — common questions

Can we keep our current WhatsApp number?
It can be migrated to the API, but then it cannot be used in the regular WhatsApp app any more. Many businesses put a new number on the API and keep the existing one for personal conversations already in progress. We will explain the trade-off before changing anything.
What does it cost to run each month?
Two components: Meta's per-conversation charges, which vary by category and include a free monthly allowance for service conversations, and AI usage, which is typically a few hundred to a few thousand rupees at normal volumes. We estimate both from your expected traffic before you commit.
Will customers know it is automated?
Yes. The assistant identifies itself as automated and offers a person at any point. That is both platform policy and simply better practice — pretending otherwise damages trust the first time it is noticed.
Can it work alongside our existing CRM?
Yes. Leads and conversation summaries can be written into Zoho, HubSpot, Freshsales or most others through their APIs, so this feeds your current system rather than replacing it.

Services behind this solution

WhatsApp AI Assistant DevelopmentReply to customers on the channel they already use, automatically.WhatsApp Business AutomationOrder updates, reminders and confirmations sent automatically.Lead Management AutomationCapture every enquiry, route it instantly, follow up without fail.CRM DevelopmentKnow every enquiry, who owns it, and what happens next.

Industries we serve

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