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AI Automation
Automation for the specific workflows worth automating — enquiry capture, follow-up and reporting — always with a defined escalation path to a human.
Discuss AI & WhatsApp automationIS THIS THE RIGHT FIT?
Who AI & WhatsApp automation is for.
- Businesses getting more WhatsApp enquiries than they can answer promptly
- Teams losing leads because follow-up depends on memory
- Anyone whose enquiries are scattered across personal phones
What is included
- WhatsApp enquiry capture. Enquiries land in one place instead of scattered across personal phones.
- Instant acknowledgement. An immediate, honest reply — clearly automated — so nobody is left wondering if it arrived.
- Automated follow-up. Timed, relevant follow-ups so leads do not go cold while you are busy.
- Human escalation. A clear hand-off point. Automation should never trap someone who needs a person.
- Reporting workflows. Daily or weekly summaries pushed to you, rather than a dashboard nobody opens.
- CRM and form integration. Website enquiries, WhatsApp and your CRM connected so nothing is retyped or lost.
Every enquiry acknowledged immediately, tracked in one place, and followed up on schedule.
Quoted to scope. See every price
Where most businesses start
Enquiries arrive on WhatsApp, land on someone's personal phone, and get answered hours later or not at all. Follow-up depends on somebody remembering. Meanwhile the customer has messaged three competitors.
How we approach AI & WhatsApp automation
We automate the parts that are genuinely mechanical — instant acknowledgement, routing, timed follow-up, reporting — and define exactly where a human takes over. Automation should shorten response time, not trap someone in a loop.
What changes for your business
Answer in seconds, not hours. Response time is often the whole difference between winning an enquiry and losing it to a competitor.
Nothing falls through. Automated follow-up catches the leads that would otherwise be forgotten on a busy day.
Hours back each week. The repetitive part of enquiry handling stops consuming someone's working day.
Every enquiry in one place. No more leads living on a staff member's personal phone where nobody else can see them.
Tools we use
- WhatsApp Business API
- Meta Business Suite
- Zapier
- Make
- Google Sheets
QUESTIONS, ANSWERED
A few practical details.
How much does WhatsApp automation cost?
There are two costs and we separate them clearly: our one-off setup fee for building the workflows, and Meta's own per-conversation charges billed through the WhatsApp Business API. We estimate the second against your actual enquiry volume before you commit.
Will customers know they are talking to a bot?
Yes, and deliberately so. Automated replies are labelled as automated. Pretending a bot is a person annoys people and costs you the enquiry when they realise.
Is WhatsApp automation allowed by Meta?
Yes, through the official WhatsApp Business API, and that is the only route we build on. Unofficial tools that automate a personal or Business App number breach Meta's terms and get numbers banned — losing the number your customers already have.
What happens when the automation cannot help?
It hands off to a person. Every workflow we build has a defined escalation path — no dead ends and no loops.
Can you connect WhatsApp to my CRM?
Yes. Enquiries from WhatsApp, your website forms and your ads can all land in the same CRM record, so nobody retypes anything and no lead exists in only one place. We test the flow with real messages before handover.
Do I need the WhatsApp Business API?
For proper automation, usually yes. We will explain the cost and the approval process before you commit, and tell you if a simpler setup is enough.
Is this suitable for a small team?
Often it matters more for a small team, because there is nobody spare to watch the inbox. We keep the scope tight — one or two workflows done properly beats automating everything badly.
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Talk to us about AI & WhatsApp automation.
Enquiries answered in seconds and followed up automatically, without a bot pretending to be a person or losing a real customer.