WhatsApp Customer Service
An AI agent answers your WhatsApp instantly, handles the routine questions, books what it can and escalates the rest to you with the context attached — on the channel your customers already prefer.
The problem
Customers increasingly message rather than call. It is lower friction for them: no waiting on hold, no talking in public, and they can send a photo of the broken thing. For a lot of trades WhatsApp is now the busiest enquiry channel.
But a WhatsApp sitting on read all afternoon costs you the booking exactly like a missed call does. Worse, the customer can see you were online, so silence reads as being ignored rather than being busy.
The messages themselves are repetitive. Do you cover this area, how much roughly, can you come today, are you insured. Answering the same five questions forty times a week is a genuine drain, and it always happens while you are trying to work.
How we solve it
- An AI agent answers WhatsApp instantly in your brand voice
- Qualifies enquiries, answers FAQs and books appointments
- Escalates anything that genuinely needs you, with full context
How the build works
- We set up the WhatsApp Business API. This is the part that puts most businesses off, so we do it: business verification, number setup and message templates. You do not need to understand any of it.
- We build the agent's knowledge. Coverage area, services, rough pricing, insurance and certifications, availability. The routine questions get accurate answers rather than a promise that someone will call back.
- We define what it must never do. Firm quotes on complex jobs, promises about timing you cannot keep, anything medical or legal. The boundaries matter more than the capabilities.
- We connect booking and escalation. It books straightforward jobs into your calendar and passes everything else to you with the conversation summarised.
- Go live and review the transcripts. The first fortnight of real conversations always shows questions you did not anticipate. We add them.
What’s included
- Full WhatsApp Business API setup and verification, handled for you
- An AI agent trained on your services, coverage and pricing approach
- Instant replies, day and night, in your brand voice
- Booking straight into your calendar for routine jobs
- Escalation to you with the conversation summarised
- Photo handling, so customers can show you the problem
Who it’s for
Plumbers and heating engineers
Customers send a photo of the leak, which is genuinely more useful than a description. The agent gathers the photo, postcode and urgency before you ever look at it.
Electricians
A picture of the consumer unit or the fault answers half your diagnostic questions before you have spoken to anyone.
Garages and vehicle repair
Registration, symptom, warning light photo. Everything you need to quote a diagnostic slot, collected automatically.
Salons and beauty
Inspiration photos and 'how much for this' are the two most common messages, and both are handled well by an agent that knows your price list.
Businesses with international or multilingual customers
WhatsApp dominates outside the UK, and an AI agent can hold the conversation in the customer's language without you hiring for it.
When it’s not the right fit
We would rather talk you out of the wrong automation than sell it to you.
- The WhatsApp Business API has real rules about templates and opt-in, and messaging carries a per-conversation cost. It is not free, and we will not pretend otherwise.
- It is not the right channel for everything. Complex complaints and anything sensitive should move to a phone call, and we build that handover in deliberately.
- It will not fix a demand problem. If the phone is not ringing at all, automation has nothing to work with — that is a marketing job first.
- It is only as good as the information you give it. Vague pricing and unclear service areas in, vague answers out.
The outcome
Instant, always-on replies on your customers' favourite channel — without you living in your phone.
FAQs
Do I need the WhatsApp Business API?
Yes, and we set it up for you as part of the build. The free WhatsApp Business app cannot support automation properly, which is where most DIY attempts stall.
Can I keep my existing WhatsApp number?
Usually, though a number already registered to the free Business app has to be migrated, and that is a one-way step. We check this before starting so there are no surprises.
What does WhatsApp itself cost?
Meta charges per conversation, and the rate varies by country and whether you or the customer started it. It is typically small per conversation, and we size it against your actual volume during the strategy call.
Will customers know they are talking to AI?
We recommend being upfront. In practice customers care about getting a fast, accurate answer far more than about who typed it, and honesty avoids the awkward moment where they work it out themselves.
Can it handle photos and voice notes?
Photos yes, and they are genuinely useful for trades. Voice notes can be transcribed, though accuracy varies with background noise — on a building site, less well.
What if it gets something wrong?
That is what the boundaries and the transcript review are for. It is built to hand over rather than guess, and we tighten it in the first weeks based on real conversations rather than assuming we got it right first time.
Want whatsapp customer service running in your business?
We build the automation. You get your time back. Live in days, not months.
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