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A buyer messages at eleven at night, gets a reply by morning, and has already bought elsewhere

The questions are nearly always the same: what is the price, is it in stock, what is shipping to this city, where do I transfer. All answerable without a person, yet they pile up until an admin clocks in.

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Why this happens

It is almost never a matter of effort. These are the patterns we keep running into.

Peak chat hours are not office hours

Buyers message after work and at weekends. Admins work office hours. That gap eats the sales, not the product.

Payment proof is checked one by one

A customer sends a photo of a transfer, then someone opens it, reads the amount, matches it to an order, and replies. Minutes per transaction that multiply when it gets busy.

Promotions go out by hand to a number list

Promotions are sent by pasting a message to contacts one at a time, risking a block, with nobody knowing who opened or replied.

How we fix it

  1. 01

    Repeat questions answered instantly

    Price, stock, shipping, and payment are answered from the same data an admin would use, whenever the message arrives.

  2. 02

    Orders form out of the conversation

    As soon as the buyer names the item and quantity, a draft order forms with price and shipping, then gets confirmed back to them.

  3. 03

    Payment proof checked automatically

    The transfer image is read, its amount and date matched to the order, and the status moves. Anything irregular goes to a person rather than being waved through.

  4. 04

    A clean handover to a person

    The moment a conversation leaves routine territory, an admin takes over with the full chat history and the order already formed, so the buyer never repeats themselves.

What it looks like

A picture of the screen you would work in, not an illustration.

Case study

Packaged food producer

Situation

Chats piled up overnight and were answered in the morning. Payment proofs were checked by hand, and orders often slipped a day waiting on verification.

What we built

An assistant was installed to answer price, stock, and shipping from the same data as the admins, form draft orders from the conversation, and read transfer proofs to match against orders.

Result

  • Night time chats get answered without waiting for morning
  • Payment verification stopped being manual work
  • Admins only handle conversations that leave the routine
  • Orders stopped slipping a day for verification

Packages

Pick the one closest to your situation. We tighten the scope in the first conversation.

Always On Sales Package

Buyer questions get answered whenever they arrive, including midnight and weekends.

Who it is for

Businesses whose chats pile up outside working hours.

What you get

  • Price, stock, and shipping answers from live data
  • Draft orders formed from the conversation
  • Handover to an admin with full history
  • Hours and topic boundaries you define
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Payment Check Package

Transfer proofs are read and matched automatically, with anything irregular sent to a person.

Who it is for

Businesses taking many manual transfers evidenced by photos.

What you get

  • Transfer proof reading and order matching
  • Irregular transactions flagged for human review
  • Automatic order status change once matched
  • Everything in the Always On Sales Package
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Questions we get asked

Can our WhatsApp number get blocked?

That risk is real when bulk messages go out from an ordinary number. This runs on WhatsApp's official business channel instead, with pre approved message formats and only to people who have interacted with you.

Will customers know they are talking to a machine?

They should know, and we recommend saying so. The experience stays good as long as the answers are right and the handover is quick when needed. What annoys customers is not the machine, it is a machine that cannot hand over.

What if the payment proof is fake?

Matching runs against amount, date, and order number, and anything that does not line up is flagged for human review rather than passed. For full certainty, matching can be pointed at bank movements instead of photos.

We sell products that need long explanations.

Then the assistant should handle the opening only: confirming availability, gathering requirements, and booking time with a salesperson. Forcing it to close a complex sale usually damages the conversation.

Problems that usually come together

Tell us the situation first

No long form. Send one message describing where you are now and we reply with a sensible next step, not a mass quote.

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