For salons, barbers, nail bars and spas · Benin
A client asks for a Saturday slot while you are mid-braid. By the time you dry your hands and check the phone, she has booked at the salon down the road.
EliteTeQ Inbox lets your front desk and stylists answer booking requests, prices and Instagram comments from one shared inbox. Every client has an owner, nobody double-books from two phones, and quiet clients get a follow-up. Staff in Cotonou and Porto-Novo or anywhere else answer from one +229 business number, with office hours on Cotonou time (WAT).
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Clients DM our Instagram, WhatsApp the owner, and comment on posts. We miss half of it.
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Instagram DMs, comments and WhatsApp arrive in one inbox your whole team can answer.
Two of us confirmed the same Saturday slot to two clients.
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Each chat belongs to one person. Notes to each other stay in internal comments.
We don’t answer when we’re closed, so clients book elsewhere.
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An away message goes out when you are closed, and a greeting welcomes every new client.
Every enquiry is a customer deciding where to spend. Don’t let yours wait.
EliteTeQ Inbox is a customer conversation and CRM platform. WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs and comments land in one workspace your whole team answers from.
Customers in Benin write in French, and your team replies in the same chat. Every enquiry below gets an owner, a stage and a follow-up:
Less switching between phones. More enquiries turned into customers.
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A WhatsApp CRM for salons & spas is a shared inbox and lead pipeline for the messages salons, barbers, nail bars and spas in Benin get every day. EliteTeQ Inbox connects your WhatsApp Business number, Facebook Page and Instagram account, lets several staff answer from their own logins, puts every customer on a pipeline (for example Asked for a slot, Price sent, Booked), and shows the owner who answered and how fast.
| Product | EliteTeQ Inbox, by EliteTeQ Softwares Limited (Nairobi, Kenya) |
|---|---|
| What it is | A WhatsApp team inbox and CRM |
| Channels | WhatsApp Business (official Cloud API, works alongside the WhatsApp Business app), Facebook Messenger, Instagram DMs, Facebook and Instagram comments |
| Works on | Any browser; installs on Android and iPhone |
| Price | From $29 a month; $59 Growth; $99 Business with unlimited people; a year costs 10 months |
| Free trial | 7 days, every feature open |
| WhatsApp numbers | 1 to 3 included by plan; up to 20 per business (Meta’s limit once the business is verified with Meta) |
| In Benin | +229 WhatsApp Business numbers, office hours on Cotonou time (WAT) |
| Languages | Customers write in French |
| Setup | About 40 minutes, or done with you on WhatsApp |
| Last reviewed | 2026-11-01 |
Real screens from our demo workspace, with example data.
Front desk and stylists answer from their own logins, on the salon computer or their phones.
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Reply to Instagram and Facebook comments publicly or privately, with automatic answers to “price”.
Real screen · demo workspace with example data
Track clients from first question to visit, and keep a stage for clients to rebook later.
Real screen · demo workspace with example data
An example you can set up in Settings → Pipeline stages and rename any time.
No credit card required · Plans from $29/month
No installation and no long training.
Register with your email. The 7-day trial opens every feature, no card needed.
Link your Facebook Page and Instagram. We connect your +229 WhatsApp Business number with you on WhatsApp, on Cotonou time (WAT), in about 40 minutes.
Add staff with their own logins as Owner, Admin or Agent, whether they work in Cotonou and Porto-Novo or from home.
Name the stages after how you work, for example: Asked for a slot → Price sent → Booked → Visited.
Assign chats, follow up hot leads and watch the reports.
No credit card required · Plans from $29/month
A shared inbox helps your team see messages. EliteTeQ goes further, connecting every conversation to lead management, team coordination and sales visibility.
The same plans for every industry in Benin, in US dollars: Starter $29, Growth $59, Business $99 a month. Paying yearly costs 10 months. 7-day free trial, no credit card. Meta’s WhatsApp charges, where they apply, are separate.
The difference is that every enquiry has an owner and nothing depends on one phone, whether your team is in Cotonou and Porto-Novo or at home.
| Phones and personal chats | EliteTeQ Inbox |
|---|---|
| Whoever holds the phone answers | Every staff member answers from their own login |
| Two people reply to the same customer | Each chat is assigned to one person |
| Quotes and follow-ups forgotten | Waiting chats and hot leads are flagged |
| Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp on different devices | Every channel in the same list |
| No idea how fast customers get an answer | Reply speed and leads per person in reports |
EliteTeQ Inbox works for salons, barbers, nail bars and spas in Benin on your existing +229 WhatsApp Business number. Customers see your business name as they do today, and your team answers from Cotonou and Porto-Novo or anywhere else.
In Benin, many traders in Cotonou take orders by WhatsApp, including from customers across the border. EliteTeQ Inbox keeps those orders and questions in one shared list.
Customers in Benin mostly write in French. Your team replies in French, and template messages for customers who haven’t written in 24 hours can be created in French too.
Office hours are set day by day for each number. A common setup in Cotonou: weekdays open, Saturday mornings open, Sunday closed. Anyone who writes while you are closed gets your away message, at most once every 12 hours, and the chat waits at the top of the list for the morning.
Cotonou's port drives a large re-export trade toward Nigeria and the interior, giving wholesale a strongly cross-border character. Dantokpa operates at a scale unlike the formal retail sector.
Atlantique Department · a fast-growing urban area adjoining Cotonou
A young, largely student and commuter population drives frequent small purchases in food, convenience and services rather than wholesale trade. Term time swings demand sharply. Abomey-Calavi has expanded rapidly as a residential and university area next to Cotonou, which gives it a younger customer base and strong demand for food, convenience retail and services rather than wholesale trade. Booking requests from Abomey-Calavi reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
Zou Department · a commercial crossroads in central Benin near Abomey
A busy market on the main north–south road draws traders and wholesale buyers. Bohicon sits on Benin's main north–south road and hosts one of the region's busiest markets, making it a stopping point for traders and goods. Mobile money (MTN MoMo, Moov Money) and cash are both common, and taxes are administered by the Direction Générale des Impôts. Booking requests from Bohicon reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
Littoral Department · Benin's economic capital and main port
Dantokpa operates at a scale and pace entirely unlike the city's formal retail and restaurant districts, and much of what passes through is bound for Nigeria. The binding constraint is cross-border pricing with more than one currency in play, recorded properly rather than negotiated and forgotten. Cotonou is Benin's commercial centre and port, and a substantial share of its trade is re-export toward Nigeria and the interior, which gives wholesale activity a cross-border character and makes multi-currency awareness genuinely useful. Booking requests from Cotonou reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
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Ask a humanYes. Salons & spas teams in Benin use EliteTeQ Inbox with their own +229 WhatsApp Business number. Staff in Cotonou, Porto-Novo or anywhere else answer from their own logins, customers write in French, and office hours run on Cotonou time (WAT). Plans start at $29 a month with a 7-day free trial.
No. EliteTeQ Inbox doesn’t manage appointments. Confirm the slot in your diary or booking app and track the client as “Booked” on the pipeline.
Yes. It installs on Android and iPhone, and each stylist signs in with their own login.
Yes, as approved WhatsApp templates sent one by one to clients who agreed to hear from you. There are no mass broadcasts.
Yes. Everyone signs in with their own login, on a computer or phone, and each chat is assigned to one person. The WhatsApp Business app on your phone can stay connected.
Starter is $29 a month for 1 WhatsApp number and 3 people, Growth $59 for 2 numbers and 6 people, and Business $99 for 3 numbers and unlimited people. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
WhatsApp rules on this page, from Meta:WhatsApp Business Platform pricing (Meta)Messaging limits (Meta)Message templates (Meta)Business phone numbers and limits (Meta)About the WhatsApp Business Platform (Meta)
Bring your channels, your team and every customer conversation into one organised workspace.
No credit card required · Plans from $29/month
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