Advisors share the desk
Every advisor answers from their own login; jobs are assigned and transferred with notes.
- Own login for each advisor
- Transfer with a note
- Internal comments
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For garages, service centres and body shops · Ethiopia
Stop answering customers from greasy phones.Give your service desk one shared inbox.EliteTeQ Inbox for garages, service centres, body shops and tyre centres in Ethiopia
Customers ask “is my car ready?” all day. The mechanic who knows is under a car, the advisor is on the phone, and quotes for new jobs wait until evening.
EliteTeQ Inbox lets your service advisors and front desk answer repair bookings, quotes and “is it ready?” questions from one shared inbox. Every job has an owner, quotes are followed up, and customers get an away message after hours. Staff in Addis Ababa and Adama or anywhere else answer from one +251 business number, with office hours on Addis Ababa time (EAT).
No credit card required · Plans from $29/month
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- Repair and service bookings
- Quotes for jobs and parts
- “Is my car ready?” updates
- Tyres, batteries and parts
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- The ad this customer tapped
- Lead stage, one tap
- Internal comment, never sent
- Time left to reply
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Sound familiar? What garages & service teams in Ethiopia tell us
Customers keep asking for updates and nobody knows who has the job.
EliteTeQ Inbox
Each customer is assigned to one advisor, with internal notes from the workshop the customer never sees.
We send quotes and the customer goes quiet.
EliteTeQ Inbox
Jobs sit on a pipeline from quote to approved to done. Waiting quotes are flagged hot.
We are closed on Sunday, but customers still message.
EliteTeQ Inbox
An away message goes out outside your hours, and the chat waits at the top on Monday.
Every enquiry is a customer deciding where to spend. Don’t let yours wait.
One shared inbox for garages, service centres, body shops and tyre centres in Ethiopia.
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 Ethiopia write in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and English, 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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- Repair and service bookings
- Quotes for jobs and parts
- “Is my car ready?” updates
- Tyres, batteries and parts
What is a WhatsApp CRM for garages & service?
A WhatsApp CRM for garages & service is a shared inbox and lead pipeline for the messages garages, service centres, body shops and tyre centres in Ethiopia 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 Booking request, Inspection, Quote sent), and shows the owner who answered and how fast.
- One business number, many staff, each with their own login
- Every chat assigned to one person, with internal notes
- A pipeline named after your own steps
- Reports on reply speed, leads per day and ad sources
EliteTeQ Inbox at a glance
| 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 Ethiopia | +251 WhatsApp Business numbers, office hours on Addis Ababa time (EAT) |
| Languages | Customers write in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and English |
| Setup | About 40 minutes, or done with you on WhatsApp |
| Last reviewed | 2026-11-01 |
How garages & service teams use EliteTeQ Inbox
Real screens from our demo workspace, with example data.
Jobs tracked to collection
Move each job from booking to quote to ready, filtered by advisor.
- Stages you name yourself
- Hot leads flagged
- Filter by advisor
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Hours and greetings
A greeting for new customers and an away message when you are closed.
- Greeting for new contacts
- Away message after hours
- Hours set day by day
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A pipeline for garages & service
An example you can set up in Settings → Pipeline stages and rename any time.
- Booking request
- Inspection
- Quote sent
- Approved
- Ready for collection
- Lost
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No credit card required · Plans from $29/month
Get your team answering in a day
No installation and no long training.
Create your account
Register with your email. The 7-day trial opens every feature, no card needed.
Connect your channels
Link your Facebook Page and Instagram. We connect your +251 WhatsApp Business number with you on WhatsApp, on Addis Ababa time (EAT), in about 40 minutes.
Invite your team
Add staff with their own logins as Owner, Admin or Agent, whether they work in Addis Ababa and Adama or from home.
Set up your pipeline
Name the stages after how you work, for example: Booking request → Inspection → Quote sent → Approved.
Start answering
Assign chats, follow up hot leads and watch the reports.
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No credit card required · Plans from $29/month
More than a shared inbox. A better way to manage your customer relationships.
A shared inbox helps your team see messages. EliteTeQ goes further, connecting every conversation to lead management, team coordination and sales visibility.
- Designed for teams
- Employees work with their own logins, roles and responsibilities.
- Conversations connected to customers
- Every message sits with the customer’s history and their stage on your pipeline, not as an isolated chat.
- Visibility for management
- See how your team handles enquiries, how fast they reply and where follow-ups are needed.
- Grows with your business
- Start with a small team, then add people, numbers and a bigger plan as you grow.
- Easy to get started
- Register online, explore every feature on the free trial, and set up your workspace without waiting for a salesperson.
Simple pricing. No complicated contracts.
The same plans for every industry in Ethiopia, 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.
Try Growth free for 7 daysNo card needed · you choose the plan when you pay
Phones and personal chats vs EliteTeQ Inbox
The difference is that every enquiry has an owner and nothing depends on one phone, whether your team is in Addis Ababa and Adama 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 in Ethiopia
EliteTeQ Inbox works for garages, service centres, body shops and tyre centres in Ethiopia on your existing +251 WhatsApp Business number. Customers see your business name as they do today, and your team answers from Addis Ababa and Adama or anywhere else.
In Ethiopia, many customers also use Telegram, which EliteTeQ Inbox does not connect to yet. For businesses in Addis Ababa and beyond that sell on WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram, it puts those chats in one list the whole team shares.
Customers in Ethiopia write in Amharic, Afaan Oromo, Tigrinya and English. Your team replies in the customer’s language inside the 24-hour window; template messages can currently be created in English.
Office hours are set day by day for each number. A common setup in Addis Ababa: 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.
Selling on WhatsApp in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa holds most formal trade, with regional cities supplying wide catchments over long routes.
Adama
Oromia Region · a commercial town on the central industrial corridor
Sitting on the corridor between the capital and the Djibouti route brings transit, logistics and hospitality trade on top of local retail. The binding constraint is holding bulk and unit pricing for a mix of supply and shopper customers. Adama sits on the main corridor between Addis Ababa and the Djibouti route, which gives it substantial transit, logistics and hospitality trade alongside local retail. Client enquiries from Adama get an owner and a follow-up instead of sitting in someone’s personal chats.
Hawassa
Sidama Region · a lakeside city with a major industrial park
The industrial park provides a large wage-earning workforce on regular pay cycles while the lakeside draws weekend visitors — two predictable but unrelated demand curves. Hawassa combines a lakeside leisure and hospitality trade with a large industrial park, which gives it two distinct customer bases: weekend and holiday visitors, and a substantial wage-earning workforce with regular pay cycles. That makes demand more predictable than in agricultural towns, and rewards systems that handle both fast table service and everyday convenience retail. Client enquiries from Hawassa get an owner and a follow-up instead of sitting in someone’s personal chats.
Addis Ababa
Addis Ababa · Ethiopia's capital and the seat of the African Union
Merkato trades at enormous scale while the diplomatic and international-organisation districts carry a quite different basket, and both sit in one city. Addis Ababa concentrates Ethiopia's formal retail, hospitality and institutional trade, with a large diplomatic and international-organisation presence alongside the vast Merkato trading area. Mobile money use is growing quickly alongside cash. Client enquiries from Addis Ababa get an owner and a follow-up instead of sitting in someone’s personal chats.
EliteTeQ Inbox in every city of Ethiopia
- Addis AbabaAddis Ababa · Ethiopia's capital and the seat of the African Union
- Dire DawaDire Dawa · an eastern trade and rail city
- AdamaOromia Region · a commercial town on the central industrial corridor
- HawassaSidama Region · a lakeside city with a major industrial park
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Questions businesses ask us
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Ask a humanIs there a WhatsApp CRM for garages & service in Ethiopia?
Yes. Garages & service teams in Ethiopia use EliteTeQ Inbox with their own +251 WhatsApp Business number. Staff in Addis Ababa, Adama or anywhere else answer from their own logins, customers write in Amharic, Afaan Oromo and English, and office hours run on Addis Ababa time (EAT). Plans start at $29 a month with a 7-day free trial.
Can mechanics see the chats?
If you invite them. Each person gets a login and counts toward your plan’s people; many garages keep chats with advisors and pass workshop notes internally.
Can we send a “your car is ready” message?
Yes. Reply freely within 24 hours of the customer’s last message, or send an approved template after that.
Does it manage parts stock?
No. EliteTeQ POS handles parts stock and sales; EliteTeQ Inbox handles the conversations.
Can several staff use the same WhatsApp number?
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.
How much does it cost?
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)
Every garages & service enquiry is an opportunity. Don’t let yours get lost in Ethiopia.
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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