Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp together
DMs and comments from your portfolio posts arrive with your WhatsApp chats.
- Comments with the post
- Public or private reply
- Keyword auto-replies
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For event planners, wedding planners and venues · Ethiopia
Stop losing weddings to the planner who replied first.Track every event enquiry to a deposit.EliteTeQ Inbox for event planners, wedding planners, decorators and venues in Ethiopia
Couples message five planners at once. The one who answers first, sends a clear quote and follows up gets the booking.
EliteTeQ Inbox brings event enquiries from WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook into one shared inbox. Each client is tracked from enquiry to quote to deposit, your team shares the work, and the ads that brought them are recorded. 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
WhatsApp or call +1 214 423 5355 · a person replies, usually in under 10 minutes
- Date availability
- Packages and quotes
- Deposits and payment plans
- Vendor and planning questions
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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 events & weddings teams in Ethiopia tell us
Couples comment on our Instagram decor posts and we miss them.
EliteTeQ Inbox
Comments land next to DMs and WhatsApp, with automatic replies for “price” and “available”.
We send quotes and forget who we were waiting on.
EliteTeQ Inbox
Every client sits on a pipeline. Quotes waiting for a reply are flagged hot.
My assistant and I both answered the same couple.
EliteTeQ Inbox
Each chat has one owner. Notes to each other stay internal.
Every enquiry is a customer deciding where to spend. Don’t let yours wait.
One shared inbox for event planners, wedding planners, decorators and venues 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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- Date availability
- Packages and quotes
- Deposits and payment plans
- Vendor and planning questions
What is a WhatsApp CRM for events & weddings?
A WhatsApp CRM for events & weddings is a shared inbox and lead pipeline for the messages event planners, wedding planners, decorators and venues 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 Enquiry, Date available, 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 events & weddings teams use EliteTeQ Inbox
Real screens from our demo workspace, with example data.
Every client tracked to a deposit
Move clients from enquiry to quote to deposit, with categories for event type.
- Stages you name yourself
- Categories for event type
- Hot leads flagged
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Know which posts and ads bring clients
Leads from ads against direct, ranked by clients won.
- Ad name on every lead
- Clients won per ad
- Leads per day
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A pipeline for events & weddings
An example you can set up in Settings → Pipeline stages and rename any time.
- Enquiry
- Date available
- Quote sent
- Deposit paid
- Event done
- Lost
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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: Enquiry → Date available → Quote sent → Deposit paid.
Start answering
Assign chats, follow up hot leads and watch the reports.
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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 event planners, wedding planners, decorators and venues 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
Customers in Ethiopia pay with telebirr, CBE Birr, M-Pesa, cards and bank transfers, so when a sale closes on WhatsApp the customer may confirm payment in the chat, and your team needs to see that message quickly.
Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa · an eastern trade and rail city
Dire Dawa is a commercial city on the rail corridor toward Djibouti, which makes import and transit trade a large share of its activity and ties restocking to freight schedules. Cash dominates settlement, with cross-border influence on pricing from the Djibouti corridor. The rail corridor toward Djibouti makes import and transit trade central, tying restocking to freight rather than local demand. Client enquiries from Dire Dawa get an owner and a follow-up instead of sitting in someone’s personal chats.
Adama
Oromia Region · a commercial town on the central industrial corridor
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. Demand is steadier than in farming towns nearby, and businesses benefit from clear bulk and unit pricing given the mix of supply and retail activity. Sitting on the corridor between the capital and the Djibouti route brings transit, logistics and hospitality trade on top of 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
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. 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. Client enquiries from Hawassa 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 events & weddings in Ethiopia?
Yes. Events & weddings 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.
Does it track event dates in a calendar?
No. Keep your event calendar where it is, and track each client’s stage on the pipeline.
Can vendors join the inbox?
Anyone you invite gets a login, but each one counts as a person on your plan. Most planners keep vendors on their usual WhatsApp groups.
Can we send reminders before the event?
Yes. Reply freely within 24 hours of the client’s last message, or send an approved template after that.
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 events & weddings 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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