Front desk and coaches together
Everyone answers the gym number from their own login, and each lead has one owner.
- Auto-assign in turn
- Own login for each coach
- Away message after hours
Real screen · demo workspace with example data
For gyms, studios and fitness coaches · Ethiopia
Stop letting new members slip away after “how much?”.Follow every lead to a membership.EliteTeQ Inbox for gyms, fitness studios, yoga and martial-arts schools in Ethiopia
January brings a flood of “how much is membership?” messages. Your coaches are on the floor, the front desk is busy, and most leads never hear back.
EliteTeQ Inbox lets your front desk and coaches answer membership enquiries and class questions from one shared inbox. Every lead is tracked from first question to trial visit to joined, and renewals don’t depend on someone remembering. 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
- Membership prices
- Class times and trial sessions
- Personal training
- Renewals and freezes
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- The ad this customer tapped
- Lead stage, one tap
- Internal comment, never sent
- Time left to reply
Real screen · demo workspace with example data
Sound familiar? What gyms & fitness teams in Ethiopia tell us
We get dozens of price questions from our Instagram ads and answer them days later.
EliteTeQ Inbox
Ad leads arrive flagged hot with the ad’s name, and auto-assign shares them out to the team.
People come for a free session and we never follow up.
EliteTeQ Inbox
Track every lead from enquiry to trial to joined, so nobody falls through after the visit.
Comments on our workout videos ask the price. Nobody answers them.
EliteTeQ Inbox
Comments arrive next to your chats, with automatic replies for “price” or “location”.
Every enquiry is a customer deciding where to spend. Don’t let yours wait.
One shared inbox for gyms, fitness studios, yoga and martial-arts schools 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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- Membership prices
- Class times and trial sessions
- Personal training
- Renewals and freezes
What is a WhatsApp CRM for gyms & fitness?
A WhatsApp CRM for gyms & fitness is a shared inbox and lead pipeline for the messages gyms, fitness studios, yoga and martial-arts schools 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, Price sent, Trial booked), 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 gyms & fitness teams use EliteTeQ Inbox
Real screens from our demo workspace, with example data.
Leads followed up to joined
A pipeline from enquiry to trial to membership, filtered by coach or class category.
- Stages you name yourself
- Categories for class type
- Hot leads flagged
Real screen · demo workspace with example data
Which ads fill the gym
Reports rank ads by leads and members won, with leads per day and the busiest hours.
- Ad name on every lead
- Clients won per ad
- Leads per day
Real screen · demo workspace with example data
A pipeline for gyms & fitness
An example you can set up in Settings → Pipeline stages and rename any time.
- Enquiry
- Price sent
- Trial booked
- Trial done
- Joined
- 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: Enquiry → Price sent → Trial booked → Trial done.
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 gyms, fitness studios, yoga and martial-arts schools 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.
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. Booking requests from Addis Ababa reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
Dire Dawa
Dire Dawa · an eastern trade and rail city
The rail corridor toward Djibouti makes import and transit trade central, tying restocking to freight rather than local demand. 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. Booking requests from Dire Dawa reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
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. Booking requests from Adama reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.
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
Reviewed by the EliteTeQ team ·
Questions businesses ask us
Not answered here? A person from our team replies on WhatsApp.
Ask a humanIs there a WhatsApp CRM for gyms & fitness in Ethiopia?
Yes. Gyms & fitness 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 manage memberships or check-ins?
No. EliteTeQ Inbox handles the conversations and leads. Keep memberships and check-ins in your gym software.
Can we remind members about renewals?
Yes, with approved WhatsApp templates sent one by one to members who agreed to hear from you.
Can coaches answer from their phones?
Yes. It installs on Android and iPhone, with a login for each coach.
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 gyms & fitness 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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