# Stop missing bookings while your hands are busy. Let the whole salon answer from one inbox — EliteTeQ Inbox for salons, barbers, nail bars and spas in Nigeria

**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 Lagos and Abuja or anywhere else answer from one +234 business number, with office hours on Lagos time (WAT).

- Booking requests
- Prices for services
- Instagram comments on your work
- Promotions and packages

Start Your 7-Day Free Trial: https://crm.eliteteqpos.com/signup (No credit card required · Plans from $29/month)

## Sound familiar? What salons & spas teams in Nigeria tell us

> Clients DM our Instagram, WhatsApp the owner, and comment on posts. We miss half of it.

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.

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.

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.*

## One shared inbox for salons, barbers, nail bars and spas in Nigeria.

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 Nigeria write in English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, and your team replies in the same chat. Every enquiry below gets an owner, a stage and a follow-up:

With EliteTeQ Inbox, you can:

- Booking requests
- Prices for services
- Instagram comments on your work
- Promotions and packages

Less switching between phones. More enquiries turned into customers.

Start Your Free Trial: https://crm.eliteteqpos.com/signup

## Get your team answering in a day

No installation and no long training.

1. **Create your account** — Register with your email. The 7-day trial opens every feature, no card needed.
2. **Connect your channels** — Link your Facebook Page and Instagram. We connect your +234 WhatsApp Business number with you on WhatsApp, on Lagos time (WAT), in about 40 minutes.
3. **Invite your team** — Add staff with their own logins as Owner, Admin or Agent, whether they work in Lagos and Abuja or from home.
4. **Set up your pipeline** — Name the stages after how you work, for example: Asked for a slot → Price sent → Booked → Visited.
5. **Start answering** — Assign chats, follow up hot leads and watch the reports.

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## What is a WhatsApp CRM for salons & spas?

A WhatsApp CRM for salons & spas is a shared inbox and lead pipeline for the messages salons, barbers, nail bars and spas in Nigeria 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.

- 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 Nigeria | +234 WhatsApp Business numbers, office hours on Lagos time (WAT) |
| Languages | Customers write in English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo |
| Setup | About 40 minutes, or done with you on WhatsApp |
| Last reviewed | 2026-11-01 |

## Simple pricing. No complicated contracts.

The same plans for every industry in Nigeria, 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.

| Plan | Monthly | Yearly | WhatsApp numbers | People | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $29 | $290 | 1 | 3 | Facebook & Instagram inbox; Comments management; WhatsApp shared inbox; Basic CRM and lead management; Conversation assignments; Basic reports |
| Growth (most popular) | $59 | $590 | 2 | 6 | Everything in Starter; Advanced CRM and sales pipeline; Automated greetings and follow-ups; AI-assisted replies (coming soon); Campaign tracking; Staff performance reports; Advanced conversation management |
| Business | $99 | $990 | 3 | Unlimited | Everything in Growth; Multiple WhatsApp numbers; Advanced automation workflows (coming soon); AI-powered customer support (coming soon); Multiple teams and departments (coming soon); Advanced analytics; Priority support |

Meta charges separately for template messages you start, at its rate for the customer’s country. Replies within 24 hours of a customer’s message are free.

## A pipeline for salons & spas

An example you can set up in Settings → Pipeline stages and rename any time.

1. Asked for a slot
2. Price sent
3. Booked
4. Visited
5. Rebook later
6. Lost

## How salons & spas teams use EliteTeQ Inbox

Real screens from our demo workspace, with example data.

### Every booking request answered

Front desk and stylists answer from their own logins, on the salon computer or their phones.

- Own login for each stylist
- Waiting chats rise to the top
- Away message when closed

### Comments turned into bookings

Reply to Instagram and Facebook comments publicly or privately, with automatic answers to “price”.

- Comments with the post
- Keyword auto-replies
- Private reply to move it to DM

### Clients followed up

Track clients from first question to visit, and keep a stage for clients to rebook later.

- Stages you name yourself
- Categories for service type
- Hot leads flagged

## 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 Lagos and Abuja 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 |

## Other industries

EliteTeQ Inbox works the same way for any business that sells or serves over chat in Nigeria.

- [Schools & education](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/schools/)
- [Travel & tours](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/travel-agencies/)
- [Hotels](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/hotels/)
- [Restaurants](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/restaurants/)
- [Gyms & fitness](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/gyms-and-fitness/)
- [Real estate](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/real-estate/)
- [E-commerce](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/ecommerce/)
- [Car dealerships](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/car-dealers/)

## 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.

## EliteTeQ Inbox in Nigeria

EliteTeQ Inbox works for salons, barbers, nail bars and spas in Nigeria on your existing +234 WhatsApp Business number. Customers see your business name as they do today, and your team answers from Lagos and Abuja or anywhere else.

In Nigeria, a lot of buying starts as a WhatsApp or Instagram message: a price check, a “is this available?”, a photo of a product. When one phone is shared between staff, those enquiries get lost overnight. EliteTeQ Inbox puts them in one list that the whole team can see, from Lagos to Kano.

Customers write in English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa or Igbo, often mixed in one chat. Your team answers the way the customer writes; template messages are created in English.

Office hours are set day by day for each number. A common setup in Lagos or Abuja: 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.

- **Numbers:** +234 (e.g. +234 803 000 0000)
- **Office hours:** Run on Lagos time (WAT)
- **Weekend:** Saturday and Sunday
- **Templates:** English
- **Price:** From $29 a month, in US dollars
- **Paying:** Card, charged in Kenyan shillings at the day’s rate

[EliteTeQ POS for beauty salons in Nigeria](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/industries/beauty-salons/)

## Selling on WhatsApp in Nigeria

Commerce is concentrated in Lagos, the southeast trading cities and the northern market hubs, each with its own pricing culture. Instant transfer displaced cash faster than most markets, and agent networks fill the gap where branches do not reach. Power interruption is a daily operating assumption, not an incident.

### [Port Harcourt](https://eliteteqpos.com/port-harcourt/)

Rivers State · the centre of Nigeria's oil and gas industry

Demand follows contractor cycles and corporate accounts more than walk-in footfall, and the expatriate-facing venues trade on a different basket entirely. Heavy Delta rainfall knocks out power and connectivity for hours at a time, often in the same season every year. Port Harcourt's retail and hospitality trade is tied to the oil and gas economy and the contractor and expatriate spending that comes with it, which makes demand more cyclical than in Lagos or Ibadan and raises the share of card and corporate account payments. Booking requests from Port Harcourt reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.

### [Onitsha](https://eliteteqpos.com/onitsha/)

Anambra State · one of West Africa's largest market and distribution centres

The main market sets prices for a wide swathe of the southeast, and goods arrive in bulk before being broken down and moved on within days. Trading starts early and volume is relentless. Onitsha is a distribution city first and a retail city second: goods arrive, are broken into smaller lots and move on across the southeast and beyond. Booking requests from Onitsha reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.

### [Aba](https://eliteteqpos.com/aba/)

Abia State · a manufacturing and garment-production centre

Production clusters and selling points sit side by side, so the same business often makes goods in the morning and sells them in the afternoon. Orders come from traders in batches rather than from individual shoppers. Aba is known for small-scale manufacturing, particularly garments, footwear and leather goods, much of it produced in clusters of workshops and sold on to traders. Booking requests from Aba reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.

### [Benin City](https://eliteteqpos.com/benin-city/)

Edo State · the commercial and administrative centre of Edo State

Retail concentrates along the ring road and the main market areas, with steady transit trade from the Lagos–southeast route passing through. Most operators run one or two outlets. Benin City serves as the trade and administrative hub for Edo State and a staging point on the routes between Lagos and the southeast, which gives it a steady mix of local retail, transit trade and government-linked services spending. Booking requests from Benin City reach whoever is on shift, with an away message when you are closed.

### EliteTeQ Inbox in every city of Nigeria

- [Lagos](https://eliteteqpos.com/lagos/): Lagos State, Nigeria's commercial capital and busiest port city
- [Abuja](https://eliteteqpos.com/abuja/): Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria's administrative capital
- [Kano](https://eliteteqpos.com/kano/): Kano State, the commercial hub of northern Nigeria
- [Ibadan](https://eliteteqpos.com/ibadan/): Oyo State, a major southwestern commercial and university city
- [Port Harcourt](https://eliteteqpos.com/port-harcourt/): Rivers State, the centre of Nigeria's oil and gas industry
- [Onitsha](https://eliteteqpos.com/onitsha/): Anambra State, one of West Africa's largest market and distribution centres
- [Aba](https://eliteteqpos.com/aba/): Abia State, a manufacturing and garment-production centre
- [Benin City](https://eliteteqpos.com/benin-city/): Edo State, the commercial and administrative centre of Edo State
- [Enugu](https://eliteteqpos.com/enugu/): Enugu State, a southeastern administrative and commercial centre
- [Kaduna](https://eliteteqpos.com/kaduna/): Kaduna State, a northern industrial and administrative centre


## Questions businesses ask us

**Is there a WhatsApp CRM for salons & spas in Nigeria?**

Yes. Salons & spas teams in Nigeria use EliteTeQ Inbox with their own +234 WhatsApp Business number. Staff in Lagos, Abuja or anywhere else answer from their own logins, customers write in English, Pidgin, Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo, and office hours run on Lagos time (WAT). Plans start at $29 a month with a 7-day free trial.

**Does it have a booking calendar?**

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.

**Can stylists use it on their phones?**

Yes. It installs on Android and iPhone, and each stylist signs in with their own login.

**Can I send offers to past clients?**

Yes, as approved WhatsApp templates sent one by one to clients who agreed to hear from you. There are no mass broadcasts.

**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.

Sources for the WhatsApp rules on this page (Meta):

- [WhatsApp Business Platform pricing (Meta)](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/pricing)
- [Messaging limits (Meta)](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/messaging-limits)
- [Message templates (Meta)](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/templates/overview)
- [Business phone numbers and limits (Meta)](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/business-phone-numbers/phone-numbers)
- [About the WhatsApp Business Platform (Meta)](https://developers.facebook.com/documentation/business-messaging/whatsapp/about-the-platform)

## Every salons & spas enquiry is an opportunity. Don’t let yours get lost in Nigeria.

Bring your channels, your team and every customer conversation into one organised workspace.

Start Your Free Trial Today: https://crm.eliteteqpos.com/signup

## More about EliteTeQ Inbox

EliteTeQ Inbox: smarter business, better conversations.

- [EliteTeQ Inbox overview](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/)
- [Shared WhatsApp inbox](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/whatsapp-team-inbox/)
- [WhatsApp CRM & pipeline](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/whatsapp-crm/)
- [Facebook & Instagram inbox](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/facebook-instagram-inbox/)
- [Click-to-WhatsApp ad leads](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/click-to-whatsapp-ads/)
- [WhatsApp API for developers](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/api/)
- [Pricing](https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/pricing/)

## Talk to EliteTeQ about EliteTeQ Inbox

- WhatsApp or call: +1 214 423 5355 (https://wa.me/12144235355?text=Hi%20EliteTeQ!%20I%E2%80%99d%20like%20to%20see%20how%20EliteTeQ%20Inbox%20would%20work%20for%20our%20salons%20%26%20spas%20business%20and%20the%20enquiries%20we%20get%20on%20WhatsApp%2C%20Facebook%20and%20Instagram.%20I%E2%80%99m%20in%20Nigeria.)
- Email: info@eliteteqpos.com
- Web: https://eliteteqpos.com/ng/inbox/industries/beauty-salons/