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 · South Africa
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 South Africa
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 Johannesburg and Cape Town or anywhere else answer from one +27 business number, with office hours on Johannesburg time (SAST).
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 South Africa 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 South Africa.
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 South Africa write in English, Afrikaans and isiZulu, 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 South Africa 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 South Africa | +27 WhatsApp Business numbers, office hours on Johannesburg time (SAST) |
| Languages | Customers write in English, Afrikaans and isiZulu |
| 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 +27 WhatsApp Business number with you on WhatsApp, on Johannesburg time (SAST), in about 40 minutes.
Invite your team
Add staff with their own logins as Owner, Admin or Agent, whether they work in Johannesburg and Cape Town 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 South Africa, 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 Johannesburg and Cape Town 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 South Africa
EliteTeQ Inbox works for garages, service centres, body shops and tyre centres in South Africa on your existing +27 WhatsApp Business number. Customers see your business name as they do today, and your team answers from Johannesburg and Cape Town or anywhere else.
South African customers expect a business to answer on WhatsApp the way they message friends. When enquiries come into a branch phone and a manager’s phone, nobody knows who already replied. One shared inbox gives every chat a clear owner.
Customers write in English, Afrikaans, isiZulu and other languages. Your team replies in the customer’s language inside the 24-hour window; template messages are created in English.
Office hours are set day by day for each number. A common setup in Johannesburg or Cape Town: 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 South Africa
Retail is dominated by formal chains and shopping centres, with township and informal trade running alongside on a different payment mix. Card is the default and cash is the exception. Scheduled grid interruption is published in advance, which makes it a planning problem rather than a surprise.
Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Eastern Cape Province · a port city and centre of vehicle manufacturing
Vehicle manufacturing and the port provide a large payroll on regular cycles, making demand more predictable than in tourism-led cities. The binding constraint is invoicing and credit terms for industrial customers alongside ordinary walk-in retail. Gqeberha's commerce is tied to vehicle manufacturing and its port, which gives it a substantial wage-earning workforce with regular pay cycles and therefore more predictable retail demand than tourism-led cities. Client enquiries from Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) get an owner and a follow-up instead of sitting in someone’s personal chats.
Bloemfontein
Free State Province · South Africa's judicial capital and a regional service centre
The city serves a large farming province, so agricultural supply sits beside urban retail and demand tracks the crop and livestock calendar. Judicial and university activity steady the weekdays. The binding constraint is holding both bulk agricultural and unit retail pricing. Client enquiries from Bloemfontein get an owner and a follow-up instead of sitting in someone’s personal chats.
East London
Eastern Cape Province · a coastal port and manufacturing city
A working port and component manufacturing sit alongside a domestic coastal holiday trade, producing steady industrial demand and sharp seasonal peaks. The binding constraint is handling account customers and holiday-season retail without two separate systems. East London combines a working port with vehicle and component manufacturing and a domestic coastal holiday trade, giving it both steady industrial supply demand and seasonal hospitality peaks. Client enquiries from East London get an owner and a follow-up instead of sitting in someone’s personal chats.
Polokwane
Limpopo Province · the commercial centre of Limpopo
The city draws shoppers from a wide rural catchment and from cross-border traffic toward Zimbabwe, concentrating demand into month-end and weekends. Cash retains a larger share than the metros. Polokwane is the main retail and service centre for Limpopo, drawing shoppers from a wide rural catchment and from cross-border traffic on the route toward Zimbabwe. Client enquiries from Polokwane get an owner and a follow-up instead of sitting in someone’s personal chats.
EliteTeQ Inbox in every city of South Africa
- JohannesburgGauteng Province · South Africa's largest city and economic centre
- Cape TownWestern Cape Province · a major tourism, services and technology centre
- DurbanKwaZulu-Natal Province · the busiest port in sub-Saharan Africa
- PretoriaGauteng Province · South Africa's administrative capital
- Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)Eastern Cape Province · a port city and centre of vehicle manufacturing
- BloemfonteinFree State Province · South Africa's judicial capital and a regional service centre
- East LondonEastern Cape Province · a coastal port and manufacturing city
- PolokwaneLimpopo Province · the commercial centre of Limpopo
- Mbombela (Nelspruit)Mpumalanga Province · a regional centre and gateway to the Kruger National Park
- PietermaritzburgKwaZulu-Natal Province · the provincial capital of KwaZulu-Natal
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Questions businesses ask us
Not answered here? A person from our team replies on WhatsApp.
Ask a humanIs there a WhatsApp CRM for garages & service in South Africa?
Yes. Garages & service teams in South Africa use EliteTeQ Inbox with their own +27 WhatsApp Business number. Staff in Johannesburg, Cape Town or anywhere else answer from their own logins, customers write in English, Afrikaans and isiZulu, and office hours run on Johannesburg time (SAST). 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 South Africa.
Bring your channels, your team and every customer conversation into one organised workspace.
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