WhatsApp repair status updates for customers
Tell customers what is happening with their repair before they call to ask, on the app they already use every day.
Message costs passed on at cost
The SaralBench plan covers every feature. Only automatic WhatsApp and SMS messages cost extra, and they are charged at cost, with no markup. Click-to-chat messages you send yourself cost nothing extra.
Ask any repair shop owner what wastes the most time and the answer is often the phone. "Is my phone ready?" calls all day, from customers who were told "evening" and want to know which evening. Each call pulls a technician away from the bench to check, and the customer still feels nobody is looking after them.
SaralBench sends a message at each step of the repair: received, estimate ready, ready for pickup, delivered. Messages can go automatically on WhatsApp through the Business API, by SMS or by email, or you can use the free click-to-chat option and send them yourself in one tap. Each message links to a public tracking page for that job, and replies land in a two-way WhatsApp inbox inside SaralBench, next to the job.
Why customer updates break down
"Is it ready?" calls all day
Every call means stopping work, finding the device and calling back. Multiply that by every open job and it is hours each week.
Updates from personal phones
Staff message customers from their own WhatsApp. When someone leaves, the chats leave with them, and the owner never sees what was promised.
Estimates waiting for a reply
The technician has found the fault, but the customer has not answered the call. The job sits on the shelf for days waiting for a yes.
Happy customers who never review
The customer was pleased at delivery, but nobody asked for a Google review, and the moment has passed.
Customer messaging features
Automatic WhatsApp at each step
With the WhatsApp Business API, SaralBench sends status messages automatically when a job changes status. SMS and email can go out too.
Free click-to-chat option
Do not want API costs? Use click-to-chat: SaralBench opens WhatsApp with the message ready, and you tap send from the shop's number.
Public tracking page
Every job has a tracking page by job number, showing its current status. Customers check it themselves instead of calling.
Two-way WhatsApp inbox
Customer replies arrive in an inbox inside SaralBench, so the whole team works from the shop's conversations, not personal phones.
Approve estimates online
Send an estimate with good, better and best options. The customer approves or declines online and can pay an advance.
Google review requests
After delivery, SaralBench sends a Google review request, and a review QR code is printed on the invoice.
Getting set up with WhatsApp updates
Choose how to send
Start with free click-to-chat, or connect the WhatsApp Business API for fully automatic messages. You can add SMS and email as well.
Ask the customer at intake
Confirm the customer's WhatsApp number when you create the job card and tell them they will get updates there. Only message customers who expect it.
Let status changes do the work
When the technician moves a job on the repair board, the matching message goes out with the tracking link.
Reply from the inbox
Answer customer questions in the two-way inbox, where the job details are right there.
Close with a review request
After delivery, the review request goes out, and dues reminders go automatically if anything is still unpaid.
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