For Cape Town motor workshops

Every missed call becomes a booked job on WhatsApp

When you're under a car and the phone rings out, the caller gets a WhatsApp from your workshop within seconds. They pick a service and a drop-off day, and the booking lands on your WhatsApp. Your number stays the same. Nobody installs an app.

MW
Main Rd MotorworksBusiness account
What missed calls cost you

Lost-job calculator

Walking away per month
Won back per month
Times the monthly fee

Example figures. Move the sliders to your own numbers. A month is about 4.3 weeks.

How it works

Four steps, no app

  1. Your phone rings out

    Calls you don't answer, or that come in while you're on another call, forward to your RescueDesk number. You set this once with a code on your phone.

  2. The caller presses 1

    They hear a short message from your workshop and press 1 to get a WhatsApp. Landline callers are told you'll call back, and you get their number.

  3. They book on WhatsApp

    Service, car, and a drop-off day you've got space for. They can change or cancel by replying CHANGE or CANCEL.

  4. You get the booking

    On your own WhatsApp. Confirm with one tap if you like to approve first. Reply FULL SAT to stop bookings for a day.

Also included: a reminder to the customer the day before, a 4pm check on tomorrow's spaces, and a Monday report of calls rescued and jobs booked.

Price

One price, month to month

RescueDesk

R1,200 per month
R4,500 once-off setup
  • Your own RescueDesk number for forwarded calls
  • WhatsApp booking for your services and days
  • Booking alerts and diary commands on your WhatsApp
  • Day-before reminders and the Monday report
  • Changes to services and spaces whenever you ask

Cancel with 30 days' notice. No contract term.

Founding workshops

The first five workshops pay R2,250 setup instead of R4,500.

Live within three working days of your setup chat.

Questions

What owners ask

Does my number change?

No. Customers phone the same number. Only calls you don't answer are forwarded, and one code on your phone switches it off.

Do my customers need an app?

No. Most South Africans already have WhatsApp. Landline callers get a message that you'll call back, and you get their number.

What if I'm already full?

You set how many cars WhatsApp may book each day. Reply FULL with the day and it stops offering it. Every afternoon it asks how tomorrow looks.

Can I approve bookings first?

Yes. Switch on approval and each booking waits for your Confirm before the customer is told.

What about my customers' information?

We only use it to handle the booking, never for marketing, and customers can reply STOP at any time. Read the privacy policy.

See it on your own phone

I'll come to your workshop for ten minutes, phone a demo line, and you'll watch the WhatsApp arrive. Southern suburbs, Cape Town.

074 132 3528 · andre@rescuedesk.co.za