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by kiwidrew 4353 days ago
I'd pay good money for a Whatsapp number that I could use for my business and feed directly into our inbox/CRM tool/whatever; when given the choice our clients seem to overwhelmingly prefer Whatsapp messaging over any other contact method.

I'd write it myself if I had the time.
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Adi_ 4353 days ago
What kind of business do you have? Are you clients mostly under 30-35?
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kiwidrew 4350 days ago
Yeah. I'm running a small accommodation/guesthouse business in Hong Kong and our demographic is 18-35 expats, mostly European. First contact method is 10% voice / 20% on SMS / 70% on Whatsapp.
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Adi_ 4348 days ago
Interesting. That's quite a ratio in favor of WhatsApp. We looked into building a WhatsApp hook via OwnerListens but since it's not that popular in the US (where most of our current customers are) we couldn't justify the resources. We'll revisit as we expand internationally. How much would you be willing to pay for such a service.
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