Use cases · WhatsApp sales
Selling cars on WhatsApp: the conversation ends with a booked test drive.
In the Gulf, South Asia and much of Europe the first message to a dealer is a WhatsApp message. Salesteq runs the dealer's AI sales agent on the dealer's own WhatsApp Business number: it answers with the cars that match, with photos and list prices, confirms the buyer's phone number, books the test drive, writes the lead into the CRM with a brief and hands the deal to a consultant who answers on the same thread.
Updated October 2026
28.6%
of WhatsApp conversations at Hyundai Saudi Arabia become a lead with name, phone and car
1 in 4
cars sold at the first group start with a conversation with the agent
1,000
real customer conversations a day across live dealers
46%
of quiet leads reply when the agent follows up on WhatsApp
How a WhatsApp sale starts
- 01"Do you have a white Tucson under 100,000?" The agent searches live stock and answers with the matching cars as cards: photo, trim, list price, branch.
- 02Questions about trims, colours, financing examples and delivery times are answered from the dealer's data and the brand's rules; no discount is invented.
- 03When the buyer wants to see the car, the agent books the test drive or visit and confirms the phone number with a one-time code.
- 04The lead goes into the CRM with the car, the budget, the urgency and a brief for the consultant: what to lead with, what to avoid, the next step.
- 05A consultant takes over in the team inbox, on the web or in the mobile app, and replies from the same number. The first human reply pauses the AI for that customer.
Why it converts
Speed and specificity. The buyer gets the actual car, the actual price and a slot within seconds, at any hour, in their language. The verified phone number means the consultant's call reaches a real buyer, and the brief means the first call is about the car, not about collecting the details again. At Hyundai Saudi Arabia 28.6% of WhatsApp conversations become a lead for the sales team: about 1,300 leads from 4,610 conversations in 30 days.
Everything the team needs, on one number
| Need | How it works on WhatsApp |
|---|---|
| Consultant starts a chat | From the CRM or the inbox, with an approved template; the reply opens a normal conversation. |
| Follow-up after 24 hours | The inbox shows which approved templates still reach the customer and fills the blanks in place. |
| Voice notes, photos, documents | Voice notes are transcribed, photos and documents handled both ways, and replies quote the message they answer. |
| Quiet lead | The reactivation flow nudges and hands the reply back to the consultant. |
| Multi-brand group | One number per brand, each with its own stock, tone and price rules; one inbox and one report for the group. |
Guardrails the brand sets
The agent answers with list prices from the dealer's data and cannot offer a discount, a delivery date or a financing rate the brand has not approved; those rules are enforced by the platform per brand, not left to the language model. It records a lead only after the one-time code, so the CRM fills with real buyers. Every decision it takes is in an audit trail the dealer can read.
Questions about WhatsApp sales
Can an AI sell cars on WhatsApp?+
It takes the conversation to a booked test drive and a verified lead with a brief, and hands the deal to a consultant on the same number. At the first dealer group, one in four cars sold started with a conversation with the agent.
Does it show real stock and prices?+
Yes. Cars come from the dealer's live stock as cards with photo, trim, list price and branch. The agent cannot invent discounts; price rules are enforced per brand.
How do we know the lead is real?+
The phone number is confirmed by a one-time code before the lead is written, and the lead carries the conversation and a brief.
Can our salespeople answer on the same number?+
Yes, from the team inbox on the web or in the mobile app. The first human reply pauses the AI for that customer; consultants can also start chats with approved templates.
Which languages?+
Arabic including Gulf dialects, English, German, French, Russian, Hindi and Urdu mixes, and any other; the agent answers in the language the buyer writes.
Do we need a new WhatsApp number?+
No. The agent runs on your existing WhatsApp Business number through Meta's Cloud API or your current provider; history and templates stay.
Sell one car to us on WhatsApp.
We connect a test number to your stock and you play the buyer: cards, a test drive, a verified lead, a handover.
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