WhatsApp bots for sales & lead capture
Reps shouldn't spend their day on cold tire-kickers. A WhatsApp bot asks the qualifying questions up front — intent, budget, area, timeline — so the team only calls leads worth calling.
What sales & lead-capture bots do
These bots run the qualifying conversation an SDR would have on a first call, but in a couple of minutes, at any hour, in the language you built the bot in. The conversation lands as a structured lead in your inbox, with intent, area, budget, and timeline as answers you can filter on.
The team's job becomes calling the leads that matter, not sorting through which ones do. Cold leads get a polite next-step message; hot leads book a viewing, demo, or callback before they cool off.
Flow shapes this category covers
Sales conversations branch the same way across very different industries — these are the building blocks the templates wire up.
Intent split
Buy / sell / rent. Test drive / financing. Demo / pricing. The first question splits the rest of the conversation.
Budget bands
Price, monthly payment, or budget range with sensible bands for your market. The single best 'is this worth a call' filter.
Timeline bucketing
Ready now, 1–3 months, 3–6, just researching. Hot leads get booked; cool leads get a polite next step instead of a wasted call.
Viewing / demo / callback booking
Real availability from your calendar. Hot leads pick a slot; reps walk in already knowing the brief.
Sorting for the right rep
Area, language, property type, and deal size arrive as answers on the lead, so whoever works the inbox sees at a glance whose it is. Meerlume is a single login; it doesn't assign leads to seats.
Why WhatsApp for this category
Most paid-ad and listing-portal traffic in Europe and the US clicks through to WhatsApp. Pre-qualifying there beats sending hot leads to a slow form or a Monday-morning callback queue.
Where this shape pays off
A few specific verticals where lead-qualifying bots earn back their setup time fastest. Each card opens a working starting prompt.
Real estate agencies
Splits buyers, sellers, and renters; captures budget bands, preferred area, and timeline; books viewings or callbacks. Particularly strong on portal-driven leads coming from Idealista, Zillow, Rightmove and similar.
Auto dealerships
Asks new vs. used, preferred model, budget, financing interest, and whether they want a test drive or a salesperson. Test-drive bookings land in the bot's built-in calendar.
Solar & home installation
Pre-qualifies homeowners before sending an estimator. Asks about ownership, location, roof type, average bill, and whether they want a savings estimate or a consult call.
Online courses & cohort programs
Topic interest, current level, goals, budget, and whether they want curriculum details or an advisor call. Filters out 'just curious' from cohort-ready buyers before the sales call.
Marketing & B2B services
Channel needed (SEO, ads, content), monthly budget, company size, urgency, and whether they want an audit or strategy call. Same shape works for B2B SaaS demos.
Sales & lead-capture FAQ
Ready to launch
Stop calling tire-kickers at 8pm.
Browse the lead-capture templates and pick the one closest to your shape — real estate, auto, solar, courses, agency, or B2B SaaS. Edit the budget bands and questions, connect WhatsApp.
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