Use Case

Inquiry Management With WAExtension

Route, label and answer every incoming enquiry without duplicates.

Why does inquiry management fail on plain WhatsApp Web?

On a shared business number, ‘someone will handle it’ becomes ‘nobody handled it’ without visible assignment.

The problem

Shared visibility and assignment stop two teammates answering the same person - or nobody answering at all.

How WAExtension helps

On a shared business number, ‘someone will handle it’ becomes ‘nobody handled it’ without visible assignment.

Example process

  1. Capture: the conversation gets a contact record, source tag and owner the moment it starts.
  2. Structure: set a stage or label that reflects reality (new, waiting-on-customer, done).
  3. Next action: attach a follow-up date so the chat resurfaces exactly when it should.
  4. Execute: reply from a saved template, personalising variables in seconds.
  5. Review: weekly analytics show volume, movement and anything overdue.

Features that power this workflow

Keyword-Triggered Message Bot

Keyword-triggered Message Bot for instant replies.

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Canned Responses & Shortcuts

Canned responses via /shortcuts, pinned to a shortcut bar.

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Contact CRM Drawer

A CRM drawer per contact: profile, tags, notes, reminders.

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Suggested templates: First Follow-Up Message · Appointment Confirmation · Payment Follow-Up

Common in these solutions: Team Inbox · Customer Support · Other use cases: Lead Follow-Up · Customer Follow-Up · Sales Follow-Up

FAQ

No. This workflow runs entirely on WhatsApp Web through the WAExtension browser layer. The WhatsApp Business Platform is a separate Meta product for programmatic messaging; WAExtension does not claim affiliation with it.

Both. Solo users get reminders, tags and templates; teams add ownership, notes and shared visibility on top.

Most people run this workflow within minutes of installing — define your stages/tags once, then attach them per conversation as you go.

Put inquiry management on a system

Install WAExtension, set your first follow-up date, and never rely on memory again.

Download WAExtension (.zip)