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Install WhatsApp Business
Why a separate app, why you should use a second SIM card, and how to install it in 60 seconds.
FREE GUIDE · 12 PAGES · 15 MINUTE READ
Set up WhatsApp Business for your trade business in 15 minutes.
A free step-by-step PDF guide for South African plumbers, electricians, builders, HVAC contractors and property maintenance teams. No technical skill required. No cost. Done in one tea break.
WHAT'S INSIDE THE GUIDE
Six practical steps and one 2-minute video script.
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Verify your business number
The number you choose becomes your business WhatsApp forever. We show you how to choose deliberately.
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Set up your business profile
Name, category, description, address, hours. The complete fields Google and customers expect.
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Greeting + 3 quick replies
Three ready-to-paste templates: /quote, /emergency, /hours. Customers get an instant reply even when you're on a job site.
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Away message + 4 labels
How to organise chats so enquiries never get buried. The Monday morning follow-up routine.
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Test it + add the link everywhere
Generate your wa.me link. Add it to Google Business Profile, your website, and your quote template.
GET THE GUIDE
Send me the free WhatsApp Business guide.
Enter your details below. We'll email you the 12-page PDF immediately. We'll also send you one short follow-up WhatsApp a week later to see how it went. No spam. No marketing newsletter. Just the guide and one check-in.
- No spam: We won't add you to a marketing list. One follow-up message, that's it.
- No sales call: We won't phone you. If you want help with the rest of the foundation, you WhatsApp us first.
- POPIA compliant: Your details are stored securely and used only to send you the guide and one follow-up.
WHY THIS MATTERS
WhatsApp is not an extra channel for SA trade businesses.
90%+
of South African smartphone owners use WhatsApp monthly. It's how trade customers actually want to reach you.
4×
more likely to message a plumber or electrician on WhatsApp than to call them.
25-40%
increase in inbound enquiries for trade businesses that add a WhatsApp link to their Google Business Profile.
If your business is still using a personal WhatsApp number with no greeting, no business profile, and no quick replies, you are losing enquiries every week without knowing it. This guide fixes that in 15 minutes.
START HERE
Get the guide. Set up WhatsApp Business today.
15 minutes from now, your trade business will have a proper WhatsApp Business setup that turns enquiries into jobs. Free. No strings.