The Automation Agency
Bookings & enquiries on WhatsApp · UK

Customers message you the way
they message their friends. Something answers, day or night.

A lot of WhatsApp automation runs through an unofficial API or a personal number with a script bolted on, which is exactly how businesses get their number banned overnight, mid-conversation with customers. We build on the official WhatsApp Business API through Twilio, properly verified, so the messaging keeps working. Behind it, the automation looks up answers, takes bookings, updates your CRM and pulls in a human only when the conversation genuinely needs one.

The problem

Why this keeps happening.

A lot of 'WhatsApp automation' out there runs through an unofficial API or a personal number with a script bolted on, which is exactly how businesses get their WhatsApp number banned overnight, mid-conversation with customers. We build on the official WhatsApp Business API through Twilio, properly verified, so the messaging keeps working and the conversation history stays yours.

What we build

Example workflows

  1. 01

    Customer messages "book" on WhatsApp → bot checks availability → confirms a slot and adds it to your calendar

  2. 02

    New enquiry on WhatsApp → bot answers FAQs from your price list → captures details as a CRM lead

  3. 03

    Order or job status update → bot messages the customer automatically, no one has to remember to send it

  4. 04

    Customer asks something outside the bot's depth → handed to a real person with the whole thread visible

  5. 05

    Payment or deposit due → bot sends the link, confirms once paid, updates the record

  6. 06

    Job or slot broadcast to a group of workers or customers on WhatsApp → first to reply claims it

From £750
Proof it works
Marmadbir

Marmadbir runs multi-tenant WhatsApp dispatch on the official Business API through Twilio — the same foundation we build every WhatsApp chatbot on. A new tenant can be onboarded and sending automated WhatsApp messages in under five minutes, with zero manual setup on our side.

< 5 min

to onboard a new tenant onto WhatsApp

Common questions

Answers before you ask.

Do we need the WhatsApp Business API, or can we just use a normal WhatsApp account?+

For anything beyond one person manually replying, you need the official WhatsApp Business API — a personal or Business App account gets flagged or banned once you start sending automated messages. We handle the verification and set it up properly through Twilio so it stays reliable.

Why do you build on Twilio specifically?+

Twilio is an official WhatsApp Business Solution Provider, so the number is properly registered and the messaging infrastructure holds up at scale — we are not routing your customers' messages through something that could get shut down without warning. It also gives us the building blocks to connect WhatsApp to your CRM, calendar or payment system.

How much does a WhatsApp chatbot cost?+

A WhatsApp chatbot answering FAQs and capturing leads starts at £750, fixed price, including the Business API setup. Add bookings, payments or CRM integration and we will quote a fixed number after a short call.

Can it hand over to a real person?+

Yes — that is built in by default. Anything the bot is not confident about gets passed to you or your team with the full conversation attached, so the customer never has to repeat themselves.

Will customers know they are talking to a bot?+

We think they should, and design for it — a quick, honest introduction rather than pretending to be a person, which tends to backfire the moment someone asks a question it cannot answer.

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