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Stop being the shop’s answering machine

“Is my bike ready yet?” Answered before it’s asked. Workshop messages your customers automatically as their job moves through your stages, and gives them one place to reply if they need you.

28 days free · no card required

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  1. Triggers match your workflow

    Messages fire on your own statuses, however you’ve named your stages, and however many a job passes through.

  2. Two-way chat on every booking

    Customers reply in one thread per booking, and questions land in Workshop instead of your personal phone.

  3. Approvals in writing

    When work changes the price, customers confirm the new total from the message, so there’s a record you can point to later.

  4. Fewer calls to make

    Every automated update is a call you didn’t have to make, and an interruption your mechanics didn’t get.

Reach customers where they already are

SMS

Short, instant updates for the moments that matter: quote approvals and ready-to-collect.

Email

Quotes, receipts and booking confirmations with the full detail, branded to your shop.

WhatsApp & one inbox Coming soon

WhatsApp updates plus one unified inbox for WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram messages, in development now.

Switching updates on

  1. Pick your moments

    Choose which of your statuses send an update, per channel.

  2. Make it yours

    Tweak the wording; messages go out under your shop’s name.

  3. Work the job

    Move jobs through stages as normal; updates send themselves.

Messaging questions

Do updates work with our custom statuses?
Yes. Triggers are built on your own status list. If a job skips a stage, that message simply doesn’t send.
Can customers reply?
Yes. Every booking has a two-way chat thread. Replies land in Workshop where anyone on the team can pick them up.
Are SMS messages included in my plan?
Email is unlimited on every plan. SMS is included up to a monthly allowance, with per-message pricing beyond it. See the pricing page for details.
When is WhatsApp coming?
WhatsApp Business support is in active development. Join the waitlist in your messaging settings and we’ll switch it on for your shop as soon as it’s ready.

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