WhatsApp-native · built for South Africa

Find the lead.
Reach them where
they reply.

The lead-to-customer tool for people who sell on their phone. Find new leads by industry & area or capture your own, reach them on WhatsApp or email, let a light AI draft the follow-up and close before it goes cold.

No credit card required · A guided demo, on your schedule · POPIA-built

Cold
Warm
Hot
Won
A lead has a temperature and it moves. Cold → Warm → Hot → Won.

One tool for the whole loop WhatsApp, email & a light AI

Free lead finderAI reply assistAfter-hours auto-replyEmail fallbackWhatsApp number healthSmart if/else journeysFollow-up cadencesPayment linksCalendar & bookingsAd campaigns
Second Shot re-engageReferrals & reviewsQuotes & invoicesQR captureCSV importVoice notesPOPIA audit trailOpt-out enforcedGoing-cold nudgeWho-to-call queue

The loop

The whole product is one idea: a lead has a temperature, and it moves.

01

Cold

A fresh lead lands Thola finds it for you, or it comes from your form, a CSV, an ad or a WhatsApp.

02

Warm

One tap fires the first follow-up on the channel they answer.

03

Hot

They reply the lead jumps to Hot and the chat is open.

04

Won

Send a payment link, mark it paid, and it's a real deal.

Thola Lead Finder · free

Out of leads? Thola finds them for you.

No lists to buy, no queries to write. Pick your industry, an area (locked to South Africa) and how many you want Thola searches the web and hands back real businesses with their contact details, ready to import and work.

  • Genuinely free 100 searches a day, yours alone (your own quota, never shared).
  • You only pick industry + area + count. Thola does the searching and parsing.
  • Every sourced lead lands POPIA-first opt-out on the first touch, no unsolicited WhatsApp spam.
  • Flip on Auto-Prospect and fresh leads land every morning on autopilot, on paid plans.
  • Add more industries at once cast as wide as your business goes.
Find your first leads free

Thola Lead Finder

New leads, found for you

Free · 100/day

Industry

Real estateProperty mgmt+ add

Area

Sandton, Midrand South Africa

How many

50 leads
Get leads

50 businesses found ready to import

Sandton Prime Realty

Sandton · estate agency

Import

Midrand Property Co.

Midrand · rentals

Import

Bryanston Homes

Bryanston · sales

Import

Reach them

One thread. The whole deal from “hi” to paid.

Connect your WhatsApp and Thola becomes your WhatsApp: every reply lands in one inbox your team can answer. It knows the 24-hour window, so it lets you free-type when the chat's open and nudges you to an approved template when it isn't.

  • No WhatsApp Business yet? We'll help you set it up free on Growth & Scale.
  • Honest delivery states sent, delivered, read. Never a fake tick.
  • A reply moves the lead to Hot automatically; “won” still waits for you.
  • Voice notes, images, templates with per-lead variables.
TN

Thabo Nkosi

online

Warm
Hi Thabo, this one ticks your boxes. Want a viewing on Saturday morning?09:14
Waiting on a reply…
K

Khanya Properties

Get in touch

Find your next home in Sandton

  • A real person replies fast
  • 20 years in the area
Your full name
WhatsApp number (082…)

How many bedrooms? *

1–234+

Which suburb? (optional)

Consent captured at submission POPIA-compliant, opt out any time.

Send my details
tholaleads.com/f/khanya Copy QR & sharebio · ads · WhatsApp status · shop window

Your front door

One link that turns lookers into leads.

Every business gets a branded mini-page your colours, your logo, your photos, your words. Share the one link (or its QR code) in your bio, on your ads, in your WhatsApp status, on your shop window. Submissions land on your board with consent captured.

  • Build your own form ask exactly what you need: bedrooms, budget, suburb, anything.
  • Add showcase photos of your work, a cover image, and your brand colour.
  • AI drafts the page copy for you on bigger plans you edit, it never posts alone.
  • POPIA consent is captured at submission the lawful basis is recorded on every lead.

Everything in the loop

An operator-grade tool, not a brochure.

Reach

A WhatsApp inbox the team shares

Conversations sorted by who's waiting on you, the 24-hour window built in, and honest delivery states on every message.

Free reply · 22h left delivered · read3 need a reply

Email, when WhatsApp can't

Number not on WhatsApp? Thola switches the same follow-up to email automatically one thread, two channels.

WhatsApp Email
New · AI assistant

A light AI that drafts you send

It suggests a reply from the thread, writes templates and ad copy, sums up a long chat, and can auto-acknowledge after hours. Always a draft a human sends never a bot pretending to be you.

Reply assist Templates & ad copy Thread summary After-hours auto-reply

We protect your number

Thola watches your WhatsApp quality rating and eases off or pauses before Meta ever flags or blocks you.

Quality: green · healthy
Capture

Pull leads in from everywhere

A branded capture form with a scannable QR, CSV import, click-to-WhatsApp links, Meta lead-ad sync, and inbound messages each entering with a recorded lawful basis.

Capture form QR code CSV import Meta lead ads WhatsApp inbound

Know which ad pays

Track every campaign to the lead and the rand cost-per-lead, cost-per-won, ROAS. You run the ad; Thola measures it.

42 leadsR38 / lead4.1× ROAS

Follow-up cadences

Day 0 / 2 / 5 sequences across WhatsApp and email that auto-pause the moment a lead replies or closes.

Day 0Day 2Day 5

Get paid in the chat

Send a payment link inside the thread; mark it paid and the lead is Won.

PayFastYocoOzow Paid

Who to call now

A ranked queue by urgency and quality your next best action, every time.

1ThaboReplied
2AishaHot
3ZaneleFollow-up due

Book it in the chat

Set a viewing or call from the thread month / week / day views, drag to reschedule, WhatsApp or email confirmation + .ics.

Viewing · Sat 10:00 · confirmed

Quote to invoice

Build an A4 quote or invoice, share it as a link, get it printed or paid VAT and numbering handled.

QuoteInvoice Share link

Never goes cold

Reminders, a “due today” list, and a going-cold nudge so nothing slips.

2 leads going cold re-engage

It grows itself

Every deal makes the next one easier.

Thola doesn't just work the leads you have it brings back the ones that went quiet, finds more like your best customers, and turns happy clients into new ones.

Second Shot

Leads that replied once then went quiet resurface in a ranked re-engage queue a warm second attempt, never starting from scratch.

More like your best

Thola learns from your won deals their areas, tags and typical value and pre-fills the Lead Finder to go find more of them.

Word of mouth

One tap on a won deal asks for a Google review or a referral, and logs the referred lead as your strongest source.

Smart journeys

If they reply, do this; if not, do that. Build if/else follow-ups across WhatsApp, email and templates they pause the instant a lead answers.

Speed to leadA lead answered in under 5 minutes is far likelier to buy Thola tracks your median first-reply and can fire an instant acknowledgement the moment a lead lands.

Honest by design

Built to be trusted with people's data from the first commit.

Opt-out is absolute

A STOP blocks every future send to that number, account-wide enforced in the data layer.

Won by a human

Thola nudges and suggests, but it never claims a sale on its own.

Everything audited

Every personal-data read, send, export and erasure is logged.

Dormant by default

Every paid service runs as a mock until you add credentials. R0 to run.

Built for your trade

Pick your industry your pipeline and message pack come ready.

Real estate

Agents and agencies working buyer and seller enquiries.

Auto dealers

Used and new vehicle sales chasing test-drive bookings.

Home services & trades

Plumbers, electricians, builders quoting jobs.

Professional services

Consultants, accountants, agencies booking discovery calls.

Hospitality & short-stay

Guesthouses and short-stay hosts converting enquiries to bookings.

Travel & tourism

Travel agencies, tour operators and lodges turning trip enquiries into bookings.

Fitness & wellness

Gyms, trainers, studios and coaches turning enquiries into members.

Beauty & salon

Salons, spas, nail and hair pros booking appointments.

Education & tutoring

Tutors, schools and training providers enrolling learners.

Events & photography

Photographers, planners and venues quoting and booking dates.

Cleaning & domestic

Cleaning, gardening and domestic services quoting jobs.

Medical & dental

Practices, clinics and allied health booking patients.

Finance & insurance

Brokers, advisers and fintech reps working B2C and B2B leads.

Retail & e-commerce

Shops and online sellers turning enquiries into orders.

General business

Any business a clean starter pipeline + universal follow-ups. A good base while a custom industry is set up.

Pricing

A flat price, plus your Meta bill at cost.

No markup. No prepaid credits. You connect your own WhatsApp number and pay Meta directly Thola never marks up your messages. Compare that to the others' fee + markup + credits.

14-day full-feature trial · the only WhatsApp lead tool built for POPIA.

Free

Bring your own number the core loop, free forever.

Free
  • 100 leads
  • Bring your own WhatsApp number
  • 1 seat
  • no AI
Start free

Starter

For a solo hustler testing the water.

R 459/mo
  • 100 leads
  • Bring your own WhatsApp number
  • Optional: up to 200 Thola-managed sends/mo
  • 1 seat
  • no AI
Choose Starter
Most popular

Growth

For a small team chasing every lead.

R 899/mo
  • 2 000 leads
  • Bring your own WhatsApp number
  • Optional: up to 5 000 Thola-managed sends/mo
  • 3 seats
  • AI assistant
Choose Growth

Scale

For agencies running at volume bring your own number.

R 2 799/mo
  • Unlimited leads
  • Bring your own WhatsApp number
  • Optional: up to 20 000 Thola-managed sends/mo
  • 10 seats
  • AI assistant
Choose Scale

Stop losing leads to a silent inbox.

Set up in minutes or book a guided walkthrough and we'll show you how it fits your business.