WhatsApp-native · built for South Africa

The leads are already in your WhatsApp.

Thola helps you close them.

Capture a lead, follow up on WhatsApp before it goes cold, and mark it won when it’s real all from your phone.

No card needed. Everything runs on a demo until you connect your own accounts.

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Thabo Nkosi

New lead · WhatsApp

Cold
Hi 👋 saw your ad is the 2-bed in Greenside still available?
Thola fired your follow-up on time, every time
It is! Want to view it Saturday at 10am?
Perfect, see you then 🙌
You marked it won R12,500 deposit paid in-chat
ColdWarmHotWon

Sound familiar?

It’s not a lead problem. It’s a follow-up problem.

The leads come in. They just slip through the cracks between “I’ll reply later” and “they bought elsewhere.”

That’s the part Thola fixes.

A lead messages you on WhatsApp. You mean to reply.
Mon
Your follow-ups live in your head and your head is full.
Tue
You're paying for ads, but couldn't say which one brought your last sale.
Thu
Three days later, they've bought from someone else. It's the 28th and the pipeline's thin.
Sat

Who it’s for

Built for people who sell on their phone.

This is you

  • You close deals on WhatsApp, not in a boardroom.
  • You're an estate agent, dealer, tradesperson, consultant, guesthouse, or sales rep.
  • You follow up by hand and things slip.
  • You're a small team (or a team of one) who can't afford to drop a lead.

Probably not you (yet)

  • You're a large company already running Salesforce or HubSpot.
  • You sell purely through an online checkout, with no human follow-up.

If you chase deals one chat at a time, you’re in the right place.

What changes with Thola

Five things stop slipping.

You never forget a follow-up again.

Automatic follow-up sequences, plus a nudge the moment a lead starts going cold.

You always know who to call next.

A ranked who-to-call-now list, ready every morning.

You can see which ads actually pay.

Cost per lead and return on ad spend, per campaign.

You get paid in the same chat.

Send a quote or invoice and take payment right there on WhatsApp.

You stay on the right side of POPIA without thinking about it.

Consent, opt-out and a full audit trail, built in.

How it works

Five steps. One loop. Every day.

01

Capture

A lead comes in: your form, a WhatsApp click, an ad, or a quick import.

02

Reach

Message them on WhatsApp, where they'll actually see it. Email as a backup.

03

Follow up

Thola fires the next follow-up before the lead goes cold.

04

Win

You mark it won when it's real. Thola never decides that for you.

05

Get paid

Send the quote, send the invoice, take the payment same thread.

Proof

Don’t take our word for it. Click around.

Thola is new, and we’d rather show you than sell you. Open the live demo, fill in a real capture form, and watch the lead land on the board then move it from Cold to Won yourself.

We’re not going to invent five-star quotes. As our first businesses go live, their words will go here with their names on them.

What we can promise today

  • Built in South Africa, for POPIA not a global tool with a privacy bolt-on.
  • You pay Meta's WhatsApp rates at cost. No markup. No prepaid credits to top up.
  • The whole thing runs end-to-end on your phone before you connect a single paid account.

Why Thola

Why Thola, and not the others.

POPIA-native

Consent, opt-out and audit are part of every message not an afterthought.

WhatsApp-first

The channel South Africans answer, with email as a smart backup.

Meta at cost

Connect your own WhatsApp number and pay Meta directly. No markup, no prepaid credits.

Seats that make sense

Add your whole team no hard five-user ceiling.

Try it for real, free

Everything works on a demo until you add your own accounts.

No lock-in

Month to month. Leave whenever you like, and take your data with you.

Pricing

Simple pricing. Your Meta bill stays yours.

A flat monthly fee plus whatever Meta charges you for WhatsApp, at cost. No markup, no credits to top up.

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 349/mo
  • 100 leads
  • Bring your own WhatsApp number
  • 1 seat
  • no AI
Choose Starter
Most popular

Growth

For a small team chasing every lead.

R 799/mo
  • 2 000 leads
  • Bring your own WhatsApp number
  • 3 seats
  • AI assistant
Choose Growth

Scale

For agencies running at volume bring your own number.

R 1 899/mo
  • Unlimited leads
  • Bring your own WhatsApp number
  • 10 seats
  • AI assistant
Choose Scale

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Stop losing leads you’ve already earned.

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