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Dealer Lead Routing and Follow-Up Automation

Pull leads from OEM portals, websites, classifieds, social forms and walk-ins into one hub, remove duplicates, route them to the right consultant and run approved WhatsApp follow-ups.

Who it is for

  • Dealer Principal or Dealer Group CEO
  • General Manager, Sales
  • OEM Regional Lead Management Manager
  • CRM Manager

The problem

A dealer group receives leads from the OEM lead portal, its own websites, car classifieds, social media forms, call-ins, walk-in registers and its own service customers. The same buyer often appears in several places, some leads never get an owner, and the OEM asks for status updates the dealer struggles to provide.

Duplicate and orphan leads

The same buyer arrives from several sources while other leads sit unassigned in a portal nobody checks daily.

Routing by guesswork

Leads go to whoever is free, not by showroom location, model expertise or the buyer's language.

Follow-ups depend on memory

Consultants juggle many prospects, and follow-up cadences break down in busy months.

Status gaps with the OEM

Lead outcomes and lost reasons rarely flow back to the OEM portal, which hurts dealer scorecards and makes campaign spend hard to judge.

What we build

We build a lead hub that connects every source your group uses. Incoming leads are normalised, matched against existing records to remove duplicates and enriched with model, location and source. Routing rules set by your sales managers assign each lead by pincode, brand, model, language and consultant workload, and an SLA timer escalates leads that have not been contacted. A language model drafts personalised WhatsApp follow-ups from approved templates and price sheets, and consultants approve any message that mentions price, offers or finance. Outcomes and lost reasons sync back to the DMS and the OEM lead portal, and dashboards show the funnel by source and showroom.

  • Ingests and deduplicates leads from the OEM portal, websites, classifieds, social forms and walk-in registers
  • Routes by pincode, brand, model, language and consultant workload
  • SLA timers with escalation to team leads for uncontacted leads
  • Personalised WhatsApp follow-ups drafted from approved templates and price sheets
  • Intent scoring from source, engagement and conversation notes
  • Syncs lead status and lost reasons back to the DMS and OEM lead systems

How it works

  1. 01Capture leadsLeads arrive from every connected source into one hub.
  2. 02Deduplicate and enrichRecords are matched to existing customers and leads, and ambiguous matches are queued for a person to confirm.
  3. 03Score and routeRules assign each lead to a showroom and consultant, with an intent score.
  4. 04Watch the SLALeads not contacted within the agreed time escalate to the team lead for reassignment.
  5. 05Follow upCadenced WhatsApp messages and call tasks run, with consultants approving any price or offer content.
  6. 06Sync and analyseStatus and lost reasons flow to the DMS and OEM portal and feed funnel and source reports.
Dealer Lead Routing and Follow-Up Automation: workflow diagram
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Architecture

  1. Sources
    • OEM lead portal connector
    • Website and social lead forms
    • Classifieds feeds
    • Walk-in and call-in registers
  2. Lead hub
    • Deduplication and identity matching
    • Enrichment and intent scoring
    • Routing rules engine
  3. Engagement
    • SLA timers and escalations
    • WhatsApp template engine with LLM drafts
    • Consultant approval queue
  4. Systems and reporting
    • DMS and CRM sync
    • OEM portal status sync
    • Funnel and lost-reason dashboards
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Inputs and outputs

Inputs

  • Leads from the OEM portal, websites, classifieds and social forms
  • Walk-in and call-in registers
  • Service customers flagged for exchange or upgrade
  • Consultant roster, showrooms and pincode coverage
  • Approved message templates and price sheets
  • Consent and opt-out records

Outputs

  • Deduplicated, scored lead records with owners
  • SLA breach alerts and reassignments
  • WhatsApp follow-up history per lead
  • Status and lost reasons synced to the DMS and OEM portal
  • Funnel reports by source, showroom and consultant

Where people stay in control

Consultants approve every message that mentions price, offers or finance, and team leads handle SLA escalations. Sales managers own the routing rules, and ambiguous duplicate matches are confirmed by a person before records merge.

Integrations

  • Dealer management system or CRM
  • OEM lead management portal
  • Meta and Google lead forms
  • WhatsApp Business API
  • Telephony or click-to-call
  • BI tools for funnel reporting

Guardrails

  • Messages use approved templates and price sheets only
  • Opt-outs honoured across every channel immediately
  • No false urgency or pressure messaging
  • Ambiguous duplicates confirmed by a person, never merged blindly
  • Consultant approval for price, offer and finance content

Compliance notes

  • Messaging follows TRAI commercial communication rules and WhatsApp opt-in requirements.
  • Lead and customer data handled under the DPDP Act 2023, including consent and retention limits.

A typical pilot

Duration: 4 weeks

One dealer group, two showrooms and one brand, connecting the OEM portal, the website and one classifieds source.

Deliverables

  1. 01Source connectors and deduplication rules
  2. 02Routing rules configured with sales managers
  3. 03WhatsApp templates and approval flow
  4. 04DMS and OEM portal sync
  5. 05Funnel dashboard and pilot report

What we measure

Time to first contact
Time from lead creation to first call or message, by source.
Duplicate and unassigned leads
Counts before and during the pilot.
Follow-up adherence
Share of leads receiving the agreed cadence.
Lead-to-test-drive conversion
Tracked by source and showroom across the pilot period.

FAQs

01Will it work with our OEM's DMS and lead portal?

We integrate through whatever the OEM allows: APIs, scheduled exports or controlled automation of portal updates. The DMS stays the system of record, and we confirm the route with your OEM contact early.

02We sell several brands. Can routing handle that?

Yes. Routing rules can separate brands, showrooms and consultant teams, and the same buyer enquiring about two brands is flagged rather than merged.

03Is there a risk of our WhatsApp number being blocked?

We send only to opted-in contacts, use approved templates, respect frequency limits and honour opt-outs instantly, which keeps the account in good standing.

04Will consultants actually use it?

Consultants see their leads, drafts and tasks on mobile, and approval takes a tap. We involve a few consultants in the pilot design so the flow fits how they already work.

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Akhilesh Mittal

Founded by Akhilesh Mittal. 8 years building a security platform for a New Zealand company. IIT ISM Dhanbad and IMT Ghaziabad. Builds production agentic AI.

Pick one showroom, workshop or claim queue to start

Book a discovery call and we will scope a short pilot on your own photos, documents or call recordings, with the measures agreed up front.