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Boreke Gas

WhatsApp ordering for an LPG gas depot. Customers order in the chat they already use; staff run payments, deliveries and invoicing from one console.

Client
LPG gas depot, South Africa
Built
Ordering bot, staff console, Xero link
Stack
WhatsApp Cloud API, AI replies, Postgres, Xero
Status
Live
The problem

Orders arrived as WhatsApp messages and phone calls. Staff scrolled chats to find what someone wanted, matched proof-of-payment screenshots against the bank by eye, retyped every order into Xero, and phoned customers back when an address was just “near the school”.

What we built
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Order in the chat

Customers pick a product, quantity and delivery spot right inside WhatsApp. An AI assistant answers the everyday questions and hands over to a person when it should.

02 / 06

Chats that need you, first

The inbox splits into Needs you and AI handling. Red means waiting on staff. Once staff reply and the chat goes quiet for an hour, it hands itself back to the AI.

03 / 06

Payments checked in one place

Every proof of payment lands in Payments to check. One tap confirms it paid and the order moves on, so nothing ships unpaid and nothing paid gets missed.

04 / 06

Delivery without the phone calls

Each order carries the customer's exact pin plus their own directions, like the house number or a landmark. Drivers open it straight in Maps.

05 / 06

Invoices straight into Xero

Send to Xero turns a confirmed order into an invoice. No retyping, no second system to keep in sync.

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Prices that stay right

Products & prices has a monthly check that has to be done by the 5th, so the bot never quotes last month's gas price.

How it works
  1. Customer messages the depot on WhatsApp
  2. Bot takes the order, the AI answers questions
  3. Proof of payment is checked and confirmed by staff
  4. Order is dispatched to the exact pin
  5. Invoice lands in Xero
What changed
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