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Whether you run a biryani center, a kirana store, a salon, or a sweet shop – there’s one question every local merchant faces today: how do I get more customers without spending a fortune?

The answer is already in your pocket. WhatsApp.

And with chotu, you can create a beautiful digital catalog and start receiving orders on WhatsApp – for free, with zero commission.

Your Shop Is Great. But Can Customers Find You?

You wake up early. You prepare fresh stock. You offer good prices and honest service. But when a customer in your own neighborhood wants what you sell, they either forget your number – or order from someone else who has a neat, shareable catalog.

This is the reality for millions of local merchants across India today:

• Cafe owners sending daily menu photos one by one.
• Mutton shop and fish shop owners answering “what’s fresh today?” fifty times a morning.
• Tailors and boutique owners struggling to show their designs over chat.
• Kirana owners losing regulars to quick-commerce apps.
• Sweet shops and bakeries with no way to take pre-orders for festivals.
• Astrologers, ayurvedic shops, and loan services with no way to share their offerings professionally.

The problem isn’t your product. The problem is visibility. And chotu fixes that.

What Is chotu?

chotu is a simple tool that helps local merchants – from pan shops to dental clinics, from rice traders to pest control services – create a digital product and service catalog and share it directly on WhatsApp.

No website needed. No app for your customer to download. No technical skills required. If you can use WhatsApp, you can use chotu.

How It Works in 3 Steps

Step 1: Create Your Digital Catalog

Add your items or services with photos, names, and prices. Whether you sell 5 things or 500 – your catalog is clean, organized, and easy to browse. A biryani center can list all their varieties. A dry fruits shop can show today’s rates. A florist can display their bouquet packages. A carpenter can showcase their furniture work. Everything in one place.

Step 2: Share Your Catalog Link on WhatsApp

chotu gives you a unique link for your catalog. Share it in your WhatsApp status, send it to your regular customers, post it in your colony group, or print it on your shop board. Anyone who taps the link sees your full catalog instantly – no sign-up, no download, no friction.

Step 3: Receive Orders Directly on WhatsApp

Customers browse your catalog, pick what they want, and send you the order directly on WhatsApp. You get a clear, ready-to-act order message. No middleman. No commission. You confirm, prepare, and deliver – completely on your terms.

Built for Every Kind of Local Business

chotu works for the full range of Indian local commerce. Here’s how different merchants are using it:

Food & Restaurants: Biryani centers, chicken shops, fish shops, mutton shops, bakeries, breakfast joints, home food makers, restaurants, curry points, fast food stalls, chat bhandars, hot chips counters, and catering services are using chotu to share daily menus, take pre-orders, and reduce waste. Customers know what’s available before they even leave home.

Kirana & Daily Needs: Kirana stores, dairy parlours, rice traders, flour mills, fruits and vegetable vendors, organic shops, and pickle shops are sharing their stock and rates on WhatsApp. Customers from the colony send their shopping list, and delivery happens within the neighborhood – no delivery app needed.

Health & Wellness: Medical shops, ayurvedic shops, nutritionists, and dental clinics are listing their products, services, and consultation packages. Customers can browse and enquire without the awkwardness of walking in just to ask for prices.

Beauty & Personal Care: Salons and dry cleaning businesses are displaying their full service menus with prices and photos. Customers book appointments or drop off clothes by simply messaging after browsing the catalog.

Trades & Services: Tailors, carpenters, pest control services, and caterers are showcasing their work and packages. A tailor can display fabric options and rates. A carpenter can show past projects. A caterer can share full event menus with per-plate pricing.

Specialty & Niche Shops: Dry fruits shops, gift shops, pet shops, florists, sports shops, stationery stores, sweet shops, pan shops, and even astrologers and loan services are creating professional catalogs that build trust with customers before the first conversation even begins.

Why WhatsApp? Why Now?

Over 500 million Indians use WhatsApp every single day. It’s not just a messaging app – it’s where families coordinate, neighbors share news, and increasingly, where people discover and order from local businesses.

Unlike Swiggy, Zomato, or any delivery aggregator, WhatsApp doesn’t take a commission from your orders. Unlike Instagram or Facebook, your customers don’t need to follow you or see an algorithm-filtered post. You send them your link directly, they browse your catalog directly, and they order from you directly.

The relationship stays between you and your customer. That’s powerful.

What Merchants Are Saying

“Before chotu, I used to send photos one by one in WhatsApp. Customers got confused, prices were wrong, I was wasting two hours every day answering the same questions. Now I just send my catalog link – and orders come automatically. My biryani sales went up 40% in the first month itself.” – Rameez Bhai, Biryani Center, Hyderabad

“I’m a tailor. I never thought I needed any digital thing. But my neighbor’s son helped me set up chotu in one evening. Now my catalog shows all my dress designs, fabrics, and prices. Girls from nearby colonies message me directly. Business is booming especially during festival season.” – Lakshmi Aunty, Boutique & Tailoring, Secunderabad

“My kirana has everything – but customers don’t know. After I shared my chotu catalog in the colony WhatsApp group, people started ordering rice, oil, pulses – everything from me. Home delivery within 500 meters. No app, no commission. Just pure profit.” – Suresh Kumar, Kirana Merchant, Vijayawada

5 Tips to Get More Orders with Your chotu Catalog

Pin your link in your WhatsApp status every morning. Your daily customers will see it, share it with family, and new customers will discover you. Add a fresh photo from your shop to build trust.

Print your catalog QR on your shop board. A simple “Order on WhatsApp QR on a flex board outside your shop brings in customers even when you’re busy inside.

Share your link in your colony or area WhatsApp groups. A polite introduction with your catalog and a small opening offer can bring dozens of new customers overnight.

Update your catalog regularly. Change prices when needed, add seasonal specials, mark sold-out items. Customers who see a live, updated catalog trust you more and order more often.

Offer a small WhatsApp-order discount. Even ₹10 off on orders above ₹200 trains customers to use your catalog. It costs you far less than any advertisement.

Zero Commission. Zero Complexity. Zero Excuses.

chotu was built for the merchants who are the backbone of every Indian neighborhood – the anna who runs the kirana, the aunty who makes home food, the bhai at the chicken center, the uncle at the medical shop. People who work hard every day and deserve tools that work just as hard for them.

No commissions taken from your orders. No website to maintain. No app for your customer to install. Just your shop, your catalog, your customers – and WhatsApp, which everyone already has.

If you can describe what you sell, you can build your catalog today.

Get started with chotu – free. Your neighborhood is waiting.

Let’s be honest for a second.

You wake up early. You open your shop. You serve your customers well. Your regulars love you. Your product is good – maybe even great. And yet, at the end of the day, you wonder why business isn’t growing as fast as it should.

Here’s something worth thinking about: when was the last time a completely new customer walked in and said, “I found you online”?

If you’re drawing a blank, you’re not alone. Most local shop owners in India – kirana shops, salons, bakeries, restaurants, tailors, medical shops, sweet shops – are in exactly the same position. They’re running great businesses that are practically invisible on the internet.

And that’s a problem. Because your next customer isn’t going to walk past your shop by accident. They’re going to pick up their phone and search.

They’ll type “bakery near me” or “tailor in [your area]” or “good biryani center close to me.” And if you don’t show up, they’ll go to whoever does. Simple as that.

This is where a digital catalog changes everything.

A digital catalog is basically your shop – your products, your prices, your timings, your contact details – put online in a clean, shareable format. Not a website that takes months to build. Not an app. Just a clear, professional page that tells people who you are and what you offer.

chotu makes this easy for shop owners across 40+ categories – from cafes and dry-cleaning shops to astrologers and organic stores. You fill in your details, and your catalog is ready to share.

No tech skills needed. No big investment. Just your shop, finally findable.

Because being great at what you do is only half the job. The other half is making sure people can find you.

You’ve got your shop name painted on the wall. Your WhatsApp number is right there, big and bold. Customers who need you can call. What more do you need?

Actually – quite a bit more.

Here’s the thing about a WhatsApp number. It’s an invitation to a conversation. And conversations are great, but they have one big limitation: both people need to be free at the same time.

Your customer might be browsing at 11pm, trying to figure out where to order from tomorrow. They’re not going to WhatsApp you at midnight. But they will visit your digital catalog, check your menu, look at your prices, save your number – and message you in the morning ready to order.

Or imagine this: someone new moves into your area. They don’t know anyone who can recommend your shop. They open Google and search for what you sell. Your WhatsApp number on a wall isn’t going to help them. But a digital catalog with your shop name, your location, your offerings, and your contact details? That shows up. That gets clicked.

A digital catalog works while you sleep. It answers questions before they’re even asked. It tells the customer everything they need to know – your menu, your prices, your timings, your specialties – without requiring you to type a single reply.

Think of it this way. WhatsApp is for people who already know you. A digital catalog is for people who haven’t found you yet.

And there are a lot of people who haven’t found you yet.

chotu helps you build that catalog in minutes – whether you run a salon, a fish shop, a flour mill, a catering service, or anything in between. It’s not complicated. It’s just smart.

Give your WhatsApp number somewhere to send people to first.

Here’s a small experiment. Take out your phone. Search for the kind of shop you run – “kirana near me” or “sweet shop in Miyapur” or “good salon close to me.”

What do you see?

If your shop isn’t in those results, someone else’s is. And that someone else just got a customer that could have been yours.

This isn’t about big companies or e-commerce giants taking over. This is about the shop two streets away from you that bothered to put their information online – and is now getting walk-ins from people who moved into the area last month, people who were visiting from another neighbourhood, people who didn’t know anyone to ask for a recommendation.

Search has become the new word of mouth. When people move somewhere new, they don’t know anyone to ask. When young people want something, they don’t ask their parents – they Google it. When someone’s in a hurry, they search, pick the first decent result, and go.

The good news? Getting into those results doesn’t require a fancy website or a social media team. A clean, well-made digital catalog is enough. One page that says: here’s who we are, here’s what we sell, here’s how to reach us, here’s when we’re open.

That’s it. That’s all it takes to be findable.

chotu is built specifically for Indian local businesses – cafes, restaurants, bakeries, chicken centers, dairy parlours, medical shops, gift shops, pest control services, and 30+ other categories. It lets you create a professional digital catalog quickly, without needing to know anything about websites or coding.

The customer who’s searching right now won’t wait for you to figure it out later.

Be there now.

Every year it’s the same story.

Sankranti, Vijaya Dashami, Ganesh Chaturdhi, Diwali, Pongal, Onam, Holi – the orders start pouring in and shops are suddenly busier than they’ve been all quarter. Sweet shops are overwhelmed. Florists are scrambling. Gift shops can’t keep up. Caterers are booked out weeks in advance.

And yet – every year – a large number of those bookings go to the shops that were easiest to find online. Not always the best shops. Just the most visible ones.

Think about how people plan for festivals now. They don’t walk around the market a month in advance anymore. They sit at home, search for what they need, compare a couple of options, and call the one that looks most trustworthy and professional. This happens weeks before the festival. Sometimes months before, for big orders.

If your shop doesn’t have a digital catalog – something that shows up when people search, something they can share with family members who are co-planning the festival shopping – you’re missing the early wave. And the early wave is where the big orders are.

A digital catalog lets you show your festival specials. Your pricing. Your order deadlines. Your delivery options. Your contact number for bulk inquiries. All in one place, shareable with a single link.

chotu makes this possible for sweet shops, florists, gift shops, home foods businesses, catering services, bakeries, dry fruits shops, and every other category that sees a spike around the festive season.

The next festival is closer than you think. Set up your catalog now, while there’s still time to capture those early planners.

Your regulars will find you either way. It’s the new customers – the ones planning and searching online right now – that a digital catalog brings in.

The most useful thing about a digital catalog isn’t just that it helps new customers find you on Google. It’s that it gives you one link that does everything.

Think about all the times a customer asks: “What’s your menu?” You send the link. “What are your timings?” You send the link. “Can you send me your price list?” You send the link. Your cousin wants to recommend your shop to someone. They send the link. A customer wants to share your biryani center with their office group. They send the link.

One link. Every question answered. No more typing the same information into WhatsApp a dozen times a day.

This is what shop owners across India are figuring out – from cafes and sweet shops to carpenters and catering services, from rice traders and sports shops to home foods businesses and hot chips stalls. A digital catalog isn’t just for getting new customers. It’s a tool that makes your everyday business operations smoother.

And the cumulative effect of having that link out there – shared in WhatsApp groups, saved in people’s contacts, found on Google – is that over time, your customer base grows quietly and steadily. A new family moves in, finds you online. An old customer refers someone and sends your catalog link. A person visits your area for work, searches for a good place to eat or shop, and finds you.

None of this requires you to do anything beyond creating the catalog once.

chotu is built for exactly this – giving every local shop in India, in every category, a clean and professional digital catalog that works as a full-time sales tool.

One link. Shared thousands of times. Growing your business while you focus on running it.

That’s the idea. And it works.

Build your digital presence. Reach believers beyond your locality. Grow your consultations – for free.

If you’ve been practising astrology for years – reading janam kundalis, predicting muhurtams, guiding families through marriages, new businesses, or difficult times – you already know that trust is everything in your field.

But here’s the hard truth: the next generation of clients isn’t asking their neighbours for an astrologer’s number. They’re searching online. And if you’re not there, you’re losing those clients to someone who is.

chotu gives you a professional digital catalog for your astrology practice – completely free to start.

Why Astrologers Need to Go Online Now

Your current clients found you through word of mouth. That’s powerful – but it has limits. It stops at your street, your colony, your existing circle.

Online, your reach is unlimited. Someone in another part of your city – or another city entirely – can find your profile, see your services, read about your specialisations, and contact you directly on WhatsApp. No middleman. No platform taking a cut.

The demand for astrology in India is massive and growing. People are actively searching for:

• Janam kundali reading
• Marriage compatibility (kundali matching)
• Vastu consultation
• Numerology
• Daily/weekly predictions
• Career and business guidance
• Muhurtam (auspicious time) selection

If your name doesn’t appear when they search, someone else’s will.

What Is chotu and How Does It Help You?

chotu is a freemium digital catalog platform built specifically for local and independent businesses in India – including astrologers like you.

With chotu, you get:

Your own professional page – with your name, photo, services, fees, and contact details, all in one place.

A shareable link – send it on WhatsApp, share it on Facebook, or print it on your visiting card. Clients click it and instantly see everything about your practice.

WhatsApp-ready inquiries – clients can reach you directly without having to call or physically visit first. You control the conversation.

Zero upfront cost – the freemium model means you can get started today without spending anything.

Step-by-Step: Setting Up Your Astrology Catalog on chotu

Step 1: Go to owner.chotu.com or select from below list

Get catalog with your whatsapp number

Step 2: Register your business

Enter your name, business name (e.g., “Pandit Ramesh Jyotish Kendra”), your city, and contact number. Select Astrologer as your business category.

Step 3: Add your services and fees

List every service you offer. Be specific – the more detailed you are, the more trust you build before a client even contacts you. For example:

• Janam Kundali preparation and reading – ₹500
• Kundali Milan (marriage compatibility) – ₹800
• Vastu consultation (home/office) – ₹1,500
• Annual horoscope report – ₹1,200
• Online video consultation (30 mins) – ₹700

Step 4: Write a short introduction

Tell potential clients who you are. How many years have you been practising? What is your specialisation – Vedic astrology, KP system, numerology, Vastu? What languages do you consult in? Have you helped hundreds of families? Say so.

This is your credibility – put it on display.

Step 5: Add your photo

A clear, professional photo builds immediate trust. Clients feel more comfortable reaching out to someone whose face they can see.

Step 6: Share your catalog link

Once your catalog is live, chotu gives you a unique link. Share it:

• In your WhatsApp status
• In local Facebook and community groups
• With existing clients who can forward it to others
• On your visiting card or flex board outside your practice

What Your Clients See

When someone clicks your chotu link, they see a clean, professional page with your services, fees, and a direct “Contact on WhatsApp” button. No clutter, no confusion. Just the information they need to trust you and reach out.

Common Questions Astrologers Ask

“My clients prefer face-to-face. Why do I need to go online?” Your existing clients may prefer in-person sessions – but your future clients will discover you online first. Going digital doesn’t replace personal consultation; it just makes sure people can find you before they decide to visit.

“Will this cost me money?” No. chotu’s freemium model means you can create and maintain your catalog for free. There are no listing fees or commissions on consultations.

“I’m not tech-savvy. Is this difficult?” If you can use WhatsApp, you can set up chotu. The interface is simple, in plain language, and designed for shop and practice owners – not engineers.

“What if I also do online consultations via video call?” Perfect – mention it as a service in your catalog. Many people today prefer video consultations, especially those in other cities. chotu helps you reach them.

The Astrologers Winning Online Have One Thing in Common

They showed up. They created a presence. They made it easy for clients to find them, understand their services, and reach out.

You have the knowledge, the experience, and the client trust already built. All you’re missing is the digital door that lets new clients walk in.

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No commission. Just biryani, directly to your customer.

It’s Tuesday afternoon. Someone in your area is craving biryani. They open WhatsApp, message a friend, and ask – “yaar koi achha biryani centre ka number hai?” Their friend sends your number. The customer messages you: “Bhai, 2 plates chicken biryani milegi? Home delivery hogi kya?”

That moment – that WhatsApp message – is worth money. But are you ready to receive it? Do you have a menu they can see? Do they know your prices, your timings, your minimum order? Or does the conversation die because it’s too much back-and-forth?

chotu fixes this. It turns your WhatsApp into a proper ordering system – for free.

Why WhatsApp Is Already Your Best Sales Channel

If you run a biryani centre, you’re probably already getting some orders on WhatsApp. A regular customer messages you. You reply. You take the order. It works – but it’s messy.

The problem isn’t WhatsApp. The problem is there’s no menu attached to your number. Every new customer has to ask: “What do you have? What’s the price? Do you deliver? What’s the minimum?” You answer the same questions 10 times a day.

With chotu, you share one link – and that link answers everything before the customer even messages you.

What Happens When You Have a chotu Catalog

Imagine this instead:

A customer searches for biryani near them, finds your chotu link (shared in a local WhatsApp group or listed on google in chotu page), and clicks it. They see:

• Your full menu – Chicken Biryani, Mutton Biryani, Egg Biryani, Family Pack, Half Plate
• Prices clearly listed
• Your timing – 11 AM to 10 PM
• Delivery area and minimum order
• A single “Order on WhatsApp” button

They tap the button. WhatsApp opens with a pre-filled message: “Hi, I’d like to place an order.” You receive it, confirm, and it’s done. Clean. Fast. Professional.

No confusion. No repeated questions. No lost orders.

Step-by-Step: Set Up Your Biryani Centre on chotu

Step 1: Visit owner.chotu.com

Go to owner.chotu.com or select from below list from your phone. Registration is free and fast.

Step 2: Register your center

Enter your biryani center’s name, location, and WhatsApp number. Select Biryani Centre as your category.

Step 3: Build your menu

Add every item you sell with its price. Be thorough:

• Chicken Biryani (Full) – ₹180
• Chicken Biryani (Half) – ₹100
• Mutton Biryani (Full) – ₹220
• Egg Biryani – ₹120
• Family Pack (4 persons) – ₹600
• Raita – ₹30
• Cold Drink – ₹40

The more complete your menu, the fewer questions customers ask before ordering.

Step 4: Add your timings and delivery info

Let customers know when you’re open and whether you deliver, your delivery area, and minimum order amount. This alone eliminates at least half the back-and-forth messages you currently get.

Step 5: Get your shareable link

chotu gives you a unique link for your catalog. This is your digital menu – shareable anywhere.

Where to Share Your chotu Link for Maximum Orders

Once your catalog is live, the link works hardest when you put it in the right places:

WhatsApp Status – Update your status daily. “Today’s special: Mutton Biryani ₹220 Order here: https://chotu.com/biz/1234567890 ” Every contact sees it.

Local WhatsApp Groups – Apartment groups, colony groups, office groups nearby. Share your link with a simple message: “Fresh biryani daily, home delivery available – check our menu here.”

Your own WhatsApp Business profile – Add the chotu link in your business description so every customer who opens your profile sees it immediately.

Google Business Profile – If you have one, add the link in your website field. It helps you appear in “biryani near me” searches.

Printed on your packaging – Add the link or a QR code to your parcel bags and boxes. Every delivery creates a new potential repeat customer.

The Real Business Impact

WhatsApp ordering through a digital catalog isn’t just convenient – it changes how your business runs:

Faster order taking – customers browse and decide before messaging. You spend less time explaining and more time cooking.

Fewer errors – when customers see the menu and pick items themselves, wrong orders drop significantly.

More repeat orders – a customer who has your link saved will reorder directly. No searching, no asking around.

Word of mouth goes digital – when a happy customer forwards your link to a friend, that friend gets your full menu instantly. The old “give him a call” now becomes “here’s their menu, just tap to order.”

What About Swiggy and Zomato?

Many biryani centre owners wonder if they should just list on Swiggy or Zomato. You can – but here’s what those platforms take: 20% to 30% commission on every order. On a ₹180 plate, that’s ₹36 to ₹54 gone before you’ve paid for gas.

chotu is different. Your chotu catalog drives orders directly to your WhatsApp. You keep 100% of every sale. No commission, no platform dependency, no risk of getting delisted.

Use both if you want – but build your own direct ordering channel first with chotu, so you’re never fully dependent on anyone else.

One Last Thing

The biryani business in India runs on loyalty. Once a customer loves your biryani, they come back again and again. But first – they have to find you. They have to be able to order easily. They have to trust that you’re a proper, reliable setup.

A digital catalog on chotu signals all of that. It tells a new customer: this is a serious business, here’s the menu, here’s the price, tap to order.

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Stop depending on referrals alone. Build your online presence, showcase your work, and let customers find you – for free.

You’ve spent years mastering your craft. Custom wardrobes, modular kitchens, wooden doors, furniture repairs, false ceilings – your hands have built hundreds of homes. Your existing clients love your work and refer you to friends.

But referrals run out. They’re slow. And when someone new moves into the area and searches online for a carpenter, your name doesn’t come up – because you’re not there.

That’s the only thing holding your business back. Not your skill. Not your pricing. Just visibility.

chotu gives you a professional digital catalog where customers can find you, see your services, and contact you directly on WhatsApp – completely free.

Why Carpenters Are Losing Work to Less Skilled Competitors Online

Here’s something that might surprise you: many carpenters getting calls today aren’t better than you. They just made sure to show up online.

When someone shifts to a new flat, renovates their home, or needs furniture work done, the first thing they do is search. “Carpenter near me.” “Furniture repair in [city].” “Modular kitchen work Hyderabad.”

If you don’t have an online presence, you don’t exist in that search. Someone else gets the call. Someone else gets the job.

A chotu catalog puts your name, your services, your work, and your WhatsApp number in front of exactly those customers.

What You Can Show on Your chotu Catalog

Your catalog is your digital visiting card – except it holds far more than a card ever could. Here’s what to include:

Your services – be specific. Don’t just write “carpentry work.” List everything:

• Modular kitchen design and installation
• Custom wardrobes and almirah work
• Wooden door and window fitting
• Furniture repair and polishing
• False ceiling (POP/gypsum)
• Bed and sofa frame work
• Office furniture and partitions
• Site visits and estimates (free or paid)

Your pricing – even approximate ranges build trust. “Modular kitchen starting from ₹45,000” tells a customer you’re serious and within their budget before they even call.

Your location and service area – which areas of the city do you work in? Customers want to know you’ll actually come to them.

Your experience – 10 years in the trade? 500+ projects done? Say it. This is your credibility and it matters enormously when someone is inviting you into their home.

Your WhatsApp number – so customers can message you photos of the work they need, and you can give them a quick estimate without a site visit.

Step-by-Step: Create Your Free Carpenter Catalog on chotu

Step 1: Go to owner.chotu.com

Open owner.chotu.com or select from the below display of categories list on your phone. No app download needed.

Step 2: Register your business

Enter your name or business name (e.g., “Raju Carpenter Works”), your city, and your WhatsApp number. Select Carpenter as your category.

Step 3: List your services with prices

Add each service you offer. Include starting prices wherever possible – customers who see pricing are far more likely to reach out than those who have to ask first.

Step 4: Write a short introduction

Two to three sentences about who you are, how long you’ve been working, what areas you serve, and what you specialise in. For example:

“15 years experience in residential and commercial carpentry. Specialise in modular kitchens, custom wardrobes, and furniture repair. Serving Hyderabad – Kukatpally, KPHB, Miyapur, and nearby areas.”

Simple. Clear. Trust-building.

Step 5: Add photos of your work

This is the most powerful thing a carpenter can do online. A photo of a beautifully done modular kitchen or a custom wardrobe is worth a hundred words. Upload your best work – before/after photos are especially compelling.

Step 6: Go live and share your link

chotu gives you a unique link for your catalog. Share it:

• In your WhatsApp status daily
• In local housing society and apartment WhatsApp groups
• With every customer after a job – “Share this with anyone who needs carpentry work”
• On your visiting card alongside your phone number

How WhatsApp + chotu Changes the Way You Get Work

Right now, when someone wants to hire a carpenter, the process is:

1. Ask a neighbour or friend for a recommendation
2. Call a number
3. Describe the work over the phone
4. Wait for someone to visit and give an estimate
5. Hope the price is right

With your chotu catalog, it becomes:

1. Customer finds your link (via WhatsApp group, Google, or a referral)
2. They see your services, pricing, photos, and experience
3. They’re already convinced before contacting you
4. They send you a WhatsApp message with photos of the work needed
5. You respond with a quick estimate – no site visit needed for small jobs

You spend less time on dead-end inquiries and more time on real, paying work.

The Referral Multiplier Effect

Here’s what most carpenters don’t realise: when a happy customer refers you today, they say “call Raju, here’s his number.” The person saves the number, maybe calls, maybe doesn’t.

When you have a chotu catalog, the referral becomes: “here’s his link, you can see all his work and services.” The person clicks it, sees your portfolio, and is already sold by the time they message you.

Your existing word-of-mouth doesn’t disappear – it gets stronger.

Frequently Asked Questions

“I already get enough work through contacts. Why do I need this?” 

Referral networks are great but fragile. One slow season, one gap in your network, and work dries up. A digital catalog keeps inquiries coming in even when your personal network isn’t actively referring.

“I don’t have photos of my work.” 

Start taking them now – even on your phone. Before and after shots of any job, even small ones, are powerful. Add them as you go.

“Will this really bring in new customers?” 

Yes – especially if you share your link actively in local WhatsApp groups. Housing society groups, apartment resident associations, Google search and neighbourhood groups are full of people who need home services like carpentry. One share in the right group can bring multiple inquiries.

“Is it really free?” 

Yes. chotu’s freemium model lets you create and maintain your full catalog at no cost.

Your Craft Deserves to Be Found

You’ve built your skill over years. Every wardrobe you’ve made, every kitchen you’ve fitted, every repair you’ve done – that’s your portfolio. Put it online. Let it work for you even when you’re at a job site, not answering your phone.

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