Extension for Zoho CRM & Teambox
This guide helps you to setup Google Chrome Extension for Zoho Products & Picky Assist Teambox
Features
Works with All Zoho CRM Modules where data field is Mobile or Phone
Works with Zoho CRM, Zoho CRM Plus & Zoho Bigin All Versions
Integration into Zoho CRM Sales Signal Notification for Quick Navigations
Deep Linking with Picky Assist Teambox, lauch Teambox from Zoho CRM
Feature to add Country Code Prefix if the Zoho CRM data is not added with Country Code
Mobile Number length validation to dynamically validate length of the home country
Mobile number sanitisation like removing 0 from beginning, stripping spaces, hyphens etc from numbers
Supports WhatsApp Web & Desktop with the option to choose the default app
Pre-Requiste
Zoho CRM, CRM Plus, Bign Free or Paid Version Or Picky Assist Teambox
Google Chrome Browser Installed with the Extension
Logged into WhatsApp Web or WhatsApp Dekstop App
Compatibility with Zoho Products
Currently this extension is compatible with following products of Zoho CRM.
Zoho CRM
Zoho CRM Plus
Zoho Bigin
Getting Started
Simply install the Google Chrome extension from this link then reload the Zoho CRM Webpage and you will start seeing the icon's as shown in the below image wherever the data field is mobile or phone number. Simply click on the icon to open the respective app in a new browser tab
Make sure you are logged into the WhatsApp Web / Desktop or Teambox
Settings in the Extensions
The extension have a setting page where you can save your preferences which helps you to decide how the extension should work in different situations as explanined below;
The Settings can be opened from the extension and pin the extension to open it's settings as shown below;
Default App
You can see 2 options here as shown below;
If your computer is installed with WhatsApp Desktop App then please select WhatsApp Desktop so that it will open the WhatsApp Desktop app instead of opening web.whatsapp.com
Number Validations Settings
This is useful for those who are saving mobile numbers without country code, this works along with the exact length of the mobile number settings, let's understand with an example;
Example How it Works
In India (Country code 91) the mobile numbers are 10 digit long so with country code the number becomes 12 digits
But in the Zoho CRM if you have saved only the 10 digit of an Indian mobile number then it will not work with WhatsApp as WhatsApp needs country code as well to send messages, so in this case you need to configure the settings as below;
Country Prefix : 10
Length of the Mobile Number without Country Code : 10
Now wherever in your Zoho CRM the phone number length is equals to and below than 10 then the extension will auto append the country code 91 which makes the number compatible with WhatsApp
If the length of the mobile number is above 10 digits then the extension will not prefix any values to the number so that it will work with other numbers which are saved with country code
Kindly note that the extension auto sanitise the number starts with 0, contains hypen (-), brackets ( ) , between numbers after that we checks the length of the number, if your number is in this format +1 (234) 343-434 we convert the number to 1234343434
We don't change any values in your Zoho CRM, if you have numbers from many countries then we always recommed to save the number along with country code
Difference between Chrome Extension & Zoho Extension
Apart from the Google Chrome extension we have a native Zoho CRM extension in the Zoho Marketplace which offers more seamless integration and features than the Google Chrome Extension, here is the comparision to quickly find the difference
Offered as Paid Adon
Free to Use
Need to Install from Zoho Marketplace inside Zoho CRM
Install from Google Web Store as an extension to the Chrome Browser
Works with any browser and mobile devices
Works only with Google Chrome browsers
Personalisation of message possible using the Zoho CRM values
Not possible to get any values from Zoho CRM, supports only extracting the mobile number
Opens inside the Zoho CRM as widget
Opens in a new browser tab
Auto lead/contact creation when new contact messages you
Not supported
Notification of incoming message to the Record Owner - Sales Signal
Not Supported
Integration into Zoho Workflow
Not Supported
Track Message histroy
Not Supported
Authorisation Needed
No Authorisation needed
Works Only with Zoho CRM & Zoho CRM Plus
Works with Zoho CRM, Zoho CRM Plus & Zoho Bigin
Round robin Lead Allocation when new contacts send messages on WhatsApp
Not Supported
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