Fifteen days, not fifteen months
When a custom kitchen and closet maker hears "artificial intelligence," they picture a year-long project, a team of programmers, and an invoice that never ends. So they put it off. Meanwhile, they keep losing the prospect who messaged on Sunday and got no answer until Tuesday.
The reality is simpler. At Catalizadora we get an AI WhatsApp agent live in 15 days for $4,500 USD. An agent that replies, qualifies the project, books the measuring visit, sends the payment link, and drops every conversation into your CRM. Here's exactly how that process works for a shop like yours, step by step.
Why a kitchen shop needs this before a management system
Many makers invest first in production software or a 3D configurator. Useful, but it solves the part you already control: building. The real bottleneck is before and after: the prospect who cools off because you were slow to reply, and the balance that gets paid at 70 days.
An AI agent hits exactly those two ends. It's the fastest-return investment because every prospect handled on time and every balance collected six weeks earlier pays for itself. That's why we recommend starting here.
Think of it this way: the 3D configurator helps you close the client already sitting across from you. The AI agent handles the one who messaged at eleven at night, the one who asked for a quote on Sunday, and the one who's owed you the balance for a month. None of those three set foot in your showroom until someone handles them, and usually that someone is you, exhausted, after hours. The agent covers them without you lifting a finger.
The MAGIA method, in plain terms
We work with a five-step method. It isn't jargon, it's the order in which we build.
1. Mapping
We sit with you for half a day. How does a prospect come in today? What do they always ask (do you do L-shaped kitchens? melamine or MDF? how long is delivery?)? How do you collect? Which projects do you take and which do you pass on? All of that becomes the agent's brain.
2. Architecture
We design the conversations. How it greets, how it qualifies whether the project fits your size, when it books a measurement and when it hands the case to you. We also define the collections schedule: deposit, payment against panels, balance at install.
3. Generation
We build the agent in your brand's voice and connect it to your WhatsApp Business and your CRM. This is where you start seeing real messages and approving the tone.
4. Implementation
We take it live on your number. We test with real conversations. We tune anything that doesn't sound like you. You approve before it talks to an actual client.
5. Autonomy
We hand you the working agent and a dashboard where you see prospects, appointments, and balances. From there it runs on its own. And here's the part nobody else tells you: it's yours. We don't rent it or lend it to you. The code, the data, and the infrastructure are in your name. If tomorrow you decide to switch providers or stop working with us, the agent stays yours and keeps running.
Let's compare: hiring vs. the agent
Let's use numbers. A part-time person to answer WhatsApp, qualify, and follow up on collections costs, depending on your market, several hundred dollars a month, every month, and only works office hours. The Saturday 9 p.m. prospect is still unanswered.
The agent costs $4,500 USD once, ships in 15 days, works 24/7, and never takes vacation or quits. Monthly operation is pass-through, around $200 to $400 USD in hosting and tokens, with no markup from us. Add up six months of a person's wages against the one-time cost of the agent plus its operation, and the agent already costs less. And unlike subscription software, you're not paying rent that climbs every year for something that's never yours.
There's a cost almost no one adds up: the lost prospect. A single custom kitchen project is worth several times what the whole agent costs. If you recover a couple of those clients a year, the ones who used to cool off over a late reply, the agent pays for itself with one close. The rest, better service, faster collections, and everything in one CRM, is pure upside.
"What if my shop is too small for this?"
MAGIA Solo is designed exactly for the shop with no marketing or IT department. You don't need to know anything technical. We build, you approve the tone, and you receive something that already works. If you grow later and want more (several locations, integrations with your production system, deeper automation), that's where MAGIA Core ($15,000) and Forge ($20,000, 12 weeks) come in. But most shops start, and Solo is plenty.
What you get on day 15
- Your AI agent live on WhatsApp, in your brand's voice.
- Conversations that qualify projects and book measuring visits on their own.
- Automated payment reminders and a collection link.
- A CRM with every prospect, appointment, and balance in one place.
- The code, data, and infrastructure 100% yours, with no retainers or locked-in licenses.
What you don't see, but is included: a proprietary technical layer that improves your business's visibility when it adds to the project. We don't reveal the how, but the result is yours.
The first step is a conversation
Getting started doesn't mean deciding everything today. Message our own AI agent on WhatsApp and experience it: that's how the one who could handle your clients talks. Then book a call with Pablo at https://cal.com/pablo-estrada-hlqaql.
On that call we do the initial mini-mapping, tell you whether your shop is a good fit, and if we move forward, in 15 days you have your agent running. No year-long wait, no surprises on the invoice.