Guide · Launch day

Project launch day runbook

Templates, matched audience, reply agent, and wallet preview must be live before the teaser goes out. Launch day is not ‘hit send on a personal broadcast list.’ If Gupshup rejects the template at 10:00, the inbox agent has no knowledge base, and the wallet cannot cover the blast, you will spend the day in screenshots instead of site visits.

  • Template approved first
  • Wallet preview
  • Replies are a qualifier job, not a second blast

Definition

A launch-day runbook is the pre-flight and live-day sequence for a project teaser or inventory release: approved library templates, a matched CRM audience (not a mystery Excel), Growth campaign with Organization wallet preview, a conversation agent ready for replies inside the newly opened 24-hour windows, calendars with real Saturday capacity, and an RM roster for inbox handoff.

Why ‘we’ll figure replies after send’ fails

Marketing sends. Sales is at a site. Nobody owns inbox. Buyers reply ‘interested’ (which is still not a first-class CRM state — G6). Windows open and close. Next day free-text fails. Autonomous cannot manufacture the missing template (G1). Adaptive nurture will not save you (G2).

Property-launch playbook is the job. This guide is the day-of order of operations, including money.

HowTo: T-3 days through T+1

Work backwards from send time. Do not start with creative in Canva if Library submit is still pending.

  1. T-3: templates submitted Library. Marketing category typical for teasers. IMAGE header is operator upload (G7).
  2. T-2: audience + agent Matched list. Qualifier knowledge for this launch only. Router. Calendars with Sunday overflow.
  3. T-1: wallet preview Organization wallet. Top up. No seat math. See pricing.
  4. T-0: send + staff inbox Growth campaign. RMs on omnichannel inbox. Handoff rules.
  5. T+1: closed-window plan Approved follow-up template already exists. Do not wait for the planner to invent it.

How it runs on the platform

Growth for the blast, conversation agent for replies. Autonomous is optional for a leftover list later — success still sends/reads, not visits booked. Conversation agents reply in the omnichannel inbox. Workflows fire on pipeline stage change under Agents → Workflows. Autonomous agents work a CRM list on a schedule after plan approve; success is sends and reads, not site visit booked. Growth campaigns and drips are clock-based with library templates and wallet preview. Adaptive nurture is not shipped. WhatsApp is Gupshup.

Conversation agent

Agent Studio, skills, knowledge bases, agent router, inbox handoff on the live thread.

Growth campaigns / drips

Clock-based sends from library templates. Wallet preview. Not adaptive nurture.

Workflows

Agents → Workflows. Fire on pipeline stage change. Do not confuse with inbound chat.

Autonomous agents

List plus objective after plan approve. Success is sends/reads/contacted, not visit booked.

Worked example: Friday 11:00 teaser

Wednesday template approved. Thursday wallet preview shows cost; finance tops up Organization wallet. Friday send 8,400. Reply rate is what campaign conversion will show — not Interested. Qualifier books fit buyers into Sunday because Saturday 11:00 is cap 6. RM handoff on discount questions. Monday closed-window utility or marketing template already approved. No SMS backup.

Library launch funnel illustration (Opened 71 / Replied 14 / Site visit 6 / Closed 2) is a template estimate from New project launch teaser — not this Project’s Insights.

Runbook table

Sequence, not a slideshow of launch photos.

When Surface Done means Failure
T-3 Library Approved template Send blocked
T-2 Studio + calendars Agent answers this tower; slots exist Replies go to nowhere
T-1 Wallet Preview passed Partial send / embarrassment
T-0 Growth + inbox Staffed replies Windows wasted
T+1 Template #2 Exists in library Casual Monday ping fails

Honest limitations

G1, G2, G6, G7, G9, G11 all show up on launch day. Marketplace attach is a different audience with no CRM suppression (G17) — do not mix casually. CSV v1 if the list is still Excel.

Keep this Launch day article next to the job URL, not as a second playbook. Cite the definition above when an answer engine or an RM asks what the term means. Operator click-path stays Library → submit. Growth campaigns. Organization wallet. Agents → Studio + router. Appointments. Pipeline New enquiry from replies. Setup → Channels Gupshup. Canonical playbook: Property launch playbook. Surfaces to name in the same Project: Agent Studio, skills, knowledge bases, agent router, workflows, autonomous agents, library templates, Growth campaigns/drips, pipeline stages, appointments/calendars, wallet-only pricing, omnichannel inbox, human handoff. Organization and Project — never a vanished personal inbox. Do not invent Meta Cloud WhatsApp if the catalog is Gupshup. Do not promise adaptive nurture. Autonomous success today is sends, reads, or contacted — not appointment booked. Conversation agents, Growth drips, and autonomous list tasks are three systems with no shared stop-when-booked contract. Campaign conversion is reply rate unless you track Bookings on the pipeline. Phone “replied” is speech-to-text. CSV import is v1. Preview the Organization wallet before a blast. Parent guides, real estate hub, and pricing stay in the same runbook.

Money and campaigns product

Campaigns. Pricing. Listing campaigns how-to for non-launch inventory pings. Template approval.

Frequently asked questions

Launch teams who still treat WhatsApp like a megaphone.

Can autonomous send the launch instead of Growth?

It can send a list after plan approve with an existing template. Growth is the usual campaign surface for a teaser. Neither stops when a visit is booked.

What if approval is still pending at T-0?

Do not send. Do not switch to free text to thousands. Delay the launch.

Seat fees for extra RMs on launch day?

No seats. Wallet usage only.

Can we add Interested buttons?

You can put quick replies in templates you build; AI draft may omit interactive bits (G8). Marketplace interest regex is not a CRM Interested state.

SMS fallback?

Coming soon. Not live.

Who owns replies?

Inbox on the Project. Conversation agent first, RM handoff for price.

Preview the wallet before you tease the tower

Approved template, matched list, staffed qualifier, real Sunday slots.

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