2.1× as many qualified viewings — and the owner got his Sundays back.
Detailed case study: owner-led residential real-estate brokerage, 14 staff, ~200 active listings. Superchat as the central enquiry channel with per-object QR codes, a pre-qualification flow and CRM integration.
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Profile: Owner-led residential real-estate brokerage, 14 staff, ~200 active listings
Starting point
The brokerage manages around 200 active listings simultaneously, of which roughly 70 % rentals and 30 % sales. 14 staff — owner, four advisors, three back office, two marketing, four property-management clerks — handled enquiries from three sources: ImmoScout24 contact form, phone and email to the central address.
For every enquiry, an advisor first had to chase by phone or mail whether the prospect was "SCHUFA-eligible", had a "filled tenant self-disclosure", an "income statement" and a "viewing availability". This pre-qualification cost on average 4–6 mail rounds before any appointment was set. The owner roughly estimated that every rental letting consumed 2.5 hours of pre-qualification effort.
The second pain point: viewing no-shows. 31 % of all booked viewings happened without the prospect. The advisor stood at the property, the prospect did not. With 200 listings and on average 4 viewings per object, a heavy loss — and frustration on the owner-of-property side.
Sunday enquiries were a special case: many flat-hunters write on Sundays when the brokerage office is closed. The owner had developed the habit of personally answering on his private phone between 7 and 9 pm — otherwise the lead-time advantage over competitors was gone.
Goals
- A standardised enquiry intake with pre-qualification, without an advisor having to chase 4 times
- Drastic reduction of viewing no-shows through automatic reminders
- Sunday availability without the owner personally answering
- Fully automatic CRM hand-off into the existing brokerage system
- Owner reporting: how many qualified enquiries per object, without spreadsheet assembly
Approach
Phase 1 — Setup & per-object QR codes
Week 1One central WhatsApp business number for the brokerage, verified. A QR code per object generated, opening a pre-filled chat ("Hello, I'm interested in the apartment at Beispielstraße 12, object no. 5421"). Posted on the shop window display, sign at the property, ImmoScout exposé.
- 1 verified WhatsApp business number for all listings
- ~ 200 per-object QR codes (auto-generated from the brokerage software)
- QR on shop window, on-site sign, embedded in the PDF exposé
- Tracking per object: how many chat entries from which QR source
Phase 2 — Pre-qualification flow
Weeks 2–3Enquiries are taken through a structured five-step flow. Only on full qualification is an advisor alerted — otherwise the prospect runs into a waiting loop with auto-reply.
- Step 1: Tenant or buyer? (buttons)
- Step 2: Tenant self-disclosure (PDF upload or "send later" with reminder)
- Step 3: SCHUFA confirmation (upload or "send later")
- Step 4: Income statement (upload)
- Step 5: Viewing slot selection (3 offered slots, buttons)
- Only after step 5 with at least step-1 confirmation is an advisor alerted in the internal tool
Phase 3 — No-show reduction & CRM hand-off
Weeks 3–4Reminders in three stages, automatic hand-off of qualified leads to the brokerage software, owner report as a weekly auto-PDF.
- Appointment reminder 24 h prior with confirmation button
- Appointment reminder 2 h prior with address + route planner link
- On "actually no" → automatic slot re-offering instead of losing the appointment
- Qualified lead → webhook to brokerage software → automatic entry in the object funnel
- Auto-report Mon. 8 am to property owners: enquiries last week, qualified, viewings, status
Concrete flows and templates
Per-object QR entry
A scan at the shop window or on-site sign opens a pre-filled chat with object identification. No searching, no chasing which object the prospect means.
5-step pre-qualification flow
Tenant/buyer → self-disclosure → SCHUFA → income → viewing slots. Optional "send later" with reminder, otherwise direct upload.
Sunday auto-reply + lead capture
Outside office hours the pre-qualification flow runs alone. Monday morning, the advisor only sees qualified, slot-ready enquiries.
Viewing reminder T−24 / T−2
Two automatic reminders with confirmation button. On "actually no" a new slot is offered immediately before the appointment is lost.
Weekly owner report
Monday 8 am, an automatic PDF report to every property owner: number of enquiries, qualified, viewings, status. No more "how is it going?" calls needed.
Results (before go-live → 4 months after go-live)
| KPI | Before | After | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-qualification effort per rental letting | 2.5 h | 20 min | −87 % |
| Qualified viewing enquiries per object | ~ 4 | ~ 8.4 | ×2.1 |
| Viewing no-show rate | 31 % | 11 % | −65 % |
| Out-of-hours enquiries lost | ~ 40 % lost | ~ 0 % | fully captured |
| Owner "how is it going?" calls | ~ 15 / week | ~ 2 / week | −87 % |
| Owner's Sunday evenings on the work phone | 2 h | 0 min | reclaimed |
Voices from the brokerage
„I had not allowed myself to switch off on Sundays — otherwise the lead-time advantage was gone. Today the flow handles it, and Monday morning I only get the serious enquiries."
„We regularly had property owners on the phone wanting to know "is anything happening at all?". The weekly report ended that — and we have more time for actual advisory work."
„The QR on the shop window is gold. People walking past the property in the evening scan and are in chat. They would have just walked on before."
Lessons learned
- We underestimated the impact of per-object QR codes: about 38 % of all enquiries now come from the QR entry — a source that did not exist before. The shop window display works better than expected because flat-hunters walk through neighbourhoods in the evening.
- Pre-qualification has to be enforced strictly, otherwise it is worthless. We had to sharpen the flow in week 2 because too many "send later" answers were parked and the funnel clogged. Now with clear 48 h reminders and automatic sorting.
- The owner report was originally a "nice to have" — today it is the sales argument in acquisition pitches for new mandates. "You see what we do every Monday" pulls.
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This case study is anonymised and based on typical project parameters of comparable Superchat implementations. It is not an individual guarantee of any specific results. Actual results depend heavily on the starting point, market segment and implementation discipline.