Quarry offices
They sell blocks and lots to cutting units and dealers, who want to see the stone and agree a rate before a truck is sent.[3]
- Lot photos and videos in reply
- Booking confirmations
- Payment receipts
A business day in Makrana
WhatsApp Business API for Makrana's quarries, cutting units and dispatch
Makrana's marble went into the Taj Mahal and the Victoria Memorial. Today a builder's first look at a lot is usually a photo on WhatsApp, sent before anyone travels to the quarry.
- 07:00
Blocks come down from the quarries to the cutting units, and the office photographs the morning's lots.
- 10:30
A builder in another state asks to see white slabs; photos and sizes go back as replies.
- 14:00
A dealer confirms a lot and pays the advance; the order confirmation goes out as a template.
- 18:00
Trucks leave with slabs, and dispatch notices with truck numbers reach the buyer and the site.
For Makrana's quarry offices and marble-cutting units, the dealers who buy their lots and the transporters who carry slabs to sites: what to set up on the official WhatsApp Business API before a builder's slab order arrives, which messages need templates, and what each one costs.
See it work
Before a builder's slab order: a Makrana unit's checklist
Most Makrana orders start with a builder or dealer asking to see a lot. Tick through what a quarry office or cutting unit should have ready on WhatsApp before that first message comes in.
The enquiry itself is a conversation: once a builder writes, photos, sizes and rates are replies for 24 hours and need no template. What a Makrana unit prepares in advance is the handful of messages it sends on its own, the confirmation, the dispatch notice and the reminder, in the languages its buyers read.
The 24-hour service window explains which messages count as replies.
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Makrana in five lines
From Invest India's ODOP list and IBEF's Rajasthan profile; the history, district and rail lines are general background from Wikipedia.
Makrana supplied marble, craftsmen and stonemasons for the Taj Mahal, and the Victoria Memorial in Kolkata is also built of Makrana marble.[3]
The town, once in Nagaur district, is now in Didwana-Kuchaman district, and its quarries lie in the Aravalli ranges.[3]
Invest India's One District One Product list names marble and granite products for Deedwana-Kuchaman district.[1]
IBEF lists marble among Rajasthan's key industries and names marble, sandstone and granite as the state's significant dimensional and decorative stones.[2]
Makrana is a railway junction linking Jaipur, Parbatsar and Jodhpur, and cutting units in the town process the stone with gang saws.[3]
Who in Makrana sends and answers messages
From the quarry to the site, four kinds of business and what each sends most.
Cutting and processing units
Units with gang saws turn blocks into slabs and tiles for builders, dealers and the district's ODOP marble and granite products.[3],[1]
- Sizes and finishes in reply
- Order confirmations
- Dispatch notices from billing
Dealers and buyers' agents
They buy lots for their own customers elsewhere and pass the photos on, so a clear lot list saves a trip.
- Lot lists in reply
- Purchase confirmations
- Payment-due reminders
Transporters
Slabs leave by road and the junction's rail links, and buyers want the truck number and the driver's contact before they arrive.[3]
- Loading confirmations
- Driver and vehicle details
- Delivery confirmations
Language
Hindi for the site, English for the office
Meta approves each template once per language. A Makrana unit usually needs Hindi for site supervisors, drivers and dealers, and English for builders' purchase offices and buyers abroad.
Each version is reviewed separately, so submit the Hindi and English dispatch notice together. Inside the 24-hour window staff can reply in whatever a buyer writes. InfiQ's own support works in English and Hindi.
Template language
YYour business · Makrana
आपका माल ट्रक में लोड हो गया है। ट्रक नंबर और ड्राइवर का नंबर नीचे है।10:42
Hindi template (hi). Example text written for this page; your own templates go through Meta’s review.
Prices in ₹, with USD and EUR
What a Makrana slab order costs to message
A plan from ₹999 a month, then each delivered message at the India rate: ₹0.145 for every reply with photos, sizes or rates, ₹0.19 for an order confirmation, dispatch notice or payment reminder, ₹0.94 for a new-lot announcement to opted-in dealers and ₹0.14 for a passcode.
Snapshot rates · as of 20 Oct 2026, 00:02 UTC
Lite
₹999 / month≈ $10.51 USD
₹833 / month, billed yearly≈ $8.76 USD
Growth
₹2,999 / month≈ $31.55 USD
₹2,499 / month, billed yearly≈ $26.29 USD
Enterprise
Custom volume pricing, custom SLA and dedicated infrastructure.
Per message to Makrana · India
| Category | ₹ INR | USD |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing | ₹0.9435 | $0.0099 |
| Utility | ₹0.1941 | $0.0020 |
| Authentication | ₹0.1402 | $0.0015 |
| Service | ₹0.1450 | $0.0015 |
Per-message rates for all 47 markets, in ₹ and USD
| Market | Marketing | Utility | Authentication | Service |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | $0.0572₹5.4352 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 | $0.0241₹2.2874 |
| Bangladesh | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 | $0.0034₹0.3254 |
| Brazil | $0.0578₹5.4970 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 | $0.0063₹0.5981 |
| Chile | $0.0822₹7.8162 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 | $0.0185₹1.7585 |
| Colombia | $0.0116₹1.0993 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 | $0.0007₹0.0706 |
| Egypt | $0.0596₹5.6629 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 | $0.0033₹0.3167 |
| France | $0.0795₹7.5588 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 | $0.0278₹2.6393 |
| Germany | $0.126₹12.0088 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 | $0.0509₹4.8386 |
| Hong Kong | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 | $0.0241₹2.2867 |
| Hungary | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 | $0.0323₹3.0700 |
| India | $0.0099₹0.9435 | $0.0020₹0.1941 | $0.0015₹0.1402 | $0.0015₹0.1450 |
| Indonesia | $0.0380₹3.6133 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 | $0.0231₹2.1979 |
| Iraq | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 | $0.0073₹0.6943 |
| Israel | $0.0327₹3.1045 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 | $0.0049₹0.4662 |
| Italy | $0.0735₹6.9847 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 | $0.0277₹2.6369 |
| Kazakhstan | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 | $0.0166₹1.5824 |
| Kuwait | $0.0733₹6.9671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 | $0.0407₹3.8671 |
| Malaysia | $0.0796₹7.5644 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 | $0.0130₹1.2314 |
| Mexico | $0.0367₹3.4877 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 | $0.0079₹0.7471 |
| Morocco | $0.0383₹3.6425 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 | $0.0213₹2.0218 |
| Netherlands | $0.148₹14.0494 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 | $0.0463₹4.3987 |
| Nepal | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 | $0.0031₹0.2990 |
| Nigeria | $0.0478₹4.5421 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 | $0.0062₹0.5898 |
| Oman | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 | $0.0228₹2.1709 |
| Pakistan | $0.0438₹4.1620 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 | $0.0139₹1.3200 |
| Peru | $0.0651₹6.1843 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 | $0.0278₹2.6392 |
| Poland | $0.0338₹3.2105 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 | $0.0113₹1.0702 |
| Qatar | $0.0316₹2.9992 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 | $0.0111₹1.0547 |
| Romania | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 | $0.0268₹2.5436 |
| Russia | $0.0742₹7.0520 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 | $0.0370₹3.5173 |
| Saudi Arabia | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 | $0.0099₹0.9401 |
| Singapore | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 | $0.0148₹1.4072 |
| South Africa | $0.0351₹3.3385 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 | $0.0088₹0.8369 |
| Spain | $0.0654₹6.2161 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 | $0.0185₹1.7578 |
| Sri Lanka | $0.0678₹6.4397 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 | $0.0019₹0.1759 |
| Turkey | $0.0101₹0.9587 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 | $0.0008₹0.0792 |
| Ukraine | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 | $0.0275₹2.6138 |
| United Arab Emirates | $0.0532₹5.0537 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 | $0.0145₹1.3811 |
| United Kingdom | $0.0587₹5.5795 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 | $0.0204₹1.9346 |
| North America | $0.0231₹2.1976 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 | $0.0031₹0.2989 |
| Rest of Africa | $0.0208₹1.9796 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 | $0.0037₹0.3516 |
| Rest of Asia Pacific | $0.0779₹7.4057 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 | $0.0105₹0.9938 |
| Rest of Central & Eastern Europe | $0.0795₹7.5596 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 | $0.0196₹1.8595 |
| Rest of Latin America | $0.0684₹6.5048 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 | $0.0105₹0.9934 |
| Rest of Middle East | $0.0363₹3.4490 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 | $0.0084₹0.7998 |
| Rest of Western Europe | $0.0548₹5.2054 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 | $0.0158₹1.5019 |
| Other | $0.0559₹5.3098 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 | $0.0071₹0.6769 |
Plan prices are monthly, in rupees, excluding GST; yearly billing is two months free. Messages are charged per delivered message on top of the plan, at the rate for the recipient’s country. Full details: InfiQ pricing. A lot photo sent as a reply costs the same as a line of text; the category sets the price. A buyer's foreign number is billed at its country's rate, shown in rupees on the pricing page. Invoices carry your Rajasthan GSTIN.
Work out your own monthly cost by message type.
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What a Makrana unit runs on InfiQ
Matched to the checklist above.
- Busy accounting integration
A native integration with Busy accounting software: 25 document types and automatic payment reminders on WhatsApp, with no integration fee.
A unit billing in Busy can send invoices and automatic payment reminders on WhatsApp through InfiQ's native integration, with no integration fee.
- Shared team inbox
One WhatsApp number answered by a team: 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth, agent and manager roles, transfers, private notes, labels and canned replies.
The quarry office and the cutting unit answer one number together, so a builder's question about a lot reaches whoever has seen it.
- Template manager and library
Draft, submit and track WhatsApp message templates for Meta's approval, starting from a library of 1,000+ ready templates in 27 categories.
Draft the order confirmation, dispatch notice and payment reminder from the library and follow Meta's review of each language.
- Published per-market rates
InfiQ publishes its per-message rate for every Meta market in rupees, ex-GST, so the cost of messaging customers abroad is known before you send.
A unit with an importer abroad sees the rupee rate for that country code before it sends the shipping notice.
Nearby
Around Makrana, on the map
City pages in central Rajasthan's stone belt and beyond.
Kishangarh has its own page, about its marble traders and airport, and Beawar and Sujangarh have theirs; this one stays with Makrana's quarries, cutting units and dispatch. The India guide covers DPDP, DLT and the rules for the whole country.
Guides for Makrana teams
Questions Makrana businesses ask
- Q1
A builder asks our Makrana cutting unit for photos of white slabs before ordering. Do we need a template to send them?
No, not if the builder wrote to you in the last 24 hours. Photos, videos, sizes and rates are replies at ₹0.145 each, and every new message from the builder restarts the window. A template is needed only when you write first, such as a confirmation days later.
- Q2
Dealers buy lots from our Makrana unit and we bill in Busy. Can invoices and payment reminders go out on WhatsApp automatically?
Yes. InfiQ's native Busy integration sends documents such as invoices, and automatic payment reminders, on WhatsApp with no integration fee. Each is a utility message at ₹0.19 to an Indian number.
- Q3
Buyers ask whether our slabs are the same Makrana marble used in the Taj Mahal. Can we send them our quarry's photos and documents on WhatsApp?
Yes. Once the buyer writes, photos of the quarry and the lot, and PDFs such as test reports, are replies at ₹0.145 each for 24 hours. Keep what you send factual about your own stone; the platform carries the message, the claims are yours.
- Q4
Our Makrana unit ships slabs to an importer in Dubai. What does a dispatch notice to a UAE number cost?
It is billed at InfiQ's published rate for the United Arab Emirates, because Meta charges by the recipient's country code. The rate is shown in rupees on the pricing page, and your invoice stays in rupees with GST.
- Q5
Our quarry office and cutting unit in Makrana use different phones today. Can both answer one WhatsApp number?
Yes. With InfiQ's shared team inbox, 10 users on Lite and 25 on Growth answer one number, with transfers, private notes and labels, so a buyer's question goes to whoever has the lot in front of them.
- Q6
Trucks from Makrana deliver to building sites across Rajasthan. Can the site supervisor get the driver's details before the truck arrives?
Yes, if the supervisor agreed to receive them. A dispatch notice with the truck number, the driver's contact and the expected day is a utility template at ₹0.19, approved in Hindi so it is read on site.
Sources
Facts on this page were checked against these sources on the dates shown. Page updated 2026-10-20.
- [1]ODOP product list, V33 (31 December 2025) · Invest India · read 2026-10-20
- [2]Rajasthan: state profile (updated July 2026) · India Brand Equity Foundation · read 2026-10-21
- [3]Makrana (general history only) · Wikipedia · read 2026-10-21
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