Will I be told when a guest replies or a vendor answers?
Guest replies, yes, if you turn reminders on in the app on your phone: a ping as each reply arrives, plus a morning note about payments due and checklist items coming up. Vendor replies come to you directly, on WhatsApp, by phone or by email, so there is nothing for the site to pass on.
Yes, for guest replies, once reminders are on. Reminders are notifications on the phone you turned them on with, not emails.
Turning reminders on
On an Android phone: open your dashboard in Chrome, or add the site to your home screen from the Install page. When the Guests tab shows new replies it offers to turn them on; or go to My Profile, Account, and use Reminders on this phone.
On an iPhone: add the site to your home screen first (Install page), open it from there, then switch reminders on from your profile. Safari alone cannot show them.
What you will hear
A guest replies: a ping as it lands, with their name and how many are coming. Between ten at night and seven in the morning it waits for the morning note.
A payment is due: the morning before and a week before, and on the day.
Your checklist: a morning note about items due this week and anything overdue.
Each of the three can be switched off on its own, on each phone, under Reminders on this phone. On Android, the Manage button on a reminder takes you straight there.
Vendor replies
Vendors answer you directly, on WhatsApp, by phone or by email. Nothing passes through the site, so there is nothing for it to tell you. The one email we send about it: if nothing tells us an enquiry has been answered after a week, a link to other vendors of the same kind.