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An AI receptionist for small business — that actually answers.

Now Bilingual

You can't answer every call, and a part-time receptionist costs more than most small crews can justify. Voicemail just sends the homeowner to the next contractor on Google. An AI SMS receptionist fills the gap: trained on your business, works with your existing business number, texts back missed calls 24/7, and only pings you when a hot lead or a tricky question comes in.

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Try it yourself

Text the AI like you're a homeowner asking for a quote. It'll respond to your real phone in seconds.

Ask it anything — or pretend to be your own customer.

The receptionist math doesn't work for small crews

A part-time front-desk hire runs $2–4k a month and only covers business hours. After 5pm and on weekends — when emergency calls and quote requests actually spike — you're back to voicemail. Most small home-service businesses can't justify the headcount, so they lose 20–30% of their inbound leads to the next contractor who picked up.

An AI SMS receptionist solves this for a fraction of the cost. It runs around the clock, follows up every time, and handles dozens of conversations in parallel during a rush. It's not a replacement for you on a big job or a custom quote — it's the front door that makes sure those jobs reach you in the first place.

How it works

Customer calls your business number
When a homeowner calls and you miss it, the AI instantly texts them back from a dedicated number.
The AI has the conversation
Trained on your services, pricing, service area, and hours. It qualifies the lead, answers common questions, and gives ballparks when it can.
It books or hands off
If they want to book, it shares your scheduler link or walks them through it. If they need you specifically, it pings you immediately with the full thread. If they go quiet mid-conversation, you choose: the AI sends a friendly nudge, or you get pinged after 30 minutes.
You see the highlights, not the noise
You get a daily summary plus instant pings for hot leads. No more sifting through voicemails to find the two real jobs.

What's included

  • Custom training on your services, pricing, and hours — you approve everything
  • Connects to your existing business line
  • 24/7 SMS coverage with no per-message billing
  • Scheduler integration (Calendly, Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, anything with a link)
  • Instant handoff to you for hot leads or anything outside its training
  • Stall handling — if a lead goes quiet mid-qualification, the AI can send a friendly nudge or ping you within 30 min (your call)
  • Daily summaries, monitoring, and monthly tuning
  • Flat monthly fee — AI usage, message costs, and support included

Common questions

Is this a voice receptionist or text?
It's SMS. When a customer calls your business number and you can't pick up, the AI texts them back and has a real conversation — qualifies them, answers basic questions, and books them in.
How does it know about my business?
We train it on your services, pricing ranges, service area, hours, common questions, and the kinds of jobs you do and don't take. You review and approve everything before it goes live.
Can it book appointments?
Yes. If you use Calendly, Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, or any scheduler with a public link, it can share the link or walk the customer through booking a slot.
What about complex questions it doesn't know?
It hands off to you. Anything outside its training — unusual jobs, weird edge cases, a customer who insists on talking to a human — gets flagged and routed to your phone immediately.
Will it sound like a robot?
No. We write the conversational style with you so it sounds like a real person from your business. Customers usually don't realize until later, and the ones who do tend to be impressed it actually helped them.
Can it handle Spanish-speaking customers?
Yes. The AI automatically detects when a customer texts in Spanish and continues the conversation in Spanish — no setup or toggle needed. It qualifies leads, answers questions, and books appointments just like it does in English. You get the full thread translated back to English in your daily summary.
How is this different from a chatbot on my website?
Most customers don't go to your website — they call or text. This works with your existing business number on the channels they already use, 24/7. No app to download, no widget to find.
How much does it cost?
Flat monthly fee — software, AI usage, setup, training, and monitoring all included. Runs around the clock for roughly 1/10th the cost of a part-time receptionist.

The receptionist your business has been missing.

The AI Receptionist ships as part of the AI Growth Package. Configure it, see your live price, then you'll get an intake form to train it on your business before anything goes live.

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