An AI receptionist that answers the calls you're missing
Your phone rings while you're under a sink, on a roof, or with a customer. Nobody picks up, and that caller dials the next name on the list. Most of them never call you back, so the job is gone and you never even knew it existed.
An AI front desk picks up on the first ring instead. It answers what the caller asked, qualifies the job, books it on your calendar, and texts back anything it couldn't handle. It costs $500 a month. Whether that's worth it comes down to what one job is worth to you, which is arithmetic you can do in your head.
What's included
Every call answered, first ring
Nights, weekends, lunch, and the twelve minutes you were on a ladder. No hold music, no queue.
Qualified, not just answered
It asks what the job is, where it is, and how soon they need it, then tells you which calls are worth returning first.
Booked on your calendar
For the jobs you let it book, the appointment is on the calendar before the caller hangs up. That's the part an answering service can't do.
Missed-call text back
Anything it can't catch gets a text within seconds, so the caller has something from you before they finish dialing your competitor.
Built around your business
Your services, your hours, your service area, and only the prices you allow it to quote. It doesn't improvise.
Every call logged
Transcript, caller, outcome. You can read exactly what was said, which is more than you get from a receptionist.
What it won't do
- It isn't a person, and callers work that out inside a sentence or two. We tell them up front rather than letting them find out.
- Every caller is told they're speaking with an AI assistant, and anyone who asks for a human gets routed to you or to voicemail. No arguing, no loop.
- It won't quote outside the prices you set, and it won't invent an answer about a job it doesn't understand. It says so and hands off.
- Upset callers go to you fast. An AI is the wrong tool for a customer who's already angry.
- Inbound only. We don't point it at outbound calling, and we won't.
How we prove it
Calls answered, and jobs booked from them
The monthly report counts calls answered, calls that went to a text back, and appointments booked, against what your phone was doing before. If the answered number climbs and the booked number doesn't, we tell you and we fix the script.
What it costs
AI Front Desk is $500 a month on its own, and it's included in Engine+ at $1,500 a month with the SEO and review work.
The only add-on we sell standalone, because most owners want the phone fixed before they trust anyone with the marketing.
Every price we charge, on one page
This is the newest thing in the catalog, and we're installing it on our own portfolio lines as their numbers come online. We'll publish what it catches once there's a real number to publish. Until then, judge it against your own call log, not our claim. See the portfolio
Want the how-to before you hire anyone? Read the marketing blog. Related services: Google reviews and Client reactivation.