AfterHoursAgent picks up after hours, takes a real message, and texts it to you in under a minute — so tomorrow's first job is on your schedule, not your competitor's.
Voicemail loses 80% of callers. Letting it ring loses 85%. Auto-text-back loses about half. AfterHoursAgent picks up.
After 6 PM, most customers don't leave messages. They call the next plumber on the list.
You answer half-distracted, can't write anything down, and the lead leaks anyway.
One-star reviews from customers who never got through cost you the next ones too.
Letting it ring
The "I'll catch it later" approach.
85% of callers never call you back. 62% will immediately call a competitor. The call wasn't missed — it was given away.
85% never call back, 62% call a competitor — PATLive.
Voicemail
The default for most service businesses.
80% of callers hang up without leaving a message. Of the 20% who do, 67% of business voicemails get ignored. You're capturing maybe 1 in 15.
80% don't leave a voicemail — Hiya / Forbes / BIA·Kelsey. 67% ignored — eVoice consumer survey.
Auto-text-back
The "we'll text you back" workflow.
About 40–50% of missed callers reply to the text. The rest already called someone else. The homeowner with a burst pipe at 11 PM doesn't want a text thread.
40–50% reply rate — aggregated vendor data. 25% want a conversation — NextPhone, 347K conversations.
AfterHoursAgent
A voice that picks up.
Answers 99% of calls in seconds. Greets as your business. Has an actual conversation. Captures the job details. Texts you a structured summary inside a minute. Escalates emergencies to your cell immediately.
AI answers 99% of calls — NextPhone / Dialzara / RingCentral.
A friendly AI receptionist greets every caller using your business name. Recording disclosed. The caller never hits voicemail.
Caller name, callback number, address, what's broken, how urgent, when they want service. Not a 30-second voicemail blob.
Structured summary on your phone and in your inbox. Emergencies trigger an immediate alert to your cell.
We collect what you actually need to call back and book the job — not a voicemail you have to decipher at 7 AM.
Call from your cell. Have a 60-second conversation. Hang up. We'll email you the summary your customers would have generated.
Demo calls are recorded with disclosure. One demo per number, please — we're a small operation.
No per-call fees, no overage charges, no setup fee.
Everything included. No per-call fees. No overage charges. No setup fee.
Recording disclosed on every call. Pennsylvania all-party consent, handled.
Local area code that matches yours.
Built in Philadelphia by an operator who got tired of missed calls.
First 5 businesses get a free 14-day pilot.
Fifteen minutes. I'll dial your number from the agent, you'll hear it answer as your business, and we'll talk about whether it fits. No pitch deck.
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