Automation · AI receptionist
Every missed call is a job for someone. Make it yours.
An AI receptionist that texts back the second a call rings out, qualifies the job, and books it into your calendar — 24/7, in your tone, for a fraction of what a hire costs.
The maths every tradie already knows
On the tools
is where you are when the phone rings
Voicemail
is where jobs go to die — callers just dial the next result
Seconds
is how fast the text-back lands and keeps the job alive
How it works
From ring-out to booked job, hands-free.
Missed call → instant text-back
The moment a call rings out, the caller gets a text: “Sorry we missed you — what do you need?” The conversation starts before they dial your competitor.
AI answers and qualifies
The AI responds in your voice, asks the questions you'd ask — suburb, job type, urgency — and hands you a qualified lead instead of a voicemail beep.
Books straight into the calendar
Qualified callers get offered real slots from your calendar and book themselves — after hours, weekends, while you're under a house.
One inbox, human takeover
Every conversation lands in one inbox on your phone. Jump in and take over any chat, any time — the AI hands off without missing a beat.
Built by operators
This runs on the same stack that automates our own ~$4M trades business — where automation already gives back about $23,400 a year in admin alone.
Questions
The fair questions.
It texts, mostly — and texts are how customers already talk. The replies are written in your tone, trained on your services and prices, and it never pretends to be human. Callers get an instant, useful response instead of voicemail; most rate that far above ringing out.
It hands off. Anything outside its brief — complex quotes, complaints, judgement calls — gets flagged to you in the inbox with the full conversation, and the customer is told a human will follow up. You take over with one tap.
A part-time receptionist costs $25–35k a year and still can't answer at 7pm on a Saturday. The AI receptionist runs on the Salty CRM from a few hundred dollars a month, answers every hour of the year, and never calls in sick. It's not a person replacement — it's coverage a small business could never staff.
Because you physically can't answer — you're on the tools. Most callers who hit voicemail just ring the next name on Google, and that job is gone. An instant text keeps the conversation alive until you're free. It's routinely the single highest-ROI automation we install.
Days, not months. We port or forward your existing number, train the AI on your services, service area and FAQs, connect your calendar, and test it with you before it goes live. You keep full control of what it can and can't say.
How many calls did you miss this week?
Book a call. We'll look at your call volume and show you what an AI receptionist would have caught — and what those jobs were worth.