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Dispatch · AI receptionistAI receptionist for contractors. The calls you miss, answered.
Dispatch picks up when you can’t: on a roof, under a sink, after hours. It says up front that it’s an AI, takes the caller’s name, number, job and town, and emails you the details as soon as the call ends. We set it up and tune it for your business.
Hear one first: call our own line. When we can’t pick up, our AI receptionist does.
Example call for a made-up roofer. Your greeting, your services, your towns.
Your phone rings first. Dispatch catches the rest.
Nothing changes for the calls you answer. The ones you can’t get to stop going to voicemail.
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It rings you first
Calls come in on your number like always. If you don’t pick up, the call forwards to Dispatch instead of voicemail.
Your number stays -
It says it’s an AI
The first line names your business, says it’s an AI assistant and that the call is recorded. No pretending to be you.
Every call -
It takes the details
Name, callback number, the job, the town, how urgent it is and the best time to call back, in plain conversation.
About two minutes -
You get an email
A summary and the full transcript land in your inbox when the call ends. Urgent calls say URGENT in the subject line.
When the call ends
Set up for your business, not a sign-up form.
A person builds and tests it with you, then tunes it on your real calls. Here’s what that gets you.
Your business, in your words
We write what it knows from your services, the towns you work, your hours and the prices you publish, so it answers like your shop, not a call center.
Never makes things up
It only quotes prices you publish and never promises a time or a crew. Anything it can’t answer becomes a note for your callback.
Urgent calls stand out
A leak, no heat, a tree on a roof: it marks the email URGENT. If someone describes a fire, a gas smell or danger to life, it tells them to hang up and call 911.
Sales calls don’t clog your inbox
Robocalls, hang-ups and people selling you something get a short note, not a lead with a red flag on it.
Keeps your number
We set up forwarding from the line you already have, so your cards, truck and Google profile don’t change. Most carriers allow it; we check yours first.
Inbound only
Dispatch answers calls. It never calls anyone. Under the FCC’s 2024 ruling, AI voices count as artificial voices under the TCPA, so marketing calls with one need written consent. We don’t make them.
What do missed calls cost you?
Change the numbers to match your business. Nothing here is our data; it’s your math.
Work that went to voicemail, each month:
$1,170Missed calls a month: 13
A caller who reaches voicemail can call the next name on the list. Dispatch gets their details while they’re still on the line.Voicemail, an answering service, or Dispatch.
| What | Voicemail | Answering service | AI app, do it yourself | Dispatch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who answers | Nobody. A recording. | A person at a call center | An AI you set up yourself | An AI we set up and tune for you |
| Gets the job details | Only what the caller leaves | Yes, from a script | If you write its instructions well | Yes: name, number, job, town, urgency |
| Says it’s an AI | — | — | Depends on the app | Yes, in its first line |
| What it costs | Free with your phone | About $175–$700 a month at small-business volume | About $25–$300 a month, most $50–$200 | Ask us |
Price ranges: OnceHub, “Answering Service Cost in 2026” (September 9, 2026), which puts traditional answering services at $175 to $700 a month at small-business volume and AI receptionists at $25 to $300 a month, most full-featured options between $50 and $200. Prices change; check the provider.
Built for the trades. Open to any local business.
Contractors on the job
Roofers, HVAC, plumbers, electricians, tree crews, landscapers: anyone whose hands are busy when the phone rings.
After hours and weekends
The storm call at 10 pm, the Saturday leak. The caller gets a real answer and you get the details first thing.
Shops and local services
Salons, auto shops and any business where the phone rings while you’re with a customer.
Not for medical or dental offices
Health offices handle patient information under privacy rules like HIPAA, so we don’t set Dispatch up for them.
Anyone can sign up for Dispatch. You don’t need a website from us, and you keep the phone number you have.
A flat monthly price, agreed before we start.
Dispatch
Setup, your greeting and script, forwarding from your number, testing with you and the tuning after real calls, then a monthly price with a set number of minutes. Ask us and we’ll give you both numbers before anything starts. Month to month.
A higher tier that puts the estimate or service visit straight on your calendar while the caller is still on the line. Ask us to be first on the list.
Already have a website with us? Ask about the setup price for Salty Web Co clients. Running your phones and your site through one shop means one call when something needs changing.
Call our line. Our own AI receptionist picks up.
We run the same setup on Salty Web Co’s phone. Call (224) 225-9268. If nobody picks up in about 15 seconds, Burnsy, our AI receptionist, answers. Ask it anything you’d ask a contractor’s office.
Call (224) 225-9268- It answers with our business name and says it’s an AI.
- Tell it what you need, the way a customer would.
- It takes your name and number and reads the number back once.
- We get the email when you hang up, and we call you back.
Before you call, the straight answers.
How much does an AI receptionist cost?
Does it tell callers it’s an AI?
Is it legal to record calls in Illinois?
Can it book jobs on my calendar?
Does it speak Spanish?
Do I keep my phone number?
Will it ever call my customers?
Do I need a website from you?
What do you need from me to set it up?
Tell us about your calls. We’ll tell you what it costs.
Say roughly how many calls you get and when you miss them. We’ll send the setup and monthly price, and you can hear our own AI receptionist first.
- Send this form. Two minutes, no card, no commitment.
- We respond within one business day and ask how your phones work now.
- You see the setup and monthly price before anything starts. No contract.
Rather talk? Call or text (224) 225-9268.