Do The Math.
A part-time receptionist costs $1,500 to $2,500 a month and still misses your nights, weekends, and emergencies. Here's what you get instead, starting at $95.
Human Receptionist
Plus benefits, PTO, training, and turnover.
Your Plumber Secretary
No contracts. Cancel anytime. Setup in 15 minutes.
Works 9 to 5. Goes home at night. Off on weekends. Misses the 2 AM burst pipe call entirely.
Answers 24 hours a day, every day of the year. The after-hours emergencies stop going to voicemail.
Gets sick, takes vacations, needs PTO and benefits. Calls go unanswered when she's out.
Never sick. Never on vacation. Never quits. Picks up every call whether you took the week off or not.
Handles one call at a time. If two ring at once, the second one hears a busy tone or voicemail.
Picks up unlimited calls at the same time. Nobody waits on hold. Nobody hears voicemail.
You spend weeks teaching her the difference between a slab leak, a clogged main, and a water heater. She still asks the wrong questions on emergencies.
Knows plumbing from minute one. Asks the right intake questions for the actual problem. Tells the difference between a dripping faucet and a flooded basement.
Forgets repeat customers. Asks Mrs. Johnson her address for the fifth time. New hires start from zero.
Remembers every caller by number. Greets repeat customers by name with their address and last job already on screen.
Weeks to recruit, train, and onboard. Quits with two weeks notice and you start over. Replacement costs another month of pay.
Live on your number in 15 minutes. Cancel anytime. No notice period, no severance, no training again.
The Bottom Line
You save at least $1,400 a month
and stop losing jobs to voicemail.
That's a part-time receptionist replaced by something that actually answers the after-hours emergency. Most shops recover the cost from one or two jobs they used to miss.
What Are Missed Calls
Costing You?
Drag the sliders to match your shop. The math is yours, not ours.
You're losing about
$4,550
per month to voicemail
Plumber Secretary costs $95/mo
Catch just 1 of those
and it pays for itself
Stop Paying For A Secretary Who Sleeps
See it answer a real plumbing call in 10 minutes.