Who it's for
One-person service business? This is for you.
If you do the work and you also answer the phone, nobody's left out. Handymen, cleaners, painters, renovators, plumbers, groomers, movers, barbers, tutors, mobile anything. The bot (Allison) catches the calls, texts and chats you miss and texts you the details.
Set up around your business. At signup we go through your business with you in a quick conversation (what you do, where you work, what counts as urgent, what you'd ask a caller) and set the bot up to ask exactly that. You test it before it goes live.
Ready-made question sets today: plumbing / drain / septic and roofing. For every other kind of business, we write your questions with you at signup, so the bot asks what you would ask.
Handymen · Cleaning · Home trades · Auto · Pet services · Any other service
#1 · the classic one-man show
Handymen
Handymen are almost always a one-man show. You're on a ladder with a drill in your hand and the phone's buzzing in your pocket. You can't answer, and the caller tries the next guy on the list.
Covers: Handyman, odd jobs, home repairs, furniture assembly, TV mounting, small fix-it work.
What Allison asks your callers
- Name, phone, and address or area (postal code)
- What needs doing: one job or the whole list (shelves, doors, drywall patches, fixtures, assembly, small repairs)
- How soon they want it done
- Owner or renter, if that matters to you
- Asked about price? It says you'll give them a straight number. It never makes one up.
#2 · huge one-person market
Cleaning services
You're mid-clean with gloves on. A new client calls, you can't pick up, and by the time you finish the bathroom they've booked somebody else.
Covers: House cleaning, residential and commercial cleaners, office cleaning, move-in / move-out cleaning, carpet and upholstery, window cleaning, pressure washing.
What Allison asks your callers
- Name, phone, and address or area
- Home or business
- What kind of clean: regular, deep, move-in / move-out, carpet, windows, pressure washing
- Size of the place (bedrooms and bathrooms, or roughly how big)
- Dates or how often they want it. It doesn't book or quote. You do.
Home trades
On a roof, under a sink, in a trench, halfway through a coat of paint. You're also the office.
Every bot gets the basics: the caller's name, phone, address or area, and what they need. The rest below is set up with you.
Painting & drywall
Interior and exterior painting, drywall hanging, taping, patching.
Also asks: Rooms or areas, inside or outside, rough size, timing.
Single-operator renovation
Kitchens, bathrooms, basements, flooring, tile, carpentry, trim, decks and fences.
Also asks: What they want done, the room or area, timing, owner or renter.
Plumbing, drain & septic READY-MADE
Sewage backing up, burst pipe, no water or basement flooding: flagged urgent and texted to you. Septic: is the tank located, lid accessible, does it need a riser. Owner or renter, and the landlord's OK. Gas smell: safety advice first, never treated as a booking.
Roofing READY-MADE
Active leak vs. "it leaks when it rains" vs. a quote for a new roof. Storm damage and insurance claim flags. Parking and access for the truck with the ladder rack.
Electrical
Licensed electricians working on their own.
Also asks: What's wrong or what they want installed, how urgent, owner or renter.
Heating & cooling (HVAC)
Furnace, A/C, water heaters, ducts.
Also asks: What's not working, how urgent (no heat in January), the equipment if they know it.
Landscaping, lawn & snow
Lawn care, gardens, interlock, tree work, snow plowing and shovelling.
Also asks: What they want, the size of the property, one-time or seasonal.
Excavation
Digging, grading, trenching, small equipment work.
Also asks: Site access, what's being dug, timing.
And the rest
Eavestroughs, windows and doors, insulation, chimneys, locksmiths, appliance repair, pest control, pools, garage doors, fencing, masonry.
Also asks: Set up with you.
Auto repair & garages
Two mechanics, both under a car, phone ringing in the office.
Worked example EXAMPLE - a demo built for a GTA garage we pitched. Not a customer.
- The bot: missed call gets a text back. It asks the car, what it's doing, whether it's safe to drive or needs a tow, and when they want it in. Brakes gone or car stranded = urgent text to the shop.
- Languages: full intake in English and French; greeting and message in several more.
- Click Guard on their Google Ads, and Get found by AI so "mechanic near me" questions in ChatGPT can find a real address, hours and phone.
URGENT [TEST] - fake caller data Dave M. · (555) 555-0142 2014 Honda Civic · NEEDS TOW Brakes: pedal goes almost to the floor, grinding Car is at: plaza lot, pulled over New customer · asked price (not quoted) Missed call 8:42 a.m. via bot. Not booked. Call back.
Also: mobile mechanics, mobile tire, detailing, small engine repair. Questions set up with you.
Pet services
There are a lot of one-person pet businesses. Hard to answer the phone with a wet dog on the table or five leashes in your hand.
Covers: Dog grooming (shop or mobile groomers), boarding, daycare, dog walking, pet sitting, trainers.
What Allison asks your callers
- Name, phone, and area
- Type of pet, breed and size
- What they want: grooming, boarding, daycare, walks, sitting, training
- Dates they're looking at (for boarding or sitting) or how often (for walks)
- Anything you should know before you call back. It takes the request. It doesn't confirm a booking.
Any other one-person service
You name a service, somebody runs it alone. If you're super small and you miss calls because you're busy doing the work, you're who we built this for. Nobody's left out.
Movers
Asks: moving from where to where, size of the place, the date.
Junk removal
Asks: what's going, roughly how much, where it is, stairs or not.
Hair stylists & barbers (shop or mobile)
Asks: what they want done, new or returning, days that work.
Tutors & music teachers
Asks: subject or instrument, grade or level, in person or online, days.
Photographers & videographers
Asks: type of shoot, the date, where, how long.
Personal trainers
Asks: goals, in person or online, days and times.
Computer & phone repair
Asks: the device, what's wrong, drop-off or on-site.
Seamstresses & tailoring
Asks: the item, what needs doing, when they need it.
DJs & event services
Asks: type of event, the date, where, how many people.
Appliance & small engine repair
Asks: the machine, brand if they know it, what it's doing.
Home care, errands & organizing
Asks: what help they need, how often, the area.
You name it
Asks: tell us what you'd ask a caller and that's what it asks.
What Allison asks your callers
- Name and phone
- Where they are, if it matters for your work
- What they need and when
- Whatever else you need to know before you call back (we set that up with you)
Don't see yours? Pick "Other / any service" in the chat and type what you do.
Questions
Does it work for my kind of business?
If you're a super-small or one-person service business and you miss calls because you're doing the work, yes. Plumbing / drain / septic and roofing have ready-made question sets. For every other business (handymen, cleaners, painters, pet groomers, movers, barbers, tutors, anything) we write the questions with you at signup.
I'm a handyman. Is this for me?
Yes. Handymen are almost always a one-man show, which is exactly who this is for. The bot gets the caller's name, phone, area and the job list, and texts it to you so you can call back when you're off the ladder.
Does it book jobs or give prices?
No. It gathers the details and hands them to you. You call back, quote and book. It never makes up a price or promises a time.
$99 a month for the full package · no contract · first month free · website chat $49 one-time setup. Pricing →