Callers don't leave messages — they ring the next number
Most people ringing a tradie need something done, not a phone-tag relationship. If a human-sounding voice answers, books them in or takes the details, the job stops shopping around.
Founding pilot — limited spots
You're on the tools. It's on the phones.
Every call that hits voicemail while you're up a ladder is a job your competitor just won. AI4SMB's receptionist answers your existing number, sounds Australian, captures the job, and texts you the lead — before the caller rings the next tradie on the list.
In short: an AI receptionist for tradies answers your business number when you can't, takes the caller's name, location and job details, flags emergencies, and sends you the lead instantly by SMS. AI4SMB runs it on the phone setup you already have — no new number, no app for your customers, no US call-centre voice.
Why tradies leak jobs
Voicemail is where jobs go to die.
After-hours is where the urgent (expensive) work is
Burst pipes and dead switchboards don't keep business hours. The AI answers at 9pm, sorts genuine emergencies from can-wait work using your rules, and only wakes you for the ones worth waking for.
You already paid for the phone system
Whether it's a mobile with forwarding or a 3CX box in the office, we integrate with it. Callers keep dialling the number on the ute. Nothing gets ripped out, nothing gets re-printed.
Tradie questions, straight answers
How does an AI receptionist work for a tradie?
A caller rings your normal business number. If you can’t pick up — on the tools, on a roof, driving — the AI answers, sounds like a local receptionist, takes the job details (name, suburb, what needs doing, how urgent), and sends you the summary by SMS or email. Emergency callers can be put through to your mobile based on rules you set.
Do I need a new phone number or system?
No. That’s the point. It wires into whatever you run now — a mobile with call forwarding, a 3CX or Yeastar system, or a simple VoIP service. Callers dial the number that’s already on your ute, your signage and Google.
What does it cost?
Founding-pilot pricing is being finalised and depends on call volume. It’s priced to be obviously cheaper than a part-time receptionist — and cheaper than the jobs you’re currently losing to voicemail. Book a call and we’ll quote it straight.
What happens on complex or angry calls?
It hands off. The AI is configured with clear escalation rules: put the caller through, take a message and flag it urgent, or book a callback window. It never bluffs its way through something it shouldn’t.
Stop losing jobs to your voicemail.
Founding-pilot spots are limited and priced for early movers. If it doesn't capture jobs you'd have missed, don't keep it.