The call after the accident goes to whoever answers first.
Drivers call from the roadside. The AI Front Desk answers by text, checks whether the car is drivable, collects photos and the claim number, and books the estimate or drop-off.
Where auto body and detail shops lose revenue
- Estimators are in the bay; calls go unanswered mid-day.
- Insurance jobs need claim details before the visit.
- Detail bookings over $250 no-show without a deposit.
Typical missed call
Rear-ended on Route 73, car not drivable, Friday 6:45 PM
Average ticket: $250 to $6,000
Watch it handle a real auto detail & collision conversation
Replay a scenario or switch to live mode and text it yourself. The auto detail & collision playbook sets the emergency rules, price language and intake questions.
Friday 6:45 PM. Shop closed at 6.
Route 38 Auto Body
Text message
Scripted replay of a real workflow. Names and numbers are fictional.
Capture and qualify
Answers in under 60 seconds, runs the auto detail & collision intake, declines out-of-area and unqualified callers politely.
Book and confirm
Two real windows from your schedule, confirmation text, deposit link when the rules apply, owner alert on urgent jobs.
Chase and collect
Follow-ups on no-shows, ghosted quotes and abandoned leads every 4 hours; review requests and invoice nudges after the job.
Pricing for auto body and detail shops
One $800 no-heat call booked at 9 PM covers the Core plan for two weeks. Setup covers the build; the monthly covers hosting, monitoring and tuning.
The 7-Day Pilot
Plug into missed calls only. See real bookings before you commit.
- Your missed and after-hours calls get a text back in under 60 seconds
- Qualifies, books against your hours, collects a deposit when it should
- Owner text on every booking and every emergency
- Live dashboard: leads, booked, recovered revenue
- Day-7 numbers in writing
Core
One location, unlimited leads, wired into your CRM.
+ $1,200 setup
- Everything in the pilot, running 24/7
- Housecall Pro or Jobber: real availability, jobs created with your tags
- Google Calendar holds for each tech
- Stripe deposits applied to the job
- Follow-up agent: no-shows, ghosted estimates, abandoned leads
- Weekly ROI email every Friday
Pro
Two locations, review automation, invoice chase, custom skills.
+ $2,500 setup
- Everything in Core for up to 2 locations and 3+ techs dispatch
- Review requests after every paid job
- Unpaid invoice nudges with payment links
- One custom skill (warranty checker, membership upsell, financing pre-qual)
- Priority support and monthly tuning call
Performance add-on: $75 per after-hours booked job, capped at $750/month. Only charged when the agent books work you would have missed.
Auto Detail & Collision questions
Yes. It asks for 3 to 4 damage photos and attaches them to the lead for the estimator.
If you give it a tow partner, it shares the number and books the next-morning estimate.
Under 60 seconds from the missed call or inbound text, 24 hours a day. Most replies land in 10 to 20 seconds.
No. It catches what they cannot: nights, weekends, and the 3 PM rush. Your team sees every conversation and can take over any time by texting "I got this".
Gas smell or CO alarm gets safety instructions first (leave the house, call the utility or 911). Then the agent offers the emergency window and texts the owner immediately.
It texts like a dispatcher. If someone asks directly, it answers honestly in one line and keeps helping. Owners report customers care about the appointment, not the typist.
Seven days on your missed calls.
Nothing about how your office works changes. You get a text for every booking, a dashboard, and the numbers on day 7. The $500 is credited to setup if you continue.
- Your number stays the same
- Owner text on every booking
- Written results, no pitch
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