The problem · and what actually changes
The calls you miss while your hands are full
A missed call at a body shop is usually a lost job rather than a delayed one, because the customer simply rings the next shop on the list. The way to size the problem honestly is arithmetic on your own figures: multiply the inquiries you miss in a week by 52÷12, then by your close rate, then by the gross profit on an average job. That gives the monthly gross profit at stake — not what any tool will recover, but what is currently walking.
What it looks like in a shop
- →Voicemails from 6pm on a Friday that you return on Monday, by which time the car is booked in elsewhere.
- →The phone going while you are in the middle of a blend and nobody free to answer it.
- →Web form inquiries you find two days later, still unanswered.
- →Never knowing how many people rang and simply did not leave a message.
What we won't claim
We cannot tell you what share of your missed calls a bot converts. Nobody can — it depends on your trade, your area and what those callers wanted. Anyone quoting you a recovery percentage is guessing. That is exactly why the calculator leads with break-even instead.
Whose job this is
The Receptionist
- Step 1
It answers chat and web inquiries when nobody is at the desk
Any hour. It asks the qualifying questions you would have asked — what the car is, what happened, whether it is drivable, whether insurance is involved.
- Step 2
It captures the details rather than taking a message
The inquiry arrives with the make, model, damage description and contact details already gathered, so following up is a text rather than a discovery call.
- Step 3
It hands you the ones worth your time
You get the lead on your phone with what it already knows. Nothing goes back to the customer as a commitment without you.
What it costs you now
Put your own missed-inquiry count into the calculator and it will show the monthly gross profit at stake, plus how many extra jobs a month the software has to win to pay for itself.
The other ones
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Fix this one.
Tell us the business name and a way to reach you. One of our specialists builds a short demo on your business and sends you the link — no card.