1st
shop to answer wins
They don't wait for you.
Someone searching for a florist, a dentist, or a table for four calls straight down the Google results. Whoever picks up first gets the money. Everyone above them on the list gets nothing.
Restaurants · Salons · Flower shops · Clinics · Home services
Every missed call is a customer calling your competitor next.
Nobody leaves a voicemail anymore. They hang up and dial the next name on Google. 24/7 Answer answers your phone, answers your website chat, and texts new leads back within seconds — day, night, weekends, and every time your hands are full.
$400 one-time setup, then $497 a month once your agent is live and you have approved it.
Or watch a real demo callNew here? Watch the 60-second overview to see exactly how it works.
Or watch a real demo call- 99.9%
- of calls answered
- 3
- channels covered — phone, chat, text
- 48 hrs
- from signup to live
- $0
- payroll, taxes, sick days
The problem
Your phone rings while your hands are full.
You're plating an order, cutting hair, under a sink, with a client. The phone rings out. It doesn't feel like a loss — nothing visibly happened. That's exactly what makes it the most expensive leak in the business.
15 min
and the sale is gone
Calling back is already too late.
By the time you're free to return the call, they've booked and paid with someone else. "We'll get back to them later" is the single most expensive sentence in a small business.
10×
the value of one order
You didn't lose a sale. You lost a customer.
The vet who missed one call didn't lose one visit — they lost every visit for the next ten years. A missed call hands a competitor your customer's entire lifetime of spending.
Industry research
62%
of incoming calls to the average small business go unanswered
That is roughly 6 to 15 calls a day, every day.
- of calls are answered by a live person
- 37.8%
- of callers who reach voicemail hang up without leaving a message
- 80–85%
- of people whose call goes unanswered never call back
- 75–85%
- of calls to small and service businesses arrive outside 9-to-5
- 30–45%
Source: industry research. Figures are estimates and vary by sector. These are figures for the industry as a whole, not results from 24/7 Answer.
The math
What are your missed messages costing you?
Move the sliders to your own numbers. We’re not going to talk you into anything — the figure on the right does that on its own.
Most owners guess ten before they count. Rings during a rush, after close, on Sunday, plus the chat messages and form fills nobody got to — all of them count.
Use the whole job, not the first order — a customer who comes back is worth every visit they’d have made.
Counting from the day you opened. Every one of those years had a phone in it.
Walking out of your door
$18,720
every month
- Per day
- $720
- Per year
- $224,640
Over your 5 years in business
$1.1M
That’s roughly 12,480 calls that rang out — every one of them someone who wanted to give you money.
If today’s numbers held for all 5 years.
24/7 Answer is $497 a month for all three channels, unlimited. On these numbers you are losing 38× that every month by not answering.
Assumes a 6-day trading week (312 days a year), and that the figures above have held steady for as long as you’ve been open. An estimate to frame the decision, not a guarantee of recovered revenue — no service converts every call into a sale.
How it works
Three steps. You do almost none of them.
No new hardware, no new phone number, no software for your staff to learn. Your line, your website and your team keep working exactly as they do today.
- 01
Watch the two-minute demo
See the AI answer a call, handle a website chat and text a lead back before you decide anything. You can also call it yourself on 877-702-3271. If you want it, get started on the same page — $400 to build it, and the monthly only starts once it is live.
Takes two minutes
- 02
Tell us about your business
A short form — your hours, your services, your service area, your prices and policies. That's the whole of what we need from you. We build your agent from it and from your website.
About five minutes of your time
- 03
Live within 48 hours
We forward your existing number — you keep it — so calls ring your team first and the agent catches whatever you don't. The chat widget goes on your site. Bookings land in your calendar and every call, chat and lead arrives as a written summary. Text-back switches on as soon as your number clears carrier registration.
Live within 48 hours
Your agent answers 99.9% of calls. We quote the number we can actually stand behind — anyone promising you 100% of anything is selling you something.
Three ways in
Your customers reach you three ways. All three get answered.
A caller who gets voicemail, a chat message at 11pm, and a form fill that sits unread until Tuesday all end the same way — with someone else getting the job. All three are covered at the same price.
The phone
When your team can't get to it, the agent answers as your business. It handles the question, books the appointment, and sends you a written summary within seconds of the call ending. Your line and your number stay exactly as they are.
Live within 48 hours
The website chat
The same agent, working on your website instead of your phone. Someone typing a question at eleven at night gets a real answer and can book on the spot. One line of code on your site, and we'll send it to whoever manages it if that isn't you.
Live within 48 hours
The instant text back
When a lead comes in through your website form, they get a text within seconds — who it's from, and an answer. The average business takes over a day to respond to a web lead. Yours responds before they've put the phone down.
Live once your number clears carrier registration
Business text messaging in the US runs through a carrier registration system that every business number has to clear. We file it during setup and it usually approves within days. Phone and chat are live within 48 hours either way.
Real recording
See and hear a real demo call.
Don’t take our word for how it sounds. Watch it work.
This is a real call to our own AI receptionist. The caller rings in and books a demo, and every word on the other end of the line is the agent — not a person.
It is the same thing your customers would hear at nine on a Sunday night, when the only other option is your voicemail.
Turn your sound on — the call itself is the point.
What it actually does
A receptionist, not an answering machine.
Voicemail records the problem. This handles it — start to finish, while the customer is still on the line and still wants to buy.
Captures every lead
Name, number, and what they wanted — written down and sent to you within seconds of the call ending. Nothing depends on somebody remembering to write it on a pad.
Books appointments and tables
It reads your live availability, offers real slots, and writes the booking into your calendar. The customer hangs up already booked, not waiting on a callback.
Takes orders
Full to-go orders, including the half-mozzarella-half-cheddar, no-mushrooms, actually-make-that-chicken kind. Orders drop into the system your kitchen already uses.
Answers the same twelve questions
Hours, parking, prices, do you do gel nails, are you open Sunday, do you deliver to this postcode. The calls you least want to take are the ones it takes best.
Filters out the time-wasters
For bigger jobs it asks your qualifying questions first — scope, timing, budget — so the appointments that reach your calendar are the ones worth driving to.
Works 24/7 without a payroll
Nights, weekends, holidays, the lunch rush, and the fortnight your receptionist is away. No wages, no taxes, no sick days, no notice period, no recruiting.
Sounds like a professional
Calm, warm, on-brand, and never having a bad day. It doesn't rush people, doesn't sigh, and doesn't put anyone on hold to deal with the queue in front of it.
Answers your website chat
The same agent that answers your phone answers the chat box on your site — with your services, your prices and your policies. Nights and weekends included, when most of those messages arrive.
Texts new leads back in seconds
A form fill on your website triggers a text back immediately, identifying your business and answering what they asked. Every message includes opt-out language so it stays compliant.
Only ever gets better
The agent you hear on your demo call is the worst it will ever be. It improves month after month without you upgrading, retraining, or paying more.
Features
Everything it can do, in every plan.
Not a list of upgrades. There is one plan, so there is nothing on this page you have to pay extra to switch on.
Live transfers
When a caller needs a person, the agent hands the call straight through to you or your team — warm, while they are still on the line, not as a message you return an hour later.
Multiple departments
Sales, service, billing, the kitchen. Callers reach the right one by saying what they need, rather than listening to a menu and pressing four.
Lead qualification
Your qualifying questions asked up front — scope, timing, budget — so the appointments that reach your calendar are the ones worth driving to.
Call routing
Rules for who gets what and when: by hour of the day, by department, by the kind of job it is, and who to try next when the first person doesn't pick up.
Custom workflows
What happens after the call is yours to set: the booking written, the summary sent, the follow-up text, the record dropped into the system you already run.
Business-specific scripting
It answers as your business, with your services, your prices and your policies — not a generic assistant with your name pinned to it.
Website chat agent
The same brain answering on your site as on your phone, so a visitor at midnight gets the same answers a caller does at noon.
Speed-to-lead texting
New web leads get a text back within seconds, with your business name and opt-out included on every message.
Unified lead capture
Calls, chats and form fills all arrive the same way — a written summary, sent to you within seconds, in one place.
After-hours answering
Nights, weekends and holidays are when a third to nearly half of your calls arrive. It works every one of them at the same price as the ones at noon.
The honest objection
“We’re a family business. We pride ourselves on being personal — I don’t want a robot answering my phone.”
Fair. So here’s the honest question back: is it more personal to not answer at all?
A real person picking up is better than an AI picking up. We’d never argue otherwise, and the agent is built to hand off to you whenever you’re free. But the choice in front of you isn’t AI versus your best member of staff — it’s AI versus a phone ringing out at 7pm on a Saturday while a customer scrolls down to the next name on Google.
The agent sits behind your team, not in front of them. When somebody's at the desk, they pick up like always. The AI only answers what would otherwise ring out.
Your callers don’t experience your warmth when nobody picks up. They experience a competitor.
By the numbers
- Businesses answered for
- 81
- Calls answered
- 50,000+
- Calls picked up
- 99.9%
- Recovered missed call revenue
- $1M+
Pricing
One plan. Unlimited calls. No contract.
No tiers to compare and no allowance to outgrow. Every call your line takes is answered, whether that is four in a week or forty in an afternoon.
AI Receptionist — phone, chat & text
$497/month
Unlimited calls, chats and texts
Every call answered, every hour of every day. No monthly cap, no counting, and no bill that changes because you had a busy month.
$400 one-time setup, then $497 a month.
The $400 setup fee builds and launches your agent. The $497 a month starts once it is live — and it is not live until you have heard the agent yourself and approved it.
What you get
- Your agent, built around your business
- Answers 99.9% of calls, 24/7/365
- Website chat answered by the same agent
- New web leads texted back within seconds
- Unlimited calls — no monthly allowance
- No per-minute metering, ever
- Appointment and reservation booking
- Order taking and lead qualification
- Written summary of every call, chat and lead
- Bookings written into your existing calendar
- Connects to the software you already run
- Keep your existing phone number
No catch
$400 one-time setup, then $497/month — nothing else
Your monthly starts at go-live, not at checkout
Nothing answers a real customer until you approve it
30-day money-back guarantee on your first month
Month to month — cancel any time, no cancellation fee
Cancel and your service runs to the end of the period you paid for
For context: a part-time receptionist runs $2,000–$3,000 a month before taxes, holiday and cover — and answers one of these three channels. This costs a fraction of that, covers all three, works every hour of every day, and never calls in sick.
Questions
The things owners ask us.
Will my customers know it's an AI?
Some will, most won't ask. It speaks naturally, handles interruptions, and doesn't read from a script. We're happy to have it introduce itself as your virtual assistant if you'd rather be upfront — plenty of our clients prefer that, and it costs them nothing.
Do I have to change my phone number?
No. You keep the number you've always had. We set up call forwarding so your line rings your team first, and the agent picks up whatever you don't — after hours, during a rush, or when everyone's hands are full.
What happens if it can't answer something?
It takes the caller's details and the reason for the call, tells them you'll be in touch, and sends the whole thing to you as a written summary within seconds. You can also give it a number to transfer live calls to when someone is available.
Why 99.9% and not 100%?
Because 100% would be a lie. Phone networks have outages and no system anywhere is perfect. 99.9% is the number we can stand behind, and it's the difference between catching roughly every call and catching roughly half of them.
How long until it's live?
Usually 48 hours from the moment you say go. We build the demo from your website first, you hear it on a call, and if you're happy we move it into production the same week.
Can it book into the calendar we already use?
Yes. It writes bookings into your existing calendar or booking system, and drops orders into the system your kitchen or counter already runs on. We handle the connection during setup — that's part of what the setup fee covers.
Are there per-minute charges or call limits?
Neither. Calls are unlimited and there is no per-minute meter, so a busy month costs exactly what a quiet one does — $497 either way. There is nothing to outgrow and no overage line to watch for, which is the whole reason there is only one plan.
Is $497 really unlimited?
Yes. However many calls your line takes, they're answered, and the bill is the same. We'd rather price it once and have you stop thinking about it than sell you an allowance and bill you the month your phone goes mad — which is usually your best month.
What if I want to cancel?
Cancel any time from your account or by telling us. There's no contract and no cancellation fee. Your service stays on until the end of the period you've already paid for, and you're not billed again after that.
What am I paying today?
$400. That's the one-time setup fee — it covers building your agent, configuring it around your business, and getting it launched. Your $497 monthly doesn't start until the agent is live and you've signed off on it.
What if the AI says something wrong to my customer?
It doesn't get the chance. We build your agent and send you a number to call before it goes anywhere near a real customer. Ask it awkward questions, interrupt it, try to break it. It only starts answering your line when you tell us you're happy.
Is the setup fee refundable?
No. It covers work that's already been done — building, configuring and launching your agent. Your first month is covered by a 30-day money-back guarantee, so if the service isn't worth it, that part comes back to you.
What's the money-back guarantee?
If your first month isn't worth what you paid, tell us within 30 days of going live and we'll refund the $497. The setup fee stays, since that work is already delivered.
Do I have to talk to a salesperson?
No. Watch the demo, get started, fill in the form. If you want to hear the agent before you decide anything, call 877-702-3271 or talk to it right on the page.
Does this replace my staff on the phone?
No. Your team answers first, exactly as they do now. The agent only picks up what would otherwise ring out — after hours, during a rush, or when everyone's hands are full. You can also have it transfer live calls through to whoever is available.
Does the website chat need my site rebuilt?
No. It's one small piece of code added to your site. If you don't manage your own website, we'll send it to whoever does and it takes them a couple of minutes.
When does the text-back start working?
Business text messaging in the US goes through a carrier registration process that every business number has to clear. We file it during your setup and it usually approves within a few days. Your phone and website chat are live within 48 hours regardless — texting switches on when the registration clears.
Is the texting compliant?
Yes. Every message identifies your business and includes opt-out instructions, and we only text people who submitted their number to you and agreed to be contacted.
Is my business too small for this?
Ask the calculator, not us. If you miss two calls a week and a customer is worth $60, we'll tell you to keep your money. If one missed call is worth thousands — a contractor, a dealership, an HVAC company — you only have to catch one a year to be ahead.
Why we do this
Our mission is to save businesses $10M+ over the next 12 months.
Every call this thing answers is money that stayed with the business that earned it, instead of going to whoever picked up first. Ten million dollars of it, across every business we answer for, is what we are aiming at this year.
A portion of proceeds is donated to charity
Part of what this business earns goes to charitable causes rather than staying in it. We would rather state that plainly here than make a campaign out of it.
Start here
Get started today.
Watch the two-minute demo, get started, and tell us about your business. We build your agent and send you a number to test. It only answers real customers once you approve it.
- You see it before you commit
- The demo shows the AI answering a call, handling a website chat, and texting a lead back. Watch it first, decide after.
- It's the worst it will ever be
- Whatever you hear on that demo is the floor, not the ceiling. It gets better every month at the same price.
- One month at a time
- Cancel any time, with a 30-day money-back guarantee on your first month. If you cancel, your service runs to the end of the period you've paid for.