An answering service that books the job, not just the message
The calls come while your hands are on a car, and most callers won’t leave a voicemail: they call the next shop. Here are your four options, and what each does with “how much for a coating on a Model Y?”
No card needed. Keep your number. One code undoes it.
Your four options, side by side
| Voicemail | Answering service | GotItDesk | Front-desk hire | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers when you can’t | Records only | Depends on the plan | Yes, 24/7 | Working hours |
| Quotes your prices | No | From a script | From your price list, by vehicle size | Yes |
| Books the job | No | Some do | Yes: its own calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook | Yes |
| Typical cost | Free | Per call or per minute: ask each provider | $99 a month, 1,000 minutes | Wages |
Answering-service prices vary a lot by provider and plan; check each one.
What a detailing call sounds like
- Greets the callersays it’s your shop’s virtual assistant
- Make and modelso it knows the size band
- Paint conditionif your prices depend on it
- Quotes your pricefor that size, from your list
- Finds the daysa run of free days in one bay for a coating
- Books itspells the name back, and emails you the booking
Listen to the 54-second sample: a recorded, scripted ceramic-coating call in the live voice.
What’s particular to detailing
- Price by vehicle. It asks make and model and quotes the band you set for that size. It’s built not to make up a price that isn’t on your list.
- Multi-day coatings. It only offers runs of days that are actually free, with a column per bay.
- Your warranty wording. Durability and warranty answers come from what you wrote, not the internet.
- Mobile detailers. “Do you come to me?” and “how far do you travel?” get the answers you wrote in setup.
Set up in about ten minutes
Paste your website and it suggests your hours, services and prices. You choose a voice, call your new GotItDesk number to hear it answer, and only then dial one code to forward the calls you miss.
What it doesn’t do yet
Texts to callers, deposits, Spanish, and Apple iCloud, Square or Calendly. We’d rather you know now. See everything on the pricing page.