Get home by quittin' time.
Simple helpers that answer your missed calls, follow up on your quotes, and take paperwork off your office, all through the phone and texts you already use. Local, in person, no contract.
Serving trades and home services within 50 miles of Vandalia, IL.
You can't answer the phone with a wrench in your hand.
The call comes in while you're on a roof. By the time you call back, they've hired somebody else. Then the quotes don't get followed up, and the paperwork waits until 9 pm.
It's not that you're doing anything wrong. There's just one of you.
- Calls going to voicemail while you're on a job
- Quotes that never get a second call
- The same job notes typed three times
- Paperwork at the kitchen table at 9 pm
Three steps. No pitch deck.
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Free 15-minute chat
We talk about where your hours go. No pitch deck.
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I build it on your business
You'll see it working on your own website and phone line before you pay a dime. [Confirm with Josh: "before you pay" wording vs. the paid pilot/audit]
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It runs. You get home.
I set it up, train your crew at the shop (about 30 minutes), and check on it every month.
Plain helpers for the jobs that eat your day.
Start with one. Add more if it's earning its keep.
Missed-call text-back
When you can't pick up, the caller gets a friendly text within seconds, and you get their name and what they need.
See how it works →After-hours front desk
It answers calls and web messages after hours, books the appointment or flags an emergency, and says up front that it's an automated assistant.
See how it works →Quotes and follow-ups
Every estimate gets a polite follow-up, and maintenance customers get reminded when they're due.
See how it works →Ask-the-Manual helper
Your crew asks a question and gets the answer from your own manuals, spec books, and safety sheets, with the page it came from.
See how it works →Paperwork help
Daily reports, job notes, and forms get filled out from a text or voice memo instead of retyped three times.
See how it works →Your data, your rules.
Accounts in your name.
Everything is set up in your business's name wherever possible. If you ever fire me, you keep everything.
It only says what you approve.
It answers from your website and what you sign off on. Anything with a price or a promise goes to a person first.
Your customer list stays yours.
We never sell or share it, and the assistant doesn't take card numbers.
Kill switch.
One call or text to Josh turns it off, and your phone goes back to normal.
No contract. Turn it off any day.
It's month-to-month. If it isn't earning its keep, we shut it off. That simple.
I'm Josh. I live here.
I'm Josh Moulton, and I live in Vandalia. I'm not here to sell you a robot or replace anybody. I set up simple tools that catch the calls you're missing and take the paperwork off your plate, and I show up at your shop to do it. You can call me, text me, or knock on my door.
More about JoshWhat shops say
[testimonials: after first clients]
Straight answers.
"I don't need AI."
You don't need "AI." You need the phone answered when you're under a house. That's all this is.
"My staff won't learn it."
If you can read a text, you can run this. Your folks keep doing what they do now.
"What about my customers' data?"
It's in accounts in your name, nothing is sold or shared, and you can delete it or leave anytime. See Your data, your rules.
"What if it says something wrong?"
It only says what's on your website and what you sign off on. If it doesn't know, it says someone will call back.
"Will it replace my people?"
No. It takes the 7 pm calls and the retyping your people hate.
"My customers want a real person."
They'll still get one. This answers when nobody can, then gets them to you fast.
"What does it cost?"
Every shop is different, so you get a written quote after a free chat. If the math doesn't come out well ahead, I'll tell you not to buy it. How pricing works.
"We tried software before."
Nobody has to log into anything new. It works through your phone and texts, and I keep it running.
"What if you go away?"
Everything is in your name and written down, so anyone can pick it up. You're never held hostage.
"Can't I just do this with ChatGPT?"
Maybe! The hard part is hooking it to your phones, fixing it when it breaks, and checking it monthly. That's my job.
Where I work
Trades and home-service shops within about 50 miles of Vandalia, Illinois.
- Vandalia
- Effingham
- Centralia
- Greenville
- Salem
- and the towns in between
Let's get you home on time.
Start with a free 15-minute Hours-Back chat. No pitch deck, no pressure.