Answers every call, every hour
First ring, 2am or 2pm, holiday or not. The phone simply gets picked up.
The 24/7 AI receptionist
Your best leads call at your worst hours.
The lockout happens at 11:48pm. The furnace dies on the coldest night. The burst pipe doesn't check your hours page. Whoever answers wins the job, and until now your options were a night shift, a call center that reads a script, or voicemail, which is where money goes to die. The AI receptionist is the fourth option: always on, never sick, already looking at your schedule.
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+1 (604) 555 0148Unknown number · after hours
AI answeringHi, I'm locked out of my car on Fraser.
I can get someone to you tonight. A car lockout is $89 plus tax, no call-out fee on top.
Yeah, do it.
Booked. Dane is 22 minutes out. You'll get a text with his name and plate.
✓Job createdCar lockout · $89 · assigned to Dane
The 24/7 AI receptionist
AI receptionist for locksmiths, HVAC and every trade
It doesn't take messages. It books jobs.
Books straight into the schedule
Not a message pad: the job lands on the dispatch board with the details captured.
Quotes the real service call
No $19 teaser games, no "someone will call you back with pricing."
Missed-call text-back
If a call ever does slip past, the customer gets a text before they dial the next shop in the results.
Your business number, your record
Calls run on the Linq business line with recording built in, so what was promised is never a mystery.
Tuned to your trade
A locksmith's midnight call and a cleaning company's lunchtime inquiry get handled like what they are.
How it works
11:48pm, start to finish.
- 11:48pm. A lockout call rings. The AI receptionist answers on the first ring.
- 11:50pm. Job booked into the morning schedule with the address and details captured. The customer gets a confirmation text.
- 7:35am. Dispatch drags the job to the nearest tech. ETA text sends itself.
- 8:20am. Door open, tap-to-pay, review request out. The competitor's voicemail is still blinking.
Pricing
The receptionist that doesn't need a salary.
For what human services charge, see the answering service cost guide.
Try it on a real week
Fourteen days. Your actual jobs.
Not a sandbox with fake customers in it. Put a real week through the board, answer real calls with it, and see what the Friday number looks like. Fourteen days, no card, cancel any day.
Answering questions
What is answering service software?
Answering service software picks up your business calls when you can't, but the modern version does more than take messages. Linq's AI receptionist answers 24/7, books jobs directly into your schedule, and texts back missed calls, so the call becomes work instead of a voicemail.
How is an AI receptionist different from a traditional answering service?
A traditional service is a human in a call center reading a script and taking a message you'll action tomorrow. An AI receptionist answers instantly at any hour, sees your actual schedule, and books the job on the spot. One sells you minutes; the other closes the loop.
How much does an answering service cost?
Human answering services typically bill by the minute or the call, and monthly totals run into the hundreds for a busy trade line. Linq's AI receptionist is part of the platform (Growth plans and up), not a separate per-minute bill.
Can it really book jobs into my schedule?
Yes. That's the point. The call ends with a job on your dispatch board and a confirmation text on the customer's phone, not a message in an inbox.
Does Jobber have an AI receptionist?
Jobber has started shipping AI answering features. The difference worth checking is what happens after the answer: with Linq the same system runs the booking, dispatch, ETA texts and payment. See Linq vs Jobber for the full comparison.
Get started with answering service software
Let the phone work the night shift.
Tonight's calls can book themselves (Growth plans and up).
Linq is answering service software for shops that would rather be on the tools than at a desk: start free, or put one real week through it on the 14-day trial and judge it on Friday.
