The promise
If Avidra doesn't recover 3 booked jobs in your first 30 days, I refund everything and disconnect you myself.
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ELECTRICAL · OSHAWA
AI phone receptionist for electricians in Oshawa
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
It's 9pm and a panel is buzzing in a 1960s home in Oshawa. The homeowner pulled up a list of emergency electricians on their phone. You're the second one. The first answered. You didn't.
When the phone rings and you can't
Gloves are on, voltage tester in one hand, phone in the other room. Voicemail wins.
What Avidra does
Avidra answers your phone with AI voice the moment a call lands. The caller hears a real voice. You get a structured lead summary on your phone, the same way a text would arrive.
The text doesn't replace the human conversation. It buys time for it. You still call back. You still close the job. Avidra just makes sure the lead is warm and the basics about the homeowners are in your inbox before you do.
How Avidra answers your calls
Step 1 · AI picks up
Avidra picks up every call the moment it lands. The caller hears a real voice, not a hold-tone or a phone tree.
Step 2 · Qualifies the caller live
Qualifying happens on the call. The caller doesn't have to repeat anything to a human later.
Step 3 · Transfers to you when they ask, or summarizes when they don't
Transfer on request: 'can I talk to Mike?' routes to Mike's cell. No transfer, and the AI wraps the call with the lead captured.
Step 4 · Lead summary lands on your phone
After the call, Avidra texts you a structured summary. Caller name, problem, urgency, recording link if you want it.
How you wire it up
Avidra runs two ways. Keep your existing business number and forward to Avidra only when you can't pick up. The caller reaches you first. The AI handles the miss. Or use the Avidra number directly and let AI pick up every call, transferring to you when the caller asks. Most shops start with the first setup. The second works better once you've grown past one person on the phone.
Free tier includes both. AI voice and SMS text-back are both in the $0 floor, so neither pickup mode costs extra.
The phone end of your shop
Avidra owns the phone end of your shop. It picks up calls, runs the qualifier, captures the job, and relays the messages you ask it to send. Everything past the phone stays with you. Pricing, scheduling, dispatch, billing all live in your existing tools.
The text won't quote a panel swap. It won't promise an inspection slot. It won't argue with a homeowner over the phone about whether their flickering is a loose neutral or a bad breaker. The intake gets you to the panel faster. Everything after that is yours.
The math on your missed calls
The numbers on a electrical shop your size.
8 calls/week missed$300 avg job$2,400 / week$10,400 / month$124,800 / year
73% of homeowners don't leave a voicemail. They call the next electrician on Google.
Avidra catches them in 4.2 seconds.
Calls electricians in Oshawa actually take
Here's what your line catches on a normal week. GFCI outlet that keeps tripping after a bathroom remodel. Panel swap quote for a pre-1950 home with knob and tube. Service upgrade for a 1970s home with aluminum branch wiring. Double tap breaker that won't stay on after a storm. Each one is a job you'd close if you could pick up the phone.
After-hours patterns are tighter. The urgency is higher and the timeline is shorter. Half the house lost power, neighbors still have it. Outlet melted around the plug. Whoever answers first books it. Everyone else gets the voicemail tone.
What the year looks like
Year-round demand. Small spikes in summer for EV chargers and patio circuits, and again before holidays for outdoor lighting.
Most electricians can predict the peaks. The trick is keeping pickup steady through them. Avidra doesn't surge-price during your busy weeks and doesn't go quiet during the slow ones.
Getting Avidra answering your phone
Setup is two minutes. You connect your business number to Avidra, either by porting it or by setting your existing line to ring the Avidra number. The AI picks up from then on. You edit the default intake script to sound like your office, and the first real call uses your voice and your business name.
Most owners are live before lunch on the day they sign up. The honest test is to call your own line and have the AI answer. The questions land. The summary fires. You see the intake on your phone.
Why live pickup beats voicemail
Voicemail is where service leads go to die. A homeowner who hits voicemail at 7pm and gets a callback at 9am has already booked the next name on the list. Avidra picks up live, so the conversation starts in the first ring. By the time the caller would have hung up on voicemail, the AI has already captured the caller's name and address along with the basics of the call. The follow-up callback then lands into a warm conversation, not a cold one.
After-hours and on-the-ground in Oshawa
Oshawa winters keep the call volume up. Cold weather doesn't slow the inbox. ESA permits and inspections are required for almost all permanent wiring work in Ontario. Master license is held by the contractor, and the inspection schedule is part of the job timeline.
Common questions
Can it capture photos of the panel?
MMS replies with photos are captured and attached to the lead summary.
What if a permit is required, will it disclose that?
Yes. Permit notice can be included in the intake message for your region.
Can it ask about the panel amperage in the intake?
Yes. The intake includes a 'do you know your service size, 100A or 200A' question. Many homeowners answer it correctly.
Will it book a panel-swap inspection?
Booking is on you. The intake captures the request and gathers the basics.
What about emergency calls like a burning smell?
Burning-smell and arcing-panel descriptions trigger a 'shut off the main and call 911 if you see flames' message before the booking conversation.
Try Avidra on your own number
Run the trial on your own line for two weeks. The first missed call you catch usually pays for the year. Try Avidra on your real business number for 14 days. Picks up your missed calls. Picks up live if you let it. No card up front.
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