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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AI phone receptionist for garage door techs in Regina
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An opener motor's been humming for a week and the homeowner finally booked a call. They want the same-day fix or they'll book someone else. The line went to voicemail.
When the phone rings and you can't
The torsion spring is half-wound. There's no letting go of that to grab a call.
What Avidra does
Avidra is a text-back system that runs the second you miss a call. The caller gets a real reply, not a voicemail loop. You get a structured lead with the basics filled in.
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 missed calls
Step 1 · Missed call detected
Any unanswered call to your business number triggers an instant SMS to the caller. No setup per call, no manual approval.
Step 2 · SMS qualifier
The intake is configurable. By default it asks the caller's name, the property address, what's going on, and how soon they need someone. You can edit the script to add or cut any of those.
Step 3 · Job summary to your phone
When the caller finishes the intake, Avidra hands you the summary. The format is intentionally boring: who, where, what, when.
Step 4 · You decide when to call back
Avidra holds the conversation while you finish the current job. The caller stays warm. You decide if and when to follow up.
Two ways to set it up
Two setup paths. Path one is forwarding: your existing business number stays the front door, calls ring to your phone, and Avidra only catches the unanswered ones. Path two is direct: the Avidra number is the front door, AI picks up every call live, and it transfers to your cell when the caller asks for a human. Most one-truck shops use path one. Larger shops with reception coverage usually move to path two.
The Free tier includes both AI voice answering and SMS text-back, so the pickup-mode choice doesn't cost extra.
Where Avidra stops
Avidra handles the intake call, the back-and-forth qualifying, and the relay messages you ask it to send to your customers. The phone is the part it owns. The work past it stays with you and your existing tools.
The text won't quote a spring. It won't promise a same-day slot. It won't tell a homeowner whether their opener motor is shot or just the capacitor. Door type and approximate age get captured. The diagnosis and the price stay with you.
The math on your missed calls
The numbers on a garage door shop your size.
7 calls/week missed$250 avg job$1,750 / week$7,583 / month$91,000 / year
73% of homeowners don't leave a voicemail. They call the next garage door tech on Google.
Avidra catches them in 4.2 seconds.
Run the shop from the road
Text the Avidra number from a job site. 'Tell Mike I'll be there in 10' and the AI sends Mike an SMS as your shop. Same for 'how many leads today' or 'call Sarah Linton back at 4.' Avidra picks up the phone for your customers. It also picks up for you.
Calls garage door techs in Regina actually take
The calls that land most often go something like this. Weather seal replacement for a drafty garage. Broken cable hanging loose on one side. Annual lube and tune-up booking. Opener motor humming but the door won't move. Pick up first and you book the job. Pick up second and you don't.
Off-hours calls run differently. Tighter, more urgent, less willing to wait until morning. Door stuck open at 11pm with valuables inside. Door fell off the track and bent the panels. The shop that picks up fast keeps the work.
What the year looks like
Spring breaks spike during cold snaps when steel contracts. Opener calls spike in summer. Otherwise steady year-round.
For most garage door techs, the call volume isn't flat. You probably already plan staffing and on-call coverage around the peaks. Avidra runs the same in busy season as in slow. No per-call charges, no surge pricing when the inbox gets loud.
Setup is short
Setup is a 10-digit phone number and a short script. You forward your missed calls to the Avidra number that gets assigned at signup. You edit the default intake script to match how you talk to a new lead. That's the whole setup.
Most owners run their first real test inside an hour of signing up. The honest test is to miss a call on purpose from a friend's phone and watch what happens. The text fires. The follow-up questions land. You see the lead summary on your phone.
The five-second window
Speed is the whole game. A caller who got voicemail and then got a confirmation email twenty minutes later has already booked the next number on the list. A text-back inside five seconds reads as a real reply. The caller responds while they're still mentally on the call. The human callback then lands into a warm conversation, not a cold one.
After-hours and on-the-ground in Regina
Regina winters keep the call volume up. Cold weather doesn't slow the inbox.
Common questions
Can the script capture the door brand and approximate age?
Yes. Most garage-door scripts include brand, model if known, and rough install year.
Will it know if my service area excludes a caller?
Yes. Out-of-area requests get a polite 'we don't service that postal code' response with no callback promise.
What if a customer asks about spring size?
The script asks for door dimensions and approximate weight. Actual spring size is confirmed on site.
Can it book a panel-replacement quote?
It captures the request. The on-site quote is yours.
What about opener motor calls?
Opener-motor calls are flagged and the intake captures the symptoms (humming, no movement, intermittent).
Try Avidra on your own number
Two minutes of setup. Fourteen days free. Cancel if you don't see leads land that you would have lost. No card up front. Same intake. Same lead summary. Regina or anywhere else we work.
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