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LOCKSMITH · CALGARY
After-hours call answering for Calgary locksmiths
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
Lockouts are mostly impulse calls. The renter has already pulled the door handle four times and they need a human on the line right now. Three locksmiths got the call. You were the second.
A Tuesday in Calgary
Tuesday at 9am you're loading the truck in Calgary. The first call of the day is a deadbolt install on a new exterior door. You're already booked solid by the time it's transcribed and sent back to your inbox. You hear the phone vibrate on the workbench. The torque wrench is mid-turn and there's no putting it down.
The 4pm call is a renter locked out of their apartment at midnight. You can't take it. By 6:30pm there's an after-hours job too, a lockout at 2am with no other key holder reachable. Two missed calls, one half-day of revenue, no way to triage from a ladder.
What changes
Avidra answers your phone, however you've wired it. Live with AI voice, or text-back if the call goes missed, or both running together. The caller gets a real response. You get the captured lead.
The Tuesday morning call still happens. You still can't answer mid-job. Now the caller gets a text in under five seconds asking the basics. By the time you're back in the truck the lead is qualified and sitting in your inbox.
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.
Both pickup modes run on the Free tier. AI voice answering and SMS text-back are included at $0, with 30 voice minutes a month.
What it costs
Free for 14 days. No card to start. Plans after the trial run from a flat monthly rate, not per-call. Most locksmiths pay less per month than the value of one recovered job. See the pricing page for current numbers.
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.
It never quotes a lockout price. It doesn't verify ID. It doesn't dispatch a tech. The text captures location and lock type. Everything else happens on your callback.
The math on your missed calls
The numbers on a locksmith your size.
7 calls/week missed$150 avg job$1,050 / week$4,550 / month$54,600 / year
73% of callers don't leave a voicemail. They call the next locksmith on Google.
Avidra catches them in 4.2 seconds.
Calls locksmiths in Calgary actually take
Here's what your line catches on a normal week. Rekey after a tenant move-out. Transponder key program for a 2015 Honda. Car lockout in a parking lot. Residential lockout at the front door. 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. Commercial lockout before opening shift. Lockout at 2am with no other key holder reachable. Whoever answers first books it. Everyone else gets the voicemail tone.
What the year looks like
Lockouts spike in summer (slammed-door season) and after long weekends. Rekey work is steady year-round with a small bump in moving season May through August.
Most locksmiths 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.
How setup actually works
Setup is forwarding plus a script. Your existing business number forwards to Avidra so the AI picks up live calls and catches the ones that ring through to voicemail. You edit the default intake script in both directions. Voice and SMS share the same questions.
Most owners are live the same day. The test is a single call from another phone. The AI answers the call, walks the caller through the intake script, and captures the lead. After that, ring busy and watch the text-back fire.
Why speed matters more than channel
The lead is warm for about five minutes after the call. After that, the caller has scrolled to the next name and most likely already dialed. Email lands too slowly to matter for booking decisions made in that first five minutes. A text-back inside seconds keeps the caller engaged through a short intake while you finish the current job. By the time you call back, the lead is qualified and already expecting your voice.
After-hours and on-the-ground in Calgary
Calgary winters keep the call volume up. Cold weather doesn't slow the inbox. Calls come from Inglewood and from across Calgary. The phone doesn't care about postal codes.
Common questions
What if a caller is locked out and panicking?
The intake acknowledges the urgency in the first reply and asks the location and lock type. You see the lead in real time.
Can it book a commercial master-key consultation?
It captures the request. The site visit and consultation are yours.
Will it ask for ID before quoting a rekey?
No quoting happens in the intake. ID and authorization are handled on your callback.
Can it filter out scam calls?
Scam callers usually don't reply to the text. Avidra captures only callers who responded with real intake answers.
Will it work for after-hours auto lockouts?
Yes. After-hours scripts can stay active or pause depending on your preference.
Try Avidra on your own number
14-day free trial. No credit card, no contract. If it doesn't catch your first missed call, you don't pay. The same product runs in Calgary as it does in every other market we cover.
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