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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LOCKSMITH · CHICAGO
After-hours call answering for Chicago locksmiths
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
The phone rings during a transponder programming on a 2015 Honda. You can't break off mid-program. The caller leaves a vague voicemail about a lockout and you call back in twenty minutes. They booked someone else in five.
A Tuesday in Chicago
Tuesday at 9am you're loading the truck in Chicago. The first call of the day is a transponder key program for a 2015 Honda. You're already booked solid by the time it's transcribed and sent back to your inbox. Your hands are gloved, your boots are off, and the phone is in the kitchen on the counter. You'll get to it after this run.
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 commercial lockout before opening shift. Two missed calls, one half-day of revenue, no way to triage from a ladder.
What changes
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 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.
Pick a pickup mode
You decide who picks up first. Run the human-first mode: your phone rings, and Avidra only steps in if the call goes unanswered. Or run the AI-first mode: Avidra picks up live and transfers when the caller wants a human. Most shops start human-first because the customer relationship still flows through you. AI-first makes sense once the volume is past what one person can handle.
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.
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.
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 Chicago actually take
The calls that land most often go something like this. Deadbolt install on a new exterior door. Master key system for a small office. Transponder key program for a 2015 Honda. Smart lock install for a short-term rental. 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. Lockout at 2am with no other key holder reachable. Commercial lockout before opening shift. The shop that picks up fast keeps the work.
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.
For most locksmiths, 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.
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.
Common questions
Can it differentiate residential, commercial, and auto lockouts?
Yes. The first question branches the intake based on lockout type.
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.
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.
Will it quote a lockout price?
No. Avidra is configured to never quote a price for lockouts. Pricing happens on your callback.
Will it work for after-hours auto lockouts?
Yes. After-hours scripts can stay active or pause depending on your preference.
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