It picks up when you’re on a roof in the heat, says it’s your assistant and gets the job details. A cool room that’s stopped gets texted to you. The annual service gets booked.
The first properly hot week of the year is when people turn the aircon on and find out it’s not working. It’s also the week you’re flat out on installs.
Every one of those calls is someone sweating, and they’ll ring whoever answers first.
The assistant answers while you’re on the roof, sorts the breakdowns from the servicing, and books them in.
Lovely voicemail message. Shame nobody listens to it.
What missed calls cost an aircon business
Put in your own numbers. It works out what missed calls are worth to you a month and a year.
Three ways it answers for you
All three come in Core. Same assistant, same knowledge of your business, whether they ring, miss you or text.
The AI receptionist
Picks up when you can’t, day or night
Says it’s your assistant, never pretends to be you
Asks what system they’ve got, what’s wrong and the suburb
Books services and quotes at times you’re free
Texts you cool rooms and no-cooling calls straight away
Your caller hears (example)You’ve reached Dan’s Air Con. I’m Dan’s assistant. What can I help with?
Missed-call text back
For when you’d rather it rings you first
Miss the call and they get a text from your business name
It asks what they need and which suburb
Their reply goes straight to the text assistant
Your customer gets (example)Hi, it’s Dan’s Air Con. Sorry we missed you, we’re on a job. What do you need done, and what suburb are you in?
The text assistant
Answers texts and the chat on your website
Knows your services and where you work
Books the job from the chat
Takes their details if they’d rather talk to you
Website chat (example)Yes, we service evaporative coolers. Want me to book one in before summer? What suburb are you in?
What air conditioning businesses use it for
Answering calls on the tools
It picks up when you can’t, as your assistant, and gets the job details.
After-hours calls
Emergencies come to you. The rest get booked for the morning.
Booking jobs
Only at times you’re free, with a confirmation and a reminder.
Texts and website chat
The same assistant answers texts and the chat on your website.
Following up quote requests
Two follow-ups if they go quiet, then it stops.
Getting more Google reviews
Happy customers get your review link after the job.
What gets texted to you, and what waits
This is the first thing it asks. You decide what counts as an emergency; this is where we start for air conditioning and HVAC.
“Is it a cool room or freezer, or a home or business with no cooling right now?”
Texted to you straight away
Cool room or freezer not cooling
No cooling in a heatwave
Business aircon down
No heating in a cold snap
Then it rings you, so you can’t miss it.
Booked in for later
Annual service and clean
New split system quote
Evaporative cooler service before summer
Ducted system upgrade
You get the details by text, and the job lands in your diary.
What your customers ask it
It answers from what you’ve told us: your services, your area, your prices. If it doesn’t know, it says so and takes their details.
How much to put in a split system?
It books a time for you to measure up and quote, or gives your price if you’ve set one.
Do you service evaporative coolers?
It answers from your services list.
Can my switchboard handle a new aircon?
It takes the details and books you in to check.
It’s stinking hot and the aircon’s dead. Can someone come today?
It texts you straight away and tells them you’ll ring back.
Examples. Yours use your own prices, services and suburbs.
What your customer sees
Texts come from your business name, in plain words. No jokes, no robot voice. The emergency comes to you.
Missed call · 10:23am (example)
Hi, it’s Dan’s Air Con. Sorry we missed you, we’re on a job. What do you need done, and what suburb are you in?
Split system’s blowing warm air. Glenfield Park.
Thanks. I’m Dan’s assistant. Is it the only aircon in the house? I can book a time for Dan to come and look.
What you get when a cool room stops (example)
Urgent: cool room down at a café in Glenfield Park. Tom is waiting on your call.
Lands in the job app you already use
On ServiceM8 or Fergus? Connect it once. From then on it only offers customers times you’re actually free, and the jobs it books land straight in your schedule.
On something else? It books into Google Calendar, Outlook or a calendar on your phone instead. Tell us what you use and we’ll make it work.
A reminder text the day before the job
Quote follow-ups, so a maybe doesn’t go quiet
After the job it asks how it went, and happy customers get your Google review link
We set it up. You keep installing.
Set up in days, not weeks. We do the setting up and test it with you, and you don’t touch any software.
We have a chat
You tell us what you do, your hours, your area and what counts as an emergency. Phone or text, whichever’s easier.
We set it all up
The text replies, the assistant and your calendar. You don’t touch any software.
It answers. We watch it.
We read what it says to your customers and fix it when it stuffs up. Want something changed? Text us.
Go over your minutes or texts and it keeps answering: A$0.49 a minute and A$0.25 a text. It’s month to month, because 12 months is a big commitment to make to a robot. That’s the whole price. Nothing gets added on top. Questions? Ring us on 0468 075 000 or email hello@offsitemate.com.au.
Optional extras
WebsiteOne-off. As many pages as the job needs. What you get
A$500just you · A$1,000 for 2 to 10 people
SEOEvery month. Gets you found on Google. What you get
A$149 a monthjust you · A$249 for 2 to 4 people · ask us for 5 to 10
Google profile setupOne-off. Set up and verified in your own Google account. What you get
A$290one-off
Fixing a Google profile you already haveOne-off. What you get
A$250one-off
Air conditioning businesses ask us
Is OffsiteMate an HVAC answering service?
Sort of. An answering service takes a message for you to deal with later. Ours answers as your assistant, gets the job details, books the routine work and texts you the urgent ones.
Can it tell a breakdown from a service?
It asks. A cool room or freezer that’s stopped, or a home or business with no cooling in the heat, gets texted to you straight away. Annual servicing gets a booking.
What air conditioning calls can it handle?
Split systems, ducted reverse cycle, evaporative coolers, gas heating, servicing and cleaning, breakdowns and commercial cool rooms. It answers from your services and prices, books the routine jobs and texts you the urgent ones.
Will my customers know it’s not me?
Yes. It tells them straight up it’s your assistant. If they want you, it takes their number and you ring them back.
Does it answer after hours and on weekends?
Yes, any hour. During the day you can have it ring you first, so it only picks up when you don’t.
Does it book into ServiceM8 or Fergus?
Yes. It only offers times you’re free in ServiceM8 or Fergus, and the job lands there by itself.
Do I have to learn any software?
No. We set it up and keep it running. Job details come to you by text, and bookings show up in an app on your phone.
What if it says something wrong?
Text us. We read what it says to your customers, and we fix it.
What does it cost an aircon tech on their own?
A$299 a month and A$299 to set up, with 100 minutes and 150 texts included. Over that it’s A$0.49 a minute and A$0.25 a text. Month to month.