It picks up when you’re halfway through a rekey, says it’s your assistant and gets the details. Lockouts get texted to you straight away. New deadbolts get booked.
Someone’s locked out at night, or their keys are gone and the car’s sitting in a car park. They’re standing there ringing every locksmith on Google until one answers.
If you’re on another job, or asleep, that one goes to whoever picks up.
The assistant answers, gets the address and what’s happened, and texts you the urgent ones so you can decide.
Lovely voicemail message. Shame nobody listens to it.
What missed calls cost a locksmith
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’s happened, where they are and if they’re locked out now
Books rekeys and installs at times you’re free
Texts you lockouts and break-ins straight away
Your caller hears (example)You’ve reached Jess’s Locksmithing. I’m Jess’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 Jess’s Locksmithing. Sorry we missed you, we’re on a job. What do you need, and where are you?
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 rekey houses. Want me to book a time? What suburb are you in?
What locksmiths 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 locksmiths.
“Are you locked out right now, or has there been a break-in?”
Texted to you straight away
Locked out of the house
Locked out of the car
Lost keys after hours
Lock broken after a break-in
Then it rings you, so you can’t miss it.
Booked in for later
Rekeying
New locks or deadbolts
Master key systems
Alarms, cameras and safes
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 get back in?
It tells them your call-out and lockout price, or that you quote before you start, whichever you’ve told us.
Can you make all my locks work on one key?
It answers from your services and books a time to rekey.
Can you cut a spare car key?
It checks your services. If you don’t do that car, it says so.
How long until you get here?
It says what you’ve told us to say, and never promises a time you haven’t.
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 Jess’s Locksmithing. Sorry we missed you, we’re on a job. What do you need, and where are you?
Locked out of my house. Tatton.
Thanks. I’m Jess’s assistant. I’ve sent Jess your details so she can ring you straight back.
What you get when someone’s locked out (example)
Urgent: lockout in Tatton. Liam 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 cutting keys.
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
Locksmiths ask us
Is OffsiteMate a locksmith 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.
Will it text me every call at night?
Only what you tell it to. Most locksmiths want lockouts and break-ins straight away and rekeys booked for later, so that’s where we start.
What locksmith calls can it handle?
House, car and business lockouts, lost keys, rekeying, new locks and deadbolts, master key systems, car keys, alarms, cameras and safes. 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 a locksmith 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.