It picks up when you’re under a house with the spray rig, says it’s your assistant and gets the details. Wasps by the back door get texted to you. The annual spray gets booked.
Spring brings wasps. Winter brings mice into the roof. Somebody finds termites in a wall and wants an answer today.
Most of those calls come while you’re under a house or up in a roof space, and the ones you miss ring the next pest controller on Google.
The assistant answers, sorts the urgent ones from the yearly spray, and books them in.
Lovely voicemail message. Shame nobody listens to it.
What missed calls cost a pest controller
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 pest, where it is and the suburb
Books sprays and inspections at times you’re free
Texts you wasp nests and live termites straight away
Your caller hears (example)You’ve reached Pat’s Pest Control. I’m Pat’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 Pat’s Pest Control. 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 do pre-purchase inspections. Want me to book one in? What’s the address?
What pest controllers 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 pest control.
“Is it wasps or bees, live termites, or rats in a food business?”
Texted to you straight away
Wasps or bees near the door
Live termites found
Rats or mice in a food business
Pre-purchase inspection before settlement
Then it rings you, so you can’t miss it.
Booked in for later
Annual pest spray
Yearly termite inspection
Spiders and ants
Termite barrier quote
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.
Is the spray safe for kids and pets?
It tells them what you’ve told us about the products you use.
How often should I get a pest spray?
It gives your answer, word for word.
Can you do a pre-purchase inspection before Friday?
It offers the times you’re free and books one.
Do you get rid of possums?
It checks your services. If you don’t do possums, it says so.
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 Pat’s Pest Control. Sorry we missed you, we’re on a job. What do you need done, and what suburb are you in?
Found what look like termites in the shed. Bourkelands.
Thanks. I’m Pat’s assistant. Are they in the house too, or just the shed? I’ll get Pat to ring you back today.
What you get when someone finds live termites (example)
Urgent: live termites in a shed in Bourkelands. Grace 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 spraying.
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
Pest controllers ask us
Is OffsiteMate a pest control 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 termite job from a yearly spray?
It asks. Live termites, wasps or bees near the house, and rats in a food business get texted to you straight away. The annual spray gets a booking.
What pest control calls can it handle?
Termite inspections and treatments, termite barriers, pre-purchase inspections, rats and mice, cockroaches, ants, spiders, wasps and bees, bed bugs and fleas, and commercial work. 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 pest controller 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.