A Locksmith Business Landline That Says the Price Once, Checks for ID, and Puts You Through

A genuine local 01 or 02 number, or a national 03, that belongs to your locksmith business and rings your mobile wherever the van is: nothing to install, no line rental, and the number already on the van can be moved onto it. With AI answering, every call you cannot take is answered in your business name, the AI asks whether anyone is inside and where the keys are, states your callout fee, mentions the ID check, and puts lockouts and security emergencies straight through to you.

The AI asks first whether anyone is inside or in danger, then where the keys are: inside, lost or stolen. It takes the door and lock type and the address, states the night callout fee and that entry is non-destructive unless you say otherwise, mentions that ID will be checked once they are in, and puts the call through to you with all of that already texted. The caller has your price in writing before you have found your boots.

It says what you tell it: your daytime and night callout fees, what they include, your typical range for a cylinder, a night latch and a BS3621 mortice, and that the exact lock price is confirmed before fitting. It never invents a figure, and if a caller asks for something outside your tariff it says the locksmith will confirm. The confirmation text repeats the fee, and on Pro the call is recorded.

It treats it as a security emergency rather than a lockout: asks whether anyone is home now, whether anything with the address was taken with the keys, which doors they fit and whether the theft has been reported, reminds the caller to get a crime reference for the insurer, marks the call urgent, states the night rate for a lock change tonight and puts the call straight through to you.

Yes, and they are the steadiest work a locksmith has. It takes the property, which doors, whether each is wooden or uPVC so it knows whether the insurer's spec means a BS3621 mortice or an anti-snap cylinder, how many sets of keys and where they go, when the property is empty, and books the job with a price to follow by text. Agents notice the firm that answers in office hours when every locksmith is on a doorstep.

It is a real geographic number for the area you choose, answered in your business name by you or by an AI speaking as you, and it rings your van, not an office in another city. The difference the caller hears is that the price is stated, the ID check is mentioned and the person who answers knows what a lift-handle uPVC door is. If you are a member of a trade body, tell the AI and it says so when asked.

Call recording is included on Pro and above, with a transcript in your dashboard. For a locksmith the use is plain: the callout fee that was agreed, the lock that was specified, the instruction to drill or not to drill, and the customer's authority to change a lock on a property. A recorded call is the end of most arguments and the beginning of none.

For a sole trader on call around the clock, Lite at £19.99 a month: the AI receptionist, 30 AI minutes, two numbers and text credits for the price confirmations. A lockout call to the AI is about a minute, so that covers a month of night work. Two vans with agent contracts usually sit on Pro at £79.99 for the recording and the 250 AI minutes. Starter at £9.99 is the number with divert and voicemail only, and voicemail is no use to someone standing outside their house. Nothing is on a contract, and paying annually takes 25% off.