01 / 08
It’s 7:10 AM, the spring snapped, and the car is behind the door. What happens?
The call is answered on the first ring, in the caller’s language. The desk asks your triage questions — door type, opener or spring, is the car trapped — books the first same-day slot your board allows, sends a text confirmation with the arrival window, and warns them off wrestling the door themselves if that’s your policy. Your tech gets the address and the symptoms before the coffee is cold. The customer never reaches your competitor’s ring.
02 / 08
Can it quote repairs over the phone?
Only from the menu you preset. If you publish flat rates for common jobs — spring replacement ranges, opener service calls, trip fees — it quotes exactly those, plainly. Anything off-menu, damaged, or unusual gets booked as a visit for your tech to price at the door. It never invents a number, never discounts, and never guesses at what it can’t see.
03 / 08
Half my revenue is repairs, half is new doors. Does it work both?
It runs both pipelines by their own rules. Repairs move fast: same-day slots, windows, confirmations. Replacements move slow and shopped: the desk qualifies the project — single or double, insulation, windows, budget band — books the measure, sends your style guide or brochure when they ask, and then runs the follow-up your busy season never allows. Two different sales; one desk that knows the difference.
04 / 08
Customers always ask about financing on a full replacement. What does it say?
It presents exactly what you offer — your financing partners, your promotional terms, in your words — and never plays lender. No rate advice, no approval promises; it surfaces the option, answers the plain-facts questions, and books the measure where your comfort-with-numbers conversation actually happens. The point is that “can I finance this?” gets an answer at 8 PM instead of never.
05 / 08
¿Atiende en español?
Completo, a toda hora. La emergencia de la mañana — la puerta atascada, el resorte roto, el carro atrapado — se atiende en el idioma en que llegue la llamada, con la cita del mismo día, la ventana de llegada y la confirmación por texto. Y el presupuesto de la puerta nueva recibe su seguimiento en español también. La casa que puede explicar el problema en su idioma llama al que contesta en ese idioma.
06 / 08
What about my existing customers — warranty calls, callbacks, tune-ups?
They get recognized and routed by your rules. A warranty call books to the right tech with the job history noted; a callback gets flagged to you rather than buried; and your install base gets the annual tune-up campaign nobody has time to send — the maintenance visit that keeps the spring from snapping at 7 AM in the first place, sold from your own list at zero ad cost.
07 / 08
How do people pick a garage door company in the first place?
In a hurry, from a screen. They search “garage door repair near me” with the car trapped, read the stars, and call from the map — around 98% of people read reviews for local businesses, and 88% would pick a business that replies to its reviews, versus 47% for one that ignores them (BrightLocal, 2024). Meanwhile Jobber’s trends survey splits home-service shops cleanly: 88% of the confident ones run AI; among the shops bracing to lose ground, it’s 27% (Jobber Home Service Trends, 2026). Reviews asked after every job, pages that win the panic search and the replacement search, listings correct on every map, ads at cost when you want volume.
08 / 08
What does it cost, and what’s the catch?
$1,497 a month flat for all fourteen jobs — the desk and the marketing together. Billed annually it’s $998 a month ($11,976 for the year — four months free). First month today, no setup fee, month-to-month, cancel anytime, ad budget at cost. The catch is torqued in your favor: your rate is bolted down the day you sign — later price increases pass you by entirely.