Asking for a price on a standard job
"Hi, how much to unblock a kitchen drain in Buderim?"
Joe handles a routine enquiry, gives a real price range, and asks the right qualifying questions.
→ Send this textJoe is your automated receptionist. She answers every customer text and call, 24/7, captures the lead, and pings you the second something's urgent — so you can stay on the tools.
Joe is currently answering for Sunshine Plumbing & Gas, a fictional plumber on the Sunshine Coast. Try her like a real customer would.
+61 485 067 607No registration. Real Joe. Real responses.
Each scenario tests a different part of the product. Tap to send the message — Joe replies in seconds.
Joe handles a routine enquiry, gives a real price range, and asks the right qualifying questions.
→ Send this textJoe identifies urgency, takes details, and triggers an instant alert to the tradie's phone.
→ Send this textJoe stays in scope. No inventing services. No overselling. She'll check with the tradie if she's unsure.
→ Send this textJoe greets you, qualifies the job, then SMSes you afterwards to capture details accurately — no mangled suburb names.
→ Make the callA real (sanitised) exchange between Joe and a customer. Saturday night, hot water gone cold. Joe acknowledges, qualifies, books, all without you touching the phone.
SMS and voice on a real Australian number. Use it on cards, vehicles, your Google Business listing.
Every text answered in seconds. Every call picked up. After-hours, on the tools, in the middle of a job.
Joe pushes every conversation toward a quoted price or a booked on-site visit. Not just lead capture — lead progression.
Gas leaks, flooding, no power — Joe spots them and pings your phone the second she does. Voice calls try to transfer live.
Phone speech recognition gets suburb names wrong. Joe acknowledges on the call, then SMSes the customer for accurate details.
Want to take over a customer yourself? Text MUTE and the customer's number. Joe steps back for 24 hours.
Every text and call logged in your own Google Sheet. Read it any time, share with your team, keep forever.
We onboard you ourselves. Same-day fixes when something needs adjusting. Direct line to the team that built it.
Our standard rate is well under half the mid-market average. We're also looking for a small handful of founding tradies who'd help shape the product — at half price, locked in forever.
Prices in AUD. GST not yet applicable.
If your business lives or dies by the phone, Joe pays for herself in a single missed callout.
Based on the Sunshine Coast, supporting tradies across every state in Australia.
We build practical, automated tools for the everyday problems trades businesses face — starting with the one that bleeds the most money: missed customer calls and texts.
Workbench Reception is our first product. Joe, our automated receptionist, answers your customer texts and calls 24/7, captures every lead, and pings you the moment something needs your attention. More tools are coming.
We're a small team. When you message us, you're talking to the people who built it — not a call centre, not an offshore support queue. If something breaks, we fix it the same day.
No upsells. No lock-in. Just the work.