Missed-call text back for garages
A driver with a warning light rings the nearest garage, then the next one. When your team is under a car and nobody picks up, they get a text from your business number straight away, so you’re in the conversation before they’ve tried anyone else.
How it works for garages
Drivers kept, not lost
Someone with a car that won’t start wants an answer quickly. A text the moment you miss them shows the call was seen and asks what’s wrong, so they reply to you rather than ringing round.
Replies at the front desk
Replies land in Calls & texts as one conversation per customer. Answer from the app, always from your business number, and book the car in from the diary while the conversation is open.
Busy mornings covered
When every bay is full and the phone keeps going, nobody slips through. Every missed call is logged, texted back where it can be, and waiting with any voicemail when you’re free.
Proof it’s working
See your answer rate, how many missed callers were texted back and how many came back within a week, on your dashboard and in the Calls chapter of your monthly report.
MOT month at Tidewell Garage
A busy October, and the missed calls texted back
October was the busiest month of the year at Tidewell Garage, with MOTs booked back to back. When nobody could reach the phone, callers got a text straight back asking for their registration and what they needed. Most replied with the details, and Leah worked through the replies at the desk between customers, booking MOTs and services as she went. At the end of the month, Calls & texts showed how many of those missed callers had come back.
An illustration of how it works, not a real customer.
The film
How the AI Receptionist, LocalQuiver's fifth AI agent, answers the calls you miss and your website chat in your business's name, how missed callers get a text back from your business number, and how customers book themselves into one diary. It works the same way for garages.
Read the transcript
0:02When you're on a job, the phone still rings. And every call you miss could be a customer who rings someone else.
0:09So meet the AI Receptionist, the fifth AI agent in LocalQuiver.
0:14Your phone rings first. When you can't pick up, it answers in your business's name, and says it's an AI assistant.
0:21It answers questions from your website and documents, then books the visit into your diary, or takes a proper message.
0:27And you get a short summary of every call it handled.
0:31The same receptionist chats on your website, answering questions and booking appointments in writing, day or night.
0:38With missed-call text back, every caller you miss gets a text from your business number, straight away, in your words.
0:45Their replies land in one place, and you answer from the app when you're free.
0:49And with online bookings, customers book themselves into times that are genuinely free, from your website or your booking link.
0:56Confirmations and reminders go out for you, and every booking lands in one diary, so nothing can clash.
1:03Every call answered. Every booking taken. Even when you're on a job.
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What's included
- A business number that rings the workshop phone
- Missed callers texted back in your garage’s words
- Replies answered from the app at the front desk
- Voicemails played next to each call
- Your answer rate and callers won back
- Missed calls in your monthly report
More for garages
Yes. The text back is in your own words, so ask for whatever helps you, like the registration and what the car is doing. It goes from your business number straight away, and their reply lands in Calls & texts.
New texts appear in your notifications and in Calls & texts, one conversation per customer. You can also ask for a text to your own phone whenever a customer writes, so nothing waits too long.
No. Anyone who replies STOP is never auto-texted again, and it’s noted in their conversation. Withheld numbers are never texted either, and a cooldown you set stops a regular getting a text every time they ring.
Missed-call text back
Book a free chat and we'll show you how it would work for your garage, set up and running for you.
