Every missed call is money walking to your competitor
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Meet Maria.
She answers every call in your company’s name, 24/7, and books the job before they hang up. The ones who don’t book, she rings back herself on Maria Closes. The calls you miss today, a competitor is answering.
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Customers don’t leave on the first call
They leave in the three gaps.
Picking up the phone closes the first one. The other two are where the repeat work quietly goes. They are the reason Maria doesn’t hang up and forget you.
The hello
The phone rings while you’re under a sink. Nobody picks up. Almost nobody leaves a message. They dial the next name on the list, and you never find out which job it was.
She answers on the first ring in your company’s name, 24/7. Nights, weekends, and while you’re already on another call.
The second call
They ring back and get somebody who wasn’t there the first time, so they explain the whole thing again. That is how a helpful business turns into “we’ll try someone else.”
She remembers the last call from that number: what they wanted, what you quoted. She carries on from there instead of starting over, and never reads it back at them.
The one who didn’t book
They asked what it would cost, said they’d think about it, and hung up. Nobody chased them. That call is already paid for and it goes nowhere.
She rings them back herself, and only texts if she can’t reach them. On their clock, and she stops the moment they answer.
Maria Books closes the first two. Maria Closes closes all three.
That is the whole difference between the two plans. It is also the difference between an answering service and a front desk.
See what each one costs →The expertise
An expert behind every desk.
She doesn’t just answer for your industry. She knows it. Pick your trade and ask her yourself: what she says on your calls, what she books or takes, how she upsells, and how she drops it onto your calendar. Then take her to the top and run it with your own business.
Whatever you do, she’s done it since 9 a.m. Hear Maria answer
The demo
Watch her book the job.
A real call, start to finish. Two minutes.
The service
Your phone, finally handled.
- 1
She picks up
Every call, day or night, in your company’s name. No voicemail, no missed jobs.
- 2
She answers questions
Hours, services, pricing, location. She’s trained on your business in minutes.
- 3
She books, and reschedules
Books appointments right into your calendar, moves or cancels them when callers need to change, and texts your customer a confirmation plus a reminder the day of.
- 4
You stay in the loop
Summary + full transcript of every call, plus instant text alerts for the hot ones.
“And you use her your way: full-time, after-hours only, overflow when you’re on a job, or just as a spam shield.”
You choose when calls forward
Her job description
She isn’t an answering service. She’s the whole front desk.
An answering service takes a message. Maria works the shift: she picks up, she knows the trade, she quotes from your own price list, she puts the job in your calendar, and then she goes back to the people who hung up without booking. She doesn’t go home at five, and she doesn’t forget to follow up because it was a busy week.
She answers every call
Nights, weekends, holidays, and the third caller while you’re on the other two. Nobody ever reaches a voicemail.
She knows your business
Your website, your own uploaded price list, warranty and policies, and real knowledge of your trade. She quotes your numbers, not made-up ones.
She books the job
Straight into your Google or Outlook calendar, then texts the customer their confirmation.
She sells while she’s there
She offers the add-on and the bigger package, so the same call comes back as a bigger job.
She follows up on the ones who didn’t book
On Maria Closes she rings them back herself, in their own daytime, and an urgent job within the hour. She only texts if she cannot reach them, and she stops the second they answer.
She answers the texts too
Your customers reply and she books, moves or cancels right there in the thread. No app for them to download.
She hands you the live ones
A caller who needs you now gets warm-transferred to your phone while they’re still on the line.
She speaks ten languages
She switches to whichever one the caller uses, mid-call, automatically.
She writes it all down
A summary and a full transcript of every call, an instant text and email alert, and a monthly report of what actually turned into work.
That is a full-time job, and it is the one most trades never fill. So the phone rings out, the quote goes cold, and the work goes to whoever answered. Maria just does it.
Your monthly report
See exactly what she did. Including what she got wrong.
Every month you get a plain report: how many calls Maria answered, how many became booked jobs, how many came in after hours, and what it all cost you in minutes. Compared against the month before, so you can see whether it’s working.
The number that matters
What share of your calls turned into a job on the books, not vanity totals.
The calls that need you
Every call she flagged, transferred, or promised something she couldn’t deliver. We put it in the report ourselves rather than wait for you to find it.
What we can’t see, we don’t claim
The report covers calls that reached Maria. It never guesses at what your own line did before you forwarded it.
Right now, your phone has three options
Do the math.
Sixty-two percent of calls to small businesses go unanswered, and 85% of the people who can’t reach you never call back. They just dial your competitor. Here’s every way to get your phone answered, side by side:
That’s the receptionist the big services meter at $2 a minute, for about a tenth of the price. One booked job usually pays for months of Maria.
The ledger
Put a number on the ones you missed.
Two numbers you already know. Almost nobody leaves a voicemail any more. They call the next name on the list, and you never find out which job it was.
Walking out the door
$5,773/ month
8 missed calls a week, 4.33 weeks a month, at $500 a job — counting only 1 in 3 who would have booked. The other two we give away.
Maria Books is $199 a month — about 29× less than the number above.
The tariff
More minutes. Same money.
Every tier beats the other guys on talk time. The plan that makes you money (Maria booking jobs and upselling your callers) is Maria Books.
Maria Books
- Voice-guided white-glove onboarding — set up by talking, no forms
- Answers 24/7 in your company’s nameEvery missed call is a job the next guy books.
- Speaks 10 languages, switches to the caller automaticallyYou keep the callers you used to lose.
- Knows your business — your website, your documents and your trade
- Books appointments into your calendarBooked while they are still on the phone.
- Proactively upsells your callers — books bigger jobsBigger ticket on the calls you already get.
- Texts your customers their appointment confirmationsFewer no-shows on jobs you already won.
- Warm & live call transfers to youBig one on the line? A real person takes it, live.
- Clone YOUR own voice — Maria answers sounding like you
- Takes messages & screens spam
- Summaries & full transcripts
- Connects to 1,000+ apps
Maria Closes
- Everything in Maria Books
- She calls back the ones who didn’t book — and texts if she can’t reach themThe calls you already paid to get, turned into jobs.
- On their clock, and she stops the moment they reply
- Two-way texting — they answer, she books, moves or cancelsThey text back, she books the job.
- Backup numbers — if you miss it she rings your partner, your foreman, then the shopThe caller holds instead of hanging up. No voicemail, no lost job.
- A number for each marketing campaign — see which ads actually bring calls ($10/mo per line)Kill the ads that don’t pay. Feed the ones that do.
- Connect ALL your CRMs at once
Start free: 7 days, unlimited minutes of the full Maria Books, every feature. Then it’s just $199/mo and Maria keeps right on going.
Every plan includes
Add extra lines to track your marketing: $10/mo per number
Put a different local number on each ad, flyer, or truck and you’ll know exactly which one is ringing. We break out the calls, bookings and upsells per number, and keep detailed call records (a summary and the full transcript of every call) for each line you have, the same detail as your main line. Minutes come out of your plan; each extra number is just $10/month, and you can turn one off anytime.
Add Maria to your website: $79/mo, or free on any annual plan
Why not turn your website into a lead-generating sales machine? Drop Maria onto your own site and every visitor can talk to her right there. She greets them, answers questions, and books the job while they’re still on the page. No more forms nobody fills out. She does everything on your site that she does on the phone: same Maria, same abilities, whichever plan you’re on. The minutes come out of your plan. Pay yearly on either plan and it’s included free, a $948/yr bonus on top of your two months free. Paying monthly? It’s $79/month on Maria Books or Maria Closes.
Short calls cost you almost nothing
You pay for talk time, not for calls. We add up the actual seconds Maria is on the phone across the month. Nothing rounds up to a full minute, and nothing bills as a whole “call.” A wrong number, a pocket dial, a thirty-second “are you open Saturday?” costs you pennies.
The spam and sales calls Maria screens are free. Screened calls never touch your minutes: not your allowance, not your overage, ever. Services that meter you per call, or per “interaction,” charge full freight for that same thirty seconds.
The fine print: no surprises
Keep your existing number. Go over your minutes and Maria never stops answering. It’s $0.49 a minute on Maria Books and $0.39 on Maria Closes, and we text you first. No surprises, ever.
Texting works the day you start. we set it all up for you, nothing to file. Pick from 40+ voices (male or female) and name your receptionist. Satisfaction guaranteed.
In good company
Plays nicely with the tools you already run.
Maria books into your calendar and pushes every call into your CRM. No rip-and-replace.
…and 1,000+ more through Zapier. Calendar booking and connections on Maria Books and up.
The wall
This is where the customer quotes go.
There aren’t any yet. Maria is new, and we’re putting the first businesses on her now. When their numbers land they go here with a name, a trade and a town beside them.
We’d rather show you an empty wall than a stock photo and a quote we wrote ourselves. So judge her the only honest way there is: hear her take a real call, then put her on your own phone free for 7 days.
The index
Questions, answered.
Will callers know it’s not me?
Maria sounds warm and natural. Most callers simply feel taken care of. You decide exactly how she introduces herself and answers in your company’s name.
Do I keep my phone number?
Yes. Keep your existing number. Set up takes just a few minutes, no porting headaches.
What if she can’t answer something?
She can warm-transfer the call to you live, take a detailed message, or text you right away, so you’re never out of the loop.
How fast can I start?
Minutes. Connect your Google listing, pick a voice, name her, and Maria’s ready. Free for 7 days with unlimited minutes.
What happens if I go over my minutes?
Maria never stops answering. Past your plan’s minutes it’s $0.49 a minute on Maria Books and $0.39 on Maria Closes, and we text you before it happens. No surprises, ever.
Can I use her for after-hours or overflow only?
Absolutely. You control when calls forward to Maria: all the time, after hours, when you don’t pick up, or only while you’re on a job. Many owners start with after-hours and nights.
Can I cancel anytime? Can I switch plans?
Yes and yes. No contracts. Cancel whenever you like, and move between Maria Books and Maria Closes anytime as your needs change. Satisfaction guaranteed.
Does she really book into my calendar?
Yes, on both plans: she books appointments straight into your calendar, reschedules or cancels when callers need to change, and texts your customer a confirmation plus a reminder the day of.
Does Maria speak Spanish?
Sí, and nine more. Maria speaks 10 languages on every plan, in any of her voices. She detects the caller’s language automatically and switches to it mid-call, with no setup and no phone menus.
Can I see what was said on a call?
Every call is summarized and transcribed word for word, and you can read any of them right from your dashboard, plus instant text alerts for the calls that need you now. We do not record audio. The written transcript is the record, and it is the more accurate of the two.
How is this different from a big answering service?
The big services charge $1–$2+ a minute for rotating operators reading a generic script, with hold times. Maria answers instantly, 24/7, trained on your business, for a flat monthly price that works out to about a tenth of theirs.
How much does an answering service cost per month?
Maria Answers is $199 or $499 a month, and every plan includes the minutes: 1,000 on Maria Books, 2,000 on Maria Closes. That works out to roughly $0.20 and $0.25 a minute all-in. A traditional live answering service is typically billed at $1–$2+ per minute on top of a monthly base, so a few hundred minutes there costs more than several months of Maria. There is no setup fee and no contract, and paying yearly gets you two months free.
Can an AI receptionist answer calls for my business?
Yes, and that is the whole product. Maria picks up on the first ring 24/7, answers in your company’s name, explains your services, prices and hours, qualifies the caller, books the job on your calendar, and texts you the details, all from a phone number you already own. She trains herself from your Google listing and website in a few minutes, and she handles several calls at once, so nobody gets a busy signal.
Is an AI receptionist better than a human answering service?
They fail in different places. A human service uses rotating operators who read a generic script, put callers on hold at busy times, and bill $1–$2+ a minute. Maria answers instantly with no hold, knows your actual services and pricing because she is trained on your business, takes several calls at the same time, works nights and weekends at the same rate, and speaks ten languages. What a human still does better is an unusual, emotional or highly unscripted call, which is why Maria warm-transfers to you live, or texts you on the spot, instead of guessing.
What is the best answering service for a small contractor?
Look for four things: it answers 24/7 including nights and weekends, it books straight onto your calendar, it knows your real services and pricing instead of reading a script, and it prices in flat monthly plans rather than per minute. Maria Answers is built for exactly that: $199 a month with 1,000 minutes included, trained on your own Google listing, booking into Google Calendar or Outlook, texting you every call, and free for 7 days with unlimited minutes so you can hear her on your real calls before paying. The $499 Maria Closes plan adds the follow-up most contractors never get round to: she CALLS back the callers who did not book, not just a text, and only texts them if she cannot reach them.
How many calls do small businesses miss?
Enough that it is usually the cheapest problem a small business can fix. Every missed call at a trade business is a caller who dials the next name on the list, and most people who reach voicemail do not leave a message. Maria answers every call on the first ring, day or night, including the ones that come in while you are already on the phone or under a sink. That is why owners tend to start her on after-hours and overflow before moving her to the main line.
Ready to never miss another call?
Put Maria on your phone today. Free for 7 days with unlimited minutes, then it’s just $199/mo.