When you're out on a job,
who answers the phone?
Most handyman and home-service businesses are one or two people doing the work and answering the phone. Every call you can't take while you're on a ladder is a job that might go to someone else.
Proxy picks up, asks what the customer needs, books a visit or an estimate, and texts them a confirmation — so you can keep working and still win the job.
Call the demo line and tell it you run a handyman business — it answers as one.
- "Do you do ___?" — answers from your list of services
- Books visits and estimates into your calendar
- Captures photos-and-details requests for a callback
- Locksmith lockouts and urgent jobs — transferred to you
- Pricing, minimums and trip-charge questions
- Spam and solicitors — screened out
1. We build it. Your receptionist is set up from your website and your answers — hours, prices, services, and which calls should always reach you.
2. Turn on missed-call forwarding. Keep your number. Calls you answer work exactly like today; the ones you miss go to Proxy instead of voicemail.
3. See what it caught. Try Pro free for 7 days on your own phone — it only answers the calls you'd have missed. Keep it and the $800 setup fee is waived.
I'm a one-person shop. Is this overkill?
It's built for one-person shops — you're the one who can't answer while working. The free 7-day trial only picks up the calls you'd miss anyway.
Can it quote prices?
It can give your standard prices, minimums and trip charges. For anything that needs eyes on the job, it books an estimate.
Do I have to change my phone number?
No. You keep your number. For the free trial you turn on "forward when I don't answer" — a one-minute phone setting — so it only picks up the calls you miss.
What does it cost?
Standard is $199/month and Pro is $299/month, month to month with no contract. Start with the free 7-day Pro trial; if you keep it, the setup fee is waived.