After-hours answering service for Nashville electricians

What happens when a call comes in after hours

After hours, most electrical calls are a dark room or a tripped breaker. A few are sparks or a burning smell. The receptionist is written to tell those apart.

1. It answers as your shop and says it is the virtual assistant.
2. It asks whether this is a new job, an existing customer, or an emergency — sparks, a burning smell, or no power in the house.
3. A single dead outlet is treated as a regular job, not an emergency. It still takes the address and a callback number.
4. It never tells the caller to open the panel. Emergencies go to a priority message or your on-call number if you set one.
5. Routine work is a booking request for the next window the shop can confirm.

No price on the phone. No promise that someone is rolling now. You decide the dispatch.

Sample call

Sample call, not a live recording. The shop named below is fictional.

Copper Nail Electric · East Nashville · hours in the sample: Mon–Fri 7–5 · Sat 8–12 · Sun closed

1. Receptionist

   Thanks for calling Copper Nail Electric, this is the virtual assistant. Are you calling about a new job, are you an existing customer, or is this an emergency — like sparks, a burning smell, or no power in the house?

2. Caller

   New job. A couple of outlets went dead in the kitchen.

3. Receptionist

   I can help with that — we handle dead outlet. Are you in East Nashville?

4. Caller

   Yes. Can someone come out today?

5. Receptionist

   We are open 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM monday. I can take a name, a number, and a window, then send this to the shop as a booking request. I will not hold a slot until they confirm.

6. Caller

   Yeah, put me down for the afternoon. It is not an emergency.

7. Receptionist

   Got it. I will log an afternoon booking request and the shop will confirm. If you want to pick a slot yourself, the booking link is https://demo.systemsmaker.com/book/copper-nail-electric.

Also on the plans

• Missed-call text-back. If a call is missed, a text goes out asking what they need. Starter and Pro.
• Booking. The receptionist and the site can take a window and send it to the shop to confirm. They do not hold a slot on their own.
• Review requests. After a job, the system can ask for a review. This page does not invent review counts.
• Free website. A contractor site is still available if you want it. It is not the lead offer on this page.

Pricing

Same live checkout as the rest of the site. Amounts come from the published price book. Start Pro opens the Pro plan ($797/mo).

Annual Starter is $249/mo if you pay the year up front. Annual Pro is $697/mo on the same terms.

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