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Missed-call text-back for businesses

Stop answering the phone Start closing more business

Every missed call becomes a text conversation. Catch the customers, skip the time-wasters, and get your day back.

See it work on your own phone.

Tap the number to call us, then hang up after the first ring and watch the magic happen.

07782 223930
The Brindle Fox

Text message · today 19:41

  1. The Brindle Fox: Hey, it's Ellie from The Brindle Fox. Sorry I missed your call — how can I help?
  2. Customer: Hiya, do you allow dogs? Thinking of coming down Sunday with a few of us
  3. The Brindle Fox: Dogs are very welcome, bar and garden. Kitchen's on 12–5 Sundays. How many of you? Happy to hold a table.
  4. Customer: 6 of us, around 1pm?
  5. The Brindle Fox: Booked in. See you Sunday.
Nobody picked up a phone.£150 Sunday lunch
Why automatic call handling matters

The phone call changed. Nobody told your phone.

The people ringing you grew up texting. To them a ring-out with a voicemail prompt is a dead end — a text back is just how conversation works.

  • Voicemail is over.

    Most callers won't leave one and fewer ever listen back. The beep is where enquiries go to die.

  • Texting is the default.

    It's how people book hair, chase parcels and talk to their dentist. A business that texts back feels normal, not clever.

  • Speed wins the work.

    The first answer usually takes the job. A fast text beats a perfect callback an hour later.

Rory Gonzalez, owner and developer

Rory Gonzalez

Owner, Developer

Why me, not a platform

Built by one person. Answered by the same person.

  • I set your front desk up myself — your voice, your hours, your answers.
  • When you message, it's me who replies. Not a ticket queue.
  • No contract. If it catches you nothing in two weeks, you walk away.
How it works

Four steps. Nobody picks up a phone.

  1. It rings out, same as now

    Nothing changes behind the counter. No new handset, no new number, nobody dropping what they're doing.

  2. A text lands in seconds

    In your voice, from your business. "Hey, it's Ellie from The Brindle Fox — sorry I missed your call." It gets there before they dial the next number.

  3. They reply, and now it's a conversation

    A missed call has to be returned fast or it's dead. A message waits. Answer it at three when it's quiet and they'll still be there.

  4. It lands wherever suits you

    Every phone you choose, or one person's. Reply from the app, the dashboard, or just ring them back.

The questions you answer twenty times a week get answered without you. The ones worth money come straight through.
Northvale Packaging

Text message · today 08:12

  1. Northvale Packaging: Hi, it's Dan at Northvale Packaging. Sorry we missed you — what can we help with?
  2. Customer: Need 400 double-wall boxes, 305mm. Can you deliver Thursday?
  3. Northvale Packaging: We can. I'll get a price over within the hour — what's the postcode?
  4. Customer: S60 1BX

Still not sure? Ring it again.

Every business I set this up for gets exactly what you just got — except it's their name on the text, their opening hours, their answers.

Two rings, no answer, and a quote request instead of a lost customer.

07782 223930
What it replaces

A front desk, without the front desk.

Someone to answer the phone costs £3,000–4,000 a month, takes one call at a time, and goes home at five.

This catches every call — the 8am enquiry before anyone's in, the three that ring out at once on a Friday night, the one that lands while you're away — and holds them until you're free to deal with it.

It also never puts a spam call through.

Front desk

Calls at once
All of them
Before you open
Covered
After you shut
Covered
While you're on holiday
Covered
Spam calls put through
None
Notice period
None
What you get

Everything in your £497.

One price per business, per month. Each one gets its own number, its own answers, its own follow-up.

  • Every call caught

    Missed calls answered by text in seconds, day or night, however many come at once.

  • Spam filtered out

    The nuisance calls get the same message and go quiet. They never reach a person.

  • Your questions answered

    Hours, postcodes, prices, dogs. The repeats get handled automatically; the real ones come to you.

  • Bookings and follow-up

    Booking links, reminders and chasing, so a yes doesn't quietly turn into a no-show.

  • Your customer list

    Every caller becomes a contact you own — to fill a quiet Tuesday or nudge a repeat order.

  • Website and Google profile

    Built and looked after if you need one. Hand-coded, quick, and it scores 95+ where most score 40.

Not included: paid ads, and phone numbers for extra businesses — those are £497 each, because each one is a separate front desk rather than another login.

Questions

The bit you're already wondering about.

The next one is already dialling.

Two weeks free, on your own number. If it doesn't catch you a customer, you've lost nothing but the two rings.

No contract. No lock-in. You'll speak to me, not a sales team.

See it work on your own phone.

Tap the number to call us, then hang up after the first ring and watch the magic happen.

07782 223930