The promise
If Avidra doesn't recover 3 booked jobs in your first 30 days, I refund everything and disconnect you myself.
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ELECTRICAL · SAN ANTONIO
AI phone receptionist for electricians in San Antonio
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
It's 9pm and a panel is buzzing in a 1960s home in San Antonio. The homeowner pulled up a list of emergency electricians on their phone. You're the second one. The first answered. You didn't.
When the phone rings and you can't
Gloves are on, voltage tester in one hand, phone in the other room. Voicemail wins.
What Avidra does
Avidra is a text-back system that runs the second you miss a call. The caller gets a real reply, not a voicemail loop. You get a structured lead with the basics filled in.
The text doesn't replace the human conversation. It buys time for it. You still call back. You still close the job. Avidra just makes sure the lead is warm and the basics about the homeowners are in your inbox before you do.
How Avidra answers your missed calls
Step 1 · Missed call detected
Avidra watches for missed calls on your business number. When one drops, it fires a text in under five seconds.
Step 2 · SMS qualifier
The SMS opens with a brief acknowledgement, then asks the qualifying questions you'd ask if you'd answered.
Step 3 · Job summary to your phone
When the caller finishes the intake, Avidra hands you the summary. The format is intentionally boring: who, where, what, when.
Step 4 · You decide when to call back
Avidra holds the conversation while you finish the current job. The caller stays warm. You decide if and when to follow up.
Two ways to set it up
Two setup paths. Path one is forwarding: your existing business number stays the front door, calls ring to your phone, and Avidra only catches the unanswered ones. Path two is direct: the Avidra number is the front door, AI picks up every call live, and it transfers to your cell when the caller asks for a human. Most one-truck shops use path one. Larger shops with reception coverage usually move to path two.
Free tier includes both. AI voice and SMS text-back are both in the $0 floor, so neither pickup mode costs extra.
Where Avidra stops
Avidra handles the intake call, the back-and-forth qualifying, and the relay messages you ask it to send to your customers. The phone is the part it owns. The work past it stays with you and your existing tools.
The text won't quote a panel swap. It won't promise an inspection slot. It won't argue with a homeowner over the phone about whether their flickering is a loose neutral or a bad breaker. The intake gets you to the panel faster. Everything after that is yours.
The math on your missed calls
The numbers on a electrical shop your size.
8 calls/week missed$300 avg job$2,400 / week$10,400 / month$124,800 / year
73% of homeowners don't leave a voicemail. They call the next electrician on Google.
Avidra catches them in 4.2 seconds.
Two people on the phones, not just one
The customer-facing AI is one half of the product. The other half is yours. Text the Avidra number any natural-language instruction like 'text Dave I'm running 15 late' or 'show me Friday's bookings.' Avidra relays the message or pulls the data. Most owners forget this is part of the product until the first time they use it from a job site.
Calls electricians in San Antonio actually take
Here's what your line catches on a normal week. EV charger install quote on a 200A service. Panel swap quote for a pre-1950 home with knob and tube. Flickering lights on one circuit after a renovation. Service upgrade quote tied to a kitchen reno. Each one is a job you'd close if you could pick up the phone.
After-hours patterns are tighter. The urgency is higher and the timeline is shorter. Burning smell from a panel, lights flickering. Half the house lost power, neighbors still have it. Whoever answers first books it. Everyone else gets the voicemail tone.
What the year looks like
Year-round demand. Small spikes in summer for EV chargers and patio circuits, and again before holidays for outdoor lighting.
Most electricians can predict the peaks. The trick is keeping pickup steady through them. Avidra doesn't surge-price during your busy weeks and doesn't go quiet during the slow ones.
Setup is short
Setup is a 10-digit phone number and a short script. You forward your missed calls to the Avidra number that gets assigned at signup. You edit the default intake script to match how you talk to a new lead. That's the whole setup.
Most owners run their first real test inside an hour of signing up. The honest test is to miss a call on purpose from a friend's phone and watch what happens. The text fires. The follow-up questions land. You see the lead summary on your phone.
The five-second window
Speed is the whole game. A caller who got voicemail and then got a confirmation email twenty minutes later has already booked the next number on the list. A text-back inside five seconds reads as a real reply. The caller responds while they're still mentally on the call. The human callback then lands into a warm conversation, not a cold one.
Common questions
Will it handle aluminum-wiring inquiries?
Yes. Aluminum-wiring requests are flagged and routed for a site visit estimate.
Can I disable booking outside business hours?
Yes. After-hours messages can be set to capture-only with a next-business-day callback.
What about emergency calls like a burning smell?
Burning-smell and arcing-panel descriptions trigger a 'shut off the main and call 911 if you see flames' message before the booking conversation.
What if a permit is required, will it disclose that?
Yes. Permit notice can be included in the intake message for your region.
Can it capture photos of the panel?
MMS replies with photos are captured and attached to the lead summary.
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