The promise
If Avidra doesn't recover 3 booked jobs in your first 30 days, I refund everything and disconnect you myself.
No forms. No retention call.
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ELECTRICAL · WINNIPEG
Never miss an electrical service call in Winnipeg
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
It's 9pm and a panel is buzzing in a 1960s home in Winnipeg. The homeowner pulled up a list of emergency electricians on their phone. You're the second one. The first answered. You didn't.
Three things electricians push back on
“I don't want to book jobs that fail ESA inspection because of bad intake”
Avidra's intake doesn't promise scope. It captures the basics and surfaces them for your review. You decide if it's worth a site visit before you commit to anything.
“most of my work is referrals, I don't need more inbound”
Referrals are also missed calls when they come at the wrong time. A referral who got your number from a neighbor and rang at 6pm isn't going to call back tomorrow if you don't pick up. Avidra catches those too.
“I'm small enough that the calls I'm missing aren't that many”
Run your own math: missed calls per month times your average ticket times your close rate. Most one-truck shops find it bigger than they expected.
How Avidra answers your missed calls
Step 1 · Missed call detected
A missed call to your business number lights up Avidra automatically. The first SMS fires before the caller has put their phone down.
Step 2 · SMS qualifier
The caller gets a friendly text from your business line asking what's needed to dispatch.
Step 3 · Job summary to your phone
The qualifying answers land in your inbox as a clean lead summary. No app to open. No dashboard to check.
Step 4 · You decide when to call back
Avidra holds the line for you. The caller gets a soft check-in after a configurable interval. You stay in control of when the human conversation starts.
How you wire it up
Avidra runs two ways. Keep your existing business number and forward to Avidra only when you can't pick up. The caller reaches you first. The AI handles the miss. Or use the Avidra number directly and let AI pick up every call, transferring to you when the caller asks. Most shops start with the first setup. The second works better once you've grown past one person on the phone.
Both pickup modes run on the Free tier. AI voice answering and SMS text-back are included at $0, with 30 voice minutes a month.
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.
Your assistant for the calls you do answer
Avidra isn't just for missed calls. The owner side runs on text and voice too. From a truck or a job site, you can text the Avidra number to relay a message to a specific customer, ask how today's leads are shaping up, or have the AI book a callback. It does what a human dispatcher would do, on whichever channel you're already using.
Calls electricians in Winnipeg actually take
Here's what your line catches on a normal week. Double tap breaker that won't stay on after a storm. GFCI outlet that keeps tripping after a bathroom remodel. Dedicated circuit for a hot tub install. EV charger install quote on a 200A service. Each is the same opportunity. The phone is the bottleneck.
After hours, the calls shift. The patience is shorter and the stakes are higher. Outlet melted around the plug. Half the house lost power, neighbors still have it. Fast pickup is the difference between the job and a callback that never gets returned.
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.
Volume changes by season. Pickup rate shouldn't. Avidra fires the text-back the same way in February as it does in July, on a slow Tuesday or during a heat-advisory week.
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.
After-hours and on-the-ground in Winnipeg
Winnipeg winters keep the call volume up. Cold weather doesn't slow the inbox. Calls come from Wolseley and from across Winnipeg. The phone doesn't care about postal codes.
Common questions
Can it ask about the panel amperage in the intake?
Yes. The intake includes a 'do you know your service size, 100A or 200A' question. Many homeowners answer it correctly.
What if a permit is required, will it disclose that?
Yes. Permit notice can be included in the intake message for your region.
Will it book a panel-swap inspection?
Booking is on you. The intake captures the request and gathers the basics.
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.
Will it handle aluminum-wiring inquiries?
Yes. Aluminum-wiring requests are flagged and routed for a site visit estimate.
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