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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LOCKSMITH · KITCHENER
What a missed call costs a Kitchener locksmith
Phone rings first4.2s response30-day guarantee
A landlord called this afternoon about a tenant move-out rekey. They needed it before tomorrow's new tenant walked in. You missed the call by ten minutes.
What Avidra does
Avidra answers your phone with AI voice the moment a call lands. The caller hears a real voice. You get a structured lead summary on your phone, the same way a text would arrive.
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 callers are in your inbox before you do.
Where the math breaks even
Break-even is one recovered job a month for almost every plan tier. If Avidra catches one locksmith lead in the trial that would have gone to voicemail, you're already ahead on the year. The trial period is 14 days, so the math has the chance to prove itself before you're paying.
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.
The Free tier includes both AI voice answering and SMS text-back, so the pickup-mode choice doesn't cost 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.
It never quotes a lockout price. It doesn't verify ID. It doesn't dispatch a tech. The text captures location and lock type. Everything else happens on your callback.
The math on your missed calls
The numbers on a locksmith your size.
7 calls/week missed$150 avg job$1,050 / week$4,550 / month$54,600 / year
73% of callers don't leave a voicemail. They call the next locksmith on Google.
Avidra catches them in 4.2 seconds.
Calls locksmiths in Kitchener actually take
Most of these will look familiar. Car lockout in a parking lot. Transponder key program for a 2015 Honda. Master key system for a small office. Rekey after a tenant move-out. Pick up first and you book the job. Pick up second and you don't.
Off-hours calls run differently. Tighter, more urgent, less willing to wait until morning. Commercial lockout before opening shift. Post-break-in rekey before the homeowner leaves the property. The shop that picks up fast keeps the work.
What the year looks like
Lockouts spike in summer (slammed-door season) and after long weekends. Rekey work is steady year-round with a small bump in moving season May through August.
For most locksmiths, the call volume isn't flat. You probably already plan staffing and on-call coverage around the peaks. Avidra runs the same in busy season as in slow. No per-call charges, no surge pricing when the inbox gets loud.
Getting Avidra answering your phone
Setup is two minutes. You connect your business number to Avidra, either by porting it or by setting your existing line to ring the Avidra number. The AI picks up from then on. You edit the default intake script to sound like your office, and the first real call uses your voice and your business name.
Most owners are live before lunch on the day they sign up. The honest test is to call your own line and have the AI answer. The questions land. The summary fires. You see the intake on your phone.
Why live pickup beats voicemail
Voicemail is where service leads go to die. A homeowner who hits voicemail at 7pm and gets a callback at 9am has already booked the next name on the list. Avidra picks up live, so the conversation starts in the first ring. By the time the caller would have hung up on voicemail, the AI has already captured the caller's name and address along with the basics of the call. The follow-up callback then lands into a warm conversation, not a cold one.
After-hours and on-the-ground in Kitchener
Kitchener winters keep the call volume up. Cold weather doesn't slow the inbox. Leads start in downtown Kitchener on Monday and from another corner of Kitchener on Tuesday. The product reads the same way regardless of where the call originated.
Common questions
Will it quote a lockout price?
No. Avidra is configured to never quote a price for lockouts. Pricing happens on your callback.
Will it route a smart-lock install request?
Yes. Smart-lock install requests capture the model and the existing door hardware.
Will it ask for ID before quoting a rekey?
No quoting happens in the intake. ID and authorization are handled on your callback.
What about rekey requests?
Rekey intake captures the number of doors, lock types, and the reason for the rekey.
Can it differentiate residential, commercial, and auto lockouts?
Yes. The first question branches the intake based on lockout type.
Try Avidra on your own number
Start free for 14 days. No card required. Plug your business number in, miss a call on purpose, and see the text fire. Start free in 2 minutes. AI picks up calls you miss. AI picks up calls you want it to. The shop decides which.
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