Answering

An after-hours answering service for trades

Cakewalk answers your calls after hours and whenever you can't pick up, in your business's name, takes the job details, and texts them to you, for one flat monthly price with unlimited calls.

Why after hours matters

Burst pipes, outages and no-heat calls don't wait for business hours. The customer who rings at 9pm and gets voicemail usually rings the next number.

What it does

• Answers in your business's name, 24/7
• Takes name, number, address and what they need, and texts it to you
• Screens out sales calls and robocalls
• Never quotes or books without your yes
• Unlimited calls, no per-minute charges

Compared with a call centre

Traditional answering services usually charge by the minute or the call. Cakewalk is one flat monthly price, and it knows your services and service area.

Questions

How much is it?

First month free from its first answered call, then $149/mo.

How fast is setup?

About ten minutes: you get a local number and dial one forwarding code.

Sources

• Invoca, Home Services Benchmarks 2026 (70 million calls): “52% of callers to home-services businesses speak with a person.”

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