You are flat on your back under a kitchen sink, both hands on a fitting, water still dripping down your wrist. The phone goes in your pocket. You cannot get to it. By the time you are out and wiped down, it has stopped, and there is no voicemail. That was a new customer, and they have already rung the next plumber on the list.
Every tradie in New Zealand knows this feeling. The work itself is the reason you cannot answer, and the missed call is the price you pay for it. The trouble is, that price is a lot bigger than most people think.
The job goes to whoever picks up
When someone has a burst pipe or no power, they are not patient. They are scrolling, ringing one tradie after another, and they book the first one who answers. Research on home services calls is brutally clear on this. The large majority of people who reach voicemail simply do not call back. They ring the next number instead.
So the better you are at the actual work, the more calls you miss. That is a rough deal, and voicemail does not fix it. Almost nobody leaves a message for a tradie. They just move on.
You cannot be in two places at once. Talkify can.
Talkify is an AI phone agent that answers every call for you in a natural voice, even when you are up a ladder or under a house. It sounds like a switched on office, not a robot. It tells the customer you are on a job, gets their name, address and what they need, books them in, and texts you the details so you can pick the work up the moment you down tools.
You do not have to choose between doing the job in front of you and winning the next one. Talkify answers while you work, so both happen at once.
What a normal day looks like with Talkify
| The moment | Without Talkify | With Talkify |
|---|---|---|
| Call comes in while you are on the tools | Missed, no voicemail | Answered, job details captured |
| After hours and weekends | Goes to the next tradie | Booked for Monday morning |
| You are driving between jobs | Cannot safely answer | Handled, texted through to you |
| A quote enquiry at 9pm | Lost by morning | Captured and waiting for you |
It pays for itself in one job
Think about what a single callout is worth to you. A blocked drain, a dead hot water cylinder, a switchboard fault. If Talkify saves you one job a week that you would otherwise have missed, it has more than paid for itself, and most tradies miss far more than one.
Put your phone to work while you work
You are not going to start answering calls mid job, and you should not have to. Talkify is the simplest way to stop leaking work to the tradie down the road.
See pricing, hear it answer a call, or look at how it works for plumbers, electricians, builders and trades in general. When you are ready, set up your own agent.
Stop reading. Talk to it.
Call our Talkify Airline demo line or get a free demo agent on your own NZ number. No card needed.