An answered booking call in these trades runs about 3 minutes. Greeting, the problem, the address, a slot, a confirmation. That is the number every figure below is divided by, and it comes from the transcripts rather than from a spreadsheet.
- Starter300 minutesis about100 answered calls a month
- Pro1,000 minutesis about330 answered calls a month
- Engine3,000 minutesis about1,000 answered calls a month
Calls we do not answer cost nothing. A ring that goes to your own phone, a hangup before the agent speaks, a text we were told not to send: none of those touch the allowance. Only talking does, rounded up to the whole minute the same way your phone company does it.
Summer runs two to four times winter volume in most shops. That is what the overage is for. It is the shock absorber, priced above what a minute costs us and never as a penalty, and you can buy minutes outright at 0.12 a minute or less if you would rather not be surprised. Pick the plan that fits your ordinary month, not your worst week.