Ringside 651-588-9637

AI call answering for the trades

Every missed call is money walking to the next guy.

Ringside picks up your business line when you can't, has a real conversation with the caller, and emails you the lead before they've hung up.

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The problem

The phone rings. Nobody's there to answer it.

You're up a ladder, under a sink, or driving to the next job. The call goes to voicemail — and most callers never look back.

62%

of calls to small businesses go unanswered.

Only 37.8% are answered by a live person.
Source: 411 Locals call-answer study, 2024.
85%

of callers who reach voicemail hang up without leaving a message.

Industry benchmark. Callers who don't leave a message typically dial the next business on the list.

What it's costing you

Put a number on the calls you're missing.

Slide in your own numbers. This is a directional estimate to show the scale of the problem — not a guarantee.

Your business

Rough figures are fine — you can feel the size of it either way.

120
10500
$450
$100$5,000
Estimated revenue at risk / year
$100,440
from roughly 74 missed calls a month
Assumes 62% of calls go unanswered (411 Locals, 2024) and that about 1 in 4 missed callers would have booked.
A directional estimate, not a guarantee.

How it works

Three steps. No new hardware, no new number.

STEP 01

It picks up the call

When you can't get to the phone, Ringside answers on your business line — days, nights, weekends, holidays.

STEP 02

It has a real conversation

Not a beep. It asks who's calling, what they need, and how to reach them — and reads the number back to make sure it's right.

STEP 03

It sends you the summary

The moment the call ends, you get a clean email — name, callback number, and the problem — flagged urgent if it sounded urgent.

Why it works for the trades

Built for the way a field business actually runs.

Never miss the emergency

The burst pipe at 9pm, the no-heat call in January. Ringside answers when it matters most, so the job goes to you — not the next number they try.

Sounds like a person, not a robot

A natural voice and a real back-and-forth. Callers stay on the line and actually leave their details instead of hanging up.

A clear summary, not a vague voicemail

"Uh, hi, call me back" tells you nothing. Ringside hands you the name, the number, and the problem — ready to act on.

Works nights and weekends

No overtime, no answering service, no new hire. It's on every hour you're not — for one flat price.

Pricing

One line. One price. Cancel anytime.

Founding price
$149/ month

No contract · cancel anytime

  • Answers your existing business line — no new number
  • Every missed call answered, days, nights, and weekends
  • A clean email summary for every lead
  • Urgent calls flagged so they stand out
  • AI disclosed on every call — no pretending to be a person
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Founding price, locked in while we're getting started. It won't stay this low.

Straight answers

The questions every owner asks first.

Will it grab calls I'd rather take myself? +
No. Your phone rings first, every time — Ringside only picks up when you don't: no answer, after hours, or the line's busy. It works off your existing number through call forwarding, so there's nothing new for anyone to dial, and no call you'd have taken yourself gets intercepted.
Can it handle emergencies? +
Yes. When a caller describes something urgent, Ringside marks the lead as an emergency so it jumps out of your inbox — you're not scrolling past routine messages to find the burst pipe. It also has a hard safety rule built in:
If a caller says they smell gas, Ringside stops taking the message right away. It tells them to leave the building, call 911 or the gas company from outside, and not to touch any switches or flames — then ends the call. Safety comes before the lead, every time.
How hard is it to set up? +
Not hard, and you're usually up and running within a day — often the same day, sometimes the next. You keep your number and your phone — nothing new to buy, no app to install. We walk you through switching on call forwarding for unanswered calls, which takes a few minutes with your carrier, and that's it. From then on, the calls you don't pick up quietly go to Ringside.

Hear it for yourself

Don't take our word for it. Call the demo line.

651-588-9637

You'll reach the same assistant your callers would. Ask it anything.

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