For pest control companies
The Pest Control Answering Service That Books While You Spray
Someone who just found a wasp nest or a rodent calls until a company answers, and a missed call can be a would-be recurring customer signing with a competitor instead.
Callers are grossed out, alarmed, and ready to book right now.
Your techs are mid-treatment and cannot pick up.
Seasonal spikes bury the office phone exactly when routes are fullest.
What a call sounds like
Illustrative call example — not a real recording
'There's a wasp nest right over my back door.' Amelia asks what they saw and where, checks the service area, quotes your inspection or initial-treatment language, and books the first open slot on your calendar.
Calendar booking today, your tools next
Booking works with Google Calendar and Outlook today, with click-to-accept invites for you and the customer. On the roadmap for pest control companies, in the order customers ask:
Tell us what you run and we prioritize it.
One call, start to finish
Illustrative call example — not a real recording or measured timing
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Spring hits and the phone starts stacking calls: ants in a kitchen, a wasp nest, something scratching in an attic.
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Amelia is built to answer even when several ring at once: 'Thanks for calling, this is Amelia. How can I help you?'
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She asks your intake: what they saw, where, how long, pets and kids in the home, house or business.
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Stinging-insect and rodent calls follow the urgency rules you set; a bed bug call gets your careful script.
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She checks the address against your service area, gives your initial-visit language word for word, and books the earliest slot you opened.
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Name, caller-ID phone confirmed, email spelled back once, and click-to-accept invites to both sides.
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Your office opens to a booked schedule, not a voicemail queue — and every call has a recording and a summary.
Pest calls convert fast, if someone answers fast
A person who just watched a roach cross the counter wants the visit scheduled, and an unanswered line is a reason to dial the next company. Amelia turns that urgency into a booked initial visit instead of a lost lead: a fast answer, your intake questions, your service-area check, and a slot on the calendar before the disgust wears off.
One-time jobs and recurring plans get different words
The one-time wasp nest and the quarterly general-pest plan are different sales, and you give Amelia your words for each. She can explain your recurring plan exactly as you wrote it — what is covered, how often, the guarantee language you use — and flag interested callers for your closer, or book them straight in if that is your process. Termite inquiries follow their own script toward a booked inspection, existing-plan customers asking about their next treatment follow their own routing separate from new sales, and she never diagnoses or promises results. Calendar booking is calendar booking — she does not claim to optimize technician routes or sync your pest software.
Safety questions handled with your answers, not guesses
Pest control callers ask about kids, pets, and chemicals. Amelia answers with exactly the language you approve about your products and prep — never a blanket safety guarantee — and product questions past what you wrote go to a qualified person on your team. One thing never gets parked for the technician: a suspected pesticide exposure or reaction gets your approved emergency guidance — Poison Control or 911 — and an immediate human escalation. Bed bug callers, who are often embarrassed and whispering, get your discreet script. Everything is recorded and transcribed, so quality control is a ten-second read.
What it costs, next to a lost quarterly customer
Plans start at $99 a month at the founding price with 250 minutes of conversation included, then $2 a minute, capped at $200 unless you raise it. Spam and hangups under 15 seconds are free. Whether that pays for itself depends on your call volume, how many callers are qualified leads, your close rate, and your job values — the calculator on our homepage runs your own numbers. The 14-day free trial includes 30 minutes of talk time, so you can judge her on real calls before paying anything.
Common questions from pest control companies
What happens when someone calls my pest control company after hours?
Amelia answers, asks your intake questions, checks the service area, and books the first open slot with a confirmed name, phone, and email. Urgent stinging-insect or rodent calls follow the rules you set, and new sales, existing-plan service, and termite inspections each follow their own routing.
Can she sell my recurring service plans?
She explains them in exactly the words you wrote — coverage, frequency, guarantee — and either books the start visit or flags the lead for your closer, whichever you choose.
How does she answer chemical and pet-safety questions?
With your approved language only, and never as a blanket safety guarantee. Product questions past your approved material go to a qualified person, and a suspected exposure or reaction gets emergency guidance — Poison Control or 911 — immediately, not a note for the technician.
Can she handle the spring and summer call spikes?
She is designed to handle multiple simultaneous calls, so a seasonal surge gets answered and booked instead of stacking up in voicemail.
How much does a pest control answering service cost?
Plans start at $99 a month at the founding price with 250 minutes included, then $2 a minute, capped at $200 unless you raise it. Spam calls are free.
Does she answer in Spanish?
Automatically. She hears the caller's language and runs the whole call in English or Spanish — same intake, same booking.
Does she work with pest control software?
Booking works with Google Calendar and Outlook today with click-to-accept invites. PestPac, FieldRoutes, and Briostack are on the roadmap in the order customers ask.
What about bed bug calls?
They get the discreet script you approve, usually toward a booked inspection. She never diagnoses over the phone and never promises results.
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