What it is
- A phone number for your business. Your customers text it.
- An AI that answers them, day and night, from what you taught it.
- An assistant that checks with you. It texts you when it doesn't know, or when it needs your OK.
For trades and service businesses · Québec
An AI that answers your customers' texts.
Respondo gives your business a phone number. Customers text it, and the assistant answers within seconds from what you taught it: your prices, your hours, your service area. When a decision is yours, it texts you.
Ready in 5 minutes, by text. First month free. No app, no credit card.
Watch it work
One exchange from start to finish: what your customer sees on their phone, and what you see on yours.
- A customer textsThey write to your business number, like texting anyone.
- Respondo answersWithin seconds, with the prices you taught it.
- It asks for your OKA booking is your call. It texts you the request.
- You answer in one word"Yes", "no", or another time.
- The customer is confirmedRespondo passes your answer on. Done.
Your customer's phone
TETire Expressyour business number
Hi! How much to change 4 tires? I'm in Brossard.
Hi! It's $30 per tire, so $120 for 4. Which day works for you?
Thursday at 2 pm, does that work?
I'll confirm Thursday 2 pm shortly.
You're confirmed for Thursday at 2 pm. See you then!
Your phone
Respondoyour assistantYour phone stays quiet as long as Respondo knows the answer.
#12 Customer 514-555-0142: Thursday 2 pm in Brossard, 4 tires changed. Can you confirm?
Yes
Confirmed with the customer: Thursday 2 pm, Brossard.
In plain words
What it isn't
- Not an app. Everything happens in your texts.
- Not a bot that makes things up. If it doesn't know, it asks you.
- Not a human in disguise. If a customer asks, it says it's an AI.
- Nobody promises for you. No booking without your OK.
Ready in 5 minutes, by text
Nothing to install, nothing to connect. You text, it asks a few questions, and your number is already answering.
Text 587-329-8579
That's Respondo's number. In under a minute you get a local number of your own, for your customers.
Answer a few questions
Your new number texts you first. Your business name and where you work are enough to start.
Try it yourself
Text TEST to your number and write like a customer. You see exactly what it would answer.
Give the number to your customers
On your truck, your Google profile, your cards. It learns the rest from real questions.
Example: your new number texts you
Hi, I'm your new Respondo number! What's your business called?
Tire Express, mobile tire changes
Great. What area do you cover?
South Shore, 30 min max from Brossard
It's $30 per tire
Noted. You're set! Give this number to your customers.
Your cell number doesn't change. Respondo adds a number for your business; your current customers can keep texting you as before.
Everything it does
It all happens by text, in your own words. No menus, no dashboard to learn.
With your customers
- Answers in seconds, day and night. Prices, hours, services: from what you taught it.
- French and English. In the customer's language, never mixing the two.
- Gets the job details. What's needed, the address, the time that suits them.
- Knows your service area. It works out the driving time. A job that's too far, it asks you; it never turns anyone away for you.
- Honest. If a customer asks, it says it's an AI. It doesn't make things up.
- Referrals. A customer refers a friend: on your OK, Respondo texts them.
Your appointments
- Nothing without your OK. It texts you the request; you answer "yes", or "ok but 10 am".
- It checks your book. It only proposes a free time, with room to drive there.
- Tomorrow's list, every evening. By text, at the hour you choose.
- A reminder to the customer the day before. If something came up, they reply and you know.
- In your phone's calendar. iPhone or Google, one tap. Nothing to connect.
- Change anything by text. "Move Côté to Friday 1 pm", "cancel 2 pm", "block Friday afternoon".
You're the boss
- Teach it by text. A fact, a photo of your price list, or a PDF.
- Change anything in your own words. "I'm on vacation until Monday", "raise my prices 10%".
- It asks when it doesn't know. You answer in your own words; it remembers for next time.
- It doesn't nag. One reminder if you haven't answered, never at night.
- Pick its voice. It speaks as the business, as you, or as your assistant.
- Text a customer through it. "Text 514-555-0199 that we can do Thursday."
Who it's for
Questions
What is Respondo?
Respondo is an AI text-message assistant for trades and service businesses in Québec. It gives your business its own local phone number and answers your customers' texts for you, 24/7, in French or English.
Do I need to install an app?
No. Everything happens by text, from the phone you already have.
How long does setup take?
Under 5 minutes. Text 587-329-8579, answer a few questions, and your number is live.
Do I keep my current number?
Yes. Your cell number doesn't change and your current customers can keep texting you. Respondo adds a local number for your business, which you put where new customers find you.
Can I try it before my customers do?
Yes. Text TEST to your Respondo number and write like a customer: you get the answers a customer would get. Text EXIT to leave.
Does it work with my calendar?
Respondo keeps your appointment book and you see it in your phone's calendar (iPhone or Google) with one tap. It doesn't read your other appointments: you confirm every request yourself.
What if it says something wrong?
Text it the correction in your own words ("we don't do drains anymore") and it uses that from then on.
What happens when Respondo doesn't know the answer?
It texts you the question. You reply in your own words and Respondo passes the answer to the customer. It remembers general answers, like a price, for next time.
Can it book appointments?
It takes the booking request with all the details (day, address, what's needed) and asks you to confirm. Nothing is promised to a customer without your OK.
Does it speak French and English?
Yes. It answers each customer in their language, and talks to you in yours.
How much does it cost?
The first month is free, with no credit card.
Who is it for?
Plumbers, electricians, mobile tire services, cleaners, contractors, real estate offices, and any business whose customers would rather text than call.
First month free