A cheap virtual receptionist answers every channel around the clock, so nothing sits waiting while you're mid-task or after hours. No payroll, no training, no part-time hire who still clocks out at five.
30 minutes, no pitch. If your gap is small, you will be told that.
Only the first one needs anything from you, and it takes a single conversation.
What a receptionist would need day one, hours, pricing, the handful of questions that come up on every shift.
Short, friendly replies in your business's tone, not a robotic script that gives you away in the first line.
No lunch break, no sick day, no 5pm cutoff. Weekends and holidays get the same coverage as a Tuesday afternoon.
Customers get answered and scheduled in one exchange, the way a good receptionist would handle it at the counter.
A receptionist costs the same whether the phone rings twice or twenty times an hour. This scales with your message volume instead, busy weeks don't cost more, and quiet ones don't waste a salary.
A part-time receptionist runs real payroll before benefits are even counted. This answers every channel for a fraction of that, and never calls in sick.
Now count last month's unanswered messages, and the decision usually makes itself.
| Option | After hours | Answers your busiest channel | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nobody checking | No | No | Free, and it shows |
| Your business checks when free | No | Rarely | Time pulled off other work |
| Extra hire to monitor messages | No | While on shift | Payroll |
| Basex8 | Yes | Yes | $67 first month |
It's one call with no pitch, and you'll come away knowing more about your business either way.
No pitch, just a conversation. Pick a time that works and tell us a little about your business.