A virtual assistant for contractors means you're the first reply when a homeowner with a burst pipe texts two or three companies at once and hires whoever answers first, even mid-job with your hands full.
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.
Your service area, your trades, the jobs you actually want, and the ones you'd rather pass on.
Replies read like a real person texting back between jobs, not a call center script.
Whether it lands at 7am before your first job or 9pm after your last one, the homeowner hears back in seconds.
Tire-kickers and out-of-area requests get filtered out; a qualified job lands with the details already collected.
Most contractors lose jobs to whoever calls back first, not whoever does the best work; a homeowner with a leaking pipe texts three companies and books the one that answers.
Compare a $297 flat fee against one missed emergency job, which for most trades is worth more than that on its own.
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 crew 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 contracting business either way.
No pitch, just a conversation. Pick a time that works and tell us a little about your contracting business.