You're paid to be a mechanic, not a receptionist stuck on the phone. Poppy answers 100% of your calls. Which means more MOTs and services booked, your diary filled and more money banked.
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You've heard of AI doing amazing things, but you didn't think it could mean your business could utilise it to make more money and make your life easier? Well here's how.
You're under a bonnet, mid-service or fitting brake pads, busy doing a great job, but your phone keeps going all day. Calls that could be a new client. Someone needing an MOT or breakdown recovery. You don't answer because you're elbow-deep in a gearbox, and they call another garage. That missing booking is what we stop. Poppy has access to your availability and will answer calls, book in people wanting MOTs and services, and deal with all your calls all day long. Leaving you to get on with the work in peace.
Think of it this way. Poppy talks just like a human would, she understands your business, and then she gets to work 24/7. No sick days. No huge costs. In fact you'll make more money, lots more, just by bringing Poppy into your business. More on that below.
A real call, unedited. Dave Thompson rings Davies Decorators to book a quote. Watch how Poppy handles it from "hello" to "goodbye".
A service is £150 to £250. A clutch, £600 to £1,000. A timing belt, £400 to £800. An engine rebuild, £2,500+. Plus they'll bring the car back next year. And the year after.
The real cost isn't the missed job, it's the missed customer. Lose two regulars a month and within a year you've burned £10,000+ in lifetime value.
Sources: Motor Industry Trade Association average labour rates, 2025.
You can't expect to be elbow-deep in a gearbox and effectively manage MOT bookings and breakdown enquiries at the same time. So Poppy answers the call whilst you finish the work and earn the money.
You're trying to focus on the car in front of you and your phone is ringing all day long. You can't expect to effectively manage MOT bookings, breakdown enquiries and existing customer questions whilst doing the actual work.
Customer broken down on the side of the M25 at 8pm. MOT due tomorrow and they've just remembered. Diagnostic enquiry from a fleet manager comes in mid-morning. Industry data: nearly 4 in 5 callers hang up before voicemail kicks in. Every one of those is a £150+ job gone to the next garage on Google.
You can't take a phone call when you're under a car or doing a brake change. The phone rings, you can't answer. Phone goes to voicemail. Booking goes to the next garage.
"How much for an MOT?" "Can you do diagnostics?" "Are you DVSA approved?" "Do you do mobile callouts?" Same questions, same answers, all day long. Each one stops you actually doing the work.
Built around how mechanics actually work. You stay on the car. Poppy handles the rest.
Poppy listens for the words that matter (urgent, damp, structural, sale, asap, snag) and routes the call live to your mobile. Out-of-hours, on the build, doesn't matter. The high-priority calls always get through.
Tell Poppy your typical rates for extensions, loft conversions, kitchens, bathrooms, garage conversions, decking. She quotes them on every call. No more "I'll have to check and call you back."
New extensions, loft conversions, renovations, snagging visits. Poppy checks your diary and books them in whilst the customer's still on the call. Sends confirmation by text. No follow-ups needed.
Pull up at the next site, check your phone. Poppy's already sent you the summary, postcode, project, budget and any photos the customer texted in. You're up to speed before you ring the doorbell.
On your 15-minute setup call we capture everything Poppy needs to know about your business - the makes you specialise in, your services (MOT, servicing, diagnostics, repairs), pricing, opening hours and turnaround times. Then we build her bespoke for your business and she's answering your phone within 48 hours.
You're already losing jobs to voicemail. Don't lose another week setting up complicated software.
Pop in your website URL or Google Business Profile. Poppy reads it and learns your services, prices, areas covered and registration numbers automatically. No website? We'll build you one for £99.
Tell Poppy what counts as urgent (storm damage, sale-pressure quotes, snags), your rates for the main builds, and how to reach you when you're on site. Test her with a fake call to make sure she sounds right.
Forward your business number to Poppy when you're busy or out-of-hours. Get every call summary by text and email the moment the customer hangs up.
20 calls a day. Roughly 4 minutes each. That's 80 minutes you spend on the phone instead of on the build, every single working day. Here's what that costs you over a year, and what Poppy gives back.
20 calls multiplied by 4 minutes average. The phone tax on every single working day, every year.
Poppy handles 90% of your call workload. Totalled up, that's seven full working weeks back on the build, or back at home with the family.
Just one missed quote a week recovered, at £5,000+ ticket value. Pays for Poppy fifty times over and then some.
The shift in plain English: You stop trying to be two people. You go back to being one thing, the builder who does the work. The phone keeps ringing. Poppy keeps answering. You keep working, keep earning, keep your evenings.
One missed extension quote recovered and Poppy's paid for itself for the next decade. Cancel anytime, no contracts.
For sole traders just getting back the calls they're missing.
For busy builders who need quotes booked, transfers and urgent customer routing.
For multi-team operations. Bespoke onboarding by the founder.
Two paths, depending on whether you're flying solo or running a building company. We've done the thinking so you can pick in 10 seconds.
You're a jobbing builder. Maybe you do extensions, refurbs, walls, the odd loft conversion. Most weeks you're juggling 2 or 3 active jobs and another 5 to 10 quote enquiries that ring whilst you're up a ladder.
You're running a building company. Foremen, brickies, joiners, plasterers, maybe subbies. Three or four jobs running at once, plus a queue of quotes you can't get to. The office phone never stops and your time disappears managing it.
Somewhere in between? One mate helping you out, occasional subbie, picking up the odd big job? Start on Starter at £79/month with 250 minutes. Upgrade any time, no contracts. The 7-day trial doesn't even need a card.
Everything builders actually want to know before trying Poppy.
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