Handyman
Every punch list, TV mount, and drywall patch answered in under a minute, with hourly or flat-rate pricing stated and a window booked in the first reply.
Twelve small jobs a day, each one a message you did not have time to answer.
What your leads actually say
Three messages handyman services get every week
Verbatim in spirit. Each one arrived while the person who should answer it was on a job, and each one was also sent to 2 or 3 competitors.
“I have a list: mount a 65 inch TV, fix a door that will not latch, patch two drywall holes, and hang a heavy mirror. What do you charge and when can you come?”
“Our screen door is off and the fence gate drags on the ground. Small stuff but it has bugged me for a year. Do you have a minimum?”
“Rental property needs a turnover punch list before the new tenant on the 1st. Can you take a photo list and quote it?”
How LeadBolt answers
Composed for the lead in front of it, in about 45 seconds
The reply on the right is the kind of message Live Wire, the auto-responder, sends to handyman services. It is built from what the customer wrote, the service LeadBolt classified, the time of day and whether you are open, the city, and the facts you set: your prices, your policies, your license. Nothing is pasted from a script bank, and no two leads get the same message.
Strike First, the speed-to-lead engine, sends it in about 45 seconds, during hours and after. Lightning Rod, the spam detection, has already parked the lead resellers and the marketing pitches, so the crew only ever sees customers. If the customer goes quiet, Boomerang, the ghost-lead follow-up, nudges them until they answer or say stop, and the whole thread lives in Switchboard, the unified inbox, where a person can take over with one tap.
Hi Sam, this is ACME Handyman. That list is about 3 hours of work, and our rate is $95 an hour with a 2 hour minimum, materials extra. The TV mount and mirror take the longest, so we will bring the stud finder and anchors. We can be in Glendale Wednesday 9 AM to noon or Friday 1 to 4 PM. Reply 1 or 2.
Built from
- Customer's words: TV mount, door latch, drywall, mirror
- Service: Handyman Punch List
- 4:50 PM, open
- Glendale
- Your fact: $95/hr, 2 hour minimum
- 2 windows
Illustrative reply. The appointment windows come from Dispatch, the scheduling add-on.
The services you can auto-book
6 of 9 book from the first reply
Most handyman work books from the first reply at your hourly rate or flat rates by task. Punch lists, deck work, and small remodels vary enough that the reply asks for a photo list and books a walkthrough.
With Dispatch, the scheduling add-on, the first reply offers 2 or 3 real windows and the customer books by texting a number. Services that need a quote get the estimate visit booked the same way, which is still a booking on your calendar. Which services are bookable is set per service inside LeadBolt, so the list below is a starting point, not a rule.
- TV MountingBooks instantly
- Drywall PatchingBooks instantly
- Door and Lock AdjustmentBooks instantly
- Furniture AssemblyBooks instantly
- Fixture ReplacementBooks instantly
- Fence and Gate RepairBooks instantly
- Rental Turnover Punch ListEstimate first
- Deck and Trim RepairEstimate first
- Small Remodel ProjectsEstimate first
Where these leads come from
The sources that matter most for handyman services
Every one of them gets the same treatment: instant reply, spam screening, one inbox, and revenue attribution. Each is connected with you on a call, included with every plan.
Thumbtack
The largest handyman request volume anywhere, sent to 5 pros and won by the first useful reply.
Yelp
Where the punch-list customers check reviews and how fast you respond.
Nextdoor
The 'anyone know a good handyman' post that produces a week of work from one street.
Angi
Small-job requests parsed from the lead email and answered in seconds.
Website forms
The task-list form that arrives at 10 PM with photos attached.
Seasonality and timing
When handyman services get buried, and why the clock matters more then
Handyman demand runs all year with three peaks: spring, when the honey-do lists come out; the weeks before the holidays, when guests are coming and the door still does not latch; and the end of every month, when rental turnovers land. Each lead is small, which is exactly why they go unanswered. Nobody stops a drywall patch to reply to a TV mount request, and the request goes to whoever did.
Throttle, the Yelp ad tuning, keeps spend on the task keywords that book and blocks the ones that bring contractor-license questions and out-of-area requests. After hours is when handyman customers write: they notice the problem at dinner and message at 9 PM. The after-hours voice quotes the hourly rate and minimum from your facts, asks for a photo of the list, and offers the first weekday window, so the small job is booked before it is forgotten.
Plans start at $149/mo and every plan answers every lead in under a minute. Throttle is included in Pro. See pricing for the full grid.
Keep reading
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Painting
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Read morePlumbing
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Read moreLive Wire, auto-responder
Replies composed for each lead, during-hours and after-hours, that answer follow-up questions.
Read moreSwitchboard, unified inbox
Yelp, website, Google, Meta, and text in one thread per customer.
Read moreAnswer the next handyman lead in under a minute.
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