Moving
Local, long-distance, and labor-only leads answered in under a minute, with the inventory questions asked and the estimate booked before the other 4 movers reply.
Every quote request went to 5 movers. The first estimate back usually wins.
What your leads actually say
Three messages moving companies 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.
“Moving from a 3 bedroom house in Chandler to Flagstaff on the 28th. Need packing help too. Can you send a quote?”
“Just need 2 movers for 3 hours to unload a 26 foot truck on Saturday morning. What is your hourly rate?”
“Piano and a few heavy pieces from a second floor apartment to storage across town. Are you insured for that?”
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 moving companies. 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 Nate, this is ACME Moving. A 3 bedroom from Chandler to Flagstaff with packing is a 2 day job, and the 28th is open. We price it after a video walkthrough, about 20 minutes, so the estimate is binding. We can do the walkthrough tomorrow at 5:30 PM or Saturday at 10 AM. Reply 1 or 2, and let us know roughly how many boxes you already have.
Built from
- Customer's words: 3 bedroom, Chandler to Flagstaff, 28th, packing
- Service: Long-Distance Move
- 1:15 PM, open
- Chandler
- Your fact: video walkthrough, binding estimate
- 2 windows
Illustrative reply. The appointment windows come from Dispatch, the scheduling add-on.
The services you can auto-book
4 of 9 book from the first reply
Labor-only, small apartments, single items, and packing book at hourly rates from the first reply. Full household, long-distance, office, and specialty moves book a video or in-home walkthrough so the estimate can be binding.
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.
- Labor-Only Loading and UnloadingBooks instantly
- Small Apartment MoveBooks instantly
- Single-Item DeliveryBooks instantly
- Packing ServiceBooks instantly
- Local Household MoveEstimate first
- Long-Distance MoveEstimate first
- Office RelocationEstimate first
- Piano and Specialty ItemsEstimate first
- StorageEstimate first
Where these leads come from
The sources that matter most for moving companies
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.
Yelp
Movers are one of the most reviewed categories on Yelp, and the response badge separates the shortlist from the rest.
Thumbtack
Quote requests sent to 5 movers with a date attached, won by the first real estimate.
Google Ads
Long-distance and specialty searches, attributed by campaign to booked revenue.
Angi
Household move requests parsed from the lead email and answered in seconds.
Website forms
The quote form with the move date and the inventory already filled in.
Seasonality and timing
When moving companies get buried, and why the clock matters more then
Moving demand peaks from May through September, with the end of every month and every weekend inside it a small crisis of its own. Lease turnovers, closings, and the school calendar all land in the same 12 weeks, and every customer in them has requested quotes from 4 or 5 companies. The mover who books the walkthrough first is usually the mover on the truck.
Throttle, the Yelp ad tuning, leans into the summer keywords and blocks the ones that bring the lead-broker spam that swarms this trade, which Lightning Rod, the spam detection, parks on sight. After-hours replies matter because moves are planned at night, on the couch, after the offer is accepted. The after-hours voice asks the inventory questions, confirms the date is open, and offers an evening video walkthrough, so the quote request is a booked estimate by morning.
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.
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Timed sequences that bring cold leads back.
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Grounds solicitations, out-of-area requests, and bots before they reach the team.
Read moreAnswer the next moving lead in under a minute.
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