The Garage Door Answering Service That Never Misses A Call. It Books The Job.

Inboxsmith runs on three flat monthly plans: After Hours at $47 a month (250 minutes), Full-Time at $147 a month (1,000 minutes), and Pro at $297 a month (2,000 minutes). Every plan answers your garage-door calls, screens telemarketers, and includes live emergency transfer, then bills a published $0.20 a minute after your included minutes. No per-call fees and no setup fee.

Cold snaps break garage doors: springs get brittle, openers strain, and the calls stack up fast. Inboxsmith answers many calls at once, so a frozen morning never hits a busy signal. And because each plan runs on a flat monthly price, your busiest week of winter doesn’t turn into a bigger bill.

Yes. A door stuck open at night leaves tools, vehicles and often the whole house exposed, so the automated dispatcher triages it as an emergency: it captures the address and what happened, pings your on-call tech with 60 seconds to claim it, and if nobody is free, books the first morning slot for your office to confirm.

It discloses itself on every call: the greeting says it’s the automated dispatcher and that the call is recorded. A caller with a door stuck open cares about one thing, someone answered and help is coming. It speaks naturally, never leaves anyone on hold, and books the job instead of taking a message.

Yes. Inboxsmith works behind your existing number through call forwarding, so nothing on your trucks, yard signs, cards or listings changes. Send it every call, or only the after-hours and overflow calls you already miss. Cancel and your forwarding flips back, the number was always yours.

The automated dispatcher asks what happened (a bang, a frayed cable, a door that won’t lift), whether it’s a single or double door, the door type if the caller knows it, plus name, address and callback number. It offers a tentative window your office confirms, and your tech arrives knowing the job.

For a snapped spring it tells callers not to pull the door down by hand or run the opener, and to keep people clear of the door. If someone is hurt or trapped under a door, it says to hang up and call 911 first. It never diagnoses, quotes a price, or promises a firm arrival time it wasn’t given.

Yes. Call forwarding decides what Inboxsmith answers: after-hours only, overflow when your line is busy, weekends, or everything. Many shops start with nights and weekends, hear how it handles their callers, then widen the forwarding. Your office keeps answering exactly the calls it wants, and it changes whenever you like.

Yes, every call is recorded, and the greeting discloses it up front before the conversation starts. Each call is also transcribed word for word and summarized to your office: caller, door, what happened, and what was booked. Nothing happens in a black box, you can review any call it took.

Yes, a free 7-day pilot on your overflow and after-hours calls, up to 7 days or 300 minutes, whichever comes first. A card on file verifies you’re a real business; you’re never charged during the pilot. You get a full report of the calls it answered, so you can hear it on your own line before you commit.