Q.01 Do we have to throw out ServiceTitan or Housecall Pro? +
No. The FSM stays. Most of our trades clients already pay for ServiceTitan, Housecall Pro, or Jobber and what they're missing isn't a new platform — it's the wiring between the platform and everything else. We've shipped against ServiceTitan's API, Housecall Pro's webhooks, and Jobber's data model. If you're on a smaller FSM we'll quote a 1 to 2 week ramp. We've never recommended a rip-and-replace.
Q.02 Will an AI talk to our customers? +
Not without an explicit click from somebody on your team. Models draft follow-up texts, callback messages, review requests, and quote summaries against your customer history and your voice. Drafts land in front of a dispatcher or a CSR. They approve, edit, or reject. Nothing autosends. Customers who hate getting fake-friendly automated messages don't get them. Customers who appreciate fast, accurate communication get it within minutes instead of hours.
Q.03 How does this work with our price book and our markup rules? +
We model your service catalog, parts markups, and member discount rules in the database before we automate anything. Quotes get generated against the rule set. Invoices get checked against the price book before they go out. If you change a markup, one config change updates every downstream surface. We've handled price books with 4,000 line items. We do not pretend yours is unusual.
Q.04 How long until dispatch stops being the owner's nights and weekends? +
Three weeks for first relief, six for full hand-off. By week three inbound call classification, ticket routing, and customer follow-up texts are running themselves. By week six the owner is approving exceptions, not running the board. If the owner is still dispatching at week six we owe you an explanation.
Q.05 Will this replace our office staff? +
No, and we'll say no on the call. The office hours we eliminate are the ones nobody enjoyed — re-keying invoices, chasing AR, hand-coding GL entries, manually triaging callbacks. Most home-services clients have re-deployed CSRs and dispatchers to higher-yield work — proactive customer outreach, membership growth, technician scheduling — not laid them off. If you're hoping for a hidden RIF, we're the wrong vendor.