An After-Hours Answering Service for Nights and Weekends

When you close, your after-hours virtual receptionist takes over. It answers every call, books customers into your next open slot, takes messages and gets real emergencies to you.

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The Gaps in Your Day

When Your Calls Go Unanswered

Customers call when it suits them, not when you're open. These are the hours most small businesses lose.

Evenings

People call after work, when they finally have time. That's when you've gone home.

Weekends

Emergencies and new customers don't wait for Monday morning.

Holidays

Your competitors' phones go quiet too, so whoever answers gets the job.

Busy hours

Lunch rushes and back-to-back appointments send daytime calls to voicemail too.

While You're Closed

What Your After-Hours Answering Service Does

It doesn't just take a message. It handles the call the way you would if you were there, then tells you what happened.

Need it during the day too? Our AI answering service covers every call, around the clock.

Tells callers your hours

Lets them know when you open and what happens next.

Books the next open slot

Callers hang up with an appointment instead of a promise of a callback.

Takes detailed messages

Name, number and reason for calling, waiting for you in the morning.

Escalates real emergencies

Transfers urgent calls to your on-call number, and handles the rest.

Set Up in About 5 Minutes

How to Answer Calls After Hours

You keep answering during the day. Calls you miss or get after closing go to your AI receptionist.

  1. 1

    Create your receptionist

    Enter your website or Google Business Profile, then add your business hours and what counts as an emergency.

  2. 2

    Choose when it answers

    Forward calls when you don't pick up, when you're busy, or all calls after you close. Most phone carriers support this.

  3. 3

    Read your morning summary

    Every after-hours call arrives as a text and email summary, with a recording and transcript in your dashboard.

Not sure how to forward calls on your phone? Follow our call forwarding guide.

Simple Pricing

After-Hours Answering Service Pricing

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Answering Service

For solopreneurs

$49 /month

Billed as $490 per year

 

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  • Up to 250 Minutes
  • 1 Receptionist
  • SMS & Email Notifications
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For growing businesses

$149 /month

Billed as $1,490 per year

 

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  • Everything in Answering Service plus:
  • Up to 1,000 Minutes
  • Book Appointments
  • Integrations
  • Send Text Message Links
  • Call Transfers

Growth

For scaling teams

$299 /month

Billed as $2,990 per year

 

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  • Everything in Business plus:
  • Up to 2,000 Minutes
  • Outbound Calls
  • Training Files

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  • Custom CRM Integrations
  • Unlimited Receptionists
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After-Hours Answering FAQ

An after-hours answering service picks up your business calls when you're closed, so evening, weekend and holiday callers reach someone instead of voicemail. Ours uses AI, so it answers instantly and costs a flat monthly fee.

Yes. Set your phone to forward calls only after hours, or only when you don't pick up, and you keep answering during the day as usual.

You add your business hours when you set it up. It uses them to tell callers when you're open, offer the next available appointment and set expectations for a callback.

Yes. Tell it what counts as urgent, like a burst pipe or a no-heat call, and it can transfer those callers to your on-call number while it handles everything else.

Yes. It checks your calendar and books callers into your next open slot, so they hang up with a time instead of waiting for a callback.

Plans start at $49 per month for up to 250 minutes, which covers most small businesses' after-hours calls. There are no setup fees, no contracts and no extra charges for nights or holidays.

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