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Setup guide

Set up FrontDesk AI in 10 minutes

This is the practical first-day guide. The goal is not a perfect automation system — it is one real customer call or website enquiry captured correctly, then improved from there.

30-day trial principle

Start with a 30-day trial on monthly plans. We help you test the setup with real calls before billing starts.

1

Add the business basics

Business name, trade, service area, opening hours, emergency jobs, and where leads should be sent.

2

Choose what FrontDesk AI should catch

Website enquiries, missed calls, busy calls, after-hours calls, or all of the above. Start narrow if you want less change on day one.

3

Tune the questions

We set the intake script for your trade: suburb, job type, urgency, photos if useful, access notes, and callback number.

4

Run a real test

Send a website enquiry and make a test call. Confirm the SMS and email lead arrives with the right details before you go live.

5

Go live slowly

Forward missed or after-hours calls first. If it works well, expand to busy calls or full overflow coverage.

What “working” looks like

  • A caller hears a clear greeting that sounds like your business.
  • FrontDesk AI asks for the details you would normally ask for.
  • You receive an SMS and email lead fast enough to call back while the job is still warm.
  • Urgent jobs are labelled clearly instead of buried in a generic transcript.