Step 1
Your phone rings first.
Answer whenever you can. TextApprentice never touches a call you pick up.
Missed call text back for plumbers
Missed call text back for plumbers.
TextApprentice is a Canadian missed-call textback service for trades businesses. When a customer calls and gets no answer, TextApprentice automatically texts them back within seconds, and their reply goes straight to the business owner's phone.
It costs $50 per month plus $5 per recovered call, with no base fee for the first 30 days. No reply, no charge.
If you are a plumbers contractor, your best work happens where you cannot reach your phone. TextApprentice is the apprentice who replies to the calls you miss: it texts the caller back automatically, collects their reply, and hands you the details so you can call back the right jobs first.
No monthly fee for 30 days
Keep your number
Cancel anytime
The phone rings when your hands are full.
You are under a sink with a wrench in each hand when the next job calls. By the time you wipe your hands, the caller has hung up and dialled the next plumber on the list.
Plumbing is emergency work. A burst pipe or a backed-up sewer does not wait for a callback at your convenience. The plumber who responds first usually gets the job.
TextApprentice bridges that gap. The missed caller gets a text within seconds, while you finish the job in front of you. Their reply, with the address and the problem, is waiting on your phone when you look down.
How it works
Four steps. Nothing to learn.
Step 2
Unanswered calls route to TextApprentice.
Only the calls you miss. Your advertised number never changes.
Step 3
The caller gets a text within seconds.
It arrives in your business name, acknowledges the missed call, and asks one simple question.
Step 4
Their reply lands straight on your phone.
You see the job details before you call back, so the right jobs get priority.
Pricing
No reply, no charge.
You pay a small monthly base plus $5 for each missed caller who replies. If nobody replies, you pay no per-reply fees at all.
Starter
$50/month + $5 per recovered call
For busy shops that miss a handful of calls a week. First 30 days: $0 base fee. Recovered-call fees still apply.
Start with no monthly feeUnlimited
$299/month
For high-volume shops. Every recovered call included, no per-reply fees, no counting.
Start with no monthly feeAnnual plan: $3,000 per year. Save $588 a year. Prices in Canadian dollars. A recovered call is a missed caller who replies to the automatic text.
Questions
Asked all the time.
Will this work with my current business number?
Yes. Your advertised number never changes. Only unanswered calls route to TextApprentice.
What does the caller receive?
A short text in your business name, seconds after the missed call, asking what they need help with.
What about after-hours emergency calls?
Those are the calls this earns its keep on. A 2am burst-pipe caller who gets an immediate text is far more likely to wait for your callback than one who reaches voicemail.
What if I answer the call myself?
Nothing happens. TextApprentice only acts when a call goes unanswered.
How long does setup take?
About ten minutes. Forwarding takes a few taps on your phone, and you can turn it off just as fast.
Stop losing emergency calls to voicemail.
TextApprentice replies to the calls you miss, so the next burst pipe becomes your job, not someone else's.
Start with no monthly fee
The apprentice who replies to the calls you miss.