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Missed call answering for carpenters

Saw running, phone ringing? It gets answered.

You can't hear the phone over a drop saw, let alone answer it. Tradie Catch answers the calls you miss, books the doors, decks and repairs into times you're free, and texts anything urgent straight to you.

  • First month free, then $399/month
  • No lock-in contract. No app to download.
  • Set up once with a call divert on your phone
~52%

In home services, a person answered only about 52% of inbound calls. The rest never got a human on the line.

Source: Invoca, 2026 home-services benchmark.
Built for carpenters

The calls a chippy misses, and what happens to each one.

It answers like a good offsider would, and it doesn't make promises you didn't make: only your suburbs, only your free times, and never a price outside your own price guide.

Sticking, broken or new doors

Books the job into a free time in a suburb you cover.

Deck repairs and new decks

Takes the details and books a time to look. No prices outside your own price guide.

Broken door frames after a break-in

If the caller says it can't wait, it's texted straight to you.

Skirting, architraves and fit-off

Captures the job so you can batch the small stuff on your own terms.

Wardrobes and built-ins

Books the measure-up when you're free, not on top of another job.

Callers who hang up

A text back within seconds so they don't move on.

What lands on your phone

Run the whole thing by text. From the ute.

No logins, no app, no portal. You get a text when there's a job, and you reply like you'd reply to your mate.

book 2pmBooks them in at 2pm.
yep book itTakes the time it offered.
I'll ring themYou call them yourself.
turn it offSwitches it off.
turn it onSwitches it back on.

Example messages for illustration. Names and jobs are made up.

More on running it by text

FAQ

Fair questions from carpenters.

Most of my calls are small jobs. Is it worth it?

That's for you to work out. The free missed-call calculator lets you put in your own numbers and see what missed calls might be costing you.

Will it book me on the other side of town?

No. It only books suburbs you cover and only offers times you're free.

Can I still talk to the customer myself?

Yes. Reply "I'll ring them" and the job's yours to sort out directly.

All questions

A missed call answering service for carpenters

Tradie Catch is a missed call answering service for carpenters in Australia. When the saw's running or you're halfway through hanging a door, your missed calls divert to a friendly Aussie AI voice. It takes the job, the suburb, how urgent it is and the caller's name, and books them into a free time in a suburb you cover.

Doors, decks, skirting, built-ins and repairs land as one plain-English text per job. Urgent calls, like a door frame smashed in a break-in, are texted straight to you. Callers who hang up first get a text back within seconds.

It works as an after hours answering service for chippies too. No app, no lock-in contract, never quotes outside your own price guide, and it's set up once with a call divert. First month free, then $399 a month.

First month free, then $399 a month. See pricing, or see the full rundown on the Tradie Catch home page.

What are missed calls costing you?

Free calculator. Put in your own numbers and see the yearly figure, with the maths shown.

Work out my number

Start your free month.

Leave your details and Matt from Backbone Automation will get your carpenter business set up. First month free, then $399/month, no lock-in.

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