What are a locksmith's missed calls actually worth?
Someone locked out calls down a list until a person answers. This calculator strips out the calls that were never real call-outs and shows what the rest cost you, using deliberately cautious assumptions.
What are your missed calls actually worth?
Deliberately cautious. We strip out the calls that were never going to become work.
We assume only half are worth having. The rest are sales calls, wrong numbers and time wasters.
We assume 85 in 100 will not ring back. Someone locked out calls down the list until a person answers.
Voco starts at £49 a month. One recovered £300 call-out covers 6 months of it.
Voco answers every call in seconds, takes the details, and books the work in or texts you straight away.
A receptionist typically costs £1,500 or more a month. Answering services charge per call. Voco is £49 a month, flat.
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Get started from £49 a month Or try the personalised online demoYour weekly missed calls times 4.33 weeks in a month. We count only half of those as genuine new enquiries, assume 85 in 100 of the genuine ones never ring back, and apply your close rate to what is left. We round down and show ranges rather than single inflated figures. These assumptions are deliberately cautious: your real numbers may be higher.
What missed calls really cost a locksmith
Lockout work is the most urgent trade there is. The caller is standing outside their house or car, often at night, and they will call every locksmith on the first page of results until a human answers. Nobody leaves a voicemail while locked out. Miss the call and the job is not delayed, it is gone, usually inside ten minutes.
Out of hours is where the money is, and where the misses are
Evening and weekend call-outs carry your best rates, and they are exactly the calls that ring while you are asleep, on another job, or driving. The calculator's £300 default is a deliberately modest average: commercial work, lock replacements after burglaries and automotive jobs often run well above it.
Why we keep the numbers low
We count only half your missed calls as real call-out enquiries, assume 85 in 100 of those never ring back, and round down at every step. Even on those cautious terms, recovering two or three call-outs a month is several hundred pounds, and a single £300 call-out covers six months of Voco Starter.
How locksmiths use Voco
Voco answers instantly, day or night. It finds out where the caller is and what they are locked out of, takes their number, and texts you the details or books the job while the caller is still on the line, so the person standing outside their front door never needs to ring the next name on the list. Call the demo line and hear it handle a lockout before you decide.
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