DW DeskWork
For owner-operators in plumbing, HVAC, electrical & other trades

The back office
that runs itself.

DeskWork answers your phone, books the job, sends the quote, dispatches the truck, and collects the money. You stay in the field. The desk doesn't pile up.

24/7
answers every call
< 90s
average book time
$0
per missed call ever again
Live · 6:14 am · today
Helena Robinson
(520) 555-0142 · burst pipe
5:12
Jackson Plumbing emergency line, what's happening? DeskWork · 6:09 am
Water everywhere under my kitchen sink, I can't stop it!
Stay calm. Your main shut-off is usually where your water line enters the house. Do you have a valve key? DeskWork · 6:10 am
I think there's one in the garage…
Got it. I'm sending Jorge — ETA 7:55 am. I'll text you when he's 25 minutes out. DeskWork · 6:13 am
Job #2108 created · T02 dispatched · customer notified 6:22 am
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14,200 calls answered last month across DeskWork shops — 31% of them outside business hours.
Apr 2026 · all customers
$2.4M collected for our shops by AI follow-up on overdue invoices, without an owner lifting a finger.
last 12 months
11 hrs average week given back to the owner — admin time the desk used to eat.
customer survey, n=187
94% of inbound jobs booked without owner ever picking up the phone.
trailing 90 days
How it works

Three things to set up. Then it just works.

We onboard you over a single 45-minute call. You give us your hours, your service area, your price book. After that, your phone forwards to DeskWork and your inbox goes quiet.

STEP 01

Forward your number

Keep the number your customers already know. We answer it on the first ring, 24/7, in a voice you'd recognize as someone on your team.

YOUR LINE
(520) 555-0100
Forwarded · answering live
STEP 02

Hand over the playbook

Hours, zip codes you cover, what counts as an emergency, your price book, your tone. We turn it into the rules DeskWork operates by.

· Hours · M–F 7a–5p, Sat 8a–12p
· Service area · 13 zip codes, 35 min cap
· Emergency · burst, flooding, no water
· Price book · 142 line items synced
· Tone · direct, plainspoken, polite
STEP 03

Stay in the field

DeskWork books, dispatches, quotes, follows up, and collects. You stay on the road and only step in when something actually needs you.

TODAY · 4 JOBS 3 NEED YOU
7:55a · Okafor EMERGENCY
9:30a · Whitfield BOOKED
11:00a · Raman BOOKED
1:30p · Kowalski BOOKED
What it does

Everything an old-school shop pays an office for.

DeskWork is one system that does the work of a dispatcher, an estimator, a billing clerk, and a follow-up coordinator. No headcount. No turnover. No “she's out today.”

01

Answers every call

Inbound, after-hours, weekends, holidays. Picks up on the first ring with your shop's name and a real-sounding voice.

100%pick-up rate
02

Books the job

Reads the calendar, knows which truck is free, respects drive time, confirms by SMS, and reschedules cleanly when something runs over.

< 90saverage book time
03

Builds the quote

Pulls from your price book and parts catalogs, ranges for complexity, and holds anything above your threshold for owner approval.

38%faster acceptance
04

Dispatches the truck

Routes by location, gear, and tech specialty so the right person with the right parts gets there on the first trip.

+1.4jobs/truck/day
05

Collects the money

Invoices when the job is done, receipts on payment, polite reminders on overdue, with Stripe and QuickBooks staying in sync.

−71%days sales outstanding
06

Tells you what needs you

Quotes outside policy. Upset customers. Parts on backorder. Everything else, it just handles.

3–5items/day for the owner
A day with DeskWork

What happens between bed and the first cup of coffee.

A real Tuesday at Reyes Plumbing — a four-truck shop in Tucson — pulled from the DeskWork activity log. Not a promo reel. Not a hypothetical.

Tuesday, April 21 · 11:38 pm → 7:42 am

8 hours, 14 actions, 1 emergency, $1,890 collected
11:40 pm
DeskWork
Sent receipt to Mendez · invoice 2087
Stripe webhook · charge.succeeded · $940
2:03 am
DeskWork
Took payment · Tang invoice 2089
Follow-up link tapped · card · $612
5:48 am
DeskWork
Drafted sewer quote · Castillo property · $4,820
Held for owner review · excavation policy
6:09 am
DeskWork
Answered emergency call · Helena Okafor, burst pipe
Walked customer through main shut-off · confirmed water stopped
6:22 am
DeskWork
Dispatched Truck 02 (Jorge) · ETA 7:55 am
After-hours fee waived per emergency policy
7:14 am
Marco needs you
Quote drafted for Whitfield · $1,840 · awaiting review
Held — exceeds $1,500 non-call-originated threshold
7:42 am
Marco opens the dashboard
Sees: 1 emergency en route, 3 jobs booked, 1 quote to review.
Total admin time this morning: 0 minutes.
“I used to lose two jobs a week to voicemail. Now I lose zero. DeskWork answers the phone better than I do, and it never has a bad morning.”
MR
Marco Reyes Owner · Reyes Plumbing · Tucson, AZ · 4 trucks
Built for the trades

One desk. Every trade.

DeskWork knows the difference between a slab leak and a slow drain, a panel upgrade and a tripped breaker, a retrofit and a thermostat swap.

Plumbing

Sewer · water heaters · drains · repipes

Knows your camera locates, your spot-dig protocols, your tankless brands.

HVAC

Service · install · maintenance plans

Builds seasonal tune-up campaigns and keeps truck-ready service context.

Electrical

Panels · service upgrades · troubleshooting

Handles permitting, inspection scheduling, and code-question triage.

+ More trades

Any trade with a phone and a price book

If a customer can call you, DeskWork can answer.

Questions owners ask

The honest answers.

If yours isn't here, hit “Talk to us” — you'll get a real person, not a chatbot.

Will my customers know it's AI?

If they ask, we tell them. Most customers care that the phone got picked up and their problem is being solved.

What if it gets something wrong?

Anything outside your written rules gets held for review with the call transcript and captured details.

Do I have to change my number?

No. Keep the number your customers already know and forward it.

How does it know my prices?

You hand over your price book in whatever format you have and we turn it into structured quoting rules.

What does it cost?

We price by truck count, not per call or per minute. Most small shops land in the few-hundred-dollars-per-month range.

How long does setup take?

One 45-minute onboarding call, then a week of light tuning while DeskWork learns your tone and edge cases.

Talk to us

Every call answered. Every job moving.

Take 20 minutes with someone who understands service-shop operations. We'll walk through onboarding, your call flow, and whether DeskWork fits your shop.

No demo software · No contract upfront · No “let me check with my sales engineer”
Talk to a real human →
Or just email us ops@deskwork.org