Replies land in the inbox, not a personal phone
Text customers, grouped by conversation.
Part of communications & voice in Gaffer, which replaces personal WhatsApp, a mobile number and a lot of interruptions.
Customers kept informed without anyone pressing send.
Two-way SMS and email from one inbox, automatic updates at every job milestone, and an optional VoIP line with an AI receptionist that answers when you are on a roof.
The “what time are you coming?” calls stop, because the customer already knows.
Two-way SMS are one of the 14 things in communications & voice. See the rest →
- Send and receive texts from a dedicated business number, threaded per customer
- Replies land in the same inbox as everything else rather than on someone’s personal phone
- Templates for the messages you send constantly, with the customer and job details merged in
- Delivery status recorded, so you know whether a message actually arrived
Step 04 of the job: on site
The engineer taps “On my way” and the customer gets a text with an arrival window. On site: clock in, photos, the certificate for the job — EICR, Gas Safety, whatever the trade needs — signed on the device. No signal? It syncs later.
Communications & Voice is where two-way SMS sits, and that is the step it shows up in most. The rest of the job — quoting, scheduling, certificates, invoicing and payment — runs in the same system, on the same record. See the whole job →
What are two-way SMS for?
Send and receive texts from a dedicated business number, threaded per customer Replies land in the same inbox as everything else rather than on someone’s personal phone
Do messages come from my own number?
Texts go from a dedicated business number so replies come back into Gaffer rather than to somebody’s personal mobile. Email is sent and received through your own mailbox.
Is there a limit on how much I can send?
Fair-use allowances cover normal trade volumes, and anything beyond that is passed through at cost rather than marked up. You will be told before it matters, not billed afterwards.
Which plan is it on?
Every paid plan. Two-way SMS is included for unlimited users at no extra cost — the monthly, annual and lifetime plans differ only in how you pay.
The rest of Communications & Voice
All 14 →- Get a draft email reply you can edit
- Missed calls become booked jobs, not voicemail
- Stop callers hearing an engaged tone
- Start the day knowing what is overdue
- Send and receive customer email without leaving Gaffer
- Know whether that quiet quote was ever opened
- Route callers with a press-one-for menu you build
- Write the message once, merge in the details
- Customers message you without a password or an app
- Alerts on the phone, with quiet hours respected
Put two-way SMS to work.
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