Plumbing missed-call text-back in Orlando
Plumbing calls are often urgent: a leak, no hot water, a backed-up drain. The caller usually needs someone today, and if nobody picks up, the next plumber on the list probably will.
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Orlando: a long storm season
Storm season brings flooding, sump and backflow calls in bursts.
When plumbers miss calls
- You're under a sink or in a crawlspace with your hands full
- You're driving between jobs
- After-hours calls about leaks and backups
- Lunch-rush calls while the office line is busy
About 27% of calls to home-services businesses go unanswered, and fewer than 3% of those callers leave a voicemail. Source: Invoca, 2024, industry estimates. Your numbers will differ. Run yours.
Example first text
Example business name. You write and approve your own text during setup.
After hours in Eastern time
For true emergencies (active leaks), many plumbers pick "text right away" for late-night calls so the caller knows someone saw it. Everyone else is usually better served by a text at 8 AM.
Florida: Florida has its own telemarketing law (the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act), which limits sales calls and texts to 8 AM to 8 PM local time. Porchlight's texts are one-time replies to people who just called you, not sales messages, and by default nothing is sent between 8 PM and 8 AM. Not legal advice.
After the job: reviews
Send the review request the same day the job is done, while the fix is fresh. It works best right after the customer pays.
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