Questions
Straight answers about the AI receptionist, the CRM, payments, websites and plans. Can't find yours? Call (888) 533-5784 or email info@brickbyclick.ai.
Getting started
What kinds of businesses is it for?
Local service businesses in 30+ industries: plumbers, electricians, HVAC, roofers, landscapers, cleaners, contractors and more. Your pipeline stages, services and labels are set up for your industry.
How long until it's running?
About two weeks. We set up your receptionist with your hours, services and prices, set up the CRM for how your business works, and walk you and your crew through it.
Can I see it before I sign up?
Yes. Call (888) 533-5784: that's our own AI receptionist, the same system your customers would talk to. You can also click through the live demo of the CRM with sample data, no login needed, or book a 15-minute demo and we'll show it on a business like yours.
Can I keep my current website?
Yes. The AI receptionist, the CRM and payments work with any website. A new website is included in every plan if you want one.
Can I bring my contacts and calendar from my old CRM?
Yes. Contacts come over from a spreadsheet export of any CRM (Jobber, Housecall Pro, ServiceTitan, HubSpot, GoHighLevel and others) or straight from your phone, with their dates, so follow-ups and campaigns treat old customers correctly. Your calendar comes over from Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar, or from your old CRM's appointment export. We can load it all for you on the setup call.
AI receptionist
What does the AI receptionist do?
It answers every call, day and night, in your business's name. It answers callers' questions, books new visits into your calendar, and asks new callers how they heard about you. Every call lands in your Inbox with a summary.
How does it know about my business?
From the Receptionist page in your CRM: your hours, closures, services, prices and FAQs. We fill it in with you during setup, and you can change it any time. It quotes the prices you set there.
Can it book appointments?
Yes. It books new visits straight into your CRM calendar, within your rules: your hours, and which services it's allowed to book.
Does it know my returning customers?
Yes. It recognizes returning callers by name and knows their upcoming visits. It can move or cancel a visit and add a note to it, and you can switch that on or off.
Can I see what it told my callers?
Yes. Every call lands in your Inbox with a summary. New leads also land in your pipeline, and you get an email alert for each one. Spam and robocalls are filtered out.
What happens when it can't answer something?
The call still lands in your Inbox with a summary, so you can see what the caller asked and call them back. If the same question keeps coming up, add the answer to your FAQs on the Receptionist page.
Does it sound like a robot?
Call (888) 533-5784 and judge for yourself. That's our own AI receptionist, answering the same way it would for your business.
How many minutes do I get?
500 minutes a month on Front Office and Growth, and 1,000 on Total Growth. Extra minutes are $0.10 a minute.
Does it text my customers?
Not yet. Text messaging is waiting on carrier approval and is coming soon. Until then, quote follow-ups and review requests go out by email, and your receptionist handles calls.
CRM and crew app
What's in the CRM?
Contacts, a pipeline with stages set up for your industry, a calendar with repeating jobs, an Inbox for calls and web form leads, estimates and invoices, Documents, Reports, and an activity log of who changed what. The AI business advisor on the Reports page answers questions about your numbers from your own data. It works on phones, in light or dark mode.
Will my crew actually use it?
They get one screen: My day. Their visits with directions, the customer's number, your notes and the equipment on site. From each visit they clock in, fill in the work order (checklist or punch list, photos, parts used, the customer's signature) and tap Get paid. If they can use a text message, they can use this.
Can my office staff and crew have their own logins?
Yes. Each person gets their own login with a role: owner, office or tech. The activity log shows who changed what.
What do my customers see?
Each customer gets a private link to their upcoming visits, estimates they can accept, invoices they can pay, photo updates from the job, and a way to book again. You also get an online booking page where customers pick a day and time from your real open slots. Link it from your website.
What does it send automatically?
Emails, not texts: quote follow-ups, a review request the day after a job is marked complete, and a win-back email a year later. You get a daily digest at 7 AM and a "your week" email every Friday at 4 PM. Growth and Total Growth add email campaigns to your contacts.
Does it connect to my other tools?
Payments run through your own Stripe account. QuickBooks sync is coming soon. There's no Google Calendar sync or Zapier connection today.
Can I get my data out?
Yes. You can export your contacts any time. It's your data.
Is the CRM built on someone else's platform?
No. We build the CRM ourselves, for local service businesses. It isn't a reskinned version of another product.
Payments
How do my customers pay?
By card or from their US bank account, online from the invoice or on the spot: your crew shows a QR code and the customer pays on their own phone. You can ask for a deposit on an estimate. The invoice marks itself paid and the job moves to won.
What does it cost to take payments?
Stripe's standard processing fees, plus a BrickByClick fee of 0.5% per card payment, at most $25 a payment. No BrickByClick fee on bank payments.
Where does the money go?
Straight into your own Stripe account, and out to your bank on Stripe's normal payout schedule.
Can I record cash and checks?
Yes. Record cash, check, Zelle, Venmo, Cash App and other payments on the invoice.
Website and SEO
Do you host the website?
Yes. We build it and host it, with SSL included, so there's no separate hosting bill. Front Office and Growth include 10+ pages; Total Growth includes unlimited pages.
How do I change my website?
Request the change from the Website tab in your CRM, with photos if you need them, and our team makes it. Your receptionist's hours, services, prices and FAQs you change yourself on the Receptionist page.
What does local SEO include?
On Growth: local SEO and on-page optimization, Google Business Profile setup and management, 25 citations, a blog post every month, and a monthly strategy call. Total Growth adds a second blog post each month and backlink building.
Do you guarantee rankings?
No. Nobody controls Google's rankings, so we don't promise them. Local SEO builds over months: we do the work every month and go over it with you on your strategy call.
What happens to my Google Business Profile if I cancel?
It stays yours, with all its reviews. We manage it for you, but your business owns it. If you cancel, we remove ourselves as managers.
How is this different from an SEO agency?
Most SEO agencies stop once your phone rings. We also answer those calls, book the jobs, help your crew run them and collect the money, all in one place.
Plans and billing
What's included in each plan?
Front Office, $399/month: the AI receptionist with 500 minutes a month, the CRM, estimates, invoices and online payments, the crew app, automatic follow-ups and review requests by email, and a website with 10+ pages, hosting and SSL.
Growth, $599/month: everything in Front Office, plus local SEO and on-page optimization, Google Business Profile setup and management, 25 citations, a blog post a month, email campaigns and a monthly strategy call.
Total Growth, $999/month: everything in Growth, plus 1,000 AI receptionist minutes a month, 2 blog posts a month, backlink building, unlimited website pages, and a dedicated account manager with priority support. Compare every feature.
Do I have to sign a contract?
No. Every plan is month to month, with no setup fees. If it isn't working for you, cancel any time.
Are prices in US or Canadian dollars?
US dollars, for every plan and every extra.
What costs extra?
AI receptionist minutes over your plan's limit, at $0.10 a minute, and payment processing: Stripe's standard fees plus 0.5% per card payment (at most $25). There are no setup fees.
What support is included?
Email us at info@brickbyclick.ai on any plan. Growth includes a monthly strategy call. Total Growth adds a dedicated account manager and priority support.
What happened to the Blueprint and Automation plans?
They have new names. Blueprint is now Front Office ($399/month) and Automation is now Growth ($599/month). Total Growth keeps its name ($999/month).
Still have a question?
Ask our AI receptionist, any time of day, or see the whole thing on a business like yours in fifteen minutes.