Night calls ring out
A call your office can't pick up rings out, and the customer rings someone else.
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A free growth check for UK private hire and taxi firms
Find out what happens to the calls you can't get to
You told us the phones go mad in the rush. Answer a few more questions and see what you're missing on your busiest nights, and what would book those calls.
Why this check
On a Friday the phone never stops, and while you're on one call the next one rings out.
This check asks what happens when two calls come in at once, how customers book you and how many cars you run, so the result fits your busiest nights.
Your result
What you're missing
Where bookings slip through today
You're the one up with the phone
Nights mean sitting up with the phone yourself, or letting it ring.
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You pay for night cover
On a quiet night, paying someone to sit by the phone is dead money.
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Calls ring out in the rush
On a Friday the phone never stops, and while you're on one call the next one rings out.
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Customers can't book on your website
Anyone who'd rather book online has to ring you instead, and a call nobody answers is a job that goes elsewhere.
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Customers can't book by WhatsApp or text
Customers who'd rather send a message than ring have no way to book you.
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WhatsApp bookings are handled by hand
Each message waits for someone to answer it and type the job in.
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Your bookings aren't in one system
Bookings are in the diary and on WhatsApp, and if you're off sick nobody else knows what's on tomorrow.
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Your drivers carry someone else's app
The app on your drivers' phones has somebody else's name on it.
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Jobs go out by phone and WhatsApp
Every job reaches a driver as a call or a message, and nothing ties it to the booking.
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What changes with Dispatch AI
Here's what we'd switch on for your firm
Each part is live today, and each one answers something you told us.
Phone agent
Answers your booking line like a receptionist, and books the job
- When your office can't pick up, the agent answers, quotes your prices and books the job.
- We put it on the calls your office can't answer, when the line rings out and overnight, or on your whole booking line if you'd rather. You choose the hours.
- Each phone agent takes up to 10 calls at once. If you need more, we can add capacity on a higher tier.
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Online booking and chat
A booking page and a chat assistant on your website
- An online booking page and a chat assistant for your website, with your fixed prices.
- If a customer starts a booking or a quote and doesn't finish it, they get an automatic follow-up email so they come back and book.
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WhatsApp, text and email bookings
Bookings by message land with your calls
- Customers can book on WhatsApp, and those bookings land in the same system as your calls.
- Customers can book by text or by email too. It replies and books the job.
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One booking system
Every booking in one place, whoever took it
- Customers book by phone, WhatsApp, text, email or on your website, and every booking lands in one system.
- Know which ads and leaflets bring you bookings.
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Your own driver app
Your firm's name, logo and colours on your drivers' phones
- Jobs go straight to your drivers on your own branded app. Apple and Google usually approve it within one to two weeks.
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Texts, payment links and tracking
What your passengers get once they book
- The passenger gets a text and an email to confirm, a secure link to pay by card, and a live link to track the car.
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Incoming call 22:4707700 900412
Ringing at the office 1
Rang out
Phone agent answered
00:41
The office line rang four times and nobody picked up.
- Phone agent 00:02
You're through to Your Firm bookings. I'm the automated booking assistant, and this call is recorded.
- Caller 00:09
It's Mrs Patel. The airport for half four tomorrow morning, please.
- Phone agent 00:14
Hello Mrs Patel. Elm Road to the airport at 4.30am is £36, fixed. Shall I book your return as well?
- Caller 00:31
Not yet, thanks.
Your fixed zone priceElm Rd Airport£36
Booked by the phone agent. Mrs Patel has had her text and email.
- 04:3014 Elm Rd → AirportMrs Patel£36Phone agent
- 05:15High St → StationR. Hughes£14Website
- 06:00Mill Lane → AirportJ. Okafor£42Office
- 07:40Park Rd → HospitalD. Evans£22Phone agent
22:48
Your FirmText message
Today 22:48
Your Firm: booking confirmed for 04:30 tomorrow, 14 Elm Rd to the airport, £36.
Your Firm DriversNew job at 04:30
Incoming call 17:5207700 900738
Ringing at the office 1
Rang out
Phone agent answered
00:41
The office line rang four times while everyone was on another call.
- Phone agent 00:02
You're through to Your Firm bookings. I'm the automated booking assistant, and this call is recorded.
- Caller 00:08
It's Dan Hughes. Can I book a car from the Crown on the High Street to Mill Lane for quarter past seven tonight?
- Phone agent 00:16
Hello Dan. The Crown to Mill Lane at 7.15pm is £14, fixed. Shall I book it?
- Caller 00:24
Yes, please.
Your fixed zone priceThe Crown Mill Lane£14
Booked by the phone agent. Dan Hughes has had his text and email.
- 19:15The Crown → Mill LaneD. Hughes£14Phone agent
- 19:40Station → Park RdS. Ali£12Office
- 20:10Park Rd → AirportK. Byrne£38Website
- 21:00Mill Lane → StationT. Price£11Phone agent
17:53
Your FirmText message
Today 17:53
Your Firm: booking confirmed for 19:15 today, the Crown to Mill Lane, £14.
Your Firm DriversNew job at 19:15
Incoming call 22:4707700 900412
Ringing at the office 1
Rang out
Phone agent answered
00:41
The office line rang four times and nobody picked up.
- Phone agent 00:02
You're through to Your Firm bookings. I'm the automated booking assistant, and this call is recorded.
- Caller 00:09
It's Mrs Patel. The airport for half four tomorrow morning, please.
- Phone agent 00:14
Hello Mrs Patel. Elm Road to the airport at 4.30am is £36, fixed. Shall I book your return as well?
- Caller 00:31
Not yet, thanks.
Your fixed zone priceElm Rd Airport£36
Booked by the phone agent. Mrs Patel has had her text and email.
- 04:3014 Elm Rd → AirportMrs Patel£36Phone agent
- 05:15High St → StationR. Hughes£14Website
- 06:00Mill Lane → AirportJ. Okafor£42Office
- 07:40Park Rd → HospitalD. Evans£22Phone agent
- 08:15Station → HospitalP. Shah£18Account
- 09:00Airport → High StL. Green£36Website
22:48
Your FirmText message
Today 22:48
Your Firm: booking confirmed for 04:30 tomorrow, 14 Elm Rd to the airport, £36.
Your Firm DriversNew job at 04:30
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We put it on the calls your office can't answer, when the line rings out and overnight, or on your whole booking line if you'd rather. You choose the hours.
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