AI phone answering
AI phone answering service
An AI phone receptionist that answers your business calls 24/7, qualifies the job and sends it straight to your phone. £89 a month, unlimited calls.
Your phone, answered by AI, 24 hours a day
Most business calls that go unanswered are never returned — the caller simply rings the next company on the list. An AI phone answering service closes that gap by picking up every time, instantly.
TradeRing answers with your business name, asks what the caller needs, captures the detail that matters, and either books a callback or tells them when you'll be in touch.
Unlike a phone menu or a voicemail transcription, it's a conversation. And unlike a call centre, it costs the same whether it takes five calls a month or five hundred.
What the AI receptionist handles
- New enquiries — job type, location, timescale and urgency
- Common questions about your services, coverage and how you quote
- Emergency calls, flagged so they reach you first
- Out-of-hours calls, evenings, weekends and bank holidays
- Booking callbacks and appointments straight into the day
- Filtering out cold sales calls so they never reach you
AI phone answering vs the alternatives
| Voicemail | Human answering service | TradeRing AI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answers every call | Yes, but callers hang up | Usually, in office hours | Yes, 24/7 |
| Asks about the job | No | Sometimes | Every time |
| Cost | Free | Per call or per minute | £89/mo flat, unlimited |
| Written transcript | No | Rarely | Every call |
| Out of hours | No cover | Usually costs extra | Included |
Set up and run for you
TradeRing is a managed service, not software you have to configure. Tell us about your business once and an AI prompt engineer writes, trains and tests your agent.
After it goes live, we keep listening to real calls and tuning how it answers — the wording, the questions it asks, how it handles edge cases. You never touch a setting.
AI phone answering questions
What is an AI phone answering service?
It's a service where an AI voice agent answers your business calls instead of voicemail. It holds a normal conversation, asks about the job, and sends you a written summary of the call along with the caller's number.
Is an AI phone receptionist the same as an AI virtual receptionist?
Yes — the terms describe the same thing. Whether you call it AI phone answering, an AI phone receptionist or an AI virtual receptionist, it means software answering your calls in a natural voice rather than a human in a call centre.
Will callers know it's AI?
Some will, most don't mind. It answers immediately, speaks naturally and gets to the point. Callers care far more about being answered than about who answered.
What happens after the call?
You get a lead card on your phone within seconds: the caller's name and number, what the job is, where it is, how urgent, and the full transcript. One tap sends them a follow-up text.
How much does AI phone answering cost?
£89 a month flat, or £79 a month paid annually. Unlimited calls, evenings and weekends included, no per-call or per-minute charges, and a 7-day free trial, no card needed.