For single location businesses

A small team. A full front desk.

When everyone is on the tools, nobody is spare to answer. Dayrun is the front desk you could never justify hiring.

A tradesperson carrying a toolbox out of a small workshop to a ute in the morning
Before and after

The same day, handled.

Without Dayrun

  • The phone rings out while everyone is on a job
  • After hours calls go to voicemail and never call back
  • A cancelled job leaves a technician with nothing to do
  • Quotes go out and nobody has time to chase them

With Dayrun

  • Every call is answered and qualified, day or night
  • Jobs land with the right technician and arrival window
  • Cancelled windows are backfilled with waiting jobs
  • Open estimates are followed up until they close
The day

A weekday with Dayrun

  1. A tradesperson drinking coffee at home before work while a phone rests on the bench
    6:20 am

    A call comes in before anyone starts

    Ray answers in your business's name and asks what is wrong, where and how urgent. The job is qualified before the kettle boils.

  2. A plumber working under a kitchen sink with both hands on a pipe
    10:45 am

    Both hands are busy and the phone rings

    Ray takes the call. Dex matches the job to the right technician and gives the customer an arrival window. Nobody climbs out from under the sink.

    10:47
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  3. A technician in a parked ute glancing at a phone between jobs
    1:30 pm

    A customer cancels this afternoon's job

    Dex fills the empty window with a waiting job that suits the same technician and area. The afternoon stays full.

    1:32
    EEastside Plumbingonline
    1. Today
    Message
  4. The owner closing the workshop roller door at the end of the day
    5:40 pm

    The tools go down, the follow ups don't

    Leo chases this week's open estimates until they close. A warranty complaint goes to Nora, who passes it to you with the whole story.

How Dayrun helps

Three jobs, done every time.

Answers every call

Day or night. Every caller is qualified, so you know the job before you ring back.

Books the right window

Jobs are matched to the technician with the right skills, zone and time free.

Chases open quotes

Estimates are followed up until they close, without anyone picking up the phone.

The maths

What missed calls cost a trades business.

A typical US home services business, worked out in the open. Cited figures link to their source, and every assumption says so.

1,440Calls a year(assumption)
27%Calls that go unanswered1
38%Of those, real job leads2
45%Leads that book once answered2
$341Average US plumbing job3
Lost every year$22,600
Won back when Dayrun answers every call$11,300Assumes half of those jobs are won back once every call is answered (assumption)

An estimate, not a promise. The call shares are Invoca's own customer data, which leans towards larger businesses running paid ads, and the lead share is for calls from digital marketing. Job values are HomeAdvisor's average homeowner-reported prices for single jobs, so bigger installs would push the figure up. The yearly call count and the 50% are assumptions. The plumbing average is used because it is the lowest of the trade averages HomeAdvisor publishes.

  1. 1. Invoca (call tracking vendor), missed sales calls in home services, 2024
  2. 2. Invoca (call tracking vendor), Home Services Lead Conversion Benchmarks Report, 2026
  3. 3. HomeAdvisor, plumber cost guide, 2026
Why Dayrun

Built to run inside your business.

Your systems stay put

Your job software, invoicing and timesheets keep running. Dayrun works inside them.

Keep your number

Calls that go unanswered come to Dayrun instead of voicemail.

You approve what matters

Refunds, credits and discounts wait for your approval. Complaints come to you with the whole conversation.

Live in a week

Point your number at Dayrun, connect what you already run and meet the team.