# Pickuply > Pickuply is a self-serve AI receptionist for small businesses. Paste your website or Google listing, check the knowledge card it writes, take a test call in your browser, then divert the calls you miss to it and keep your own number. It answers in your business's name, answers questions from your details, takes messages, pencils in bookings for you to confirm and emails a summary after every call. - Pricing: Starter £39/month with 150 call minutes; Pro £89/month with 400 call minutes. 14-day free trial, no contract. - Phone lines: UK. Keep your number and divert unanswered calls, or take a new UK local number. Lines are checked under UK rules before going live. - Calendars: Google Calendar or Outlook for busy times and bookings; works without a calendar, including for paper diaries (diary photo reader). - Privacy: call audio isn't recorded; transcripts are deleted after 30 days. - Made by Zapx Labs (https://zapxlabs.com). Contact: hello@getpickuply.com ## Main pages - [Home](https://getpickuply.com/): what Pickuply does, how it works and pricing - [Guides](https://getpickuply.com/guides): answers about missed calls, call answering, diverts and AI receptionists - [Try it](https://getpickuply.com/start): build a receptionist from your website and call it ## Free tools - [Missed call cost calculator](https://getpickuply.com/tools/missed-call-calculator): Work out what missed calls cost your business: bookings and revenue lost per week, month and year, from your own call numbers. Free, no sign-up. Every figure is the user's own; no industry statistics. ## Guides: AI receptionists - [What is an AI receptionist, and is it right for a small business?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/ai-receptionist-for-small-business): What an AI receptionist does on a call, which small businesses it suits, what it costs in the UK, and the questions to ask before you choose one. - [How does an AI receptionist book appointments?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/how-ai-receptionists-book-appointments): How an AI receptionist finds a free slot, checks your calendar, pencils in a booking and lets you confirm it, step by step. - [Virtual receptionist vs AI receptionist: what's the difference?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/virtual-receptionist-vs-ai-receptionist): A virtual receptionist is a person in a call centre answering for you; an AI receptionist is software. How they differ on cost, hours, accuracy and set-up. - [AI receptionist vs voicemail: which is better for a small business?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/ai-receptionist-vs-voicemail): Voicemail waits for the caller to leave a message; an AI receptionist asks for what you need and can answer and book. When each makes sense. - [How are call answering services priced in the UK?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/call-answering-service-uk-pricing): Per call, per minute or a monthly bundle: how UK call answering services charge, the extras to look for and how to work out what you'd really pay. - [Do callers know they're talking to an AI receptionist?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/do-callers-know-its-an-ai-receptionist): Should an AI receptionist say it's an AI? How to set it up so callers trust it, and what Pickuply's receptionist says when asked. ## Guides: Missed calls - [How do I stop missing calls as a tradesperson?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/how-to-stop-missing-calls-as-a-tradesperson): Practical ways for plumbers, electricians and other trades to stop losing work to missed calls while on a job, from call windows to call answering. - [What does a missed call cost a small business?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/cost-of-a-missed-call): Work out what missed calls really cost your business using your own numbers: missed new enquiries, how many you'd win and your average job value. - [What should I do after missing a business call?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/what-to-do-after-missing-a-business-call): How to follow up a missed business call so you still win the job: what to check, when to ring back and what to say. - [How do I handle business calls while I'm on a job?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/how-to-answer-calls-while-on-a-job): Options for self-employed trades and one-person businesses to deal with calls mid-job without being rude to the customer in front of you. - [How should a small business handle calls when it's closed?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/after-hours-calls-small-business): Evening and weekend calls are often new customers. How to capture them, offer a time and make sure urgent ones stand out, without working 24/7. ## Guides: Phone set-up - [How do I divert calls when they're not answered on a UK mobile?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/how-to-divert-calls-when-not-answered): The code to forward unanswered calls on most UK mobiles, how to set the ring time, how to check it and how to turn it off. Landline notes too. - [Can I keep my business number with an AI receptionist?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/keep-your-business-number-with-an-ai-receptionist): Yes: divert unanswered calls to it, or take a new local number. The trade-offs between the two, and why UK lines are checked before they go live. - [What should I say on my business voicemail?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/what-to-say-on-a-business-voicemail): Business voicemail greeting examples for trades, garages and agents you can copy, plus what to include so callers leave a useful message. - [How should I answer the phone for my business?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/business-phone-greeting-examples): Simple, professional ways to answer a small-business phone, with greeting examples for trades, garages and agents and what to ask next. - [How do you take a good phone message for a business?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/how-to-take-a-phone-message-for-a-business): The details to capture on every business phone message so the call-back can actually sort the job, with a checklist for trades and agents. - [Can an AI receptionist work with a paper diary?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/paper-diary-ai-receptionist): Plenty of trades still book jobs in a paper diary. How an AI receptionist can avoid double-booking you without moving to a calendar app. ## Guides: By trade - [Is an AI receptionist worth it for plumbers and heating engineers?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/ai-receptionist-for-plumbers): How an AI receptionist can answer plumbing and heating calls while you're on a job: what it asks, how it books and how urgent leaks are flagged. - [AI receptionist for electricians: is it worth it, and how does it work?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/ai-receptionist-for-electricians): How an AI receptionist answers an electrician's calls while you're on site: faults, quotes, landlord EICRs, what it asks, what it costs and how to set it up. - [Can an AI receptionist book MOTs and services for a garage?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/ai-receptionist-for-garages): How an AI receptionist can answer garage calls: MOT and service bookings, registration and work needed, opening hours and prices. - [How can a letting agent use an AI receptionist?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/ai-receptionist-for-letting-agents): Letting agents field tenants, landlords and applicants all day. How an AI receptionist can sort those calls, book viewings and take maintenance reports. - [Can an AI receptionist book viewings for an estate agent?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/ai-receptionist-for-estate-agents): How estate agents can use an AI receptionist to answer buyer and seller calls, book viewings and valuations, and get every lead in writing. - [AI receptionist for locksmiths: does it work for lockouts?](https://getpickuply.com/guides/ai-receptionist-for-locksmiths): Locksmith calls are urgent and come at any hour. How an AI receptionist takes lockout details, quotes your real call-out price and flags urgent jobs.