How 24/7 Answering Service Works in 3 Steps
Sign up and choose a new phone number from any area code, or forward your existing business line to Welco. Your 24/7 live answering service is active immediately—no installation, no hardware, no waiting.
Upload your FAQs, service menus, pricing, and business documents so your AI receptionist knows your operations. Connect your website for automatic knowledge import. Define appointment rules, emergency keywords, and transfer settings for seamless coverage.
Configure when calls transfer to AI based on your team’s capacity. If staff don’t answer within 20 seconds because they’re busy, overflow routes to your AI receptionist immediately—no busy signals or voicemail.
Why 24/7 Answering Matters for Your Business
Stop Losing Calls Every Day
Your receptionist is on another call, helping someone at the front desk, at lunch, or called in sick. The phone rings and rings—straight to voicemail. Callers hang up and dial the next business on Google. Welco’s 24/7 answering service ensures every call gets answered immediately, no matter what’s happening in your office.
Consistent Service Quality
Human receptionists have good days and bad days. Monday mornings they’re sharp. Friday afternoons they’re distracted. Your 24/7 answering service delivers the same professional call handling at 3 PM and 3 AM. No mood swings, no fatigue, no variability in how callers get treated during busy periods.
Handle Peak Volume
Your busiest days are when you lose the most calls. One receptionist managing phones while helping walk-ins means half your callers hit voicemail. Welco’s phone answering service scales instantly with call volume—handling three calls during quiet mornings and thirty during afternoon rushes without additional cost or staffing changes.
What Businesses Say About Our 24/7 Answering Service
We used to lose half our calls during the day when our receptionist was busy with walk-ins for electrical estimates. Welco – 24/7 answering service handles overflow automatically—every call gets answered while our front desk focuses on customers already here. We’re capturing emergency service leads we didn’t even know were calling.
Michael Torres
Owner, Torres Electric & Lighting
Our old live answering service cost $2,800/month and still sent restaurant reservation calls to voicemail during peak hours. Welco AI receptionist handles unlimited calls simultaneously for a fraction of the cost. After-hours calls that used to go to competitors now become booked tables. The ROI paid for itself.
Jennifer Chen
Manager, Harborview Seafood & Grill
As a small landscaping business, we couldn’t afford a full-time receptionist, but missed calls were killing our growth during spring planting season. Welco gave us professional phone coverage at a price that makes sense. Our AI receptionist books lawn consultations, answers mulch pricing questions, and captures leads—all the things we needed but couldn’t staff for.
David Richardson
Operations Manager, Richardson Landscapes & Design
Welco Integrates Seamlessly with Your Business Tools
Connect Welco’s 24/7 answering service with your calendar, CRM, and phone system. Appointments sync automatically, captured leads log instantly, and your virtual receptionist updates records in real-time.
Your live answering service works with the tools you already use—no manual data entry required.
Industries That Need 24/7 Answering Services
Power outages create 30 simultaneous emergency calls while your electricians respond. Holiday lighting brings 15 installation requests when lines are busy. Panel upgrades cluster in spring—overflow hits voicemail at capacity. Welco captures every emergency, schedules appointments during call spikes, ensuring you never miss a call.
Patients call about fever spikes at midnight, prescription questions at 6 AM, and appointment changes during Sunday brunch. Welco intelligently triages patient needs based on symptoms and urgency. Your AI receptionist collects insurance information for routine concerns, books next-day appointments automatically, and only alerts medical staff for genuine emergencies.
Potential clients research attorneys at 11 PM after the kids go to bed. They compare lawyers on Sunday afternoon after the accident. They’re calling three firms back-to-back, and whoever responds first wins the consultation. Welco collects case details, assesses legal urgency, qualifies leads by practice area, and schedules consultations while competitors send prospects to voicemail.
Property Management Companies
Tenants call at midnight in January about no heat. Water leaked through the ceiling at 3 AM. Broken locks at 7 PM. Welco asks targeted questions to separate true emergencies from routine repairs. Your AI receptionist dispatches maintenance for critical issues and schedules everything else for regular business hours without waking managers.
HVAC Companies
Air conditioning dies at 9 PM on the hottest day of August. Furnaces stop working at 6 AM when it’s 20 degrees outside. Customers call every HVAC company until someone picks up. Welco captures these emergency service requests at premium rates while competitors sleep. Your virtual receptionist books emergency appointments and schedules routine maintenance.
Veterinary Clinics
Pet owners call at 1 AM, worried their dog ate chocolate. They panic at 5 AM when their cat won’t stop vomiting. They need immediate guidance on whether this requires an emergency vet visit or can wait. Welco asks veterinary triage questions to assess severity, provides after-hours guidance for non-emergencies, and transfers genuine crises.
Your Business Never Sleeps and Your Phone Coverage Shouldn’t Either
Callers don’t wait. They move to the next business on Google within seconds. Welco’s 24/7 answering service ensures your phone is answered first—during the morning rush, lunch breaks, after-hours emergencies, and weekend calls. Stop sending revenue to voicemail while competitors capture the leads you’re missing.
Frequently Asked Questions About 24/7 Answering Services
How does Welco’s AI receptionist know when to transfer calls to my team rather than handle them independently?
You define the rules during setup. Configure specific keywords that trigger immediate transfers (such as “emergency,” “urgent,” or custom terms for your business), set timeout periods when your staff doesn’t answer, and establish business logic for different call types.
For example, you can set Welco to handle all appointment booking and FAQs independently, but transfer calls that mention specific services or request quotes above a certain amount. Your AI receptionist follows these rules consistently, escalating only when your criteria are met.