They won't leave a voicemail. They'll call the next plumber. Ringtap WhatsApps them within seconds — while your hands are full — and qualifies the job for you.
You're on a job. A call comes in. You can't answer — you're in a loft, under a boiler, talking to a customer. It goes to voicemail. They don't leave one. By the time you're free, they've already booked someone else.
“I didn't even know I was missing that many calls until I saw the data. I just thought business was slow.”
— Plumber, PlumbingZone forum
A Fix Radio survey of 220+ UK tradespeople found that 60% struggle to answer calls while working and 34% have lost work because of it. One plumber tracked his missed calls for a month and found £3,920 left on the table — at his average job value of £280.
The problem isn't that you're bad at business. It's that you can't be on the tools and on the phone at the same time. Nobody can.
Your phone rings out. Your carrier forwards the unanswered call to Ringtap. Takes 30 seconds to set up — you just dial a code.
The customer gets a WhatsApp from your business number: "Hi — you just called Dave's Plumbing. What's the job and where are you based?"
The customer replies. Our AI asks follow-up questions — job type, location, urgency — exactly what you'd ask. It keeps the conversation going until it has what you need.
You get a WhatsApp summary: "Boiler replacement, Manchester M4, heating not working, needs ASAP." The full transcript is in your dashboard.
SMS from an unknown shortcode looks like spam. Voicemail gets ignored. WhatsApp from “Dave's Plumbing” feels like a text from a real person — because it is. It gets read. It gets replied to.
97% of UK adults under 55 use WhatsApp. It's already how your customers communicate. Ringtap meets them where they are.
No. You keep your existing mobile number. You dial a forwarding code (30 seconds) and Ringtap catches calls you miss. Turn it off any time by dialling ##61#.
97% of UK adults aged 18–55 use WhatsApp. The rare customer who doesn't will see a missed call from your number and may call back — no worse than without Ringtap.
Yes — it's fastest for emergencies. A customer with a burst pipe at 10pm will respond to a WhatsApp instantly. Ringtap asks what's wrong, where they are, and whether it's urgent. You get that summary on your phone.
Yes. Your dashboard shows every lead with the full WhatsApp transcript, the AI summary, and the caller's number. You can add notes and mark jobs as won or lost.
£19/month after a 14-day free trial. No credit card to start. Your first 10 missed call recoveries are completely free.
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