System live/2+ years in production/Built for 1–7 tech appliance shops
For owner-run appliance repair shops

Grow the shop you want — without it running your life.

Appliance Repair OS runs your front office for you. Your techs just get texts. You stay in control — without living in a CRM.

Calls answered. Jobs booked. Tech-on-the-way texts sent. Invoices, payment links, signed approvals, and review requests handled automatically.

Proven 2+ years in a real shop Techs: no CRMOwner dashboardTech dashboards
CustomerGets answered, updated, invoiced, and asked for a review.
TechGets one SMS with links, plus a dashboard for upcoming and past jobs.
What the customer feels

“This shop is organized.” They get a real answer, confirmation, live ETA, payment link, and follow-up.

What the tech does

Almost nothing new. Jobs arrive by SMS. His dashboard shows upcoming jobs, past jobs, invoice status, and parts reimbursement.

What the owner gets

Control without living in the CRM. Owner dashboards show calls, jobs, invoices, money owed, reviews, tech activity, and the calendar when changes are needed.

Why small shops stall

More jobs should mean more profit. Instead, they create more office work.

At 1–7 techs, the owner is often still the backup receptionist, dispatcher, invoice chaser, customer-service person, and review-request person. That is the real growth ceiling — not the repair work.

Leak 1

Calls get missed

When the owner or tech is on a job, the best new customer may hit voicemail and call the next shop.

Leak 2

Customers feel uncertain

They wonder if anyone got the request, when the tech is coming, and how to pay. Anxiety creates repeat calls and cancellations.

Leak 3

Reviews go stale

Good work does not turn into fresh Google reviews unless someone remembers to ask at the right time.

The whole loop

From first call to paid invoice to review — one system, mostly by text.

1. The call is answered

The system answers naturally in English or Spanish, screens junk calls, captures appliance, brand, symptom, address, and urgency, then books the job.

2. The job goes to the tech by SMS

The tech gets customer details and simple browser links: On My Way, Completion/Invoice, and Dashboard. No app, no password, no CRM screen for the technician. The owner still has the calendar/dashboard for manual bookings and reschedules.

3. The customer gets updates automatically

When the tech taps On My Way, the customer gets a live ETA. Less “where is the tech?” friction. More confidence before repair.

4. The job closes cleanly

The tech fills a quick completion form. The customer signs authorization, pays, and — if the job went well — gets a review request about 20 minutes later.

The load-bearing difference

Your techs are repair people, not data-entry clerks.

Most field software fails because the tech has to live inside it. Appliance Repair OS runs the job through simple text links, so a new tech can use it in about an hour and nothing breaks when someone quits.

Appliance Repair OS
  • Job arrives by SMS, not another app.
  • Simple links run the job: on-way, completion/invoice, and technician dashboard.
  • Owner keeps visibility and control through dashboards and calendar tools, without forcing technicians into a CRM.
  • No per-tech fee and no training marathon.
Typical field CRM
  • ×Techs resist it or only half-use it.
  • ×Owner pays for modules and seats the team avoids.
  • ×Every new hire needs onboarding.
  • ×The shop becomes dependent on software behavior.
What it replaces

Not just call answering. The front-office layer plus the job follow-up layer.

Answering

24/7 bilingual call capture

Calls get answered, screened, qualified, and booked even when the owner is on a repair.

Dispatch

Tech-on-the-way + ETA

One tap tells the customer the tech is headed over and gives a live arrival window.

Cash

Invoice + signed authorization

The job closes with payment and a satisfaction release, reducing “he said / she said” problems later.

Reviews

Automatic review request

The system asks after good jobs while the customer still feels the win.

Dashboards

Owner + tech visibility

Owners monitor the shop without living in the CRM. Techs see upcoming appointments, previous jobs, invoice status, and parts reimbursement.

Managed

Human-supervised

A real team monitors and tunes the system, so it does not behave like a cheap phone bot left alone.

Dashboards without CRM burden

The owner gets control. The tech gets answers. Neither has to live inside software.

The job still runs through calls, texts, and browser links. The dashboards are there for visibility: the owner monitors the business without living in the CRM, and each technician gets the job history and payment details he actually cares about.

Owner dashboard

Monitor the shop without hunting through CRM screens.

  • Calls, booked jobs, appointment status, and calendar changes
  • Paid vs. outstanding invoices, money owed, average ticket, and job volume
  • Technician activity, review requests, and quality signals in one place
  • Use the calendar/CRM only when needed: manual bookings, non-AI appointments, reschedules, and day changes
Technician dashboard

The tech sees what helps him finish and follow up.

  • Upcoming appointments and the details needed for the next job
  • Previous jobs, customer history, and past invoice records
  • Invoice status: paid, unpaid, or needs client follow-up
  • Parts tracking: whether parts the tech used were compensated by the owner
What you are really buying

The office side stops living in the owner's head.

Most small shops do not fail because the owner cannot repair appliances. They stall because every call, update, invoice, payment, and review still depends on the owner remembering, checking, texting, and chasing.

Owner attention
Not free

The most expensive person is doing the cheapest work.

Every routine call, ETA question, invoice reminder, and review ask rents the owner's brain for work a system should handle.

Peace of mind
Hard to price

Customers feel handled before the repair even happens.

They get a real answer, a confirmation, a live ETA, clean payment, and a review link — so they feel less anxious and less likely to call around.

Growth
Freed up

The owner gets time back for higher-value work.

Hiring, training, selling better accounts, partnerships, and quality control finally get attention because the day is not constantly interrupting.

That is why the price should not be compared only to a phone bot or a CRM. The real alternative is the owner continuing to be the backup receptionist, dispatcher, invoice chaser, and review nag.

The honest math

Less than office payroll. More than software.

A $49 phone bot sounds cheap because it is only a tool. Appliance Repair OS is priced like a managed office layer: the repetitive work gets handled, the techs do not fight software, and the owner gets control without babysitting the day.

 
Typical alternative
AROS
Owner handles it himself
“Free”
Owner freed up
Part-time office help
Payroll + training
No hire needed
Answering + CRM + review tool
$450–$1,150+
One system
Technician adoption
App / CRM risk
Text links
Customer confidence
Depends on owner
Automated updates
Monthly price
Hidden in chaos
$1,000
About $33/day to remove the repetitive office bottleneck.
See it before you believe it

One missed call, three points of view.

Watch the walkthrough, then call the demo line and pretend your fridge just died. The point is to see what the customer, tech, and owner each experience — not just hear a phone bot.

Customer sees

Answered, reassured, updated

A real answer, confirmation text, tech-on-the-way ETA, payment link, and follow-up instead of silence.

Tech sees

One text with three links

On-my-way, completion/invoice, and dashboard links open in the browser. The dashboard shows upcoming appointments, previous jobs, invoice status, and parts reimbursement. No app, no login, no CRM screens for the technician.

Owner sees

Control without babysitting

Calls, jobs, money owed, review activity, tech status, and calendar controls in one dashboard — enough visibility to manage the day without living inside the CRM.

Live demo line

(617) 958-5577

Call it from your cell, pretend your fridge died, and hear the system answer like it would for your shop.

Interactive job flow

Walk through a real job →

Step into the tech flow and see how the invoice, signed approval, and review request happen by link.

★★★★★
“I was paying $2,000 a month for someone to answer my phones and they still missed calls. Now every call is handled — booking, dispatch, invoicing, reviews.”
— Vlad · Appliance shop owner, Scottsdale AZ · Client since 2024
Simple pricing

$1,000/month to remove the office bottleneck.

If the owner is still the backup receptionist, dispatcher, invoice chaser, and review manager, the shop cannot grow cleanly. Appliance Repair OS takes that repetitive layer off the owner without adding payroll.

What cheap tools sell

Software you have to manage.

A phone bot, a CRM login, or a review tool can be cheaper on paper — but each still depends on the owner or techs remembering to use it correctly.

What this sells

A managed front-office layer.

Calls, customer updates, tech text links, invoice/payment flow, signed approvals, reviews, and dashboards are built for your shop and supervised for you.

Appliance Repair OS — Managed
$1,000/month
About $33/day
+ $2,000 implementation buildout
  • 24/7 bilingual AI call answering + spam filtering
  • 1,500 AI minutes/month included
  • Unlimited techs; no technician app or CRM login; no per-seat fee
  • Live ETA, invoice, signed authorization, payment flow, review engine
  • Owner dashboards + technician dashboards + text-link workflow built around your shop
  • Human-supervised, monitored, and tuned for you
  • Implementation includes your call flow, schedule rules, owner dashboards, technician dashboards, tech links, invoice/review flow, and handoff
Book a 10-minute look

Month-to-month. See the demo before deciding. If you only want cheap call answering, this is probably overbuilt.

Common objections

The things shop owners actually ask.

Is this just an answering service?

No. Answering is only the first piece. The bigger value is what happens after the call: tech texts, live ETA, signed approval, invoice/payment, review request, and owner and technician dashboards.

Do my techs need to use an app or CRM?

No. CRM-free means CRM-free for technicians. Each job arrives by SMS with browser links. They tap, fill a quick form, and move on. Their dashboard is also a browser link for upcoming appointments, past jobs, invoice status, and parts reimbursement — no app, no CRM login, and no per-tech license.

Does the owner still use the calendar or CRM?

Yes. The owner still has the owner dashboard/calendar for the things that need owner control: booking a non-AI/manual appointment, moving the schedule, rescheduling when a customer contacts you directly, or checking the full day. The point is not that the owner never has tools — the point is that the owner gets key data without living in the CRM, and technicians never have to use CRM screens at all.

What if I already use Housecall Pro, Jobber, or Workiz?

Then compare where your team still relies on phone/text manually: missed calls, ETA updates, approvals, payment follow-up, review requests, and tech adoption. We can replace or sit beside parts of your current stack depending on how you run the shop.

How do reviews work?

The tech marks the job as having gone well in the completion form. About 20 minutes later, the customer gets the review request automatically while the experience is still fresh.

How much setup work is there for me?

The setup fee covers building your AI call flow, schedule rules, owner dashboards, technician dashboards, tech links, invoice/review flow, and handoff. You mainly answer shop-specific questions and attend the handoff call.

Why is it $1,000/month instead of a cheap AI phone bot?

Because the phone is only the first piece. A cheap bot answers calls; Appliance Repair OS handles the operational loop after the call — customer updates, tech text links, signed approvals, invoice/payment flow, review requests, owner/technician dashboards, and human supervision. It is priced like a managed front-office layer, not a tool you have to babysit.

Book your 10-minute look

See it run on a real call — then decide.

We’ll walk the full loop: call answered, job booked, tech text, ETA, invoice, signed approval, payment, review, and owner and technician dashboards.

Not ready? Call the live AI demo: (617) 958-5577

Appliance Repair OSby Magnet Mint LLC

The managed front-office and job-follow-up system for owner-run appliance repair shops — call answering, dispatch, invoicing, approvals, payments, and reviews, with technicians working from text links and dashboards, while the owner monitors key data and controls the calendar when needed.

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