For builders, plumbers, sparks, roofers and anyone else on the tools

You didn't lose that job on price. You lost it because nobody answered.

Your customer rang while you were up a ladder. By the time you picked the phone up at six, they'd booked whoever answered first. You never found out it happened.

Find out what it's costing youTen questions, about two minutes. No email needed.
See Cobalt workingFifteen minutes, nothing to bring.
16:41Incoming callANSWERED AS YOUR BUSINESS01:12Afternoon, how can I help?The gutter's come off atthe back. Two storey.I can get someone outThursday at 10:30.Does that suit?Perfect, thanks.TAKEN DOWNNameMobileAddressBooked into your diaryThu 10:30 · GutteringWhatsApp21:14 · last nightPhotos of the leak underthe kitchen sinkSaved to the customer recordMissed call16:52 · on a jobSorry we missed you. Replyhere and we'll get straightback to you.TEXT SENTTHIS WEEKMonTueWedThuFriThu 10:30 · guttering
16:41Incoming callANSWERED AS YOUR BUSINESS01:12Afternoon, how can I help?The gutter's come off atthe back. Two storey.I can get someone outThursday at 10:30.Does that suit?Perfect, thanks.TAKEN DOWNNameMobileAddressBooked into your diaryThu 10:30 · Guttering
Don't take my word for it

Ring it. That's our own line, and the same thing we'd put on your number.

Ask it what we do, what it costs, or something awkward it can't possibly know. Nobody rings you back unless you ask.

07401 200177
Answering now, day or night
16:41 The part nobody sees

The job was decided while you were still on the roof.

Unknown number07700 900 461You're up a ladder16:41 THE PHONE GOES
16:41. Your phone goes. Both hands full, and it's a number you don't know.
roofer near meYour businessNo answer, no voicemailThe next nameCalling...Another roofer16:44 THEY MOVE ON
16:44. No voicemail. They ring the next name on the list.
The next nameCan do Thursdayat 10:30?Perfect, see you then16:52 SOMEBODY ANSWERS
16:52. Somebody answers. Sounds like they want the work. It's booked.
18:07Phone16:41Missed call07700 900 461Nothing else18:07 YOU LOOK
18:07. You get your phone out. There's nothing on it. There never was.

You don't need more enquiries. The ones you already get are being decided while you're up a ladder.

Instead What actually happens

Three things, and none of them need you to remember anything.

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Missed call16:52 · on a jobSorry we missed you. Reply hereand we'll get straight back to you.Rang back, bookedThu 10:30 · guttering

Somebody answers, whatever time it is

The details taken and the caller booked into your diary. Miss one and a text goes out straight away.

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Voice note · 0:48Under two minutes laterQuote ready to checkBathroom refit · £5,810excluding VATDRAFTyou check

Quotes stop sitting in your head

Describe the job into your phone while you're stood in it. In under two minutes a priced quotation comes back for you to check. That part is Sitebooks, on the £497 plan.

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Priya ShahFollowed up · leaking showerTom WalshFollowed up · kitchen quoteDan HughesReplied · booked Fri 09:00

The chasing happens without you

Every new enquiry followed up for a week, and every customer in one place, so you can see what's waiting on you.

They chased me twice for that quote. Both times I said it was coming. Both times it wasn't. Three weeks later the job went to somebody who answered.

Leon Smith, who runs Cobalt. Twenty-five years running businesses, most of it in construction. I had a full day on site and the quote was living in my head instead of anywhere useful. That is the whole reason this exists.

£297 What it costs

Prices are on the website, where they belong.

The phone is where work disappears fastest, so that is where Cobalt starts rather than where it stops.

Cobalt Core, where everything starts

£297 a month

Missed call16:52 · on a jobSorry we missed you. Reply hereand we'll get straight back to you.Rang back, bookedThu 10:30 · guttering

Every enquiry in one place, your line answered in your business's name, booked into your diary, and a week of follow-up on every new enquiry.

See it working first
Cobalt + Sitebooks, if quotes are what keeps you up

£497 a month

Voice note · 0:48Under two minutes laterQuote ready to checkBathroom refit · £5,810excluding VATDRAFTyou check

Adds Sitebooks: the quote builder, invoices, receipts, job diary and snagging lists. It drafts, you check, nothing reaches a customer unseen.

All prices exclude VAT. VAT is charged where applicable. Telephone network usage, texts and any assistant minutes beyond your plan are charged separately, at rates confirmed in writing before anything starts. Phone service is UK only at the moment. Every plan, line by line.

Straight Being straight with you

It is not anybody's first business.

What you get is a working thing you can ring before you speak to anybody, prices in public, and an honest answer about whether this is worth doing for you.

Stop carrying your business around in your head.

Fifteen minutes on a video call. You watch the receptionist answer a call and take the details, and a quote get built from a voice note, on real screens. Then you decide. There is no pitch.

Nothing to prepare and nothing to bring.

See Cobalt working Or ring 07401 200177 and ask it yourself.
Want your own numbers gone through properly instead? That's the longer forty five minute audit, also free, and it helps if you bring your last ten invoices and a week of call logs.

Nothing gets missed.

Cobalt Automation Services. Built for UK trades and service businesses. Custom automation work available more widely.

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