Every measure starts with a call you cannot take
You sell measures, and every measure begins with a phone call that lands while you are up a ladder in somebody's living room. RingGenieHub answers in your company name, books the measure into your calendar, and has the address in your inbox before you get down.
Where the calls go missing
What changes on the first day
Set up for blinds & shades installers, answering in your company name, on the number you already give out.
Books the in-home measure
Callers pick a genuinely open slot in your calendar, and the address and window count are in your inbox before you set off.
Answers from the ladder
Every call is picked up in your company name while the crew is on site — evenings, Saturdays and the weeks you are fully booked.
Knows your radius and trip fee
It quotes your measure policy the way you wrote it, so nobody is surprised by a trip charge on the doorstep.
What it does, day to day
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What the missed calls are costing you
About three in ten calls to a small service business go unanswered. The figures below start where blinds & shades installers usually sit — change all three to match your own month.
- Calls missed a month
- 24
- Measures never booked
- 7
- Starter costs
- $79 a month
An estimate from the figures you entered, not a promise. It assumes the assistant answers the calls you currently miss and that they convert at the rate you set.
What it looks like in practice
A two-van installer stopped losing measures to voicemail
A small blinds company was installing four days a week, which meant the phone went unanswered for most of the working day. With RingGenieHub answering in the company name and booking measures directly, the calendar filled from calls that used to end in silence.
Evenings and Saturdays became booking hours
Homeowners research window treatments after work and at weekends, which is exactly when a small installer is off the clock. Answering those calls turned the quietest part of the week into a steady source of measures.
Illustrative examples based on typical results. Individual outcomes vary.
Questions from blinds & shades installers
Will it quote a price for blinds over the phone?
No, and that is deliberate. Blinds are priced off the window, so it books the in-home measure instead — the appointment that actually leads to an order. It will explain your measure fee and service radius exactly as you wrote them.
Can it book straight into the calendar I already use?
Yes. It connects to Google Calendar or Outlook and only offers slots that are genuinely free, so a measure booked by phone appears in the same diary your crew already works from.
Does it know my service area and trip charge?
You tell it once during setup — the radius, what the measure costs inside it, and what happens beyond it — and it answers every caller the same way without you repeating it.
What if I am on a ladder and cannot take a transfer?
Nothing is transferred unless you ask for it. The default is that the call is answered, the measure is booked, and the details are emailed to you to read when you are down — on Professional and Elite you can switch on a text as well.
Can it speak with Spanish-speaking customers?
Yes. It holds a natural conversation in English or Spanish, switches mid-call if the caller does, and books the measure either way.
What happens with repairs and motorised jobs?
It answers the questions you have given it — cord repairs, motorised fitting, blackout linings — and books the visit. Anything it has not been told, it takes as a detailed message rather than guessing.
How long does it take to set up?
Most installers are live in under an hour: your business hours, your service radius, your measure policy and your FAQ answers, then forward the line.
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6 min read →Hear it answer before you decide
The demo runs in your browser — no signup, no card, no phone call. It is the same assistant your callers would reach.