Who answers your messages at 9pm?

We build the website, wire up the texting, and put an assistant on it that replies in under a minute and books the appointment. For the shop on Main Street that's great at the work and has nobody handling the technology. Then we stay.

Sunday, 9:04 PM. This is what it looks like.

A real-time replay of the kind of conversation the assistant has every night. Watch the clock.

Sunday 9:04 PM
Y'all still have the silver F-150? Could I come look tomorrow?
9:04 PM, 0:41 later
We do. It's the 2019 with 84,000 miles, listed at $18,995. Ray's on the lot tomorrow at 10 and at 2. Which works for you?
10 works
You're set for 10am. Ask for Ray, and I'll text you a reminder in the morning.
Test drive booked. Tomorrow, 10:00 AM, with Ray.
Sample conversation. The assistant quotes listed prices only and never discusses financing.

A shop open Monday to Saturday is still closed about 100 hours a week.

That's when the messages pile up: Sunday afternoons, weeknights, the busy hour when everyone's on the floor. Those are the hours we cover. Here is the week, every hour of it, for a shop open 9 to 6 six days.

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun12am6amnoon6pmMoTuWeThFrSaSu12am6amnoon6pm
Open, 68 hoursClosed, 100 hoursRight now in Bremen

Sunday, 9:04 PM in Bremen. Every shop on Alabama Avenue closed hours ago. We're answering.

Three steps, in order. We don't sell the third until the first two are working.

Most businesses don't need more leads. They need to stop losing the ones they already get.

  1. First, Presence

    $2,500 to $5,000one-time, with a care plan

    A website that does a job: takes bookings, shows what you sell, or captures the lead. Fast on a phone, findable on Google, and yours.

    • Built from your business, not a template
    • Connected to your booking system or register
    • Google Business Profile set up and matching the site

    Price moves with the number of pages or products and whether you need photography.

  2. Then, Response

    $497 setup, then $297 to $1,500per month

    An assistant that answers every text, form, and Marketplace message in under a minute, day or night, and books it onto your calendar.

    • Knows only your services, hours, and policies
    • Hands prices, complaints, and anything sensitive to a person
    • Missed-call text-back, reminders, and review requests included

    Price moves with locations and how many inquiries you get.

  3. Later, Growth

    $500 to $1,500per month

    Once nothing is leaking, we turn up the volume: ads, campaigns to your past customers, and a monthly report in plain language.

    • Ads written to your trade's rules
    • Win-back texts to people who already know you
    • Ad spend paid by you, directly, never marked up

    Price moves with scope. We don't sell this until the first two steps are working.

Not a screenshot. This is the assistant, answering for us right now.

It's the same kind of assistant we install in your business, trained on what you offer, your hours, and your policies. Ask it about pricing, your trade, or what it would do for your shop.

It only quotes the prices on this page, says it's an assistant if you ask, and hands anything it shouldn't answer to Dylan. Conversations aren't stored.

Shepherd assistantlive
Hi, I'm the assistant Shepherd builds for local businesses. Ask me anything about what we do, or how it would work for your shop.

Built for owner-run shops that are great at the work.

Three trades, three messages that arrive when nobody's at the desk. The messages are samples; the hours are real.

Sample message, Sunday 9:12 PM
Y'all got anything under 10k with low miles? Could come look Saturday.

Used car dealers

A Marketplace message at nine on a Sunday is three other lots by Monday. The assistant answers it, quotes the listed price and nothing about financing, and books the test drive onto your calendar.

Sample message, Tuesday 10:40 PM
Any openings for a color this week? I'm flexible after 4.

Salons and spas

Nine stylists, nine books, one phone number on the website. The assistant reads the question and sends the person to the right chair, with her booking link, and never books over her head.

Sample message, Thursday 6:52 AM
Roof started leaking in last night's storm. Can somebody come look this week?

Home services

A roof estimate request at 7am after a storm gets a text back before the crew is in the truck: we got you, here's the soonest we can get an estimator out, does Thursday at nine work?

And other local businesses with one to twenty people and nobody on the technology. If that's you, the assistant above will tell you honestly whether we fit.

You keep everything. If you ever leave, only the assistant stops.

Your domain is registered in your name, on your card. Every login is yours; we get invited and never hold a password. We say this out loud at signing, and we mean it at the exit. A shepherd guides and stays; it doesn't hold your gate.

If you ever leave

Stays with you

  • Your domain, registered in your name, on your card.
  • Your website and every photo we take of your business.
  • Your customer list and every conversation. It lives in your account.
  • Every login to every platform. We get invited; we never hold a password.

Stops

  • The assistant answering your messages.

Text me. Time how long it takes to hear back.

No forms and no discovery call before the discovery call. Tell me what your business does and I'll tell you honestly whether we can help.

(678) 634-8952

Bremen, Carrollton, Villa Rica, Douglasville, Tallapoosa, Cedartown, and anywhere else worth the drive.