AIssie is an Australian phone answering service that picks up every call in under a second — day, night, weekends and public holidays. It answers questions about your business, books the job into your calendar and texts you the details, for a flat $199 a month with no per-call charge.
What a telephone answering service does: your number diverts to somebody who answers as your business, so callers hear a voice instead of a beep. Routine questions get answered, details get written down, and the job either gets booked or gets passed to you. What has changed is the economics — a staffed call answering service has to roster people, so cover outside business hours costs extra, calls queue at busy times, and per-call pricing means your best week is also your dearest.
AIssie vs a traditional call answering service: traditional services bill per call or per minute against a monthly minimum, charge a premium for nights and weekends, and handle one call at a time off a script. AIssie is a flat monthly fee, answers every hour at the same price, takes every caller simultaneously with no hold music, and is configured with your full service list, pricing, service area and booking rules — so it books the job while the caller is still on the phone rather than handing you a message to action later.
What it costs: most Australian answering services charge $2–$4 a call against a monthly minimum with after-hours loading on top. AIssie voice plans run $199 to $670 per month regardless of call volume, with no per-call charge, no after-hours premium and no lock-in contract — against $55,000+ a year for a full-time receptionist plus super, leave and a desk.
Who uses it: the businesses that lose the most to an unanswered phone are the ones whose staff are busy doing the actual work — trades on the tools, clinics mid-appointment, kitchens mid-service. AIssie already answers for plumbers, electricians, dental practices, restaurants and tradies of every kind.
You keep your existing business number and divert it — all the time, after hours only, or only when your line is busy or unanswered. Nothing changes on your signage, vehicles, website or Google listing. AIssie answers in every state and territory and knows the difference between AEST, ACST and AWST.