Why it matters
Mice in the pantry on a Sunday night
On Sunday night a parent finds droppings in the pantry. Before anyone comes into the house, they want to know three things: do you treat mice, do they have to leave, and what about the kids and the dog. Your website has a phone number, and it goes to voicemail.
With nobody to ask, they buy bait blocks on the way back from school drop-off and push them under the sink, where the dog can reach. By the time your office calls back, there's a second worry, and it isn't the mice.
Your website could have answered on Sunday night. Yes, you treat mice. The technician explains the products and how to get ready, and children and pets stay out of treated areas until sprays have dried. The visit would have been booked before anyone reached for a store-bought product.
- 17,606pest control business locations had paid staff in the US in 2024, with 152,174 jobs between them.US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024
- 16,137pest control businesses in the US ran with no paid employees in 2023.US Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, 2023
- 52%of callers to home-services businesses, a group that includes pest control, got to speak with a person.Invoca, Home Services Benchmarks 2026 (vendor data)
Example conversation
Is it safe for my kids and my dog?
- We've got mice in the kitchen. Is your treatment safe for my kids and my dog?
It never calls a treatment safe, even when asked directly
- Your technician will explain the products they use and how to get your home ready, and product labels are available if you ask. In general, keep children and pets out of treated areas until sprays have dried, and cover or remove any aquariums. Do you own or rent your home, and are there children, pets or aquariums there?
With no re-entry time on your site, it gives only the EPA's general advice
- We own it, and yes to kids and a dog. We're in 30308. Can someone come this week?
- Thanks. We treat mice and cover 30308, as our website says. What's your name and number, so the team can set up the visit?
Checks your pests treated and service area
- Maria Lopez, (555) 010-0128.
- New lead · Maria Lopez · (555) 010-0128 · Mice in the kitchen · 30308 · This week
Emailed to you in seconds. Owner or renter, and the children and pets answer, are on the lead in your dashboard
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What customers ask
What customers ask before they book
- Do you treat bed bugs?
- Is the treatment safe for my dog and kids?
- Do I need to leave the house, and for how long?
- How much is quarterly service?
- Can someone come today for a wasp nest?
- Do you do termite inspections?
- Do you service my area?
- How do I cancel my plan?
It answers these from your own website, and hands over any it can't.
What it does
What it does for you
Answers what you treat and what it costs
Pests you treat and don't, one-time treatments and plans, and prices and guarantees, only as your website states them.
Answers 'is it safe?' without saying safe
It says the technician will explain the products and how to prepare, that labels are available on request, and repeats re-entry times only as your site gives them.
Sends stings and exposures to emergency help first
A sting with trouble breathing goes to 911. A pesticide exposure goes to 911 or Poison Control, and a pet to a vet or an animal poison line, before anything else.
Books the inspection
Sends inspections and one-off treatments to your booking page, or, once it has a name and number, offers four open slots from your Google Calendar at the visit length you set. A request it treats as urgent gets no calendar slot; it reaches you marked URGENT instead.
Rules it follows
Safety and product rules it follows
Stings with trouble breathing: 911 first
If someone was stung and has trouble breathing, chest tightness or swelling beyond the sting, it tells them to call 911 right away, before anything else. That's America's Poison Centers' advice.
Pesticide exposure: 911 or Poison Control
If a person may have been exposed and is unconscious, having trouble breathing, having a seizure or can't be woken, it says to call 911 now. Otherwise it gives Poison Control at 1-800-222-1222, free and open day and night, says to have the product label or name on hand and to tell the pest company. It takes no booking first and gives no first-aid steps. That follows the EPA's pesticide first-aid page.
Pets: emergency vet or an animal poison line
If a pet may have been exposed and is seizing, unconscious or struggling to breathe, it says to go to a vet or emergency animal hospital now. For advice it gives ASPCA Animal Poison Control (888-426-4435) or Pet Poison Helpline (855-764-7661), which may charge a consultation fee. That follows the National Pesticide Information Center.
Never 'safe' or 'non-toxic'
It never calls a treatment or product safe, non-toxic, harmless, non-poisonous, safe for children or pets, all natural or least toxic, even if your website does. It says the technician will explain the products and how to prepare, and that labels are available on request. Federal labeling rules (40 CFR 156.10) treat claims like these as false or misleading on a pesticide label, and California requires pest control companies to give customers written notice that pesticides are toxic chemicals (Business and Professions Code 8538).
Re-entry times only as you state them
It gives how long to stay out, or when children and pets can come back, only if your website says so, then adds that they should follow the technician's instructions and the product label. Otherwise it says only what the EPA advises: keep children and pets out of treated areas until sprays have dried, and cover or remove aquariums. There's no federal re-entry time for home treatments; the label and the technician set it.
No do-it-yourself advice
Nothing on pesticides, baits, foggers, bombs, fumigation, mixing or applying products, or home remedies. The EPA warns that outdoor pesticides shouldn't be used indoors and that too many foggers can cause a fire or explosion.
Licenses, prices, plans and guarantees as published
License or certification numbers only as your website publishes them; asked, it says licenses can be checked with the state pesticide regulatory agency. Prices, guarantees and how to cancel a plan only as published, and it never discourages anyone from canceling.
No termite report promises, no landlord advice
It never promises a termite inspection result or that a report will satisfy a buyer, lender or closing; Florida Statutes 482.226 says a wood-destroying organism report isn't a guarantee unless it says so. It gives no landlord and tenant advice about bed bugs, such as who pays, because those duties are set state by state.
Owner or renter, and children or pets, asked plainly
It asks whether they own or rent, and whether children, pets or aquariums are in the home, as yes or no. California's pre-treatment notice goes to the tenant as well as the owner (Business and Professions Code 8538). It never asks about health conditions, pregnancy or allergies, and if someone shares them, it doesn't repeat them back.
What reaches you
What you get for each pest control lead
The email alert gives you the name, number, the pest, the ZIP code and when they want the visit. List the ZIP codes you serve in Settings and it also says whether that one is inside your area. The lead in your dashboard adds whether they own or rent, and whether children, pets or aquariums are in the home, so the technician knows before the first call.
- Name
- Maria Lopez
- Phone
- (555) 010-0128
- Area
- 30308
- Pest
- Mice in the kitchen
- Owner or renter
- Owns the home
- Children, pets or aquariums
- Yes
- When
- This week
Your tools
Works alongside your pest control software
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- Briostack
- Housecall Pro
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Questions
Common questions
Do I still need a pest control answering service?
If most of your customers call, probably yes, because this doesn't answer the phone. What it adds is the website: people who would rather type than call, often late in the evening, get an answer from your pages, and you get their details. The two run side by side, and the after-hours page shows how the website half works at night.
What does it cost, and how long does setup take?
There's a Free plan with 100 customer messages a month and no card, and paid plans start at $19 a month, with no charge per lead or per call. Paste your website address and it reads your pages in about a minute. Add one line of code or the WordPress plugin once you've checked it has your pests, service area and plan prices right.
Will it alert me at 2am about a wasp nest?
The first email alert for every lead goes out the moment it comes in, at any hour, so you'll see it when you next check your email. A reminder about a lead nobody has picked up waits until you open. Overnight reminders for urgent requests are a setting, and for pest control it starts switched off.
What does it say when a customer asks how to cancel their plan?
It gives the cancellation method your website publishes, plainly, and never tries to talk anyone out of canceling. If your site doesn't say how to cancel, it takes their details and passes the question to you rather than guessing at a notice period.
Will it tell a home buyer the termite inspection will come back clear?
No. It never promises an inspection result, or that a report will satisfy a buyer, lender or closing. Florida Statutes 482.226 says a wood-destroying organism report isn't a guarantee unless it says so. It takes the request for the inspection and passes it to you.
Can it sign customers up to a quarterly plan?
No. It can book an inspection or a first treatment through your booking page or your Google Calendar, and it quotes plan prices your website publishes. Signing someone up to a recurring plan, and taking payment for it, stays with your team.
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