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Never miss a collision estimate or status call

RankLadder answers every call while your team is buried in a repair, captures the vehicle, the damage, and the insurance details, texts your estimate link, and handles the ‘when will it be ready’ calls for you. On every plan.

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Smiling auto body service advisor in a navy polo with a red-cased phone in hand, glass-walled repair shop behind her
Estimate · rear-endnow

“Got rear-ended, need a quote and a claim started.”

Captured in your inbox
+2 more while she was with a customer
Stop losing business to missed callsTurn great work into fresh reviewsBe easy to reach by call, text, or chat

The dashboard

What does an AI office manager do for auto body shops?

RankLadder is the AI office manager for auto body shops. It answers collision estimate calls while your team is masking and sanding, captures the vehicle, the damage, and the insurance details, handles the when-will-it-be-ready status calls, and texts your estimate link.

The estimate starts with whoever picks up

Your office can’t answer buried in a repair

Status calls eat your whole day

RankLadder Today dashboard showing the work queue, answered calls, AI handling, reviews, call volume, and website chats.

RankLadder interface. Example customer data.

Incoming call

Estimate · rear-end

Outgoing call

Estimate Requests

Texted

Booking · bumper respray

Chatted

Appointment Changes

The inbox

Every conversation. One inbox.

Calls, texts, and website questions from your customers stay in one thread. Your team sees what happened and what comes next without asking anyone to start over.

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RankLadder captures the vehicle, what got damaged, and whether it’s an insurance claim, so your estimator calls back already knowing the scope instead of starting the whole conversation over on the phone.

02

Explain your insurance and rental-car process, and capture claim-specific questions for the shop to confirm.

03

Record a changed drop-off or estimate request so the service advisor can confirm the plan.

Built around your business

An AI office manager that already knows your business.

Give RankLadder your services, prices, policies, and handoff rules. It answers from what you approve and knows when to bring in a person.

AI Call Answering

RankLadder answers with your body shop’s greeting while your team is masking, sanding, and color-matching.

Incoming call
(294) 704-8231
Answered
Hi, this is Northline Collision’s AI office manager. How can I help?
Your greeting · Your rules

Lead Capture

Every collision call gets captured: the vehicle, what got hit, and whether it’s an insurance claim or out of pocket.

Call summary
Rear bumper repairCallback: (294) 704-8231Estimate: Mon · 8:45 AM

Knowledge Base Answers

Answer your approved insurance-process, rental-car, and estimate questions while the service advisor helps customers at the counter.

Northline Collision knowledge
Learning
Hours
Pricing
Financing options
1 question logged for you

On your phone

Leave the bay without leaving the call behind.

The summary, customer details, next step, and full conversation follow you onto your phone. See what RankLadder handled and what still needs you.

Available on Android. iPhone app coming soon.

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See who needs you next

Open the summary, transcript, and customer history before you call back.

02

Keep the next step in one thread

Reply with the conversation in view, so customers do not need to repeat themselves.

03

Share the work with your team

Assign a conversation, leave an internal note, and mark it Done when it is handled.

App preview. Example customer data.

A strong start for your business

Keep the number your customers already know.

1

Get your RankLadder number

Get a dedicated local line for RankLadder. Keep your existing business number for your customers.

2

Teach RankLadder

Approve your greeting, business answers, transfer rules, and booking details.

3

Test it, then forward calls

Call your RankLadder number and check the greeting and summary. When you’re ready, configure forwarding with your phone provider.

Great service starts with a great setup.

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  • A dedicated local RankLadder number
  • AI call answering
  • AI website chat
  • Connect calendars and business tools
  • Train RankLadder on how your business works

See how RankLadder could work for your business. We’ll email you to arrange your demo.

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Before you forward a call

Questions auto body shops ask before they start.

Can RankLadder capture collision estimate requests?

Yes. It captures the vehicle, what got hit, whether it’s an insurance claim or out of pocket, and the callback number. The details land in your inbox as a clean summary, so your estimator calls back already knowing the scope of the job.

Can it handle ‘when will my car be ready’ calls?

Those status calls get taken as a message and dropped in the vehicle’s thread, so you can text an update when the car hits the next stage instead of stopping work to answer. Hours, insurance, and rental questions it answers live from your knowledge base.

Can it answer insurance and rental questions?

It answers from a knowledge base built from your website and Google profile, covering the insurers you work with, whether you handle rentals, and your general process. When a caller asks something it hasn’t been taught, it logs the question so you can add it.

Can it transfer a call to my estimator when needed?

Yes. You write transfer rules in plain English, like send a fresh tow-in or a fleet account straight to the shop. The AI briefs the caller, then bridges them to the right person. Starter includes 3 transfer rules; Pro and Scale are unlimited.

Does it answer after hours?

Yes, on every plan. After you close, the AI keeps answering, captures estimate and drop-off details, and marks anything that needs you. Whatever came in overnight is summarized and waiting in your inbox by morning, so nothing sits forgotten in voicemail.

Do I have to change my shop’s phone number?

No. You keep the number that’s on your sign, your invoices, and every listing, and forward it to your dedicated RankLadder line. You can unforward it anytime, so you are never locked in and nothing changes about how customers reach you.

Hear it before your customers do

Hear your own AI office manager handle a call.

Tell us about your business and we’ll email you to arrange a conversation.

See how RankLadder could work for your business. We’ll email you to arrange your demo.

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