retrevr

For shop owners tired of choosing between the car on the lift and the phone

We pick up your phone when your hands are covered in grease.

Retrevr is an AI receptionist that answers every call and texts back the ones you can't — so you don't have to slide out from under a car, wipe your hands, and call back a customer who already found another shop.

Live in 24 hours · 30-day guarantee · Setup fee waived this week

A note from the team

You can't answer the phone with both hands inside an engine.

You're under a car with a wrench in your hand when the phone starts ringing at the counter. It's a status call, a tire price, someone who wants a ballpark on brakes. You let it ring — you'll call back at lunch. That's not bad management. It's physics: two hands, one of you, and the car in front of you deserves your full attention. That standard is what built your reputation in the first place.

But the caller who hits voicemail at a repair shop usually doesn't leave a message. They're standing next to a car that won't start, working down a list — and the next shop that picks up gets the job. And the usual fix, "just hire somebody for the counter," means paying someone all week to say "let me get Steve for you" — so you were answering anyway, now with payroll on top. The phone problem isn't a hiring problem. It's a two-hands problem.

So we built Retrevr to answer your phone when you can't. It sounds like your shop — not a call center — texts back anyone who hangs up before it picks up, and books cars onto your calendar at 9pm on a Sunday the same as 9am on a Tuesday. And here's what it isn't: no leads to buy, no ad funnels, no software project to babysit. It just catches the calls your reputation already earns you. That's it. That's the pitch.

— the Retrevr team

Every ring you miss is a car in someone else’s bay.

Book a free 15-min demo — hear Retrevr answer your shop’s line, live.

See what your day looks like with Retrevr

Every call. Every device. Already handled.

Retrevr dashboard showing today's answered calls and booked appointments

At the front counter

See every call in real time.

Retrevr shows you who called, what they needed, and what got booked — while you stayed on the job. No more walking to the office to check a voicemail that's just a robocall.

Three phones showing Retrevr text conversations with customers

On your phone

Customers text. Retrevr texts back.

Missed-call text-back, booking confirmations, and reminders go out automatically. You see every thread; you don't have to write a word of it.

Retrevr on a computer screen, booking into scheduling software

In your scheduler

Books straight into the system you already run.

Customer, vehicle, what they need, when they're coming — written into the scheduling software you already use, the moment the call ends. Nothing to rip out, nothing new to learn.

How it works

Live in 24 hours.

Three steps. No new hardware, no carrier change.

  1. 1

    Tell us about your shop.

    One onboarding call — your hours, services, bays, how you handle quotes, and what you want routed straight to your cell.

  2. 2

    We train Retrevr on your business.

    It learns your shop specifically — your services, your policies, how you talk to your customers.

  3. 3

    We forward your inbound calls.

    Every call answered. Every appointment booked. Every caller texted back. You keep your number.

Live in 24 hours. Hear it in 15 minutes first.

We call your shop's line on the demo — you listen to exactly what your customers would hear.

Built for auto repair

Built for shops, not generic SaaS.

Other AI tools sound like a robot reading a script. Retrevr sounds like someone who works your front counter.

We trained it on real shop conversations — "it makes a noise when I turn left," drop-off and pickup logistics, waiter vs. leave-it appointments, status calls, and how to handle estimate requests without quoting work sight-unseen. Your customers won't feel like they're talking to a chatbot. They'll feel like they got through to your shop.

What Retrevr handles

The phone stops running your day.

  • Inbound call answering, 24/7 — under-the-car hours, lunch, after close
  • Missed-call text-back — recovers the callers who won’t leave a voicemail
  • Appointment booking directly into your scheduler
  • “Is my car ready?” status calls answered without pulling you off a job
  • Estimate requests captured with vehicle, symptoms, and contact info — quoted your way
  • Booking confirmations and reminders that cut no-shows
  • Urgent calls and tow-ins routed straight to your cell
  • Parts robocalls, warranty spam, and solicitors filtered out

What you keep handling: the car on the lift.

This week's offer

First 10 shops this week get the setup fee waived.

We hand-pick 10 auto shops each week to onboard at no setup cost. Book a demo this week, and if we both agree it's a fit, we waive the setup fee entirely and have you live in under 24 hours.

Our guarantee

30-day confidence guarantee + 24-hour go-live guarantee.

30-day confidence guarantee

If Retrevr doesn't measurably reduce your missed calls and increase your booked appointments in the first 30 days, we'll optimize at no cost until it does — or refund your investment in full.

24-hour go-live guarantee

And if we don't have you live within 24 hours of onboarding, we keep working at no charge until you are.

FAQ

Fair questions.

Will my customers know they're talking to AI?
Most don't. Retrevr is trained on real shop conversations — symptoms, drop-offs, status calls — so it doesn't sound like a robot reading a script. We'll prove it on the demo: we call your shop's own line while you listen, and you hear exactly what your customers would.
Is this another marketing company? Are you selling me leads?
No. No leads to buy, no ads to run, no funnel, no website package. Your phone already rings — Retrevr just answers it. You hear it working live on the demo before you pay anything, and the 30-day guarantee means if your missed calls don't drop, you don't pay.
I don't quote prices over the phone. Can it handle that?
Your shop, your rules. Retrevr never invents a price. It does what a great counter person does with a quote call — gets the year, make, model, and symptoms, sets expectations, books the car in for a look, and texts you the details. Or quotes from your service menu, if that's how you run it.
Why wouldn't I just hire someone for the front counter?
If you can find a good one — great, keep them. Retrevr covers the moments they can't: when they're with a customer, at lunch, or home for the night. And if you can't find one (most shops can't right now), it does the phone job without the payroll, the training, or the two-weeks notice.
What about 'is my car ready?' calls?
Answered without pulling anyone off a job. Retrevr handles status conversations and texts updates, so those calls stop interrupting your day.
What does it cost?
Flat monthly rate — a fraction of putting another person on the counter. We'll quote you exactly on the demo call.
What if it's an emergency or a tow-in?
Routed straight to your cell, immediately. Retrevr handles the routine so the urgent stuff actually reaches you.
How fast can I go live?
24 hours from onboarding. Guaranteed. We forward your existing number — no new hardware, no carrier change, nothing for your customers to notice.

Stay under the car. We've got the phone.

Book a free 15-min demo — we call your shop’s line live so you hear exactly what your customers would. Live on your number within 24 hours.

Live in 24 hours · Setup fee waived this week · 30-day confidence guarantee

— the Retrevr team