
Doris is an AI receptionist for small businesses in New Zealand that answers calls, replies to messages, captures enquiries, and follows up automatically. Built for sole traders and busy service businesses, Doris starts at $225/month plus a $750 setup fee.
You're busy. Your clients won't wait. Doris steps in, handles the front desk, and makes sure nothing & no one.... falls through the cracks.
Juggling clients, doing the work you're actually good at, and simultaneously trying to be available to every person who might want to become one. It's a lot. And the worst part? You don't even know what you're missing.
That call that rang out while you were with someone. The message that came in after hours. The enquiry that got buried under everything else and never got a reply.
They didn't wait. They booked someone else. And you never knew they tried.
It rang.
You were busy.
They moved on.
That's the whole story.
However they reach you — phone, message, website. If you're not fast, someone else is.
Phone. Social. Website. Email. They tried to reach you somewhere in there. Something slipped.
Doris is the AI receptionist who steps in the moment someone tries to reach you.
She answers calls. She replies to messages. She captures every enquiry and makes sure nothing — and no one — gets lost in the shuffle. Then she follows up, requests the review, and reminds your existing clients it's time to come back.
She's not a clunky chatbot that sends people in circles. She's a properly trained AI receptionist, built around your business — your services, your hours, your tone. She handles the first response so you can handle the actual relationship.
Built for your industry. Trained on your business. Ready before your next client calls.
We show you Doris in action. You ask the questions. No hard sell, no PowerPoint, no wasted time. If she's not right for you, we'll tell you that too.
We handle the full setup for you — building Doris around your services, hours, and FAQs. She goes live, then we spend your first month fine-tuning her on your real enquiries so she's properly tuned to how your business actually operates.
Doris handles the front desk. You do the work you're good at. Every enquiry captured, every lead followed up, every client feeling heard — even when you're flat out.
Start with the level of support your business actually needs, from first-response cover to fuller front-desk handling.
For businesses whose clients reach out via social media, website, or messaging. Doris captures every enquiry, replies instantly, and makes sure nothing slips through.
Website included
Hosted and maintained website included. (Small businesses usually pay $40 to $80 a month for website hosting and maintenance separately).
2-month minimum, then month-to-month. No 12-month contract.
CONTACT THE DORIS TEAMEverything in Message Desk — plus Doris answers your calls, gives your business a dedicated professional number or works with your existing line, and automatically follows up with existing clients so they keep coming back.
Website & booking calendar included
Hosted and maintained website and scheduling calendar included.
*150 minutes of call handling included per month, extra minutes charged separately.
2-month minimum, then month-to-month. No 12-month contract.
CONTACT THE DORIS TEAMEverything in Reception — plus a properly built Meta ad campaign that sends new leads directly to Doris. She responds within 2 minutes. They book. You grow.
Need a booking system too? We've got you covered — ask us about the Doris calendar add-on.
If you miss one enquiry a week — one call that rang out, one message you got to too late — that's roughly one booking gone. At $200–800 per booking depending on your industry, that's over $20,000 a year walking out the door while you were busy doing the actual work.
Doris costs $52 a week.
Lost bookings per year
260
Lost revenue per year
$91,000
Doris Annual Cost From: $3,450
Not missed calls you have to ring back. Not messages you have to apologise for ignoring. Not a mental list of people you meant to follow up with but didn't.
Just a neat little list of people who reached out while you were busy — names, details, what they're after — already captured, already responded to, already moving toward a booking.
That's what it feels like when your business has a proper front desk.
Your clients feel looked after from the very first message. Your diary fills without the chaos. Your Google reviews tick up without you having to remember to ask. Your existing clients get a reminder at exactly the right moment and book themselves back in.
And you stop spending Sunday nights catching up on the week's worth of messages you missed.
Doris doesn't replace you. She makes sure that by the time you show up, the groundwork is already done.
Every enquiry captured.
Nothing falls through the cracks. Ever.
Every client followed up.
Automatically. Without you lifting a finger.
Every review requested.
Right time. Right message. No awkward asking.
Seriously. Pick up your phone and call the Doris demo number right now. Ask her about services, pricing, booking — whatever you like. See how she handles it.
Then imagine that happening for every single person who tries to reach your business.
Book a free 15-minute demo. We'll show you Doris in action, figure out which plan fits your business, then spend your first month fine-tuning her on your real enquiries.
2-month minimum, then month-to-month.
60-day results guarantee: at day 60 you get a one-page report of enquiries captured, bookings made, and their value. If the booked value doesn't cover what you've paid in service fees, your monthly fees are refunded in full. The setup work is yours to keep either way.
No tech headaches. No awkward sales pitch.
Just Doris. Doing what she does best.

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