The closing-time sales call gets answered.
Before they shop the next dealer.
TheKeyBot answers your dealership line 24/7 in English and Spanish, captures whether it’s a sales or service call and which vehicle it’s about, and has the message on your team’s phone in seconds — so the callback happens before the caller reaches a competitor’s lot.
Try it on your own phone
Type your business name, and 30 seconds later YOUR phone rings with your own AI receptionist.
No signup.
Where dealerships actually lose buyers
Car shoppers call down a list. The dealer who answers gets the appointment.
Sales calls at closing time
The serious buyer calls as you’re locking up — after work, after the kids are down. Nobody picks up, and by morning they’ve already talked to someone else.
The service phone tree
Service callers bounce through holds and transfers until they give up. TheKeyBot answers instantly, takes the vehicle and the issue, and routes the message to the right desk.
Every missed sales call shops the next dealer
Shoppers rarely wait for a callback they never got promised. An answered call — even one that just captures the vehicle and a callback number — keeps you in the deal.
Spanish-speaking buyers
Buyers who prefer Spanish buy where they’re understood. TheKeyBot answers natively in both languages and switches mid-call, so no buyer hangs up over language.
Wondering what those missed calls add up to? Run the missed-call cost calculator →
What happens on every call
- 1
Answers on the first ring — English or Spanish
Any hour, any day — including the after-close window when serious buyers actually call. It greets callers with your dealership’s name.
- 2
Captures sales-vs-service intent and the vehicle
Buying or bringing one in? The vehicle they’re interested in — or the one that needs work — plus name, callback number, and preferred time.
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Routes and flags the message
Sales inquiries are labeled for the sales desk, service requests for the service desk — so the right person calls back, with context, first thing.
- 4
Message + recording hit your phone in seconds
A clean, structured Telegram message with every detail — and the full recording and transcript waiting in your dashboard.
- 5
Your team calls back and closes
Your salesperson rings back knowing the exact vehicle and what the caller wanted. The selling stays 100% human.
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KeyBot Lite
24/7 message-taking — never miss a caller
100 calls included · 50¢/min after · first 5 answered calls free
No contract · cancel anytime
Full platform
Quoting, booking, dispatch, payments
14-day free trial
TheKeyBot vs. a human answering service vs. voicemail
| Feature | Dealership calls with TheKeyBot | Human answering service | Voicemail |
|---|---|---|---|
| Answer speed | First ring, 24/7 — nights, weekends, holidays | Depends on staffing — hold queues at peak times | Never answers — callers hear a beep |
| Simultaneous calls | Every caller answered at once | One agent, one caller — everyone else waits | No conversation at all |
| English + Spanish | Both, on every call — switches mid-call | Often English-only, or an upcharge | |
| Knows dealership intake | Captures sales vs. service intent and the vehicle of interest | Reads back a generic message script | |
| Routes to the right desk | Sales and service messages labeled so the right team calls back | One inbox, sorted by hand | |
| States your confirmed prices | Yes — the exact prices you confirmed from your rate sheet | Takes a message and promises a callback | |
| Recording + transcript | Every call, searchable in your dashboard | Rarely included | Audio only — if the caller leaves one |
| Monthly cost | From $149 | $300–800+ | $0 — but ~80% of callers hang up on voicemail |
Dealership AI receptionist — FAQ
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Answer the buyer before the next dealer does.
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