Gutter cleaning and replacement season is September–November. Every homeowner calls at once. Orbit captures every quote request — cleaning, repair, guards, and replacement — all season long. $96/month all-in.
Handles unlimited concurrent calls during fall surge. Guard inquiries flagged HIGH VALUE. Spring emergency repairs get URGENT SMS in 60 seconds. Never miss a peak-season call.
Three situations where the job goes to your competitor — and how Orbit stops each one.
October brings hundreds of homeowners calling at once — while you're on a ladder cleaning someone else's gutters. You physically cannot answer them all. Orbit handles unlimited concurrent calls so every homeowner gets answered with your company name. Not a single fall lead escapes during the season that makes your year.
Clogged gutters cause basement flooding and foundation damage. After heavy spring rain, homeowners call in a panic — these are easy $400–$600 emergency repair jobs that convert at high rates. The first contractor to answer books the job. No one waits for a voicemail callback when water is coming in. Orbit answers instantly and sends you an URGENT SMS in 60 seconds.
Gutter guard calls are the highest-margin job in the trade. These homeowners are done cleaning gutters every year — they want a permanent solution and aren't price-sensitive. Orbit captures guard inquiries separately and flags them HIGH VALUE so you prioritize the callback and close the $2,500 upsell before a competitor even answers their phone.
Three steps. 5 minutes to set up. Works from day one.
Takes 2 minutes in your phone carrier's call-forwarding settings. Set it to always-forward, forward on busy, or forward after X rings. Orbit answers with your company name in under 2 rings — even when you're 30 feet up on a gutter ladder in October.
Orbit identifies the call type — fall cleaning, gutter guard inquiry, emergency repair, full replacement — and asks the right intake questions: home size, linear footage estimate, one-story or two-story, gutter material, current condition, timeline, and whether they've had issues with overflow or basement flooding. Guard inquiries get a specialized intake to qualify the upsell.
Every call ends with an SMS: caller name, address, job type, home details, and callback number. Emergency post-storm calls get URGENT. Guard inquiries get HIGH VALUE. You batch-return calls between jobs, already knowing whether each one is a $150 cleaning or a $2,500 guard installation.
Six weeks of fall season generates the majority of a gutter contractor's annual revenue. Every missed call during that window is a disproportionate loss.
Conservative scenario: 4 missed calls/day during 42-day fall peak at $250 average. One gutter guard installation ($2,500) covers over 7 years of Orbit. Two guard jobs/month = $60,000 additional annual revenue.
Yes. October and November bring hundreds of homeowners calling at once — while you're up on a ladder cleaning someone else's gutters. Orbit handles unlimited concurrent calls during fall surge, so every caller gets answered with your company name and a complete intake. Orbit captures home size, gutter linear footage estimate, service type (cleaning, repair, guard installation, full replacement), access issues, and timeline. You receive an SMS within 60 seconds of every call and batch-return them between jobs.
Yes. Gutter guard installation calls are the highest-margin job in the gutter trade — $1,500–$4,000 per home. Orbit identifies guard inquiries during the intake conversation and flags them HIGH VALUE in your SMS notification. Orbit captures the home's linear footage, gutter condition, existing gutter age, and whether the homeowner is currently dealing with chronic clogging. Guard leads are prioritized above routine cleaning calls so you can call back fast and lock in the upsell.
Yes. Spring flooding and heavy rain cause clogged gutters to fail, sending water into basements and against foundations. Homeowners call in a panic — these are urgent $400–$600 emergency repair jobs that convert at high rates because the caller needs action now, not a scheduled appointment. Orbit classifies post-storm gutter calls as URGENT and fires an immediate SMS to your phone within 60 seconds, capturing damage description, water intrusion location, and property address.
Live 24/7 AI answering with Orbit is $96/month all-in — $1,152/year. Missed-call text-back alone is $29/month. It replaces missed calls, voicemail that homeowners never leave, and answering services that charge $1–$2 per minute with agents who know nothing about gutters. Missing 4 calls per day during the 6-week fall peak equals roughly $42,000 in lost seasonal revenue. One gutter guard installation ($2,500 average) covers over 2 years of Orbit. Two extra guard jobs per month means roughly $60,000 in additional annual revenue from a $1,152/year investment.
$96/month. 24/7 coverage. SMS in 60 seconds. Unlimited concurrent calls during fall surge. No contracts, no per-minute fees, no voicemail. Orbit handles every cleaning quote, guard inquiry, and emergency repair call — while you're working the season.
See also: Orbit for Contractors · Emergency Answering Service