Owner setup center

Set up your Auto Hail Repair snapshot.

Work straight down this page after installing the snapshot. Both workflows and the evaluation booking are already built; these steps connect them to your shop.

7 setup steps6 acceptance callsNo coding requiredAgent stays off until you finish
START HEREOWNER SETUP

Auto Hail
Activation

Shop nameRequired
Team phoneRequired
Evaluation bookingRequired
Email and SMSRequired
01 · Shop name

Tell callers who they reached.

VariableDefaultSet it to
Company Nameour shop

Your shop name, as callers should hear it.

Where: Settings, then Global Variables.
02 · Team line

Where transfers go.

  • 1
    Replace [Team Phone Number]

    On the Transfer to the Team Line step. Votel flags it until a real number is entered.

  • 2
    Set your shop hours

    Days, start and end time, and time zone on the same rule. Outside these hours callers get a return-call task instead.

  • 3
    Choose the from-number

    The caller ID used when transferring.

03 · Evaluation booking

Make the free evaluation bookable.

  • 1
    Assign staff

    The snapshot ships with a placeholder; choose the people who do evaluations.

  • 2
    Set hours and location

    Evaluation hours and your shop address.

  • 3
    Publish

    The bookable ships as a draft. Publish it once staff and hours are set.

04 · Email and SMS

Team emails and booking texts.

  • 1
    Select an email sender

    On the insurer and new-lead emails, and for booking confirmations.

  • 2
    Connect an SMS number

    For booking confirmations and reminders by text.

  • 3
    Confirm the support address

    Team emails go to your account's support email. Make sure it reaches your estimator and front desk.

05 · FAQs

Let the receptionist answer common questions.

  • 1
    Add a knowledge base

    How PDR works, how you handle estimates and supplements, and your hours. Without it the receptionist says the team will confirm.

06 · Shop line

Start the receptionist.

  • 1
    Assign the agent to your number

    Inbound calls to that number start the call workflow and, when answered, the team email.

07 · Test and activate

Prove it with test calls, then go live.

Auto Hail setup journey
Setup order. Activate only after the calls pass.
Text version of this diagram

Install the snapshot, set the Company Name, enter the team phone and shop hours on the transfer step, choose the caller ID, set up and publish the Free Hail Evaluation (staff, hours and location), connect an email sender and SMS number and confirm the support address, add a knowledge base for PDR and estimate questions, assign the agent to the shop line, run the acceptance calls, then activate.

TestExpected behaviorPass condition
Call as an insurer and ask about a vehicleTransfer

Six details on the contact; the team line rings; insurer email after the call; tag removed.

Call as an insurer about estimate line itemsNoted, not approved

Line items noted with no approval or amounts; then the transfer.

Call as a vehicle owner and bookBooked

Booking confirmed on the call, then by text and email; new-lead email after the call.

Vehicle owner, not nowInvitation

The call ends with an invitation to stop in.

Ask what the repair will costNo quote

The agent says the team confirms after the evaluation.

Ask for the team after hoursReturn call

The agent apologizes and a return-call task is created.

Setup complete.

When the calls pass, activate the agent.

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