Built around your shop — not bolted on

By the time they hang up, the shattered storefront board-ups is quoted, booked, and on the tech's phone.

Not an AI receptionist bolted onto someone else's software. DispatchNode prices from your glass & glazing catalog and rules, books the job on the board, collects Stripe, and the tech sees it on their phone.

14-daytrialCustom glass remakes from mismeasurement cost the industry $180M annuallyAvg ticket: $850 average service call
Glass & Glazing industry scene

Anatomy of a Lost Job

7:15 PM - Urgent Call

Storefront window shattered by a break-in — needs emergency board-up and replacement.

11:30 PM — No Answer

"Please leave a message or press 1 for..."

7:18 PM - Lead Hangs Up

Searches Google, hires a competitor who answers.

Bottom Line

-$800

Estimated Opportunity Lost

The Old Way:
Losing Jobs to Voicemail.

A property manager calls about a shattered storefront at 9 PM. The front desk is closed, so the call rolls to voicemail. The AI agent answers on the first ring, collects a $250 board-up deposit via payment link, and dispatches the on-call glazier with a 45-minute ETA.

A shower enclosure order goes to fabrication with dimensions off by 1/16 of an inch. Ten days later, the $1,200 tempered panel arrives and does not fit. The AI agent forces callers to confirm exact height, width, and bracket placement before the intake form reaches the fabricator.

A generic answering service writes down "glass door for office" and misses the ADA-compliant sidelight specification. The AI agent runs a logic tree that extracts frame material, safety glazing code requirements, and ADA threshold dimensions directly from the caller.

Quote, book, collect, and dispatch — on one call

Quotes from your catalog

Live catalog and rules — not a script that says someone will call you back.

Books it on the board

Confirmed job, not a voicemail. Zola holds the slot, then writes it onto the board.

Collects, then dispatches

Stripe before hang-up. The tech sees the job, the map, and the notes on their phone.

Anatomy of a booked job

7:15 PM - Urgent Call

Storefront window shattered by a break-in — needs emergency board-up and replacement.

7:15 PM - Instant Answer

Zola answers instantly and qualifies the lead.

7:17 PM - Job Booked

Emergency board-up dispatched. Glass dimensions confirmed via SMS. Replacement ordered.

Bottom Line

+$800

Revenue Captured While You Slept

Configured to your trade

Call → quote → book → deposit → dispatch

Not a receptionist bolted onto someone else's software. One agent, your rules — on the phone and the widget — and the job lands on the tech's phone.

  1. 01

    Call

    Twilio number or the website widget

  2. 02

    Answer

    Zola · 29+ languages · first ring

  3. 03

    Quote

    Live catalog and rules

  4. 04

    Book

    Confirmed on the board

  5. 05

    Deposit

    Stripe before hang-up

  6. 06

    Dispatch

    Map + tech's phone

Your glass & glazing operation — not just the phone

Intake, catalog, and dispatch in your terms. The same person on the call and the widget. Unlimited techs and office.

Your agent, your voice

  • You pick Zola and the speaking voice — or clone yours
  • Callers hear your shop, not a generic receptionist
  • Knowledge base, pronunciation, and glass & glazing intake in your language

Dispatch & calendar

  • Live map, travel buffers, recurring routes
  • Time clock with GPS; availability on the call
  • Holds a slot, then books it onto the board

CRM, quotes & jobs

  • Intake and catalog and rules the way your shop already talks
  • Estimates the customer approves by text
  • Jobs created from the call transcript

Get paid

  • Invoices + Stripe links, including mid-call deposits
  • A/R dunning, job costing, 1099 contractor payouts
  • QuickBooks Online & Xero on Starter+

In the field

  • Native iOS & Android — no per-tech fee
  • photos, signatures, and checklists
  • Before/after PDFs and on-my-way ETAs

The customer

  • No-login portal from an SMS link
  • Pay, approve quotes, reschedule, see ETA
  • Reminders, review asks, agreement renewals

Contracts & cadence

  • Service agreements with e-sign review
  • Recurring jobs generated on a cadence
  • 60 / 30 / 7-day renewal reminders

Shop, parts & fleet

  • Pricebook, inventory, vendors, serialized assets
  • Bay, counter, or warehouse when you need them
  • Vehicles, equipment, optional telematics

Office, team & growth

  • 11 roles, audit log, website & campaigns
  • Google + Outlook calendars; Gusto time sync
  • REST + MCP API on Starter — your catalog, your terms

Live today Stripe · Twilio · QuickBooks Online · Xero · Gusto · Google Calendar · Outlook · Slack · CallRail · Lob · Mapbox / Google Maps · REST + MCP

Glass & Glazing markets

Local AI dispatch pages for top metros — same shop OS, city-specific operating context.

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More metros at /locations · each city page is self-canonical for glass & glazing.

Zola - Your AI Voice Agent for Glass & Glazing

Meet Zola

Your AI Voice Agent for Glass & Glazing

Answers the phone, asks for their street address, texts them a deposit link, and drops the confirmed job into your schedule.

Glass & Glazing — why missed calls hurt

Market reality

A storefront shatters at 9:15 PM on a Friday, and the property manager dials six glaziers before finding one who answers. The first company to pick up locks in a $2,800 emergency board-up and replacement, while the other five lose the job to voicemail.

How Zola wins the job

A shattered storefront triggers a call at 9 PM. The AI agent answers on the first ring, matches the incoming phone number against the CRM database, and pulls up the property profile showing a previous 1/4-inch Low-E glass installation. It dispatches the night crew with a 45-minute ETA and texts a secure payment link to collect the $250 board-up fee before the tech arrives. By 8 AM, the scheduling engine automatically generates a custom replacement glass order with the exact specifications from the CRM record and injects a final install appointment into the next available crew slot, capturing $2,800 that would have gone to voicemail.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does the AI agent capture complex glass specifications like tempered vs. laminated and Low-E coatings?

The AI agent runs a branching logic tree that asks pane count, glass type, and coating requirements in sequence. It cross-references the caller's building jurisdiction against a local code database to flag mandatory safety glazing before generating the work order.

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