Missed call. Lost customer.
Not any more.
You're on a job. Phone rings. You can't answer. Normally that customer calls someone else. TextTheCaller sends them an instant text from your business instead.
calling mobile…
Smith Roofing
mobile
00:00
Smith Roofing
mobile
Smith Roofing
Text Message
Today 9:51 PM
Smith Roofing
Roof repairs and inspections
Book an appointment
Works on every UK network
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Voicemail is where customers go to die
Be honest — when was the last time you left a voicemail? Your customers don't either. They hang up and call the next person on Google. You just lost a job and you don't even know it.
80%
of callers won't leave a voicemail
45s
before they call your competitor
£0
what a missed call earns you
If one missed call costs you a £150 job, that's £150 gone. TextTheCaller is £6.49/month. One saved customer pays for two years.
Here's the whole thing
No app. No new phone number. No complicated setup.
Sign up with your mobile number
Enter your number, pick your network, set your business name. No passwords — we email you a magic link to sign in. Takes about 30 seconds.
Dial one code from your phone
We give you the exact code to dial (looks like **61*07xxx**20#). This tells your network to send unanswered calls to us. Dial it once and forget about it.
Write your auto-reply
Pick one of our presets or write your own message. Include your booking link, hours, whatever you want. Next time you miss a call, the caller gets your text instantly.
Built for people who can't always answer
If you miss calls because you're busy doing the actual work, this is for you.
Anyone who misses calls and wants customers to know they'll call back.
The key bit
You keep your number. That's the whole point.
Your number is on your van. It's on your Google listing. It's saved in 200 customers' phones. You're not changing it.
TextTheCaller works with your existing mobile number on any UK network. When you answer a call, nothing happens. When you miss one, the caller gets a text from your business name with whatever message you've written. That's it.
Works with EE, O2, Vodafone, Three, giffgaff, and every other UK network
Write your own message or pick from presets. Include a booking link if you want
Only triggers on missed calls. Answer the phone and nothing happens
No app to install. Set up forwarding with one dial code and you're done
"Why not just use...?"
Good question. Here's why people switch.
Voicemail
Nobody listens to them. Nobody leaves them. Your phone shows "1 missed call" and by the time you ring back, they've booked someone else. You're chasing a dead lead.
TextTheCaller
The caller gets a text from your business name within seconds. They know who you are, that you'll call back, and where to book. They wait for you.
Second number apps
Now you've got two numbers to manage. Customers have your real number already. You have to tell everyone the new one. Half your calls still go to the old number anyway.
TextTheCaller
You keep your existing number. The one on your van, your cards, your Google listing. Nothing changes for your customers. It just works in the background.
Virtual receptionist services
Built for offices, not someone up a ladder. You're paying £30–99+/month for call menus, hold music, and features you'll never use. Complete overkill for a missed-call text.
TextTheCaller
£6.49/month. Does one thing brilliantly: texts the caller when you can't answer. No menus, no hold music, no app, no contract. Just the bit you actually need.
Simple pricing
£6.49/month.
That's it.
One price. Includes 50 missed-call texts per rolling month. No per-text charges, no tiers, no "contact us for pricing". If it saves you even one job a year, it's paid for itself many times over.
Monthly
7 days free, then £6.49/mo. Cancel any time.
Your texts go further
Built-in usage protection
Your 50 monthly texts are yours to use on real customers. We don't waste them.
Mobile numbers only
We only send texts to real UK mobile numbers. Landlines, withheld numbers, and international callers are automatically skipped — so you never burn a text on someone who can't receive it.
One text per caller, per week
If the same person calls you multiple times, we only text them once every 7 days. Repeat callers, spam callers, and accidental redials won't eat through your allowance.
Built-in skip callers
Add family members, colleagues, suppliers, or any other number you never want to text. If they're on your skip list, we won't send them an SMS.
All compatible UK networks
EE
O2
Vodafone
Three
giffgaff
Sky Mobile
SMARTY
Talkmobile
iD Mobile
Questions
No. That's the whole point. You keep your existing number. TextTheCaller works through conditional call forwarding — only unanswered calls come to us. When you pick up, nothing happens.
No. You dial a short code once to set up forwarding, and manage your messages from our website. Nothing to download or keep updated.
You dial a GSM code from your phone (we give you the exact one). It tells your network to send unanswered calls to TextTheCaller after 20 seconds. Standard network feature, works on every UK network.
Nothing. You talk to them normally. TextTheCaller only kicks in when the call goes unanswered and your network forwards it to us.
No. TextTheCaller does not answer the call or speak to the caller. If you miss the call, your network forwards it to us, we immediately reject it, and then we send the text-back. The caller is not put through to a receptionist, phone menu, or voicemail on our side.
An SMS from your business name (up to 11 characters) with whatever message you've written. Arrives within seconds of the missed call.
Anytime. Log in, update your message, save it. The next missed call uses the new one.
Only UK mobile numbers. Landlines, withheld numbers, and international callers are automatically skipped — there's no point sending a text to a number that can't receive one. This keeps your monthly allowance for real customers.
They only get one text. We automatically limit it to one text per caller every 7 days. So repeat callers, spam callers, and accidental redials won't burn through your allowance.
Yes. Use the Skip Callers list in your account to block family members, colleagues, suppliers, or any other number that should never receive an automatic missed-call text.
You get 50 texts per rolling month. If you hit the limit, texts pause until your cycle resets. No surprise charges, ever.
Two ways. Cancel your subscription from your account — no exit fees, no notice period. To stop forwarding, just dial ##61# from your phone.
Every missed call is a missed job
At £6.49/month, it pays for itself the first time a customer texts you back instead of calling your competitor.
7 days free, then £6.49/mo. Cancel any time.