EE
Three
iD Mobile
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 9:00 AM
Smith Roofing
Roof repairs and inspections
Book an appointment
Supported UK networks
Voicemail is where missed calls 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.
Ring this number. Then hang up on us.
That’s what your customers do when you can’t pick up — except they don’t come back. Let it ring out, put the phone down, and watch what arrives seconds later.
By calling, you agree to receive one text at the number you call from.
Calling the demo line
- Calling is how you ask for the text. You’ll get one SMS at the number you call from. Nothing else, and nobody will ring you back.
- Your number is stored masked — like +44******1234 — with a one-way scrambled copy used to avoid sending twice. The full number isn’t kept.
- One text per number every 7 days. Call again within a week and nothing arrives — that’s the same protection your own callers get.
- UK mobiles only. Landlines, international and withheld numbers can’t receive it, so don’t hide your caller ID.
- Your network’s standard call charges apply. The text is free.
More in our privacy policy. Want your record removed? Email [email protected].
Call the demo lineHow the missed call text service works
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.
Set unanswered-call forwarding
We show the steps for your carrier. Depending on your network and phone, you'll use a dial code or the handset's call-forwarding menu, then confirm it with a quick test call.
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 UK trades who can't always answer the phone
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
Works on your existing UK mobile 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 supported UK networks. 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 on O2, Vodafone, giffgaff, Sky Mobile and SMARTY. On EE, Three and iD Mobile you prove it with a real test call during your free trial
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. Follow the forwarding steps for your carrier and confirm them with a test call
"Why not just use voicemail?"
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.
Full comparison vs voicemail →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.
Full comparison vs second number apps →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.
Full comparison vs virtual receptionists →Simple pricing
Missed call texts for
£6.49/month.
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
No wasted texts, built in
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.
Supported UK networks
Prove it works before you pay
On these networks, forwarding depends on your plan and handset — so we don't ask you to take our word for it. You set it up and make one real test call, and you'll see the text arrive on your own phone. That happens inside your 7-day free trial: if it doesn't work for you, cancel before the trial ends and you're not charged a penny.
Not sure how to set it up on your network? Each guide walks through it — EE, O2, Vodafone, Three and more.
Missed call text 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 set up forwarding once using the instructions for your carrier, then manage your messages from our website. Nothing to download or keep updated.
We show the forwarding steps for your carrier. Depending on the network and phone, you may use a dial code or the handset call-forwarding menu. On EE, Three and iD Mobile, forwarding varies by plan and handset, so you confirm it with a real test call during your free trial before any payment is taken.
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 caller books, or waits for your call, instead of ringing the next number on the list.
7 days free, then £6.49/mo. Cancel any time.