The Lumina Sales blog
Updates, ideas, and practical notes from Lumina Sales on building and selling AI software.
Follow via RSSMovers do not buy an AI receptionist to book jobs on the phone. They buy it to get the survey on the calendar before three competitors do. Here is the qualifying question, the one thing your agent must never do, and what to charge for a trade with a five-month season.
GPT-6 Luna runs a client chat conversation for about half a cent. Here is the math, what the model can't do (audio, for one), and why you shouldn't cut your monthly because of it.
Locksmiths win or lose jobs on who answers the phone first. Here is how to demo an AI receptionist to a one-truck shop, what objections to expect, and where the trade is harder than it looks.
Voice minutes are a variable cost, and unlimited plans turn them into your risk. Here is how to bundle an allowance, set an overage rate, and check real usage at 60 days, with the math on a $0.35 wholesale minute.
Restoration jobs go to whoever answers the 2 a.m. call. Here is how to demo, price and qualify a restoration shop for an AI receptionist, and which shops to walk away from.
Every Lumina demo tells prospects that bookings are simulated. Here is why that line helps you close, where it costs you, and the one sentence to say before they read it.
Garage door shops win or lose jobs on the first call of a bad morning. Here is how to build a demo around a snapped spring, what to charge, and the jobs an AI front desk will not fix.
Real estate agents buy one thing from an AI system: inbound inquiries answered in seconds and showings booked while they are out. Here is who actually has the budget, what to demo, what to charge, and where this does not fit.
ElevenLabs launched a self-serve AI receptionist from $29 a month. Here is what it includes, where a custom buildout still wins, and what to change on your next demo call.
Landscaping owners lose estimate calls while they are on a mower. Here is how to demo an AI receptionist to them, where the trade gets hard, and when in the year to sell.
Repair shops are short on technician hours, not on demand. That changes the pitch from more leads to protecting the hours they already sold. Here is the vertical playbook: the three calls to build the demo around, what an AI front desk cannot fix, and how to price it.
Published rates put a human answering service at $3.45 to $5.00 a minute, or $7 to $11.50 a call. The infrastructure behind an AI receptionist runs under 15 cents a minute. Here is the full comparison, where the answering service still wins, and what to say when your prospect already pays for one.
