Your agent, your voice
- You pick Vale and the speaking voice — or clone yours
- Callers hear your shop, not a generic receptionist
- Knowledge base, pronunciation, and boat detailing intake in your language
Built around your shop — not bolted on
By the time they hang up, the hull oxidation removals is quoted, booked, and on the tech's phone.
Not an AI receptionist bolted onto someone else's software. DispatchNode prices from your boat detailing catalog and rules, books the job on the board, collects Stripe, and the tech sees it on their phone.
14-daytrialGelcoat maintenance doubles boat resale valueAvg ticket: $750 average detailing job
Anatomy of a Lost Job
7:15 PM - Urgent Call
A boat owner calls to schedule a full hull and topside detail before launch day.
5:20 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
-$650
Estimated Opportunity Lost
The Old Way:
Losing Bookings to Voicemail.
The owner described the job as 'a quick wax' over the phone. The detailer arrives to find Stage 3 oxidation across 32 feet of gelcoat that requires 15 hours of heavy wool-pad rotary compounding—five times the labor quoted.
The detailer drives 40 minutes to a private marina only to be stopped at the security gate because their liability insurance certificate was never emailed to the harbormaster. The entire day's revenue is lost.
The May rush hits and the detailer's phone rings 14 times while they are running a DA polisher at 4,500 RPM on a flybridge. They physically cannot answer, and 30 high-ticket leads go to voicemail and never call back.
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. Vale 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
A boat owner calls to schedule a full hull and topside detail before launch day.
7:15 PM - Instant Answer
Vale answers instantly and qualifies the lead.
7:17 PM - Job Booked
Vessel length confirmed. Detail appointment reserved at marina.
Bottom Line
+$650
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.
01
Call
Twilio number or the website widget
02
Answer
Vale · 29+ languages · first ring
03
Quote
Live catalog and rules
04
Book
Confirmed on the board
05
Deposit
Stripe before hang-up
06
Dispatch
Map + tech's phone
Your boat detailing 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.
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
Boat Detailing markets
Local AI dispatch pages for top metros — same shop OS, city-specific operating context.
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Meet Vale
Your AI Voice Agent for Boat Detailing
Answers the phone, asks for their street address, texts them a deposit link, and drops the confirmed job into your schedule.
Boat Detailing — why missed calls hurt
Market reality
A boat owner runs their hand across a 32-foot fiberglass hull and feels chalky oxidation flaking under their palm. Launch day is 3 weeks away, and every marine detailer in the region is booking out through Memorial Day. Detailing jobs command $300 to $2,500, and the entire annual revenue compresses into a frantic 6-week spring window.
How Vale wins the job
A yacht owner notices chalky oxidation on their 32-foot cruiser 3 weeks before launch. They call at 6:45 PM on a Wednesday. The AI agent answers on the first ring, texts a link to upload close-up photos of the hull surface, and analyzes the oxidation severity to determine whether a 1-step polish or 3-step heavy-cut compound is required. It calculates an $1,800 two-day compounding rate, collects a $600 deposit through a secure payment link, and fires an automated email to the harbormaster attaching the company's liability insurance certificate and the scheduled dock-access dates.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does the system determine oxidation severity from a phone photo?
The AI agent prompts the owner to upload a close-up photo of the hull gelcoat with a white cloth rubbed across it. Visible chalky residue on the cloth in the photo triggers a 3-step heavy-cut compound quote. Clean cloth triggers a 1-step finishing polish quote. The pricing matrix adjusts the per-linear-foot rate automatically before the quote is sent.
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