Every lead answered in two minutes. Every one.
For shops that already get the calls and lose a quarter of them. $1,248 a month. Guaranteed in writing.
The Lead Response System is Akarsh Digital's Tier 1 service at $1,248 a month. It catches leads from every source you already have, answers each inside two minutes 24/7, texts back missed calls, escalates emergencies, requests reviews after every job and reports one weekly scoreboard. Guarantee: miss the two-minute standard on more than 5% of leads in a month and that month is free.
What do I get for $1,248 a month?
- Every-source speed-to-lead. First response inside two minutes, 24/7, on leads from Local Services Ads, Google Business Profile messages, website forms, Meta lead ads, Angi, Thumbtack and anything else you already pay for. Built in Make.com with Twilio.
- Missed-call text-back. Every unanswered inbound call fires an immediate SMS that opens a conversation and offers a booking slot.
- After-hours coverage. Outside business hours we qualify, book if routine, and escalate to your on-call number if it is a no-heat or no-cool emergency.
- Review engine. Automated request 24 hours after every completed job, negative-review alert with a drafted response, ongoing monitoring. Target 8 to 10 new Google reviews a month.
- Google Business Profile management. Categories, service list, service areas, photos, questions and answers, weekly posts. Kept current because the Google Verified badge now pulls its review signal straight from the Business Profile.
- Call tracking and one scoreboard. Answer rate, median response time, leads by source, booked appointments, cost per booked job. One page, weekly.
- Weekly 15-minute scoreboard call. Numbers and one decision. Not a strategy session.
Every lead from every source gets a first response inside two minutes, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We publish the timestamped log every month. If we miss the two-minute standard on more than 5% of your leads in any calendar month, that month is free.
Why a response guarantee and not a lead guarantee: it sits entirely inside our own build. It does not depend on the ad auction, your close rate or how many homeowners are deferring replacements this quarter. It is logged automatically, so there is nothing to argue about.
Why $1,248 and not $1,498 or $2,000?
A $300K to $500K shop spends $1,000 to $3,000 a month on marketing in total, and top performers reinvest 8% to 12% of revenue. At $1,248 plus roughly $800 of platform spend you sit at 5% to 8% of revenue, inside the recommended band. Pricing that put a $300K shop at 10% of revenue on fees alone is the number that killed the call, so we do not do it.
Source: 2026 HVAC Contractor Market and Lead-Gen Agency Opportunity Briefing, third-party benchmark data, August 2026.
| Scenario | Leads | Book rate | Average ticket | Revenue | Investment (fee plus ~$800 spend) | Return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative, month 1 | 18 | 30% | $450 repair | $2,430 | $2,048 | 1.2x |
| Realistic, months 1 to 3 | 22 | 38% | $1,900 mixed | $15,884 | $2,048 | 7.8x |
| Two installs close, any month | 18 | 2 of 18 | $9,500 install | $19,000 | $2,048 | 9.3x |
How is this different from ServiceTitan Speed to Lead or Jobber AI Receptionist?
| Capability | ServiceTitan Speed to Lead | Jobber AI Receptionist | Housecall Pro CSR AI | Akarsh Digital Tier 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responds to leads born inside that platform | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Website form, Angi, Thumbtack, Meta lead ads, GBP messages | No | No | No | Yes, all in one pipeline |
| Missed-call text-back on your main line | Partial | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Emergency escalation rule written with you | No | No | No | Yes |
| Review engine and Google Business Profile management | No | No | No | Yes |
| One scoreboard across every source with cost per booked job | No | No | No | Yes, weekly |
| Someone accountable for a written response guarantee | No | No | No | Yes |
Questions HVAC owners ask
Who is Tier 1 for?
An owner-operated HVAC company doing roughly $300K to $1.5M a year that already receives leads from a website, Google Business Profile, an aggregator or referrals, and misses a share of them after hours or during peak season.
Do I need to run ads for Tier 1?
No. Tier 1 works on the leads you already have. If you already run Local Services Ads or Meta ads, they plug in. If you do not, Tier 2 adds them once the answering is fixed.
What is included in $1,248?
Every-source two-minute response 24/7, missed-call text-back, after-hours qualifying and emergency escalation, the review engine, Google Business Profile management, call tracking, and a weekly scoreboard with a 15-minute call. Twilio messaging costs are passed through at cost, typically under $50 a month for a single-truck to five-truck shop.
How is the two-minute guarantee measured?
From the timestamped log. Lead arrival to first outbound SMS or call. The first 30 days are baseline measurement only, then the guarantee applies. If more than 5% of leads in a calendar month miss the standard, that month's fee is waived.
Can I cancel?
90-day initial term, then month to month with 30 days' notice. You keep your tracking number, your accounts and your data.
Find out what your phone missed last week.
Free Response Gap Audit. We test your lead form, time three calls, screenshot your search presence and send a one-page breakdown inside 48 hours. No pitch inside it.