Painting estimates booked while your brush is still wet.
2Line.AI gives painters and painting contractors a second business number on the phone they already carry. While you're cutting in a ceiling, Mia by 2Line.AI answers estimate calls, asks interior or exterior, which rooms, whether colors are picked and the timeline, and books the estimate visit.
“Thanks for calling Fresh Coat Painting, this is Mia. Are you thinking about an interior or exterior job?”
Wet paint and a ringing phone don't mix, and estimate calls go to whoever answers.
What Mia asks your callers
- Interior or exterior
- Which rooms or how many stories
- Colors picked or not
- The timeline and address
Calls from a job you're painting this week come to you.
What a busy day looks like for a painter
You're on a ladder cutting in a vaulted ceiling in Nashville, brush loaded, when the phone rings. Mia answers. A couple wants the living room and two bedrooms done before the end of the month, colors already picked, so she books an estimate Saturday at 10 AM and asks them to text photos of the rooms. After the visit you send a quote by text, and their YES comes back on Sunday.
A made-up example. Names and places are fictional.
How Mia handles a call for painters
An example of a call to a fictional business. Mia uses your greeting, your questions and your rules, and you can take the call any time with Hand to me.
After the call: the caller gets one “what happens next” text, and you get the slip above.
The calls painters get, and what Mia does with each
Interior repaint estimate
Mia asks which rooms and whether colors are chosen, then books an estimate visit.
Exterior paint
She asks how many stories, the siding and whether paint is peeling, and asks for photos before you schedule.
Cabinet painting
If you taught her a price range for cabinets, she texts a quote after the call.
Client from this week's job
Calls about a job in progress reach you, so a color change never waits on a slip.
Move-out touch-up
She asks the deadline and the number of rooms, then books it.
Supplier promos
Promotional calls go to voicemail for later.
You choose when Mia answers: always, after hours, or only when you don’t pick up. Take any call yourself with Hand to me.
What to teach Mia as a painter
Mia drafts this from your business name or website. Check each item, put in your own prices and rules, and change any of it later in the app.
Before your first call
- Interior, exterior, cabinets, decks: what you do
- Price ranges per room, if you share them
- Whether you move furniture or the customer does
- How far out you're booked right now
- Your season for exterior work
- The area you cover
What it costs
Say Mia answers 12 calls for you in a month, about 4 minutes each. That’s 2,412 credits. The cheapest way to cover it is one 4,000-credit pack ($59.99), on top of your plan. Your real calls will differ.
| Mia, 4 minutes | 48 × 4 = 192 credits |
|---|---|
| AI summary | 1 credit |
| “What happens next” text to the caller | 8 credits |
| Each call | 201 credits |
| 12 calls | 2,412 credits, about $59.99 in packs |
| If you answer yourself | 8 credits a minute, so a 4-minute call is 32 credits. Missed calls and ring time are free. |
Plans are $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year. Your plan’s 100 starter credits (once) cover about 2 minutes of Mia, or 12 minutes of calls you answer yourself. Credits don’t refill each month; you add a pack when you need one. See all rates.
Set up in 4 steps
- 1Pick your numberChoose from 4 local US numbers with area codes near you. It rings in the 2Line.AI app on the phone you already have.
- 2Start your plan$19.99 a month, or $99.99 a year with a 3-day free trial. Your plan starts with 100 credits, once.
- 3Teach Mia your tradeType your business name or website. Mia drafts your greeting, hours, services and prices for you to check. Tell her what counts as urgent, for example: calls from a job you're painting this week come to you.
- 4Turn on notificationsSo you see each slip the moment a call ends, and urgent calls reach you. Then make a test call to hear Mia.
Phone and follow-up tips for painters
- 1
Ask for room photos before the estimate
Photos show ceiling height, trim and wall condition. You'll arrive knowing roughly what the job is.
- 2
Follow up on quotes inside a week
A YES reply within 7 days marks a quote accepted. Call the ones that go quiet before they book someone else.
- 3
Show finished rooms on your profile
Painting sells on photos. Add finished rooms and exteriors to your Google Business Profile, next to your 2Line number.
- 4
Record calls where colors come up
Color names and sheens are easy to mix up. With call recording on, you get a transcript to check, and callers hear a short notice first.
- 5
Ask for a review when the tape comes off
Tap Job done after the final coat dries and the furniture is back. The review request arrives while the room looks brand new.
What painters use most
Appointment booking
Mia books appointments during the call, inside the business hours you set, and texts the caller a confirmation. Reminders go out before the visit, and customers reply C to confirm or R to reschedule.
Learn moreBusiness texting
2Line.AI lets you text and send pictures from your business number, registered with US carriers for business messaging. Quick actions send quotes, On my way texts with your arrival time, reminders and review requests.
Learn moreCall recorder
2Line.AI can record calls on your second number. Tap Record during a call and everyone on it hears “This call is now being recorded.” Each recording comes with a transcript and an AI summary, and you can trim, share or search it later. Nothing is recorded until you tap Record.
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Can Mia text quotes?
Can I ask for a review when the job is done?
Can Mia ask whether colors are picked?
Can Mia tell callers how far out I'm booked?
Can I keep my cell number off the yard sign?
How much does 2Line.AI cost for painters?
Stop losing calls on the job.
Yearly comes with 3 days free. $19.99 a month or $99.99 a year.
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