Your techs are under cars, not at a desk. I build GoHighLevel systems that follow up on estimates, remind customers when a service is due, tell them when the car is ready, and ask for the review while the job is still fresh.
Walk into most independent shops and you see the same picture. The bays are full, the front desk is one person, and the phone rings while everyone is working. Calls go to voicemail. Estimates go out by text or email and never get a reply. Customers who were due an oil change three months ago never hear from the shop.
None of this is because the work is bad. It is because the shop has no system for the work around the work. A customer does not leave because a brake job cost too much. They leave because nobody followed up, nobody told them the car was ready, and nobody reminded them to come back.
I set up GoHighLevel so the estimate follow-up, the service reminder, and the pick-up message happen on their own, while your team stays in the bays where they earn the money.
These workflows are built around how your shop already runs: how estimates go out, how jobs move through the bays, and how customers usually pay and pick up.
You send an estimate for brakes, a timing belt, or a transmission job. The customer says they will think about it. Then they think about it at another shop. I set up a follow-up that goes out the next day, then a few days later: a short message restating the price, asking if they want to book, and offering two time slots. No chasing by phone. The estimate stops dying in the customer's inbox.
Oil changes, tire rotations, state inspections, and the 30,000-mile service all have a date or a mileage attached. The workflow watches the last visit and sends a reminder when the next one is due, with a booking link. Customers who meant to come back actually come back, because someone reminded them before the dashboard light did.
The job is done and the car is sitting in your lot while the customer has no idea. The workflow sends a text the moment the job moves to ready: the total, the pick-up hours, and a link to pay if you take payment online. Customers collect faster, your lot clears, and the front desk stops fielding calls asking if the car is ready yet.
A customer picks up a car that runs right and feels good about the shop. That is the moment to ask for a review. The workflow sends a text the same evening with a link to your Google profile. If the customer replies with a problem instead, it comes to you first, so you can fix it before it becomes a one-star review.
Your bays are full and the phone rings while everyone is under a car. GoHighLevel texts the caller back within a minute: a short message saying you saw the call and asking what they need. They reply by text, the reply lands in your inbox, and the booking gets made without anyone leaving the shop floor.
A customer owns two cars and calls about the truck. You open their record and see both vehicles, the last job on each, and what was quoted and not done. When they ask about the estimate from March, you have it in front of you instead of digging through a paper folder.
Step 01
We walk through a normal week at the shop: how estimates go out, how jobs are tracked, how customers find out their car is ready, and how service reminders work today. I write down what a booked job is and what a lost estimate is worth to you.
Step 02
I build the pipelines, the estimate follow-up, the service reminders, the pick-up notifications, and the missed-call text-back inside your GoHighLevel account. Message wording is drafted with you, because a text from your shop has to sound like your shop.
Step 03
Before launch I test the whole path: a test estimate, the follow-up messages, a service reminder, a job moving to ready, a missed call, and a review request. Anything that fires at the wrong time gets fixed here, not on a real customer.
Step 04
The system goes live with handover documentation and a walkthrough session for your front desk. Setup and CRM Automation include 30 days of post-launch support for bug fixes and small tweaks.
Most projects take 2 to 6 weeks depending on scope. A single-shop setup is usually at the shorter end. The timeline is agreed before work starts.
One-time fee. Account and sub-account setup, one pipeline, lead capture, one SMS plus email follow-up sequence, calendar and booking, basic landing page, and 30 days post-launch support.
One-time fee. Everything in Setup, plus estimate follow-up, service reminders, pick-up notifications, missed-call text-back, review requests, multiple pipelines, and integrations where possible. Includes 30 days post-launch support.
GoHighLevel software is paid separately to GoHighLevel: Starter $97 a month, Unlimited $297 a month, Founder $497 a month (renamed October 2026, formerly Agency Pro / SaaS Pro), annual billing about $81 / $248 / $414 a month, with a 14-day free trial. SMS, email, and call usage is billed separately. Prices as of November 2026, check gohighlevel.com for the latest.
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Setup is $900 one-time for a foundation build: account and sub-account setup, one pipeline, lead capture, one SMS plus email follow-up sequence, calendar and booking, and a basic landing page. CRM automation from $1,500 covers the fuller build: estimate follow-up, service reminders, pick-up notifications, missed-call text-back, and review requests. GoHighLevel software is paid separately to GoHighLevel: Starter $97 a month, Unlimited $297 a month, Founder $497 a month (renamed October 2026, formerly Agency Pro / SaaS Pro), annual billing about $81 / $248 / $414 a month, with a 14-day free trial. SMS, email, and call usage is billed separately.
Most projects take 2 to 6 weeks depending on scope. A single-shop setup is usually at the shorter end. A fuller build with service reminders across several job types and a pick-up notification flow takes longer, because the reminder timing and message wording need your input. The timeline is agreed before work starts.
It depends on the software. Website forms and booking pages connect directly. Some shop management tools can pass data through a webhook or API, and I check that during discovery before promising anything. Where a direct connection is not possible, I set up a simple handoff, for example a job-status update your front desk taps, so pick-up messages and reminders still go out on time.
Yes, that is the shop it is built for. The point is that the phone, the estimate follow-up, and the pick-up message do not need a person watching them. Your front desk handles the customers who are standing in front of them. The system handles the ones who called, the ones who got an estimate, and the ones due a service.
The workflow sends a second message a few days later, then stops. The estimate moves to a stage that tells you it went cold, so you can decide whether to call or let it go. The customer is not bombarded, and the estimate is not forgotten.
Yes. Setup and CRM Automation both include 30 days of post-launch support for bug fixes and small tweaks. After that, ongoing maintenance and support can be arranged separately. Handover documentation and a walkthrough session are included.
Tell me how estimates go out today, how customers find out their car is ready, and how service reminders work. I will come back with an honest recommendation, realistic scope, and a clear price, with no obligation.