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AI Receptionist Web Calls: Let Visitors Talk to Your Business Right From Your Website

Not every customer wants to dial a number.

Some are on a laptop at work. Some are abroad and don't want to pay for an international call. Some just hate phoning. But they are already on your website, and they have a question right now.

So let them talk to you from there.

What Web Calls are

AI Receptionist Web Calls put a call button on your site. A visitor taps it, allows their microphone, and starts speaking with your Owlixi AI Receptionist right in the browser.

No phone number. No app to install. Just tap and talk.

Under the hood it runs as a WebRTC call from the website, so audio goes straight from the visitor's browser to the AI Receptionist.

What happens on the call

This is a real, live conversation, not a voice menu. The AI Receptionist can:

  • Answer questions about your services, hours and prices, using your business knowledge base
  • Take bookings during the call
  • Hand over to your team when a human is needed
  • Save call logs and insights so you can review what people asked

Because the call happens in the browser, location stops mattering. A customer can call you from anywhere in the world as long as they have your site open.

Where it lives on your site

Web Calls sit on your site as a web call widget, alongside the Owlixi AI Chatbot. Visitors who prefer typing use the chat. Visitors who prefer talking tap the call button. Same business data behind both.

Bookings from the AI Receptionist can be pushed to the Owlixi Booking Terminal, the staff screen that runs in any browser on a phone, tablet, laptop or computer. Calendly booking automation is also included on the plans that come with Web Calls, if that is where your calendar already lives.

Installing it

You have a few options, depending on your stack:

  1. One snippet. Paste the Owlixi install script into your site once. The same script loads the website widgets, so you are not juggling separate embeds for chat and calls.
  2. WordPress plugin. Add Owlixi through the WordPress plugin, no theme files to edit.
  3. Shopify and Wix apps. Add Owlixi through the Shopify or Wix app.

After that, the work is mostly content, not code. Owlixi builds its knowledge base from your website and files such as PDF, DOCX, TXT and MD, plus FAQs you add yourself. The better that knowledge is, the better your AI Receptionist answers on the call.

A quick checklist before you go live:

  • Make sure your services, opening hours and prices are on your site or in your uploaded docs
  • Set up your booking hours, breaks and slot buffers in the Booking Terminal
  • Decide when the AI Receptionist should hand over to a person
  • Make a test call yourself from a phone browser and a desktop browser

Web Calls and phone calls together

Web Calls do not replace your phone line. They sit next to it.

The AI Receptionist also answers your regular business number 24/7, with dedicated numbers available in the UK, US and Canada. So customers who want to phone can phone, and customers who would rather stay on your website can talk to you there.

Which plans include it

AI web calls directly from your site come with the AI Receptionist Pro and AI Receptionist Ultra plans. Both also include advanced call routing and live handoff, Calendly booking automation, instant WhatsApp and Telegram reports, and live call logs, monitoring and insights.

  • AI Receptionist Lite: $29/month, a 3-day trial then paid. A simple way to start with the AI Receptionist on your phone line (Web Calls are not included in Lite)
  • AI Receptionist Pro: $59/month, 100 AI-powered calls, 6 premium AI voices
  • AI Receptionist Ultra: $99/month, unlimited AI-powered calls, 10 premium AI voices, 24/7 onboarding and support

Pro and Ultra include one business number, with extra lines at $5/month, plus usage charges as listed on the pricing page.

50% off with code OWLIXISALE

Here is the best part. Enter promo code OWLIXISALE at checkout and get 50% off. That brings Lite down from $29 to $14.50, Pro from $59 to $29.50 and Ultra from $99 to $49.50.

Don't let this one sit in a tab. Use OWLIXISALE while it is live.

Not ready for calls yet? The free Owlixi Starter plan already gives you the AI Chatbot, the Booking Terminal and email notifications.

Try it

If your customers already find you on your website, give them a way to talk to you without leaving it.

See the plans and set it up at owlixi.com.

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