Front Desk

Every call and text, answered as a team.

Business numbers your customers call and text. Calls ring the right people inside Orkello, on the computer or their phone, and every text lands in one shared inbox, next to the customer it's from.

Front DeskCalls and texts from your customers
Rachel Harper0161 496 0870 · calling the Office line
Everyone at once rings Sam and Priya
SRSamOn the computerReady for calls
PSPriyaPhone appReady for calls
Rachel Harper is callingOffice line · a customer in your CRM
Calls

It rings the right people. Then it rests.

Ring everyone at once, or one after another. Open from nine till half five, with a friendly message and voicemail after hours. Add "press 1 for sales" and each option rings its own people.

  • ✓Everyone at once, or one after another
  • ✓Opening hours for every day of the week
  • ✓A greeting, a closed message and voicemail
  • ✓A task to call back, for every missed call
Office line0161 496 0321 · settings11:05
Open: rings everyone at once
Who ringsEveryone at onceOne after anotherSRSamPSPriyaJOJo
Opening hours9:00 to 17:30MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
“Press 1 for…”1SalesringsPS2RepairsringsSR
Texts

One inbox. Everyone knows who it is.

Customers text your mobile number and the whole team sees it. Front Desk finds who it is in your CRM by their number, so you reply knowing their job, their address and what was said last.

  • ✓Matched to your CRM by number
  • ✓Assign it, add a note, mark it done
  • ✓Sent from your business number
  • ✓Delivered ticks
0707700 900461Sales mobile
MondayHi, could someone come and measure up for a new kitchen?Monday 18:42Of course! Would Tuesday at 10 work?Sam · Monday 18:50 · Delivered
Text Tom…
Who's this?
A number you've texted before
New text · Sales mobileTuesday's perfect. It's 12 Birch…
Your numbers

A new number in minutes, or keep the one you've got.

Pick a mobile, a local landline or an 03 number, and give it a name like "Office" or "Sales mobile", so your team knows how to answer. Have as many as you need.

A mobile numberA 07 number customers can call and text. Your team texts back from it too.
A local landlineA 0161, 0113 or 020 number, so you look local to the people you work for.
An 03 numberOne number for the whole country, costing callers the same as a landline.
Or keep your ownForward your existing number to Orkello today, or ask us to move it over for good.

On the computer or the phone

Answer in your browser with a headset, or on the go in the Orkello phone app. Calls out show your business number, never your own.

Ring my mobile too

Away from both? Each person can choose to have calls ring their own mobile after a few seconds, so nobody misses a customer.

Voicemail, written out

Read a voicemail before you play it. It sits in the conversation with the caller, next to their texts and calls.

Peace of mind

Every line, its own people.

The office line rings the office. The sales mobile goes to sales. You choose who sees each number's texts and calls, and who answers.

Four ticks per lineFor each number, choose who can see it, reply to texts, answer calls and make calls. Give a whole role, or one person.
Only their own linesPeople only see the numbers they've been given. The sales line's texts stay with the sales team.
Recording, announcedSwitch on call recording for a line and callers hear that calls may be recorded before anyone answers.
STOP means stopIf a customer texts STOP, they're marked as opted out and nobody can text them until they text START.
📞 Calls in the browser📱 Calls in the phone app🔔 Ring my mobile too👥 Everyone at once, or in turn🕘 Opening hours🌙 A closed message📼 Voicemail, written out🔢 Press 1 for sales✅ A task for every missed call📝 Notes on conversations🙋 Assign a conversation✔️ Mark it done🔎 Found in one search🔔 In the bell and My day👤 Calls and texts on the customer's page➕ Add a caller to the CRM🎙️ Call recording📊 Texts and minutes each month
Coming soon

Messages from everywhere, in the same inbox.

Next, Front Desk brings in the messages customers send your business on social media, each one next to their texts and calls.

Coming soonFacebook MessengerMessages to your Facebook page, answered next to your texts.
Coming soonInstagramDirect messages to your business account, in the same inbox.
Coming soonWhatsAppChats with customers on WhatsApp, matched to your CRM like a text.
Not for emergency callsFront Desk can't call 999 or 112. It's for talking to your customers, so keep an ordinary phone or mobile to hand for emergencies.