14-day free trial · about 10 minutes

Set up your Kūmara

Tell us how your business runs. We’ll build your own receptionist from it, set up your Kūmara number and show you how to switch it on. Your first 14 days are free: we take your card at the next step and you can cancel any time before the trial ends.

1 Your business

Business name

Your first nameKūmara says “this is [name]’s AI assistant”.

Your trade Choose onePlumber or gasfitterElectricianBuilderAnother tradeThis sets sensible answers for the rest of the form.

Email

Your mobileThe phone customers ring now. You’ll forward its missed calls to Kūmara.

Business number if different

Backup mobile for urgent jobs optional

2 Where you work

Region Choose your regionNorthlandAucklandWaikatoBay of PlentyGisborneHawke’s BayTaranakiManawatū-WhanganuiWellingtonNelson TasmanMarlboroughWest CoastCanterburyOtagoSouthland

Anywhere else? optionalKūmara takes a message, but won’t book visits, for jobs outside your area.

3 When Kūmara can book site visits

Days

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Visits from

Until

+ Add a second window

Kūmara only offers times your Google Calendar shows as free.

How long is a site visit?30 minutes45 minutes1 hour1½ hours2 hours

Travel time between visitsNone15 minutes30 minutes45 minutes1 hour

Shortest notice for a booking1 hour2 hours3 hours4 hours1 day2 days

Most visits in a day1234568

4 Your calendar

Google account your calendar is onYou’ll connect it after sign-up. Kūmara only sees when you’re free or busy, and only adds the site visits it books.

What a booking is for Kūmara tells callers it’s booking “”.

5 How Kūmara handles calls

Voice

NelsonYoung Kiwi, upbeat ▶ Hear Nelson

MarkNatural Kiwi, relaxed ▶ Hear Mark

JennaWarm Kiwi, clear ▶ Hear Jenna

Emergencies (burst pipe, no power)

Email me URGENTKūmara emails you straight away

Email and put them throughAlso rings your mobile if they agree

Call-out fees optional

I charge a call-out fee

I charge more for emergency or after-hours call-outs

Kūmara never quotes job prices. It only mentions these if a caller asks.

Work you don’t take on optional

Kūmara politely says no, and still takes a message.

Anything else Kūmara should always say or never book optional

6 Your phone

Mobile networkChoose oneOne NZSpark2degreesAnother network

Plan typePay monthlyYearly planPrepay

7 Your plan

Solo$149/mo founding, then $199100 calls

Crew$349/mo founding, then $449250 calls

Business$749/mo founding, then $899500 calls

Prices exclude GST. Founding price for your first 12 months, for our first 50 customers.

If you use all your calls

Keep answeringExtra calls charged per call

Stop at my limitNo extra charges. We email you how to switch Kūmara off.

8 Check and finish

I agree to the terms and privacy policy. The mobile above is mine or my business’s, and I’m allowed to forward its calls. I understand callers are told they’re talking to an AI assistant and that calls are recorded.

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Continue to free trial

Next you’ll add a card with Stripe. Nothing is charged for 14 days, and you can cancel before then from your dashboard.