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24/7 After-Hours Call Answering for Your Business

Professional local teams answering overnight, on weekends and public holidays, strictly following your rules and processes as an extension of your business.

Overnight, weekends and public holidays. Your rules and processes. Call plans from $41.47/month.
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1000s
of businesses across Australia and New Zealand
50+
years in business
24/7
call management, we never close
TMC team
Get your team off the phones overnight

Callers with an urgent problem hang up and call the next provider

A burst pipe, a sick patient, a tenant locked out, a server down. Callers facing an emergency will not leave a message, and the issues left until morning are the ones that cost the most.

TMC manages your out-of-hours enquiries and escalates to your techs only when your rules say to, so your team gets the night off and your callers still get a real person.

✓Live answering overnight, weekends and public holidays
✓Triage on your own urgency criteria
✓Escalation of critical issues to your on-call team
✓Situations monitored until they are attended to
$41.47
call plans from, per month
24/7
live answering
After-hours answering on your terms

Answered overnight, escalated when it matters

01 | After-hours answering

Every out-of-hours call answered live in your business name by a local team, with messages and enquiries handled on your rules.

  • Overnight, weekends and public holidays
  • Your script, your business name
  • Messages by SMS or email
  • Detailed overnight reporting
Want your team off the phones overnight?
Let’s build your cover.
02 | Triage & escalation

We manage your enquiries and escalate to your techs, helping you get your team off the phones overnight.

  • Triage on your own urgency criteria
  • Escalation to your on-call team
  • Situations monitored until attended to
  • Routine calls held for the morning
Want your team off the phones overnight?
Let’s build your cover.
03 | Holiday close-downs

Switch us on for close-down periods and public holidays, and back off when your team returns.

  • Christmas and Easter close-downs
  • Public holidays and long weekends
  • Switch on and off as you need
  • Same team, same script
Want your team off the phones overnight?
Let’s build your cover.
How it works

We’re here when you’re not, 365 days a year

Nights, weekends and public holidays are covered by the same trained teams who answer during the day.

Step 1
We map your on-call roster and what counts as an emergency.
Step 2
Our team answers every out-of-hours call live in your name.
Step 3
Urgent calls are escalated on protocol; everything else is briefed by morning.
Pricing displayed in $AUD and $NZD

After-hours call plans from $41.47/month

Bundled call plans
Calls / monthMonthly feeEach extra call
10 calls$41.47$4.14
20 calls$70.35$3.51
50 callsMost popular$91.87$1.83
100 calls$178.50$1.78
200 calls$336.00$1.68
Same plans as our virtual answering service. Pay-per-call plan also available from $36.97/month. Once-off setup $25.
Not sure where to start?
Build your after-hours protocol with us

A short call with a specialist to map your roster, define your emergencies and agree the escalation chain. No obligation.

  • Roster and escalation chain mapped
  • Emergency criteria agreed
  • 7-day free trial available
When voicemail is the wrong answer. Tell us what has to reach you at 2am, and what can wait until morning.
Common questions answered

FAQs

+What happens with a genuine emergency at 2am?
Your protocol decides. Critical issues are escalated to your on-call team, and we can monitor the situation until it is attended to.
+Who decides what is urgent?
You do. We agree the criteria with you at onboarding and apply them on every call. You can change them at any time.
+Can we only use you after hours?
Yes. Your phones divert to a TMC number after hours, or on whatever schedule suits. Email, chat and social messages can be covered on the same roster.
+Do we see what happened overnight?
Yes. You get a clean record of everything that happened overnight, with detailed reporting.

Tell us who needs waking, and when

Share your hours, your on-call setup and the calls that cannot wait. A specialist comes back with a protocol and pricing within one business day.
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