It books the appointment, checks the vaccine, and finishes the job.
FrontIQ answers every call, text, and webchat — then books the right slot for the breed, verifies the vaccine, writes it into your software, and chases the rebooking. Not an answering service. The work, done.
Start on the Free plan · 50 minutes/month · No card · Live the same day
Call it right now.
A real FrontIQ agent running a fictional shop. Book an appointment, throw it a curveball, ask for a human — see what it does.
On a phone? Tap to call: (555) 555-0123
Try saying: “Can I bring my golden in Friday for a de-shed?” · “Do you groom cats?” · “I want to talk to a person.”
From “can you fit Biscuit in?” to booked, confirmed, and in your software.
When the call ended, so did the work
- 90-min slot — set by breed & coat
- Rabies vaccine verified before booking
- Written into Gingr, live
- Confirmation text sent ($85)
- Biscuit's record created
- Rebooking nudge scheduled (6 wks)
An answering service would’ve left you a voicemail to call back. FrontIQ got to a booked, paid-rate, confirmed appointment — and you never touched the phone.
Your grooming SOPs — vaccine checks, breed-based timing, deposits — run on every call.
AI receptionists read a generic script. FrontIQ verifies the rabies record, sizes the slot to the breed, and collects the deposit — your rules, on every call.
# Your shop's rules, in plain languagealways verify rabies before bookingsize slot by breed + coat typenew client → collect $20 depositfull groom → offer teeth-brushingflag severe matting + nervous dogs at intakeif caller upset → hand off to owner cellafter visit → rebook in 6 weeksEncoded once
Write your booking rules, deposits, vaccine policy, upsells, and escalation path in plain language. They become a Flow the agent runs across every call, text, and chat.
Run every time
No new-hire ramp-up, no forgotten deposit, no skipped upsell, no off days. The same procedure on the 500th call as the first.
Same at every location
Roll one Flow across the whole network and every shop runs your standard — not each front desk's interpretation of it.
FrontIQ books into your Gingr calendar while the customer is on the line.
FrontIQ reads your real Gingr calendar during the call and books the slot that’s actually open.
It writes the appointment, the client, and the pet record back before the call ends.
No double-bookings. No after-the-fact cleanup. No “we’ll confirm later.”From your website to your first test call in under 10 minutes.
Step 01
Find your shop
We pull your name, hours, and services straight from Google. No data entry.
Step 02
Set up your agent
One form. We scrape your site, write your FAQs, and connect Gingr in the background.
Step 03
Make your first call
We hand you a number on the spot. Call it. Drop the webchat on your site. You're live.
Start free. Your phone never hits a cap.
Free
$0/mo
A complete grooming agent, free to run.
- 50 minutes/month
- Voice + webchat + one number
- Auto-CRM: customer + pet records
- Outbound SMS confirmations
Starter
$99/mo
For a single grooming location.
- 300 minutes/month included
- $0.25/min after — never a hard stop
- Gingr integration + no-show recovery
- Full grooming Skill, no FrontIQ branding
Business
$299/mo
For franchise & multi-location grooming networks.
- Per-location rollout, one standard agent
- Dashboards in dollars, per location
- Priority support
Paid plans never cut your phone off mid-month — overage is a fixed per-minute rate, never a hard stop. Compare all plans →
Run FrontIQ on your own shop.
See it live
Run a preview on your shop
Tell us your shop’s name. In a couple of minutes we email you a FrontIQ agent loaded with your services, hours, and breeds — on a real number. Call it.
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Built by the team behind ShopVOX
We built and sold ShopVOX — operations software for thousands of small service shops. We know what breaks at the front desk.
Founding partners
Be one of our first shops
We’re hand-onboarding a small group of founding grooming partners — go live early, lock founder pricing, shape the grooming Skill. Spots are limited.
Apply to be a founding partner →Hear it book an appointment on your own shop.
Tell us your business — we’ll email you a personalized FrontIQ agent in minutes. Or call the SalonTail demo right now and try to trip it up.