Your personal cell has become your business line. Evenings, weekends, vacation: impossible to pick up. You lose clients — or your private life.
A number dedicated to your business, an emergency line you hand out to key clients, a service that takes your messages when you can't answer, a simple shared on-call for small teams. From 1 to 10 people, the same platform as Québec's first responders — without the complexity or corporate pricing.
Your personal cell has become your business line. Evenings, weekends, vacation: impossible to pick up. You lose clients — or your private life.
A Canadian phone number dedicated to your business, distinct from your personal cell. You give this number to clients; you decide when it rings on your phone and when it goes to the on-call service. A single number to print on cards, website and invoices.
Solo professional (lawyer, accountant, vet, tradesperson): every missed call could be a client calling the competitor next. No secretary, no professional answering service.
For self-employed professionals (legal, medical, trades): the call is answered by our 24/7 service, the message is delivered by email, SMS or app notification. You call back when you can, but the client never hits an empty voicemail. Turn the service on or off to match your hours in one click.
Small team (plumbing, locksmith, HVAC, clinic): on-call is arranged by group text between colleagues, nobody knows who's covering tonight, forgotten shifts cost money.
A web interface to define who's on call which night, which weekend. Calls go straight to the right person, per the calendar. Swaps in one click if someone trades a shift. No more group texts to figure out who's covering tonight.
Real emergencies (water damage at 3 AM, injured pet, critical outage at a customer site): a simple voicemail isn't enough, someone needs to be reachable fast.
If the on-call person doesn't answer within X seconds, the call rolls over automatically to a colleague, or the message is recorded and pushed by SMS / email to the whole team. No client emergency falls into the void.
Tight budget: business phone solutions are built for big companies — long contracts, hardware, install fees. Disproportionate for 1 to 10 people.
Team service (IPA): from $4 / user / month based on volume and term. Solo Virtu service (DID number included): $9.95 / month on 12 months, $12.95 month-to-month. No hardware, no install fees, no-commitment trial — keep it if it works.
Emergencies are where you build your reputation — and your premium billing. But if your main line rings all day, you can't tell the urgent call from the routine quote, or prioritize the clients who pay for your availability.
A second number, specifically for emergencies, that you give to key clients (service contracts, premium accounts, partners). You choose how it behaves: ring straight to your cell, forward to the on-call person, or professional message-taking with an SMS callback within the minute. Emergencies jump the queue, loyal clients feel prioritized, and your after-hours interventions get billed at their real value.
With the pager, we just knew there was an emergency. With IPAchat, the client sends us a photo of the lock, we reply with a price, and we send the invoice by SMS once the job is done.
They never need to open an email. And if nobody can take the call, the right person gets alerted on their phone — just like before, only better.
The solidity a critical infrastructure demands.
Our team is reachable at all times. No bot, no lost ticket — engineers who know your deployment.
Servers located in Quebec, compliant with Quebec's Bill 25. Your data stays on Canadian soil.
Redundant servers, encrypted backups, 24/7 monitoring. Availability is our foremost commitment.
Full account created in minutes. Dedicated number active within 24 h. Our team helps you configure the setup for your trade (solo, shared on-call, mixed service). No-commitment trial, pricing that beats the competition — your turn?