For busy mechanic shops

Turn missed calls into booked jobs

Helpo takes bookings on your website and over WhatsApp, holds the spot with a deposit, and hands you a confirmed job, ready for the bay. It works with how your shop already runs.

By invitation.We're onboarding a small group of founding shops. Free to set up, free for your first 60 days.

Helpo assistantask us anything about Helpoonline
Hi! I can answer anything about Helpo: how it works, pricing, deposits, setup. Ask away, or tap a question.

A live assistant for shop owners, ask it anything about Helpo. It's not the customer booking bot, that one's just below. Book a demo.

Deposits · taken automatically
2 ways to book · widget & WhatsApp
$0 · to set up, 60 days free
WhatsAppWebsite widgetSMS remindersStripe deposits
See it in action

Exactly what your customers experience

They book in a few taps, on your website or over WhatsApp. Helpo gathers the details, takes the deposit, and hands you a confirmed job.

● Customer view · branded as your shop

It books the job while you're under a car

The assistant asks what they need, then the make, model and kms, and offers your real available days. A $50 deposit holds the spot.

You confirm every booking yourself, with one tap from your morning summary, and the customer gets a reminder the day before.

ALS Automotiveconcierge, powered by Helpoonline
Hi! Tell me what your car needs, or pick a service below.
Logbook serviceBrakesTyresAir con
Brakes feel soft. It's a 2016 Toyota Corolla, about 30,000km.
Great, a brake check for your 2016 Corolla on ~30,000km. Anything else before I show you some days?
Nope, that's it
Perfect. Pick a day below, a $50 deposit holds your spot, fully refundable up to 24 hours before and it comes off your bill.
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For your customers

Booking that just works, day or night

Your customers book the moment they think of it, in a few taps, without waiting for you to pick up the phone.

Book in seconds, 24/7

They can book any time, even after hours or when you're under a carand can't get to the phone.

On the web or WhatsApp

Booking happens on your site or straight from a WhatsApp message, with no app to download.

Held with a deposit

A $50 deposit holds the spot and comes off the final bill, so far fewer people drift away.

Reminders & easy changes

A text reminder lands the day before, and they can reschedule or cancel with a single tap.

● The owner side · runs from your phone

It runs from the phone in your pocket

Every morning a summary lands by text and email. You call your customers, reply YES to confirm, and write them in your planner. The whole thing takes a few minutes over your coffee, with nothing to log into and nothing to install.

  • Instant alert the second a new booking comes in
  • Morning summary, confirm by one text
  • Deposits land in your own Stripe account
  • A calendar invite for every confirmed job
Your morning summarySMS · today 7:30am
3 upcoming, 2 to confirm. Reply YES <n> to confirm, NOSHOW <n> for a no-show.
1)Sarah M, logbook service, Wed AMconfirmed
2)Dave K, brake check, Wed PMto confirm
3)Priya S, 2 tyres, Thu AMto confirm
- ALS Automotive via Helpo
YES 2YES 3NOSHOW 1
For your shop

And it quietly grows your business

Your website, refreshed

We rebuild your site on your own domain, with a Book Online button. The redesign is yours to keep.

Money straight to you

Deposits route to your own Stripe account. We never hold your money.

Fewer missed jobs

Every after-hours enquiry becomes a booking instead of a missed call.

See every booking

A simple dashboard of who's booked, who's confirmed, and what's coming in.

Your dashboardThis week · sample
38Bookings
31Confirmed
$1,805Deposits to you
New bookings38
Confirmed & in the diary31

Fair by design

A deposit never costs you a customer

A $50 deposit holds every spot and comes straight off the final bill, so it's the customer's money holding their place, not a fee. You keep $47.50 of each one. If a booking can't be confirmed, the customer is refunded in full, automatically, and you're never out of pocket. We handle the disputes.

$47.50 to you, per bookingRouted to your own Stripe. We never hold it.
Refund-first, alwaysUnconfirmed booking? The customer is refunded, automatically.
A refund never costs youWe cover the fee and the card costs ourselves.
Your edge

Big-franchise service, without the front desk

The big chains can afford someone answering the phone all day. A good independent shop can't, so calls go to voicemail and some customers just ring the next shop. Helpo answers and books for you, automatically, around the clock.

Shops without it

Calls go to voicemail after hours, the phone's engaged during the day, and some customers quietly book elsewhere.

The big franchises

A receptionist on the phones all day. It works, but it costs real wages every week.

You, with Helpo

The booking gets taken every time, day or night. You match the franchise and pull ahead of every shop still doing it by hand, without hiring.

What's coming

This is just the start

A glimpse of where Helpo is heading. We'll share the full roadmap with founding shops.

Soon

Google reviews on autopilot

Nudge happy customers to leave a review, right after the job.

Soon

Repeat-service reminders

Bring customers back when their next service is due.

Soon

More trades

Beyond mechanics: detailers, tyre shops, the next local services.

Soon

Self-serve setup

Brand and launch your booking channel in minutes.

Pricing

It pays for itself, or it's free

We build it and run it free for your first 60 days, no matter what. The monthly fee only starts once it's proven itself.

$0 to start
Setup $2,500, waived · then 60 days free
We rebuild your site, set up the booking channel, and run it free for 60 days. No setup fee, no monthly fee, however the pilot goes.
Then $500 + GST / month only once proven

The fee starts only after the channel has brought you 10 paid bookings, never just because time has passed.

Plus $2.50 per booking, taken from the $50 deposit (so you net $47.50). Month to month, cancel any time.

Founding shop program

Become one of our founding shops

We're onboarding a small founding group by invitation, online or in person. Book a 15-minute demo and we'll show you your new booking channel, live, branded as your shop.

Book a demo

hello@helpo.com.au · free to set up, free for your first 60 days.