Receptionist
AI employee · Front desk · Phone
Asks the service and the stylist, books into the openings you have, texts the desk anything unusual.
A salon's phone rings while every stylist has hands in someone's hair. Maxxus.ai hires you a receptionist that books in your salon's name, a reminder agent that tells you who confirmed, and a re-engagement agent that brings back the clients you have not seen in a while, each disclosing that it is an AI and calling only where consent is on file.
The moment
A client who cannot get through books at the salon that answers. An AI receptionist asks the service and the stylist preference, offers the openings you have, and books. It quotes only the prices on your published menu and nothing else.
The roster
Three jobs from the roster, each briefed on your salon. Hire one to start; the others share the brief.
AI employee · Front desk · Phone
Asks the service and the stylist, books into the openings you have, texts the desk anything unusual.
AI employee · Scheduling · Calendar
Confirms the day before and offers to reschedule, in your words, where consent is on file.
Only where consent is on file.
AI employee · Support and care · Phone
Calls clients who have not booked in a while and offers an opening, only where consent is on file.
Only where consent is on file.
A shift in this trade
A sample call in one salon's brief. Every business gets its own brief, so your employees know your hours, your calendar and your prices, not a generic script.
Incoming call · 2:10 pm, Saturday
[SAMPLE CALL]Booked into the stylist's calendar; the desk was not interrupted.
The first-day brief
Ten minutes on the phone with us, and the three things only your salon can tell us.
Your first hire, by hours worked
Your first hire takes the tier you pick, whatever the role. Every hire after it is the additional wage on the same brief and adds to the pool. The wages page prints every figure.
$149a month
1 hire, 100 minutes in the pool
$249a month
1 hire, 200 minutes in the pool
$399a month
1 hire, 500 minutes in the pool
The comparison
One full-time receptionist at the median wage, benefits included, beside the full-time AI receptionist. Published figures, derived where it says derived, with the sources printed under the card.
| Human receptionist | AI receptionist | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly cost | about $4,500, derived | $249, Full-time |
| Hours covered | about 173 a month, weekdays | 730 a month, every hour of every day |
| Sick days and turnover | Sick days, vacation, and the next hire when this one leaves | Never sick, never late, never quits |
| Time to hire | Weeks | Same day |
Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Receptionists, 2025 data: median pay $38,010 a year, $18.27 an hour. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employer Costs for Employee Compensation, March 2026, private industry: benefits 30.1% of total compensation. Fetched 2026-09-04.
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