PEST CONTROL · OTTAWA & EASTERN ONTARIO

Nobody calls about wasps twice.

Pest calls are urgent and slightly embarrassing. If you don't answer, they don't leave a message — they just call someone else and never mention it.

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$497/month · done-for-you setup · month-to-month

Where the money goes

Pest control callers are motivated in a way most trades never see. There is something in the house right now and they want it gone today. That urgency is worth a lot, but it has a short half-life: they will not leave a voicemail about a mouse, and they certainly won't leave one about bedbugs. They dial the next result.

Volume compounds it. Wasps in August, mice the first week it gets cold, ants in spring — the calls arrive in waves while your techs are already booked solid and nobody is sitting at a desk. The busiest weeks of the year are the ones where the phone rings out most.

What a job is worth here

Reference figures for this trade

Single treatment: $180 – $450
Wasp / hornet removal: $200 – $400
Rodent exclusion program: $500 – $1,400
Bedbug treatment: $900 – $2,500
Recurring program value: $300 – $700 per year

Figures are ranges we see quoted in the Ottawa market, not our numbers. Put your own into the revenue calculator and see where it lands.

What the text actually says

Nine seconds after a call goes unanswered, the caller gets this — in your business's name, in wording we write with you before it goes live.

Sent 9 seconds after the missed callHi, Ridge Pest Solutions — we're out on treatments and couldn't answer. What are you dealing with, and is it inside the house or outside? No judgement, it's an extremely common call.

What it finds out before you call back

Species — wasps, mice, ants, cockroaches, bedbugs — because it dictates the whole visit
Inside or outside, and how long it's been going on
Home, rental, or commercial, since that changes who's paying and who has to consent
Whether there are pets or kids in the house, so the tech shows up with the right approach

And the quotes that go quiet

Every quote you send gets a polite, automatic follow-up until the customer decides. It stops the moment they book or decline. At the end of the month you get one page showing which jobs came back and what they were worth.

See the full sequence we use, or how the whole system runs.

Questions pest control companies ask

Some of these calls are sensitive. Does the wording handle that?

We write it with you, and the default is deliberately matter-of-fact — no jokes, no exclamation marks, and an explicit line that says it's a common call. That tone converts better here than anywhere else.

Can it sell recurring programs?

The follow-up engine chases any quote you send, including annual programs, and it can nudge one-time customers toward a plan at the interval you choose.

What about commercial accounts?

Those come in on the same line and get a different opening question. Property managers and restaurant owners answer texts during hours a homeowner won't.

Next step

Find out what you're leaving on the table.

A 15-minute call. We look at your call volume and your average job together, and you'll know before we hang up whether the math works for your shop.

Book a 15-minute call

Or call the system yourself at 343-503-5515 and see what it does.