The Missed-Call Money Leak
Two jobs today: find out what your missed calls have been costing you, and give those calls somewhere to go. About 15 minutes, nothing to buy, your number stays untouched.
Step 1 — Count the leak (5 minutes)
- Open your phone's call log. Go back exactly 7 days.
- Count every missed call from a number that isn't saved in your contacts. Those are your maybes — new work you never talked to.
- Run those numbers through the calculator right here. That yearly figure is your own math on your own phone log.
Run your own numbers
How much work slips past you when a call goes to voicemail? Your phone log knows. Put in your numbers — this is your arithmetic, not ours.
This estimate comes entirely from the numbers you typed — it is not a promise, a projection, or a typical result. It measures inquiries you missed, not sales anyone owes you, and building an assistant does not guarantee you win any of it.
Step 2 — Give missed calls somewhere to go (10 minutes)
Conditional call forwarding sends a call somewhere else onlywhen you don't answer or you're on the other line. Your number doesn't change. Normal calls ring exactly like they do today. It's a carrier setting, usually free or cheap on modern plans, and it's reversible in one dial code.
Where do you point it?If someone in your world already answers phones — office, partner, answering service — point it there today and your missed calls become their pickups. If there's nobody, do the setup steps anyway with your voicemail as the target so you know exactly how it works — it costs nothing and you keep the skill.
Android
Built into settings: Phone app → Settings → Calls → Call forwarding → set Forward when busy, Forward when unanswered, and Forward when unreachableto your target number. On Samsung it's Phone → Settings → Supplementary services → Call forwarding. On Verizon Android phones the menu sometimes errors — use the Verizon dial codes below instead.
iPhone (dial codes — iOS has no menu for conditional forwarding)
iPhone first step — before any codes: Settings → Phone → Live Voicemail → turn it OFF. Live Voicemail answers calls on your phone before forwarding gets the chance, and it quietly breaks everything below.
| Carrier | Turn ON | Turn OFF |
|---|---|---|
| AT&T / T-Mobile (GSM) | Dial **004* + 10-digit target + #, tap Call — covers busy, no-answer, and unreachable in one code. (Individually: **61* no-answer, **67* busy, **62* unreachable, each + number + #.) | ##004# (or ##002# to clear every type) |
| Verizon | Dial *71 + 10-digit target, tap Call | *73 |
Other carriers (and business VoIP lines) have their own codes or dashboard settings — search "conditional call forwarding" plus your carrier, or ask them directly. One Verizon note: *71 covers busy and no-answer; phone-off/no-signal behavior varies and may go to carrier voicemail instead of your target.
Verify it actually worked (2 minutes — don't skip)
- On GSM carriers, dial
*#61#— it shows where no-answer calls forward.*#67#checks busy,*#62#unreachable. - The real test: have someone call you while you let it ring out. Confirm the call lands where you pointed it.
- iPhone and the test failed? Check Live Voicemail is OFF (see above) — it intercepts calls before forwarding can fire.
- Changed your mind? Dial the OFF code above. You're back to stock in five seconds.
What you just did
You measured a real number from your own phone log, and you took control of a carrier feature most contractors never touch. That fix is yours to keep — it costs nothing and it works today. The automatic-text-back season we'd sketched is shelved for now, so this page doesn't promise it anymore. Season 1 is Your Front Door: your business online — a domain in your name, a page in your words, a way to reach you.
Estimates on this page come from your own inputs and are not promises or typical results. Build Season teaches; it never handles your money or your customers.
Straight answer on what this leads to: nothing, yet. The AI-assistant season this preview came from is shelved, and we don't advertise seasons that don't exist. This page stands on its own — the forwarding fix works today and costs nothing. Season 0 is free and open right now, and Season 1, Your Front Door, is the next one to open.
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