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Business texting approval

A one-time carrier registration before your assistant can text customers — with an EIN, or as a sole proprietor with none. Approval takes about 1–3 weeks.

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Connect your phone to your assistant

Step 4 of 6: decide how calls reach your assistant — forward your own number or use your new one — and dial the one code your carrier needs.

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Create your account and set up your business

Step 1 of 6: sign up free and tell Conduit the basics about your business. Plan on about 30 minutes to a live assistant — you pay only when you go live.

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Forwarding your existing number

Two ways to connect your existing number to your assistant, forward every call or only the ones you miss, with the exact carrier code to dial once.

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Go live and your daily rhythm

Step 6 of 6: finish the setup checklist, meet your morning briefing, and settle into the daily rhythm where the Inbox is your source of truth.

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Hire your assistant and pick a plan

Step 3 of 6: choose Solo, Growth, or Office, activate your assistant, and get a phone number. You see the price before you pay — activation is pay-first.

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How many times your phone rings first

Choose how many times your own phone rings before an unanswered call rolls to your assistant, 2 to 3 recommended; Verizon is fixed at about 5 rings.

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iPhone owners: turn off Live Voicemail

iPhone's Live Voicemail (iOS 17+) answers calls before forwarding can reach your assistant; turn it off in Settings so callers get a live answer.

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Make your first test call

Step 5 of 6: call your own number, hear the AI-and-recording disclosure, and watch the call land in your History with a recording and transcript.

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Taking the tour and finding your way around

A short guided tour runs on your first visit; replay it anytime from Get help or the setup checklist. First-visit tips point out each screen as you go.

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Teach your assistant about your business

Step 2 of 6: feed your assistant your website, services, and the questions customers ask most — so it answers like someone who works there.

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The Conduit app on your phone

The companion app shows who's answering your business phone right now, pings you on new messages, and keeps your forwarding codes one tap away.

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Website prefill

Paste your website or Google Business Profile link at setup and your services, FAQs, and hours are drafted for you to review and edit.

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Your assistant, at a glance

See everything your assistant does from one page — its health, what it knows, its voice, and call routing — and where to change any of it.

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Stuck? Talk to a human

Email support@conduitapp.ai — a real person reads every message. No ticket bots, no phone tree.

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