Phone, SMS & 10DLC

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• Are call recordings free and unlimited, or do they cost extra?
• Can a form verify a phone number before it is submitted?
• Can an AI agent follow up with a lead and negotiate a deal by text or email?
• Can I bring my existing phone number to Votel?
• Can I call or get phone numbers in other countries, or connect my own phone carrier?
• Can I connect an outside texting provider such as SendBlue?
• Can I connect desk phones with SIP trunking, or forward calls to my own phones?
• Can I create folders to organize my agents, forms, phone numbers and snapshots?
• Can I get phone numbers outside the United States?
• Can I make and receive calls in the browser and transfer calls?
• Can I make one compliant website with privacy, SMS and terms pages and reuse it for every sub-account?
• Can I mark up SMS, calls, email and AI usage to earn money from my clients' usage?
• Can I register for 10DLC without an EIN or LLC, as a sole proprietor?
• Can I send and receive pictures by text message (MMS)?
• Can I send appointment reminder texts before my 10DLC texting registration is approved?
• Can I send daily reminders, like a coaching check-in, by email or SMS?
• Can I send images or attachments in text messages (MMS)?
• Can I send iMessage (blue bubble) texts or use SendBlue instead of regular SMS?
• Can I send text messages for my clients under my own A2P 10DLC registration?
• Can I start using Votel before my 10DLC (SMS) registration is approved?
• Can I take calls and texts myself, and is there a mobile app?
• Can I text or AI call people from a scraped or purchased lead list?
• Can I text or AI call the contacts that Visitor ID finds, or only email them?
• Can I transfer a live call to another number?
• Can I use AI calling or texting for cold outreach to leads I scraped?
• Can I use AI to cold call or text a list of leads?
• Can I use calls, email and social media, or demo my AI agent, while my SMS registration is pending?
• Can my AI agent send a text, a link or forward the call in the middle of a live conversation?
• Can my AI agent text me the caller's details during a call so I can follow up?
• Can one AI agent answer phone calls, texts, emails, social messages and my website chat?
• Can phone calls be recorded and transcribed, and does it cost extra?
• Can texts that come in on my Votel number be forwarded to my own phone?
• Can the AI agent transfer a live call to a person, and how does call forwarding work?
• Can Votel find a missing phone number, email or LinkedIn profile for my existing contacts?
• Can Votel replace CallRail for call tracking and routing?
• Can Votel send faxes, and what if a client needs a feature Votel does not have?
• Do AI assistant credits also pay for the texts, calls and emails the assistant sends?
• Do AI assistant credits pay for videos, text messages and app hosting?
• Do I have to change my business phone number to use an AI receptionist?
• Do I have to include opt-out wording like reply STOP in my text messages?
• Do I have to move my client's website, forms, phone number or hosting to Votel?
• Do I have to move my website to Votel to use the chat widget, phone number and booking?
• Do I need a separate phone number for each teammate, client or campaign?
• Do I need separate AIs for phone calls, SMS, email, social media and website chat?
• Do I need to build an automation to handle STOP replies to my text messages?
• Do I need Twilio or another phone provider to use phone numbers, calls and SMS in Votel?
• Do workflows use AI credits if they only send emails and texts?
• Do you have missed call text back?
• Do you offer ringless voicemail or a voicemail drop, where the AI calls twice?
• Do you use Twilio for calls and text messages, and is texting two-way?
• Does each of my clients or sub-accounts need its own 10DLC approval to send texts?
• Does my A2P 10DLC texting approval transfer when I move my numbers to Votel?
• Does my AI agent remember a customer across calls, texts, chat and email?
• Does the mobile app send push notifications for incoming calls and texts?
• Does the power dialer or voicemail drop cost extra?
• Does Votel have a power dialer for calling my contacts?
• Does Votel have a power dialer, and how does it work?
• Does Votel have trigger links or click tracking for SMS and email?
• How are SMS, email and AI image or video generation charged?
• How can field workers update job status without logging in to the system?
• How can one phone number send callers to different paths or different AI agents based on what they say?
• How do I add a phone number and an AI agent that answers calls and chats on my website?
• How do I block a caller who keeps calling or leaving voicemails?
• How do I build a speed to lead workflow so new leads get an instant text, call and email?
• How do I build a workflow that handles every incoming call, text and email for my AI agent?
• How do I build an email and SMS follow-up sequence in the workflow builder?
• How do I buy a phone number, should it be toll-free or local, and how do I choose where its calls go?
• How do I change a form's colors, border and button text to fit my website?
• How do I check the status of my 10DLC (A2P) registration?
• How do I connect a business's existing phone number to an AI agent without changing the number?
• How do I fill in the message description, sample messages and links on my 10DLC plan?
• How do I fill in the user consent, opt-in, opt-out and help sections of my 10DLC plan?
• How do I get a business's calls answered by the AI receptionist, and do I need to port their number?
• How do I get my voice agent to read phone numbers and addresses back correctly?
• How do I make my AI agent answer calls to a business's existing phone number?
• How do I make my AI agent reply when a customer answers a text or email sent by a workflow?
• How do I mark up SMS, calls, emails and AI usage so I make a profit on every service?
• How do I port (transfer) my existing phone numbers into Votel?
• How do I port my existing phone number into Votel?
• How do I protect my AI agent from spam calls, abuse, long calls or repeat callers?
• How do I put a caller on hold or leave a voicemail from the power dialer?
• How do I register for 10DLC (A2P) so I can send text messages?
• How do I set the caller ID name that shows on my outbound calls?
• How do I set up an AI outbound calling campaign with retries and a text before the call?
• How do I set up missed call text back, and can I reuse it for other clients?
• How do I stop spam calls on a new phone number?
• How does giving a client a different phone number affect their local SEO?
• How long does a new phone number take to work, and why does it just ring when I call it?
• How long does SMS (10DLC) approval take?
• How many calls and texts can my AI agent handle at the same time?
• How much do phone numbers and phone calls cost?
• How much does 10DLC (A2P) registration for SMS cost?
• How much does 10DLC (SMS) registration cost?
• How much does a phone number cost, and can I mark it up for my clients?
• How much does it cost to send a text message, and what is a segment?
• How should I explain SMS approval time to my clients?
• If a workflow sends a text and the person replies, who answers?
• If I port a number that was already registered for texting, do I have to register for 10DLC again?
• Is the phone number I buy in Votel mine, and can I port it out?
• Is there a limit on how many outbound AI calls I can make, and can the AI transfer a call to a person?
• Is there a limit on how many text messages I can send?
• My 10DLC registration is pending. How long does approval take, and can I send texts yet?
• My SMS plan is approved but my phone number still shows SMS disabled. How do I use the plan on a number?
• My texting registration is not approved yet. Can I still build my follow-up automation?
• Should my landing page have the AI call or text visitors as a demo?
• Should my lead forms ask for a phone number, and what consent do I need to text leads?
• What do I need from a client to put their website live and handle their phone number?
• What do I need from you to port my number out of Votel?
• What do I need on my website to get my SMS (10DLC) registration approved?
• What do I need to do before I can send text messages, from a regular or a toll-free number?
• What do I pay for besides my monthly plan, such as SMS, email and calls?
• What do I put for the sample messages in my SMS (10DLC) plan?
• What does Votel charge for SMS, email, calls and phone numbers on top of my plan?
• What happens to my phone numbers, domains and Stripe payments when I move from GoHighLevel?
• What is the best way to connect a client's domain and phone number?
• What is the difference between Ask and Save and Extract Dynamic Variables, and which should I use?
• Where do I find call recordings, transcripts and workflow runs?
• Which 10DLC use case should I choose for my SMS plan?
• Which countries do you have phone numbers in?
• Which words on my website slow down my SMS (10DLC) approval?
• Why do 10DLC applications get rejected or delayed, and when should I submit mine?
• Why do I need to verify a phone number to sign up, and can I skip it?
• Why does my phone number say SMS is disabled, and how do I turn on texting?