Freelancers & consultants
Stop breaking focus to answer "how much?"
You are the whole business, so every enquiry costs you the thing you are actually paid for: attention. aiBalas answers the repeat questions, screens the enquiry, and books the call into your calendar.
RM5.00 monthly allowance included · your own number
Hi, you buat website design? Berapa charge?
Ya! Rate depends on scope — landing page start RM2,500, full site with CMS start RM6,000. Boleh tahu ni untuk business apa?
Kedai bunga, nak boleh order online
Ok, jadi e-commerce — tu range RM8,000–12,000 depending berapa produk. Timeline anda macam mana?
Hopefully dalam 2 bulan
Doable 👍 Best kalau kita call 20 minit dulu. Ada slot Selasa 3pm atau Rabu 11am — mana yang ok?
Screened and booked without breaking focus
What every enquiry really costs
- Answering takes two minutes. Getting back into the work takes twenty.
- Most enquiries never become clients, but you cannot tell which until you have spent the evening on them.
- Half of them open with "how much?" before saying what they need.
- You either reply instantly and lose your day, or reply tomorrow and lose the client.
What it handles for a solo professional
Rates, without the awkwardness
Your starting prices, stated plainly and early, so the enquiries that reach you are the ones that can afford you.
It screens before it books
Scope, budget, timeline. A discovery call only happens once there is something worth discovering.
It books into your calendar
Real availability, synced to Google Calendar, in the same conversation — no back-and-forth about which Tuesday.
Availability questions
Whether you are taking work this month, what your lead time is, what you do not do. Answered without you.
It protects your deep work
You check WhatsApp when you choose to, and find qualified enquiries rather than a queue of "hi".
It knows its limits
Scoping a complicated project, negotiating, anything that needs your judgement — it fetches you rather than committing you.
Questions we get from this trade
Will clients know they are talking to an AI?
That is your call — you write how it introduces itself. Most solo professionals say plainly that it is an assistant, which sets expectations and makes the handover to you feel natural.
Can it negotiate my rates?
It should not, and by default it does not. It states your rates and hands negotiation to you, because that is a conversation worth having yourself.
Is one agent enough for one person?
Yes. One agent covers your WhatsApp, a Telegram connection and a chat widget on your site at once — one price, however many of those you switch on.
What does it cost if I am not busy?
Free covers a light month with a monthly RM allowance included, and the Agent plan is RM50 a month. Usage is metered in RM, so a quiet month costs you less than a busy one.
Put an agent on your WhatsApp tonight
Free to start, no credit card. Teach it once, and it answers from tonight.