Virtual assistant services

Your desk, staffed. Wherever you are.

AssistBPO provides virtual assistant services with a named, managed assistant, or a whole remote team, who works in your hours, answers your phones, runs your inbox and calendar, supports your customers and handles your sales admin and back office. Employed staff, a trained backup and a team lead, for businesses in the US, UK, Canada and Australia since 2020.

Your desk, live Client zone: New York
  • New YorkET
  • LondonGMT
  • SydneyAEST
  1. Call from Dr Patel's office Handled by Sara Β· 09:01
  2. Invoice question, Acme Ltd Handled by Ahmed Β· 09:08
  3. Book flights SEA to SYD Handled by Maya Β· 09:13
  4. Reschedule 3pm to Friday Picked up by Bilal

Illustrative stream. Names are examples, not staff records.

Counted, not claimed

2020
Owner-operated since1
4
Countries in their own hours: US, UK, Canada, Australia1
88
Services across the desks2
40
Roles you can hire2

Figures counted from the pages on this site (22 industries, 80 tools); see how we measure our numbers. Client numbers and results are published only once we have verified them.

Desks

What can a dedicated virtual assistant do for your business?

Seven functional desks and four coverage desks. Open the one that costs you the most when it slips: every service on it has its own page, KPIs and FAQ.

Your stack

We work inside the software you already run

Assistants sign in to user accounts you create, with the permissions you set. You keep the subscription, the data and the ability to revoke access.

See all 80 tools we work in

Daily rhythm

A day with your assistant

Six beats from 7am to 7pm in your time zone, the same rhythm whether you have one assistant or a pod. Scroll to move through the day.

  1. 7:30

    Calls answered

    The phones open in your name. Overnight voicemails are cleared and the callback list is ready before you sit down.

    Handled
  2. 9:00

    Inbox to zero

    Every email triaged, labeled or drafted. Three need you; the rest are handled or scheduled.

    Handled
  3. 11:00

    Meetings booked

    Two consults booked, one rescheduled around your lunch, buffers protected, time zones checked.

    Handled
  4. 1:00

    Tickets closed

    Support queue worked in your voice and your macros; escalations tagged and summarized for the afternoon.

    Handled
  5. 3:30

    CRM updated

    Every call and lead logged with the fields your pipeline needs; follow-ups queued with lawful consent.

    Handled
  6. 5:30

    End-of-day report

    What was handled, what is waiting on you, tomorrow's plan. Two notes below. Done.

    Handled

At the end of every shift the same document arrives, so you never have to ask how the day went.

Daily rhythm

The end-of-day report

Executive and admin desk

Handled

Handled today

  • Inbox74 emails triaged, 11 drafted for your review, 0 left unread
  • Calendar3 meetings booked, 1 moved, buffers protected Thu
  • TravelSEA to SYD flights held, two options in your inbox
  • Follow-ups6 sent, 2 replies logged in HubSpot

Waiting on you

  • Approve the Tuesday agenda draft
  • Confirm which flight option you prefer

Tomorrow

  • Board pack formatting
  • Vendor quotes for the new laptops

Illustrative report. The format is real: every dedicated engagement sends one at the end of each shift, with timestamps.

Two ways to start

How do I get started with a virtual assistant?

Talk it through on the phone now, or send the shape of the job and read a written staffing plan within 1 business day. Both reach the same team and a person answers either way.

Talk to a person now +1-657-777-0006 A receptionist answers at any hour. Ask for the receptionist demo, or for sales.
  1. A person reads itNot a bot and not a queue. Your answers are mapped to a desk, the hours and a model.
  2. A written plan within 1 business dayIn your currency, with the desks, the schedule and what sits outside the scope.
  3. A named assistant within 72 hoursWith their CV, on a call, before you commit to anything.

Send the shape of the job

A named person replies within 1 business day

A short call sizes the desk faster than email. We call only if you leave a number.

  • A named assistant proposed within 72 hours
  • A person replies, not a bot
  • Details stored only to reply. Privacy

Compare

Five ways to get the work done

Every option has a place. The honest question is what your phones, inbox and customers need on a Tuesday afternoon when one person is out.

Five ways to get the work done, compared
In-house hireFreelance VAPremium onshore agencyAI receptionistAssistBPO
Who does the workOne employee you recruit and manageA contractor from a marketplaceUS or UK-based assistant, often fractionalA voice bot on a scriptA named, employed assistant with a backup and team lead
PhonesYes, in the officeRarelyRarelyScripted answers onlyAnswers, books and transfers in your name
ContinuitySick days and turnover are yours to coverTurnover costs 2 to 3 months of salary in lost productivityFractional; hours often expireAlways on, never learns your regularsBackup covers leave; same person every day
HoursYour hoursTheir hoursBusiness hours, limited zones24/7Your hours across US, UK, CA, AU; after-hours and 24/7 add-ons
Published cost, for orientation$4,700 to $9,100 a month loaded (US EA)Upwork median about $13 an hour$35 to $79 an hour (Belay, Boldly, Time etc)$25 to $300 a month flatCustom staffing plan within 1 business day
ManagementYouYouAgency account managerVendor dashboardTeam lead, weekly review, monthly QA scorecard

Third-party figures from PayScale and Indeed via Wishup 2026, Upwork median rates, Belay, Boldly and Time etc published pricing and OnceHub's September 2026 receptionist roundup; see methodology. AssistBPO does not publish a rate card: plans depend on hours, desks and coverage.

Rate card

How much does a virtual assistant cost a month?

Four schedules, one named person on each, published in full. No setup fee, month to month, 30 days notice in either direction.

See the full rate card
  1. Essential

    $400a month$10.00 an hour, effective

    10 hours a week40 hours a month

    One overloaded workflow: the inbox, the diary, or the follow-ups.

  2. Focus

    $800a month$10.00 an hour, effective

    20 hours a week80 hours a month

    Half a desk covered every day, in a fixed window you can plan around.

  3. Dedicated

    $1,600a month$10.00 an hour, effective

    40 hours a week160 hours a month

    A full-time member of your team, in your hours, on your tools.

  4. Specialist

    $2,400a month$15.00 an hour, effective

    40 hours a week160 hours a month

    A regulated or technical desk: clinical intake, legal, bookkeeping, escalations.

Managed Pod from $4,800 a month at three seats or more, with one team lead across the pod. Figures are in US dollars; the rate card carries the sterling, Canadian and Australian equivalents, the add-ons and the six things that move a plan off the card.

Case studies

Which businesses hire a virtual assistant, and for what?

Anonymized engagements, each written the same way: what the desk looked like before, what the assistant took over, what the client sees every day now.

All case studies

Recalls booked the same week

Case study

Dental Practice Recovers Missed Recalls

A multi-dentist practice in the US South had a front desk that answered every call but never reached the bottom of the recall list. Hygiene recalls, unscheduled treatment and insurance eligibility checks sat in the practice management system while the on-site team handled the lobby, the phones and checkout at the same time. The practice added a HIPAA-trained scheduler on a dedicated AssistBPO desk, working the practice's own hours inside their practice management software, with a trained backup and a team lead. The scheduler took the recall list, the unscheduled treatment report and next week's eligibility checks off the front desk completely. The on-site team kept the lobby and the chairside work. Recalls now go out every morning rather than in whatever quiet hour appears, and tomorrow's schedule is checked for gaps the day before.

Dental practice

Peak season handled without a backlog

Case study

E-commerce Brand Survives Peak Season Support

A direct-to-consumer brand selling on Shopify did most of its year in six weeks. The rest of the year two people cleared the queue comfortably. In peak season the same two people were answering chat, email, Instagram messages and returns at once, first response times stretched into days, and shipping-delay questions arrived faster than anyone could answer them. Temporary hires had never worked out, because training finished about the time the season did. AssistBPO built a peak-season pod on the support desk: named agents with a team lead, trained in October, live from the start of November and stood down in January. The pod worked inside the brand's own Gorgias help desk using macros written with the in-house team. Tickets were tagged by reason so the operations team could see which problems were worth fixing at the source.

Consumer e-commerce

The inbox ends the day empty

Case study

Founder Gets to Inbox Zero in 3 Weeks

The founder of a small software company in the UK was running sales, support and hiring from one inbox. Messages that mattered sat under newsletters, invoices and calendar noise, and the honest answer to most emails was a reply three days late with an apology at the top. Evenings went on catching up rather than on the product. AssistBPO matched a named executive assistant, employed by the group and working the founder's own hours, with a trained backup and a team lead. Week one was rules and labels, week two was drafting replies for approval, and by week three the assistant was answering routine mail directly under agreed rules. The founder now opens a short list of decisions rather than a wall of unread messages, and the day ends with a written report instead of an open laptop.

Software startup

For practices and firms

Can a virtual assistant answer calls for a medical or law practice?

The group has answered phones for US clinics, home-care agencies and transport operators since 2020. Medical and dental practices get HIPAA-trained receptionists under a BAA. Law firms get scripted intake and conflict-check capture.

Coverage and demo

Coverage

Your hours, staffed

Shifts run from the group's two offices. Pick your zone to see each shift in your local time and what is staffed right now.

  • US Eastern shiftChecking
    8am to 8pm ET, Monday to Friday
  • US Pacific shiftChecking
    8am to 6pm PT, Monday to Friday
  • UK shiftChecking
    8am to 6pm UK time, Monday to Friday
  • Australian Eastern shiftChecking
    9am to 5pm AEST; extended AEST cover available on request
  • After-hours deskChecking
    Evenings, weekends and holidays as an add-on; 24/7 pod on request

Bilingual and extended AEST coverage are available on request and confirmed in your staffing plan.

Outside the windows on the left, the after-hours desk covers evenings, weekends and holidays, and a 24/7 pod keeps one queue running overnight. Cover outside business hours is priced on the rate card, at the tier rate plus 20 percent.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

From named assistants and phone answering to security, pricing and the 72-hour match: the questions businesses ask before they start. Not here? A named person answers within 1 business day. Contact us.

What does AssistBPO actually do?

We staff the desks you would rather not run yourself: executive and admin, front desk and phones, customer support, sales and lead generation, marketing and content, e-commerce operations, and data and back office. Each engagement is a named assistant who works your hours, a trained backup for leave, and a team lead who runs a weekly review with you.

Where are you based and what hours do you cover?

SS Support Network LLC is registered in Vancouver, Washington, with a second office in Pakistan. Between them the two offices cover US Eastern and Pacific hours, UK hours and Australian Eastern hours, with an after-hours desk and 24/7 pods on request. The coverage clock on this page shows what is staffed in your zone right now.

Do you work in our software?

Yes. Assistants work inside your CRM, help desk, practice system, phone system and store through your own user accounts: HubSpot, Salesforce, Zendesk, Gorgias, Clio, Dentrix, ServiceTitan, Shopify, Seller Central, Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, RingCentral, Dialpad and around 50 more. You keep the subscription and the data.

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Next step

Your desk, staffed. Wherever you are.

Tell us what is overloaded. A named person replies within 1 business day with a staffing plan, and we propose your assistant within 72 hours.

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Or call +1-657-777-0006 during US, UK or Australian business hours, or hear our demo receptionist.

  • A named assistant proposed within 72 hours
  • Employed, screened and managed staff, never freelancers
  • Your hours, your tools, your data
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