Built on a job site,
not in a boardroom.

Della Desk was built by a contractor in Tampa, Florida who kept losing work the same way every small business does: the phone rang while his hands were full, and the caller didn't leave a voicemail — they called the next name on the list.

The first version answered one company's phone: his own. It booked real appointments, took real messages, and recovered real jobs — starting the very first week. The businesses around him started asking for it. Della is that receptionist, made available to every business that lives and dies by its phone.

Why "Della"?

Three true things, and we didn't plan any of them.

Della comes from Adela — the old word for noble. It's a name that means what it sounds like. In Italian, della means "of the," so Della Desk reads, quite literally, of the desk — as if she was born at one. And in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi," Della is the one who gives up what she treasures most for the people she loves. Devotion is in the name's blood.

But mostly, she's named for Della Street — the most famous secretary in America, the one who ran Perry Mason's office for forty years of books, radio, and television. Nothing got past her. Nothing fell through the cracks. Everyone who called got taken care of, and everyone who met her trusted her in about four seconds. That's the standard. Your Della answers to it on every call.

What we believe

Every call answered. Not screened, not routed to a menu — answered, warmly, in under three seconds, at 2 PM or 2 AM.

No jargon, ever. If you can order dinner online, you can set up Della Desk. Five minutes, plain English, no IT person required.

Your data is yours. Recordings and messages are kept for you, exportable in one click, and never sold. Read our privacy policy — we wrote it to be read.

Talk to us

Questions, ideas, or a business that needs its phone answered? Write to support@delladesk.com — a human reads everything. Or just start your free trial and meet your receptionist tonight.