Grasshopper Setup: Day-Zero Path to a Working Call Loop

Write five day-one jobs, map each to researched Grasshopper packaging, and pick the cheapest tier that covers all five — including seats/numbers if usage-based. 1. List the five things the sales + support team must do on day one.

1. Match each one to researched Grasshopper packaging. Plan-gated in research: call routing (True Solo, Solo Plus, Small Business); call recording (True Solo, Solo Plus, Small Business).
2. Pick the cheapest package that covers all five.
3. Check contacts and minute/number limits, not just feature checkmarks. Researched capacity / usage limits: True Solo: up to 1 seat. Our pricing snapshot records a 7-day trial on True Solo, Solo Plus, and Small Business — confirm current terms on the Grasshopper pricing page before you build a schedule around it. Never invent list prices here — confirm seats, numbers/minutes, and quote terms on /pricing/grasshopper/. Worked example: an 8-person sales + support team needs cloud phone, call routing, call recording, and CRM CTI plus CRM CTI / call logging on day one in Grasshopper. An 8-seat team already exceeds True Solo (up to 1 in research). They set up on True Solo rather than a capped tier.

Name one communications owner — not a committee — before you invite the sales + support team. 1. Create the workspace with real company identity and timezone.

1. Name one owner with ~2 hours a week for seats, numbers, users, and CTI hygiene.
2. Agree: new numbers, IVR / routing, and seat or number-pack upgrades go through that owner only.
3. In Grasshopper, open admin console, numbers, or users settings — confirm the current control labels in the product, docs, or trial. Worked example: an 8-person sales + support team makes ops the Grasshopper communications owner, writes the two-hour commitment into the week, and blocks everyone else from buying seat or number-pack upgrades for 30 days.

Configure one call queue / IVR route that matches how you actually route and answer for the next 90 days. 1. Freeze audience definition, personas, and exclusions in writing.

1. Build one saved queue / IVR route in Grasshopper. cloud phone is researched across every Grasshopper plan we snapshot
2. Add do-not-call numbers (do-not-call, blocked numbers, competitors).
3. Spot-check 20 records for number quality, routing fit, and ownership. Worked example: an 8-person sales + support team builds one mid-market inbound queue in Grasshopper, suppresses do-not-call and blocked numbers, and rejects the queue until 18 of 20 spot-checks look call-ready.

Finish day-zero by proving a agent can run the loop without screenshots of another tool. 1. Connect CRM CTI / call logging for contacts and activities. Research names Zapier on the Grasshopper side — confirm the connectors your call and messaging loop depends on.

1. Enable one voice channel — calls or IVR / routing, not both. call recording is researched on True Solo, Solo Plus, and Small Business only
2. Have a non-admin: place or take a softphone call and confirm the activity landed in CRM.
3. Write a one-page setup note: package, owner, list, channel, known gaps. Worked example: an 8-person sales + support team connects HubSpot, turns on a basic inbound IVR in Grasshopper, and only invites the rest of the sales + support team after Priya completes dial → route → softphone → CRM log without help.