A divorce attorney emails saying their client needs an appraisal on a jewelry collection. An insurance broker asks for a scheduled-property report on a Chagall lithograph. An estate executor needs IRS Form 8283 ready by April 15. They all use the word appraisal and they all need something different. Insurance appraisals use retail replacement value. Estate appraisals use fair market value. Equitable distribution can be either. Donation appraisals for items over $5,000 require USPAP compliance and a qualified appraiser signature.

SleekAI hooks into the data you already maintain in WordPress. Appraisal types live as a custom post type with postmeta fields like appraisal_type, value_basis, per_item_rate, hourly_rate, and turnaround_days. Specialty areas (fine art, jewelry, Asian art, automobilia, firearms) live as a taxonomy with linked appraiser bios. Clients describe their situation in plain English and the bot identifies the right report type, the right specialist on your team, and the right fee structure.

The hard part of appraisal sales is matching scope to fee. A 30-piece jewelry insurance appraisal might be 4 hours at $200 per hour, or it might be priced per item at $75 each. The IRS Form 8283 for a charitable donation requires extra paperwork that adds $500 to $1,500 depending on item count. A bot that asks three clarifying questions and quotes a real range from your published rate card converts the inquiry without a long phone call.

Appraisal is a credential-heavy profession and the credentials matter to the client more than they realize. A non-USPAP opinion of value for Form 706 will get the estate audited and the executor sued. A retail replacement value report sent to a probate court will get rejected and the executor will have to pay for another appraisal.

The wrong specialist on the wrong category produces a report that gets challenged in litigation. Most prospective clients do not know any of this. They use the word appraisal and expect the appraiser to know which version they need.

A chatbot that asks three clarifying questions about intended use, identifies the right value basis, names the right specialist, and quotes the right fee range earns trust before the contract is signed. The client feels guided rather than upsold. Attorneys and insurance brokers learn that your firm asks the right questions and they refer the next case.

The specialists on your team stop fielding triage calls from people who actually need a different kind of report. The shop ends up doing the work it is best at, for clients who already know what they bought. That is what a domain-tuned bot makes possible.