Handyman software for booking, routing and getting paid

Every job is a list

A handyman rarely goes out for one task. The customer has a list: a door that sticks, a faucet they already bought, three shelves for the garage. The visit is as long as the list, so the list is where the job starts.

Price it before you go. In Business Genie the list goes out as an estimate, and a proposal can carry a deposit, so the materials are paid for before you buy them. In the sample, a 20% deposit covers the Cottonwood Ln list’s materials. More on the handyman estimate software page.

Four lists, four lengths

A handyman day is a few lists of very different sizes across town: a TV mount before work, a rental turnover, a gate that will not latch, a homeowner’s five tasks. In the sample, that is 6 h 45 min on site before any driving.

Each list is one job on the schedule, as long as its tasks take, with the arrival window you promised the customer. See the handyman scheduling software page for how the week fits together.

Booked in the order they called

The day fills the way the phone rings: the TV mount first, because the customer leaves for work at ten; then the turnover on the far side of town, the gate, and the list of five last.

Driven in that order the truck crosses town and back, and reaches the TV mount before its 8 am window opens, so the day starts parked at the curb. Under the day’s end, the driving and the waiting are gathered into one length: that is what a route can take back.

The same lists, routed

Route optimization puts the day in the order that drives least while keeping each customer’s window and each job’s length. It is on every plan.

In the sample the gate goes first, on the way to the TV mount; the list of five lands inside its 10 am–2 pm window; the vacant unit, with nobody home, takes the afternoon. 43 min of driving instead of 1 h 11 min, and no wait at the curb.

If you have a helper, it splits the jobs between you. Turn-by-turn directions open from the next job.

A job booked while you work

Under a sink you cannot answer the phone. With online booking, customers book the job themselves and it comes into your schedule. At 11:10 am in the sample, a mirror and four frames are booked for the afternoon.

Add a job and the rest of the day re-routes around it: it goes in at 12:51 pm, straight after Cottonwood Ln, and the turnover on Palo Verde Dr moves after it. The day is done at 3:51 pm with every window kept. Taken next, with the rest driven as booked, it runs to 4:45 pm and reaches Cottonwood Ln after its window has closed.

Paid before you leave

Send the invoice from your phone when the list is done. Customers pay by card, Apple Pay, PayPal, Venmo or Cash App, and invoices sync to QuickBooks Online.

Job costing shows what each job cost you against what you charged, and GPS time tracking records the time on site. Automated follow-ups and review requests go out after the job. More on the handyman invoicing software page.

Route your own day of lists

Put in your jobs, how long each list takes and the windows you promise, and Business Genie puts the day in the order that drives least, on the web and in the iOS and Android app.

The first month is free and you do not need a credit card to start. The team sets up your account and moves your data over for free, and plans start at $50 a month after the trial.