Every trade bills differently. A roofer's problem is funding five figures of shingles before a nail goes in. A handyman's problem is that a $90 job is not worth twenty minutes of paperwork. A drywall contractor's problem is that the customer has never heard of a Level 4 finish and is about to argue about it.
So rather than one generic page, here is what we have learned about how each trade quotes, invoices and gets paid — and where the money leaks out.
What they all have in common
Three things, and they are the reason Toolbelt exists. The work happens away from a desk. The paperwork happens hours later, when you are tired and the details have gone fuzzy. And the gap between those two facts is where money quietly disappears — in under-billed parts, forgotten change orders, and invoices sent so late that the customer has stopped feeling grateful.
Toolbelt closes that gap by making the document cheap to produce at the moment the job ends: speak it, let the app write it up, send it before you drive away. It is free to try, and there is a rate calculator if you are not sure you are charging enough in the first place.
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