Text them a numberWait on a checkSend the bid. Get paid.
Bids and invoices for a one-truck trade business. Your customer signs and pays the deposit from a text.
Free until a customer signs your first bid. No card. Then $12 a month.
Try it. You’re the customer, and this just arrived by text.
- Sent
- Signed
- Deposit
- Work done
- Paid
| Floor-to-ceiling built-ins, 12 ft wall | $4,800.00 |
| Base cabinets with doors, 4 at $385.00 | $1,540.00 |
| Finish paint, sprayed | $950.00 |
This is a sample. Nothing is saved or charged.
Four screens do most of the work.
Half of contractors wait a month to get paid.
Share of construction businesses, from Levelset’s payment survey.
A deposit link flips the order.
On a $7,290 job with a 30% deposit:
before materials
same link, one tap to pay
Also in every plan
Other apps keep some of these for their top tier.
- Change orders. Extra work gets approved in writing on the same link.
- Optional add-ons. Customers tick extras before they sign.
- Your logo, color and photos. On every bid and invoice.
- Markup and job costs. See profit per job. Customers never do.
- A price list that fills itself. Loaded for your trade on day one.
- Work orders. A job sheet with no prices for your helper.
- Reports and exports. Signed and collected by month, CSV for your bookkeeper.
- Review requests. One button for the customer once they have paid.
Free until it wins you a job.
You pay nothing until a customer signs a bid you sent. After that it’s one price for the whole business. The first 100 businesses keep $12 a month for good, and 100 of those spots are left.
Send your first bid free| Until your first signed job Unlimited bids, with signatures and deposits. No card. | Free |
|---|---|
| Monthly Founding rate, locked for as long as you stay. Regular price $19. | $12 |
| Yearly Founding rate. Regular price $190. | $120 |
Questions
Does my customer need an app or an account?
No. They tap the link in your text and everything happens in their phone’s browser.
How does the money get to me?
You connect your own Stripe account once, which takes about five minutes. Card and Apple Pay payments land in your bank on Stripe’s normal payout schedule. Plain Jobs never holds your money. Stripe’s standard card fee applies and we add nothing on top.
What if my customer pays by check or Venmo?
Put your Venmo, Zelle or check details in Settings and they show on every bid and invoice. Record the payment and the balance updates.
Is a typed name a real signature?
Typed-name approvals are widely used for home service work. We record the name, date, time and IP address with the bid. For large or unusual contracts, check with an attorney.
Does Plain Jobs text my customers for me?
It opens your own messages app with the link and a short note already written. Customers answer texts from a number they know.
I have a couple of guys. Is there a fee per person?
No. One price per business.