Getting paid: No more chasing invoices
Get paid before you leave the job: a deposit or a card on file at booking, the card charged when the customer signs off, and parts paid before you order them.
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- The chore
- Writing invoices, waiting on checks and chasing the ones that don't come.
- What it does
- Collects at the time of service, so there's almost nothing left to collect later.
- Where it runs
- What it costs
- $175 an hour, from a written estimate with a cap
How it works, step by step
At booking, the customer pays a deposit or puts a card on file.
For parts, they pay on a payment page before you order.
At the end of the job, they sign on your phone.
The card is charged right then, and they get a receipt.
The payment posts to QuickBooks on its own.
Almost no unpaid invoices to chase: customers pay at the end of the job.
That's how it works in our two businesses, not a promise for every business.
How we did it
Customers in both businesses pay at the job or within a few days.
Paid in full by the visit day
50 of 55
Jobs in both businesses; all 55 within 5 days
From job done to card charged
3.6 min
Median, Home Tech Help, 27 jobs
Job records and payment times, May to October 2026. As of October 20, 2026.
Days from the job to the money
How many of the 55 completed jobs were paid in full on each day, from 7 days before the visit to 7 days after. The red mark is the median.
How that compares:
50 of the 55 jobs were paid in full on or before the day of the visit, and all 55 within 5 days. Construction subcontractors typically wait 51 to 56 days.
Job records and payment times, May to October 20, 2026. Industry: Billd, via Corpay. As of October 20, 2026.
Show the numbers
| When paid in full | Jobs |
|---|---|
| 7 days before | 1 |
| 5 days before | 1 |
| Visit day | 48 |
| 1 day after | 3 |
| 3 days after | 1 |
| 5 days after | 1 |
The pieces
Charged at sign-off
The card is charged the moment the customer signs, with a receipt.
What it costs
$175 an hour
One rate for all of it.
- Estimate
- Before any project, you get a written estimate with a not-to-exceed cap. You pay for the hours we actually work, never more than the cap.
- If the job changes
- If the job changes, we write a new estimate before doing more.
- First meeting at your business
- An on-site consultation is billed by the hour. If we go ahead, that time comes off the job.
- First call by phone or video
- Tell us on the form if a phone or video call is enough to start. We'll look at what you sent and tell you before we talk whether there's any charge.
- A closer look
- If we need a closer look at how the business runs, that's billed by the hour too, like everything else.
- Travel
- On-site travel: the first 30 minutes each way are on us, then $40 per half hour.
- Contract
- No long-term contract or retainer. You sign each written estimate before we start.
Goes well with
Books and profit
QuickBooks without typing, real profit any time.
Jobs and scheduling
On the calendar, no clashes, signed on the phone.
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Tell us what's going on.
A few lines about your business and what's eating your time is enough to start. Every request is read by a person, and if something isn't worth doing, we'll tell you.
David Ramroop
Founder, Promora Solutions