Who it is for
Best SMS invoice tool for tradespeople
Tradespeople need an SMS that states labour, parts and when the money is due, sent from the number the customer already saved.
An SMS tool is a writing tool
The best SMS invoice for a trade is short enough to read on a lock screen and specific enough that the customer does not have to ask what the seal cost. Labour is time or a call-out. Parts are the things you fitted. InvoiceTXT builds that page and the PDF. It does not text the customer, book the next visit, or track the van. You send the SMS from your own phone, in the thread that booked the job. If a wholesaler account and a job scheduler are the real problem, this will not solve them. If the problem is the unpaid visit from this morning, it will.
Westgate Heating: flue inspection and the seal, $172, due today. Detail is here, no app to install: https://invoicetxt.com/i/your-link
Lead with the total
The lock screen should show the amount, not the word invoice.
Keep parts off the labour line
A seal buried in the hourly rate is the line people argue with.
Send from the saved number
A new sender looks like a scam, even when the link is real.
One job, one SMS
Do not combine two households in one bubble to save time.
What to put on this invoice
- A customer name the household recognises
- Labour as hours or a stated call-out
- Parts you actually fitted
- Due today, or a date you named on site
Questions about this job
Will the SMS include a card form?
No. The link opens the invoice. Taking a card payment on that page is not what this product does. Agree how they will pay, and say it in the text if you want.
Can the office send it later?
Yes. Finish the line while you remember the seal, and let the office paste the link. Do not make them reconstruct the job.
What about a trade that invoices from a desk?
Then email and a PDF may be enough. SMS matters when the customer is a person on a phone, not an accounts office.
Trades get paid from the phone that was on the job. The SMS is that phone, with a total and a link.
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