Billed

Invoicing Software for Pressure Washing Services

How pressure washing businesses can bill with Billed: estimates with photos that clients approve online, invoices sent from the job with each service on its own line, recurring invoices for commercial contracts, and payments recorded against each invoice.

Quick answer:Pressure washing businesses can use Billed to send estimates with photos (Billed's estimating page: "Attach important files and images with your estimates."), convert approved estimates into invoices, invoice from a phone at the end of a job, bill commercial customers with recurring invoices, and record card, PayPal or offline payments. Sales tax on the work depends on the state.

Key Takeaways

  • Send an estimate with photos first: Billed's estimating page says you can "Attach important files and images with your estimates."
  • Invoice before you leave: Billed's mobile app page says you can "Build a professional invoice from your phone the moment a job wraps."
  • Bill regular commercial work with recurring invoices: Billed's recurring invoices page says you can "Choose whether to send invoices daily, weekly, monthly or yearly".
  • Put add-ons, such as gutter cleaning or a deck clean, on their own lines so the customer can see each charge.

What pressure washing businesses invoice for

Pressure washing work is quoted per job: a house wash, a driveway or patio, a deck, or a storefront, with add-ons such as gutter cleaning. Some commercial customers, such as property managers or shops, book the same service on a regular schedule.

Sales tax on cleaning services, and any local rules that apply to your work, depend on your state and city, so check them and ask your accountant.

Estimates before the job

Billed's estimating page says you can "Attach important files and images with your estimates." Billed's features page says: "Yes your clients can approve or reject your estimates online."

Billed's invoice software page says you can "convert an approved estimate into an invoice", and Billed's help article on converting estimates says: "You can add and edit any information here."

Invoicing from the job

Billed's mobile app page says: "Build a professional invoice from your phone the moment a job wraps. Add line items, your logo, and tax, then send by email or share a link before you leave the site."

Billed's invoice software page says you can "save the products and services you sell so you can pull them into an invoice instead of retyping them." Billed's invoice software page says: "Save your tax rates and settings once, and Billed calculates taxes automatically when you create invoices and estimates."

Recurring commercial work

Billed's invoice software page says: "For clients you bill on a schedule, set up a recurring profile once." Billed's recurring invoices page says you can "Choose whether to send invoices daily, weekly, monthly or yearly" and "Auto send invoices or save them as draft to recheck and send later." The same page says Billed "keeps all the payments and invoices related to that profile in one place."

Worked example: a house wash with a driveway and gutters

These are sample figures, and sales tax isn't included. A homeowner books a house wash at $350.00, a 2,000 sq ft driveway at $0.15 a square foot, and gutter brightening at $90.00. The driveway works out to 2,000 × $0.15 = $300.00.

The invoice has three lines: $350.00 + $300.00 + $90.00 = $740.00. The prices are examples, not suggested prices.

Getting paid

Billed's mobile app page says: "Invoices carry a pay button when Stripe or PayPal is connected, so clients can pay by card the minute they receive it." Billed's invoice software page adds: "When a client pays by check or cash, record it as an offline payment so all your income is in one place." Billed's invoice software page says: "Set a due date on each invoice so your client knows when to pay."

Billed's invoice software page says: "Invoice reports show which invoices are paid, partially paid or past due, and you can see who owes you money and send them a payment reminder." Billed's help article on payment reminders says: "You can set a schedule of payment reminders before and after the invoice's due date."

Billed's expense tracking page says: "An expense in Billed records who you paid, when, how much and which category it belongs to, with the receipt attached to the same entry."

Challenges Pressure Washing Services Businesses Face

Quotes sent without photos, so customers aren't sure what's included

Invoices written up at home in the evening instead of at the end of the job

The same monthly invoice rebuilt by hand for each commercial customer

Add-ons folded into one total, so customers question the bill

Tasks and the Billed feature for each

You bill In Billed
A quote with photos Estimate with images attached
The finished job Invoice from the mobile app
Add-ons Their own invoice lines
Monthly commercial work Recurring invoice

Invoicing for Pressure Washing Services

Estimates with photos

Billed's estimating page says you can "Attach important files and images with your estimates." Billed's features page says: "Yes your clients can approve or reject your estimates online."

Frequently Asked Questions

When this isn't for you

This page covers estimates, invoicing and getting paid for pressure washing work. If the tools you use now already handle that, there's no need to switch.

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