Guides for home service businesses
Plain-English reviews, comparisons and playbooks for HVAC, plumbing, roofing and electrical contractors: which tools are worth paying for, and how to win more calls in your service area.
Fresh from the blog
Credit card processing for contractors compared: Stripe, PayPal, QuickBooks Payments and Housecall Pro card and ACH fees, and what a $10,000 job really costs.
· 4 min read
HVAC estimating software by job type: flat-rate quoting (Housecall Pro), Manual J load calcs (CoolCalc), and duct takeoff and bid tools (Trimble, PlanSwift, STACK).
· 5 min read
Website design for painting contractors: the service pages painters need, project galleries, estimates, lead-safe certification, speed, and builder vs designer.
· 5 min read
Roof measuring software compared: EagleView, GAF QuickMeasure, Hover, Roofr and RoofSnap report prices, delivery times, DIY options and Xactimate files.
· 6 min read
Roofing website design that wins jobs: project galleries, storm and insurance pages, financing, instant estimates, trust signals, speed, and builder vs designer.
· 5 min read
Thumbtack for contractors: how you pay for leads, how the weekly budget and overspend cap work, preset jobs, refunds, and how to tell if it's worth it.
· 5 min read
The best CRM for contractors, home builders and remodelers: JobTread, Contractor Foreman, Builder Prime, Leap, Knowify, HubSpot and more, with listed prices.
· 8 min read
What we cover
Honest reviews and side-by-side comparisons of scheduling, CRM, estimating and invoicing software for contractors and home service businesses.
Practical ways for HVAC, plumbing, roofing and other home service businesses to win more calls, reviews and booked jobs without wasting ad spend.
Step-by-step local SEO for contractors: Google Business Profile, service area pages, reviews and citations that help you show up in the map pack.
What a contractor website needs to turn visitors into calls: structure, pages, speed, hosting and builders compared for small home service businesses.
Free invoice and estimate templates, plus practical guides to starting and running an HVAC, plumbing, roofing, cleaning or other home service business.
Written for owners
Every guide answers a question contractors actually ask: what it costs, what it does, and whether it pays for itself.
Sourced and dated
Reviews cite the vendor pages and documentation they rely on, and every page shows when it was last updated.
Independent
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