Blue Collar Trade Manager lets a junk removal crew quote a job by truckload or volume right in the driveway, convert the estimate to an invoice once the truck's loaded, and collect payment by card or ACH before pulling away.
Create an estimate for the haul-away job from scratch or pull line items straight from your junk removal price book, then send it for approval by text or email.
The customer reviews and approves the estimate online or by replying to a text — no printing, no in-person signature required.
Turn the approved estimate into an invoice in one step, so line items, pricing, and job details carry over without retyping anything.
The invoice goes out with a public click-to-pay link so the customer can pay by card or ACH from their phone, without creating an account.
If the invoice sits unpaid, automated payment reminders go out on a schedule you set, instead of you having to remember to chase it.
Paid, unpaid, and overdue invoices roll up into reports so you can see outstanding balances across every customer at a glance.
Junk removal is usually priced by how much of the truck gets filled — quarter load, half load, full load — or by estimated volume. Price book items for each volume tier keep pricing consistent whether it's you or a crew member quoting the job.
A phone estimate rarely matches what actually fits in the truck once the crew starts hauling. Building the estimate on-site after walking the property, then converting it straight to an invoice once loading is done, keeps the quoted and final price aligned with what was actually removed.
Like towing, junk removal is usually a single visit with no future invoice to catch a missed payment. A click-to-pay link sent the moment the truck's loaded lets the customer pay immediately by card or ACH, right from the curb.
Mattresses, electronics, tires, and other items with special disposal fees shouldn't get buried in a flat truckload price. Itemizing those as separate price book line items keeps the invoice transparent about why the total is higher than a standard load.
Set up price book items for each volume tier (quarter, half, three-quarter, full truckload) and any per-item disposal surcharges, then build the estimate from those once you've assessed the job.
Because the actual price often depends on how much physically fits in the truck, having consistent volume-tier pricing pre-set means the crew can quote confidently without guessing at a number.
Adjust the estimate to reflect the actual volume removed (if it differs from the initial quote), then convert it to an invoice in one step.
Since junk removal pricing frequently changes once the crew sees exactly what's being hauled, the ability to update line items before converting to an invoice keeps the final bill accurate to the actual job.
Send the invoice with a click-to-pay link the moment the truck's loaded, so the customer can pay by card or ACH from their phone before you drive off.
Because junk removal jobs are typically one-time, collecting payment on-site rather than billing later removes the risk of chasing an unresponsive customer after the job's done and the junk's already gone.
Add each surcharge as its own price book line item so it's clearly broken out from the base truckload price on the invoice.
Some materials carry real disposal costs at the landfill or recycling facility, and being upfront about those as separate line items reduces customer disputes about why the final total is higher than expected.
Stripe charges 2.9% + $0.30 per card transaction; ACH is 0.8% capped at $5, which becomes the cheaper option above roughly $625 per invoice.
Most junk removal jobs (a single truckload run) fall under that $625 crossover point, so card fees are often comparable to or lower than ACH for a typical job — full-house cleanouts running into the thousands may benefit more from ACH (Stripe Pricing).
Yes, once they've given SMS consent — the invoice, including the click-to-pay link, can go out by text right after the job's done.
This fits the fast, on-site nature of junk removal well, since the customer can pay from their phone without needing to check email later. This is general information, not legal or tax advice — check with a licensed attorney or CPA in your state before relying on it.
You can generate an invoice and receipt for a cash job the same as any other payment method for your own recordkeeping — whether that income needs to be reported is a tax question for your CPA.
Keeping a record of every job, cash or otherwise, gives you a consistent history in reports regardless of how the customer paid. This is general information, not legal or tax advice — check with a licensed attorney or CPA in your state before relying on it.
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