Money to start
Software, a website, tools, ads, the bills stack up before your first customer. StartSmith is free until you get paid, so you can start with nothing.
Run your business like a pro. Without hiring one.
Your website, booking, payments, and customer messages live in one app. Set it up today and take bookings tomorrow.
The minute you sign up, you get a live website, a booking link, payment setup, and a mentor that knows your trade. Free.
- Free until your first booking
- No credit card, no EIN
Your websiteA real website on day oneWe write it, host it, and keep it current. You do nothing.
1 min
to sign up and get your tools
5%
and only when a customer pays you
The hard part isn't the work
Three things stop most people from starting.
You can do the job. It's everything around it that gets in the way. We take two of the three off your plate and make the third a lot smaller.
The day-to-day
Booking, invoices, reminders, tracking who owes you. It eats the hours you'd rather spend on the truck. We run it for you.
Knowing what to do
Pricing a job, filling a slow week, growing past yourself, nobody hands you the playbook. Your mentor answers with your numbers in front of it.
What you actually get
Here's what it looks like.
Real screenshots, from your booking page to your inbox to your AI mentor.
Online booking
Your customers book themselves.
Send the link. They pick a service, pick a time, leave a deposit. You get a text within 10 seconds, while you're still finishing the last yard.
- Mobile-first booking page on your own subdomain
- Deposits collected via Stripe so no-shows cost them, not you
- Auto-confirms via text + adds to your calendar
Customer messages
No more digging through 4 different apps.
Texts, voicemails, contact-form submissions, all in one thread per customer. Reply from your phone or the dashboard.
- Unified per-customer thread, on whatever number they used
- Templates for the messages you send a hundred times
- TCPA-compliant STOP / HELP handling built in
AI business mentor
Stuck on pricing? Just ask.
Your mentor knows your business, your city, your numbers. Answers like a buddy who's been doing this for twenty years, not like a chatbot.
- Trained on the realities of lawn care, cleaning, pressure washing, detailing, pool service
- Sees your actual business numbers so the advice fits you
- Suggests follow-up questions so you keep digging
Truck mode
Everything fits in your pocket.
Built phone-first for one-handed use between jobs. One-tap call, one-tap directions, one-tap 'On my way' text to the customer.
- Today screen surfaces your next job + unpaid bills + due members
- Send a payment link in three taps
- Works on cell data, no need for wi-fi at the job site
How it works
From sign-up to first booking in one sitting.
- 1
Tell us what you do
Pick your specialty, your city, the services you offer. Three quick fields, no fluff.
- 2
We build the whole operation
Website, booking link, service catalog, compliance checklist, live in under 30 seconds.
- 3
Share the link. Get booked.
Text it to three people. Get your first paying customer. We'll help you grow from there.
Pricing
Start free. Pay us when you get paid.
No setup fee and no monthly bill to begin. We take 5% only when a customer pays you through StartSmith.
Free
$0/mo
+ 5% when a customer pays you- Your website, built and hosted
- Online booking and scheduling
- Invoices, estimates, and payment links
- Customer texts and email reminders
- An AI mentor that knows your business
- 14 days of the Pro tools, on the house
Most picked
Pro
$29/mo
+ the same 5%. Billed the day you upgrade.- Everything in Free
- Leads from your site, Google, and Facebook
- Recurring membership plans
- Seasonal blasts and win-back texts
- Add your crew with roles and routing
- No monthly caps on the advanced tools
Every new account gets 14 days of the Pro tools free. Keep them for $29/mo, charged the day you upgrade. Stripe's card fee (2.9% + 30¢) is their rate, not ours. Cancel anytime.
Already up and running?
Switch without the switch.
Keep the website you already have, we just add booking to it. Bring your customers over in minutes. And stop paying per seat: the Business plan is a flat $99/mo, no matter how big your crew.
Keep your websiteWe add online booking to your current site, your Google ranking stays put.
Bring your customersImport your list straight from a Jobber or Housecall Pro CSV export.
Flat $99/moNo per-transaction fee, no per-seat fees, unlimited team, one flat price.
Why we built this
You should get to do your craft. We'll handle the rest.
Too many good people stay stuck. The tools cost money, the tech is confusing, and no one shows you how a business actually runs. We give you the technology and the know-how, so you can spend your days on the work you're good at and leave the logistics to us. You bring the craft. We'll cover the money side, the day-to-day, and the answers when you're not sure what comes next.
Questions, answered
The stuff people ask before signing up.
Is it really free?
Yes. The free plan is $0/month, no credit card to start. We only take 5% when a customer pays you through StartSmith.
Do I need a website or an EIN already?
No. We build your website during sign-up, and you don't need an EIN to start. Just tell us what you do and where, and you'll have a live booking page the same day.
I'm not techy. Can I actually run this?
That's who we built it for. It's one screen for the day, big buttons, and an AI mentor you can ask anything. If you can text, you can run StartSmith.
I already have a website. Do I have to replace it?
No. If you already run a business, we don't touch your site, we add online booking to it with a button or a link you paste in. Keep your brand and your Google ranking.
I'm switching from Jobber / Housecall Pro. Is it hard?
No. Import your whole customer list from their CSV export in a few minutes, and the Business plan caps your fees at $99/mo with no per-seat charges. Tell us what you're on and we'll help you move.
Your first booking starts with a link.
Sign up in a minute. Share your booking page the same day.
No credit card · No EIN · Cancel anytime