Auto detailing invoicing software
You sell the ceramic upgrade in the bay and someone else rings it up at the till. Smarfle records each service against the vehicle as it is performed, so the ticket is already right and the tip sits on its own line instead of inside your revenue.
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Invoice
INV-00142
Issued recently
Bill to
Sarah Johnson
123 Oak Street, Orlando FL 32801
Labor. 2.5 hours @ $95/hr
Parts. Replacement components
Service call · diagnostic
Real Smarfle UI · Live data from your auto detailing CRM
Why generic invoicing software fails auto detailing owners
Generic invoicing tools weren’t built for auto detailing. Smarfle was.
Generic invoicing software
What everyone else gives you
- Every service and add-on is typed into the accounting package by hand
- Add-ons agreed in the bay are rung up by someone who was not there
- A default template has nowhere for a customer to leave a tip
- Paying means a check, or reading card details down a phone
Smarfle for auto detailing
Built for your actual workflow
- The lines logged in the bay become the document, so nothing is entered a second time
- The upgrade is logged against the vehicle when it is agreed, so the ticket is already right
- A tip line sits on the document and what it collects is attributed to the technician
- The document carries a tap-to-pay link that takes card or bank transfer
How auto detailing invoicing works in Smarfle
From the first touch to the closed loop. No missing pieces.
- 1
Services logged at the bay
Each wash, add-on and ceramic application is recorded on the job as it is performed, and the customer signs for it on the same phone.
- 2
Invoice builds from the services logged
Mark the job complete and the wash, the add-ons and the materials logged at the bay gather into a document the office reads before sending.
- 3
Ticket reaches the customer by text
The document goes out by email and text with a way to pay and a place to add a tip, so somebody collecting a car settles from the phone in their hand.
- 4
Tip kept off your revenue
The tip is its own line on the ticket and on the record, so what the detailer is owed is never mixed into what the business earned.
- 5
Tips attributed to the detailer
A tip taken through the payment link is attributed to the technician assigned to the job, so the person who earned it is the person the record credits.
Where auto detailing invoicing breaks down
The friction every auto detailing owner recognizes.
Upgrades sold in the bay never reach the till
A ceramic coat or an engine bay is agreed between a detailer and a customer standing beside the car. The person ringing it up was not there and charges for the package that was booked.
Fleet work is a stack of loose tickets
A dealership sends eight cars a month and each leaves with its own paper. Turning that into something their accounts department will approve is an afternoon somebody spends at month end.
Nobody can tell a good day from a busy one
Three hundred cars through the bays feels like a result. Which packages carried the margin, and which ones took two hours and returned the price of a wash, is not a question the till can answer.
Add-ons done, add-ons unbilled
Count the ceramic upgrades, engine bays and pet-hair removals you did last month, then count how many appear on an invoice. The gap is the number. Techs log each service on the job before they leave, so the invoice is built from what was actually performed rather than what anyone remembers at closing time.
260
Cars a month
1 in 4
Add-ons missed each
~65 add-ons
Unbilled a month
Based on typical auto detailing operations. Your numbers may vary.
Features powering auto detailing invoicing
Each one a deep-dive in its own right.
Invoice built from the bay
The tech logs each service as it is performed, so the ticket at the till is assembled from what was actually done rather than from what anyone recalls.
Learn moreOptional tip line on invoice
Customer can add tip via Pay Now. Tip flows directly to the assigned tech if multi-tech split configured.
Learn morePaid at the bay by card or bank
The ticket goes out with a link the customer opens on their phone, and bank transfer is offered on fleet documents where a card fee on a large balance is worth avoiding.
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