Running the Business

Garage Door Business Software
Run the Company, Not Just the Calls

A garage door company is more than broken springs and new openers. It is the phone that rings while you are on a ladder, the estimate nobody followed up on, the tune-up customers who should be coming back every year, the property manager who wants one bill, and the owner who has not had a night off since the second van. GarageDoorBossPro keeps the customers, the doors on every house, the quotes, the schedule, the vans and the money in one place, so you can run the business instead of chasing it.

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GarageDoorBossPro office screen showing a garage door company's customers, scheduled calls by van and open estimates in one place

Affordable Doesn't Mean Cheap.
This Is Real Business Software for Garage Door Companies.

Plans start at $59/month. Customers, door history, estimates, dispatch, the tech app, tune-up plans, monthly accounts, texting and billing all come with the platform. To see every piece of the software, start at GarageDoorBossPro. This page is about the owner's side: how the company grows, prices its work, keeps customers coming back and gets paid.

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Every Door on Record

Door, opener, springs, cables, keypad and sensors saved on the house with brand, model, size and year, so every call starts with history.

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Quotes That Become Jobs

Estimates built from your own service list. The customer approves online and the approved estimate becomes the scheduled job.

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One Van to a Few

Dispatch by van and day, auto-route from the shop, and give each tech their own PIN and their own list on the phone.

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Tune-Up Plans That Come Back

Yearly tune-ups and commercial maintenance come due on their own and land on the Waiting List map.

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Monthly Accounts

Property managers, HOAs and commercial accounts get one statement a month covering every address.

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Paid on the Day

Card on file, charge at completion, online payment and past-due follow-up, so the money comes in while the work is fresh.

Know What Is Booked, What Is Quoted and What Is Owed Without Calling Anyone

Most garage door owners carry the business in their head: which estimates are still open, which tune-up customers are due, which builder still owes for last month. GarageDoorBossPro puts it on one screen, so the answers are there whether you are in the office, in the van or at your kid's ball game.

  • Scheduled calls by van and day on the dispatch board
  • Open estimates with automatic follow-up emails
  • Tune-ups and maintenance visits coming due on the Waiting List
  • New website requests and sign-ups in Form Responses
  • Unpaid invoices and past-due follow-up
  • Reports on clients, jobs and invoices
Example Monday Check — Owner
Scheduled This Week
Van 1 repairs and spring calls · Van 2 installs and tune-ups
Board
Open Estimates
New door quote · opener install quote · two panel replacements
Follow
Tune-Ups Due
Yearly plan customers due now on the Waiting List map
Due
New Requests
Website form and plan sign-ups waiting to be converted
New
Past Due
One builder statement and two homeowner invoices
Owed
Illustration of the information an owner can pull up from the office screens.

Set It Up in an Afternoon, Run It From the Next Morning

You did not start a garage door company to learn software. GarageDoorBossPro asks for your services, your customers and your vans, then gets out of the way. Techs run it in the browser on the iPhones and Android phones they already carry, with no app store download.

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Bring In Your Customers

CSV import brings your customer list across, and imported addresses are placed on the map automatically.

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Set Up Your Services

Service call, spring replacement, cables, rollers, openers, new doors, tune-ups, after-hours emergency, at your own prices.

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Add Techs and Vans

Give each tech a personal PIN and a van. Put repairs on one van and installs and tune-ups on another if that suits you.

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Quote, Schedule, Get Paid

Estimates become jobs, jobs land in route order on the tech's phone, and Complete creates the invoice and can charge the card.

The Business Lives in the Owner's Head and a Stack of Tickets

Garage door companies usually start with one owner, one van and a phone. The work grows faster than the system behind it, and the system is often a notebook, a whiteboard and memory.

Ask an owner with two or three vans how the week really goes and you will hear the same story: a lead that called twice before anybody called back, a quote for a new door that went out and was never followed up, a customer who swears the springs were replaced two years ago when nobody can find the ticket. A builder statement nobody sent. A tune-up customer who drifted away because no one reminded them.

None of that is a repair problem. It is a records problem. When the customer, the doors on the house, the quotes and the invoices are kept together, anyone in the company can answer the phone and the owner stops being the only person who knows anything.

GarageDoorBossPro keeps the customer, the house, the doors and the money in one place, from the first call to the paid invoice and the next year's tune-up.

Business Tools for Garage Door Owners

Every tool here exists to answer leads faster, book more of what you quote, bring customers back every year and get paid without a chase.

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Clients & Addresses

One client with many addresses, tags and custom fields. Landlords, builders and HOAs keep every property under one name.

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Equipment on the House

Doors, openers, springs, cables and drums, keypads, remotes and sensors, with brand, model, serial, size and year installed.

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Measurements

Square feet, doors and openers on each property, so services can be priced off them.

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Estimates

Built from your service list, approved online, and turned into the scheduled job. Templates and follow-up emails included.

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Website Requests

Your request form and sign-up form flow into Form Responses. One click turns a sign-up into a client.

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Dispatch Board

Jobs by day and van, auto-route Closest First or Furthest First from the shop, saved views and printed route sheets.

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Tune-Up Plans

Yearly tune-ups at 365 days and commercial maintenance every 90 days come due on their own.

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Waiting List Map

Every visit that came due and every new request, colored not due yet, due now and overdue.

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Tech App

Calls in route order, equipment and access notes, the door safety checklist, photos, Start / Skip / Complete and a time clock.

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Texting & Email

Two-way texting from the office plus automatic reminders, on-the-way and arrived texts.

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Invoices & Card on File

Line items and sales tax, charge at completion or on a schedule, online payment and past-due follow-up.

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Monthly Statements

A property manager, HOA or commercial account set to Monthly gets one statement with every address labeled.

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Ratings & Referrals

Customers can rate the work and refer friends from the customer app.

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Reports

Reports on clients, jobs and invoices, plus office user roles so each person sees what they need.

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Five Countries

Works in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK, billing customers in their own currency.

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Simple Plans

Start $59, Pro $89 and Crew $199 per month, with a 14-day free trial and no credit card.

From One Van to a Few Without Losing the Thread

The jump from one van to two is where most garage door companies feel it. The owner can no longer remember every job, and the new tech cannot read the owner's mind. GarageDoorBossPro gives each tech their own list in route order with the door history on every card, gives the office one place to book and dispatch, and gives the owner a view of the whole week. Repair calls and emergency spring jobs can run on one van while installs and tune-ups run on another. For the full picture, read Running a Garage Door Business: The Complete Guide for Owners With One to a Few Vans.

  • Employees with personal PINs and van assignments
  • Office user roles for the person answering the phone
  • Dispatch board filtered by van
  • Repairs on one van, installs and tune-ups on another
  • Crew GPS on the office map
  • Time clock on the tech's phone
Example Dispatch Board — Tuesday
Van 1
Repair calls · broken spring, off-track door, opener not closing
Van 2
Opener install, new door install, three yearly tune-ups
Van 3
Property manager townhomes · billed on one monthly statement
Owner
Two estimates for new doors and a builder walk-through
Every van, every call, one board.
The same order on the board and on each tech's phone.

The Repair Call Is the Start of the Relationship, Not the End

A homeowner who calls about a broken spring needs a fast answer, a fair price and a tech who shows up when promised. After that, they need a reason to call you again instead of searching online. GarageDoorBossPro sends the reminders and the on-the-way and arrived texts, lets the customer sign up for a yearly tune-up plan, pay invoices and request service from the customer app, and rate and refer the company when the job went well.

  • Night-before, when-they're-next and tech-arrived alerts, chosen by the customer
  • Live route map with their place in line
  • Tune-up plan sign-up with your pricing
  • Invoices, online payment and card update in the customer app
  • Ratings and referrals from happy customers
Example Customer Record
Door
16x7 · Insulated Steel · Double bay
Opener
1/2 HP · Belt Drive · installed 2019
Last Call
Torsion spring replacement
Plan
Yearly tune-up (365 days)
Alerts
Night-before and arrived texts on

Simple Plans for One Van or a Few.

Pick the plan that fits your company. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial and no credit card.

Compare plans on the pricing page.

Garage Door Business Software — Common Questions

Is this for a one-van company or a bigger shop?

It is built for owners running one to a few service vans. A solo owner can quote, schedule, run the tech app and bill from one phone. As you add techs, each gets a personal PIN and a van, and the office gets a dispatch board, office user roles and reports.

Does it set my prices for me?

No. You set up your own services and prices, such as an $89 service call, a $295 torsion spring replacement or a $129 tune-up. Estimates and invoices are built from that list, and services can be priced off measurements saved on the property.

Can it handle yearly tune-up plans?

Yes. A tune-up plan is recurring work set by minimum days between visits, 365 for a yearly tune-up. When a visit comes due it shows on the Waiting List map, and customers can sign up for a plan from the customer app.

Can property managers and HOAs get one bill?

Yes. Set the account to Monthly and it gets one statement each month covering every address, with each line labeled with the address it belongs to.

How do I move my customers over?

Use CSV import. Imported addresses are placed on the map automatically, and you can add door and opener details to each house as your techs visit.

How much does it cost?

Start is $59/month, Pro is $89/month, and Crew is $199/month. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial with no credit card, and you can click around a sample garage door company in the live demo first.

Running the business is one side of GarageDoorBossPro. For the tech app, door history, safety inspections, scheduling and billing in detail, see the full GarageDoorBossPro platform overview.

Running a Garage Door Business Guides

Practical reading on growing from one van, hiring, setting prices and service call fees, after-hours policy, tune-up plans, reviews and referrals, builders and property managers, seasons, reports, the office routine, answering leads and choosing software.

  1. Running a Garage Door Business: The Complete Guide for Owners With One to a Few Vans
  2. From One Van to a Few: Growing a Garage Door Business Without Losing Track of the Work
  3. Hiring Your First Garage Door Tech: What to Have Ready Before Day One
  4. Hiring an Office Person for a Garage Door Company: What They Run and How to Hand It Over
  5. Setting Service Prices for a Garage Door Business Without Guessing
  6. The Service Call Fee: How a Garage Door Company Charges for the Trip
  7. Repairs, Installs and Tune-Ups: Balancing the Work Mix in a Garage Door Business
  8. Emergency and After-Hours Calls: Writing a Policy Your Garage Door Business Can Keep
  9. Building Tune-Up Plan Revenue in a Garage Door Business
  10. Selling a Yearly Tune-Up Plan at the End of a Garage Door Repair Call
  11. Getting More Reviews for a Garage Door Company Without Pestering Customers
  12. Referrals: Turning Happy Garage Door Customers Into the Next Service Call
  13. Working With Home Builders as a Garage Door Company
  14. Realtors and Home Sales: A Steady Source of Garage Door Repair Calls
  15. Property Managers and HOAs: Landing Monthly Accounts for a Garage Door Company
  16. Getting Through the Busy Season in a Garage Door Business
  17. Making the Slow Season Pay in a Garage Door Business
  18. Getting the Owner Out of the Van: Protecting Owner Time in a Garage Door Business
  19. Simple Reports a Garage Door Business Owner Should Check Every Week
  20. A Weekly Office Routine for a Garage Door Company
  21. Customer History: Why a Garage Door Company Should Remember Every Call
  22. Door History on the House: Knowing the Door, Opener and Springs Before the Van Arrives
  23. Answering Leads Fast: How a Garage Door Company Stops Losing Calls to Voicemail
  24. Website Requests and Sign-Ups: Turning Online Leads Into Booked Garage Door Jobs
  25. Following Up on Open Estimates in a Garage Door Business
  26. Getting Paid the Same Day: Card on File and Past-Due Follow-Up for Garage Door Companies
  27. Splitting the Vans: Repairs on One, Installs and Tune-Ups on the Other
  28. Moving a Garage Door Business Off Paper Tickets and the Whiteboard
  29. Switching Software Without Losing Your Customer List: CSV Import for a Garage Door Company
  30. Choosing Garage Door Business Software: What to Check Before You Switch

Stop Running the Company
From Memory.

Customers, door history, quotes, dispatch, tune-up plans, monthly accounts and billing in one place for one van or a few. Try GarageDoorBossPro free for 14 days.

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