Start a service business, price it right, and get paid.
Guides and free tools for people who clean houses, cut grass, fix furnaces, unclog drains and seventeen other things. Written for you, not for the people who hire you.
Start a Business
Licence, insurance, equipment and filing your LLC. Everything you need sorted before the first job.
Start here → 🧮How Much to Charge
Typical rates in 20 trades, a calculator for your hourly rate, and what to add before you quote.
See the rates → 🛠️Free Business Tools
Invoices, estimates and calculators. They run in your browser — no account, nothing to install.
Open the tools →Your trade
20What people charge, what licence your state wants, and what to do first.
Free business tools
6 of 12 readyThese run in your browser. Nothing you type is sent anywhere, there is no account, and none of them ask for your email.
Invoice Maker
Fill in the line items, it totals them, you save it as a PDF and send it.
Open it → 📝Estimate Builder
Price, scope, and what isn't included — in writing, before you start.
Open it → 🧮Job Profit Calculator
Enter what you charged and how long it took. Shows what you kept after tax, fuel, supplies and fees.
Open it → 🎯Hourly Rate Calculator
Enter the take-home pay you want. Works backwards to the hourly rate you need to charge.
Open it → 💵Rate Guide
Typical rates across 20 trades, and the six costs to add before you quote.
Open it → 📄File Your LLC
No service fee. Pick your state, see the filing fee, and start it here — you pay the state and nothing else.
Open it → 🚗Mileage Log
Log business trips and total the deduction. Three taps per trip.
Coming soon 🧍Customer List
Names, addresses, what you charge them, when you were last there.
Coming soon 📅Week Schedule
Every job for the week on one screen.
Coming soon 📋Service Agreement Maker
Recurring terms, cancellation policy, and access instructions.
Coming soon ⭐Review Request Writer
The follow-up message that actually gets you a Google review.
Coming soon ✨Business Name Generator
Twenty names for your trade and town, with the .com availability checked.
Coming soon