How Tommy used Jobox to start a new career in garage door services

Tommy has traveled all over the world. He lived in Israel, several countries in Europe, Los Angeles, and Hawaii, before settling in Hollywood, Florida, with his two children. “They love it here, they love the beach.” A picture of his daughter dangles from the rear-view mirror of his pickup truck. It’s 9 AM and he’s driving to a job. He calls the customer to let them know he’s on his way. “It’s Tommy. I’m 15 minutes away. See you soon.”

Tommy has a garage door services business. He’s only been in the industry for a few years. What was he doing before? “I worked in the women’s cosmetics industry, believe it or not! I was selling cosmetics for women for many years, but I was tired of the industry. I wanted to get into the construction business, and starting with garage door services seemed like the way to go.” A friend introduced him to the trade and showed him the basics. He watched a lot of training videos but also learned on the job. “You need to understand the mechanism very well to understand the problem and then solve it. But once you have enough experience and you understand how it works, it’s not difficult.”

He loves the work because he gets to help people all day. He shows up, replaces an opener, rollers, springs or else, and the door starts working again. “It’s in and out. I get to the client’s, spend 30 minutes or 2 hours, and fix the problem. The customer is happy and I continue on to the next one.” It’s rewarding, and he meets new people all day. And now that he uses Jobox, he gets to expand his business even more. “After I got introduced to Jobox, my life changed. I’m much more professional, much more organized. It’s like having my own secretary. I get notification reminders and the reports at the end of the week.”

Thanks to Jobox, Tommy has everything he needs to grow his business quickly. Jobox Payments lets him accept payments in seconds using a Bluetooth swiper, and customers get invoices and receipts they can sign and receive instantly. He can set his availability and schedule his jobs directly in the app, and he’ll get reminded of all the job details when the time comes. Plus, the app gives him all the documents he needs for his accounting, like settlement reports and weekly performance. His entire business runs on his phone. ”Everything is there. It’s beautiful.”

And that’s just the beginning for Tommy. Next, he wants to get into home renovation and painting. In fact, he’s sometimes able to get his customers to ask for more services right on the spot. He’s trustworthy and reliable, and his customers can see that when they do business with him through Jobox. So they’ll ask him if he can also help renovate the garage itself or do a paint job. And for Tommy, it’s easy. He’ll schedule the job in his Jobox app, make sure he has all the supplies he needs, and come back at the scheduled time. Done. Business. Expanded.

People like Tommy are why we at Jobox wake up in the morning. We’re building a platform that lets any pro run their business on their phone and take control of their growth. We don’t charge any subscription fee, and our card processing fees are among the lowest on the market. We also let pros share jobs on the platform and find new ways to get jobs outside of traditional dispatchers and lead generation platforms. If you’re still reading,?you should give it a try. We can’t wait to tell your story next.