SideWRK is a cheap invoicing app for carpet cleaners who work on the side.
From the estimate, to the invoice, to what you actually made on the clean — with the property and the customer attached.
SideWRK starts every carpet cleaner at these prices and does this math on every job you write up. Change any number.
What a Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning job looks like in SideWRK.
The carpet & upholstery cleaning job as the app lays it out — your own cost sitting on it, and the estimate your customer approves from their phone.
Everything a carpet cleaner needs — in one app
Per-room & per-item pricing
Set the room count, then add stairs, area rugs, sofas, mattresses, and tile & grout — each its own line at your rate, totaled instantly so you quote in the doorway.
Before / after photo proof
Snap the carpet before and after on the same job. The clean stripe sells the next job, and the record protects you if a set-in stain comes back.
Honest disclosure notes
Add a note when a pet stain or set-in spot may not fully lift — printed on the estimate so the customer is told up front, not surprised after.
Get paid your way
Take a card or Apple Pay in the app, and the money goes to your own Stripe account on its normal payout schedule. Jobs flip to Paid the moment the balance hits zero.
Real profit, not just revenue
Solution and protectant costs can carry a private "your cost" the customer never sees — so the Money tab shows what each room and each add-on actually nets you.
Customers approve from their phone
Text a branded link; the customer reviews the rooms, the photos, and the total and taps Approve — logged with their name, the time, and the amount.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning
The work this app was built around.
Estimate. Invoice. Get paid.
SideWRK runs the business side from your phone, on the job.
Set the rooms, stairs, and sofas, add a pet-stain treatment or protectant, show the before/after, and get paid — a card or Apple Pay tapped right there in the driveway — with your real profit on every job.
From walkthrough to "paid" in three steps
Quote it
Add the customer and home, set the rooms and items, and add any treatments — in one sweep during the walkthrough.
Send it
Text a branded estimate or invoice. The customer reviews the photos and taps Approve — authorization logged automatically.
Get paid
Record the payment however it came in; the job flips to Paid and your real profit lands in the Money tab.
Free pricing tools
There's no single right price for carpet & upholstery cleaning work — your rate has to cover your overhead, your drive time, and the hours you can't bill. Use the tool below to find your number. Free, no sign-up, nothing stored.
Carpet cleaning calculator
Rooms and stairs in, a cleaning price out — before you ever unload the wand.
The carpet & upholstery cleaning rate behind SideWRK's estimating defaults is $55/hr, with 90% of a typical ticket paying for time rather than materials. Both numbers come from our 2026 Side-Work Rate Report, which publishes the same figures for all 42 trades.
These tools run free right here — inside SideWRK they fill your estimate for you →
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning guides from the field
Written for the business side of the work — pricing, getting customers, and keeping them. Free to read, no signup.
One plan. Every trade. $19.
There is one plan and this is it. The Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning build you are looking at is one of 42, and every one of them is already switched on — no upgrade, no add-on. Pick up a different trade next month and the app switches with you. Your customers come with you — one book of people, every job you have ever done for them, whichever trade you had your hat on for that day. $190 a year if you pay yearly, which is two months free.
- Per-room + per-item quoting
- Before/after photos
- Card, Apple Pay & tips
- Real profit tracking
- All 42 trades, switched on — not a bundle, not an add-on
- One customer list across every trade — the same person, every job you ever did for them
- Unlimited customers and jobs — no caps
- Real profit on every Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning job, from your own private cost
- Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning expenses, mileage and a year-end tax packet
- Your own Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning page, work gallery and booking requests
- Card, Apple Pay, Venmo, Cash App — Zelle if your bank offers it — or cash
Nothing above is behind a higher tier. There is no higher tier.
The kitchen shines.
The carpets are the easy add — same visit, same invoice.
One app, every trade.
Every trade — all 42 on one $19/mo plan.
Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning FAQ
Is SideWRK good for a solo carpet cleaner?
Yes — it is built for the mobile, one-person operator. Quote per room in the doorway, show before/after photos, and get paid from your phone, without crew software you do not need.
Can I quote per room and per item?
Yes. Set the room count, then add stairs, area rugs, sofas and upholstery, mattresses, and tile & grout — each its own editable line, totaled instantly.
Can I protect myself on stains that may not come out?
Yes. Add a disclosure note when a pet stain or set-in spot may not fully lift; it prints on the estimate, and the before/after photos give you a record either way.
How do customers pay me?
Any way you like. Take a card or Apple Pay in the app, send a payment request against a handle you already use, or take cash and record it in a tap. Card money settles into your own account and SideWRK never takes a cut of it.
How much does it cost?
SideWRK is $19/month, with every trade and every feature included. It starts on the free plan: five jobs a rolling year, no card, and no expiry. Paying lifts every limit — $19 a month, or $190 a year.
Wondering what to charge? How to price Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning jobs — with real numbers →
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