The whole app, explained

Everything SideWRK does — and how to use it

One app to run your side work: write the estimate, get it approved, send the invoice, get paid, and see your real profit. Here's every piece of it, in plain language, with how-to steps you can follow from your phone.

14-day free trial · $24–$89/mo · every trade

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Adding work

Tap a suggestion for your trade, price it the way your trade really bills, add parts and photos, send it.

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Inventory

Track parts, chemicals, and supplies. Reorder alerts, barcode scanning, and one-tap billing onto a job.

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My website

Your own findable web page — photos, services, reviews, and a quote form at sidewrk.app/p/yourname.

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Find work

A plain playbook for getting jobs without lead fees: get found, earn reviews and referrals, know where to look.

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Scheduling

Date every job, see overdue and upcoming, get directions, and text "on my way" from your own phone.

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Customers

Import from a spreadsheet or a photo, keep real addresses, and export anytime to back it up. No lock-in.

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Expenses

Scan a receipt and it fills itself in. Every write-off lands on your year-end tax summary. Shoebox gone.

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Real profit

The Money tab shows real profit with your cost taken out — plus collected, owed, and net over the year.

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Tax wrap-up

One clean year-end summary of income and costs, category breakdown, CSVs, and QuickBooks export.

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English or Spanish

Run the app in English or Spanish, and send each invoice in either — trade terms and all.

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Estimates & approval

Send a branded estimate; the customer approves it from their phone with their name — logged with time and amount.

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Approvals

A branded link the customer signs and taps Approve — every yes logged with name, time, and amount, and re-approved when the job grows.

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A paper trail

Name, logo, address, and license or permit number on every estimate and invoice — plus photos and a logged approval on every job.

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Permits & inspections

Permit number and inspection status on the job, and the permit fee billed as its own line — a documented record of every sign-off.

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Deposits

Take a deposit by card the moment the customer approves — you set it per estimate, 10 to 50%, waivable.

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Getting paid

Card and Apple Pay, or fee-free Venmo/Zelle/Cash App/PayPal. No merchant account; money to your own accounts.

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Payment requests

Text a pay link with tap-to-pay Venmo/Cash App/PayPal buttons. No processor, no fees, money straight to you.

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Customer financing

Customers can pay over time with Affirm or Klarna at checkout on bigger jobs — you’re paid in full, no risk.

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Reviews

Automatic review requests after paid jobs; ratings on your public page; Google & Yelp links on Pro.

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Recurring jobs

Set a service plan once; each visit drops onto your schedule pre-filled and dated. Built for routes.

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Maintenance plans

Package your repeat work — startups, blowouts, seasonal tune-ups — into a plan that books itself every season on an automatic reminder.

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Service calls

Charge the diagnostic or trip fee (often ~$100), credit it toward the repair, and bill travel and after-hours — the whole call priced like a pro.

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Upsells & add-ons

The add-on that fits the job — offered as an optional line the customer checks at approval, with the total updating live.

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Big jobs

Measure the whole scope, itemize it in phases, take a deposit before materials, collect at milestones — and offer financing on the big number.

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Vehicles & machines

Each customer’s vehicles and machines on file — VIN scan with recall check, serial and hours, parts by the unit’s model, and history per unit.

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What moves the price

Access, height, tear-out, hazard, after-hours — every trade’s price movers, each on its own line, approved in the open instead of hidden in the rate.

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Seasonal campaigns

The right seasonal message for your trade — email your whole list or copy a text to send from your phone. You tap send.

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AI estimate drafting

Snap photos or describe the job; get priced draft lines at your own rates. Editable, you send it. Pro.

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Photos & videos

Use job photos and videos to close the sale, build a public gallery, and show before-and-afters that win the next job.

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Aerial takeoff

Trace a roof, driveway, or fence from the satellite; SideWRK prices it at your rates, drops it into the estimate, and makes the pick sheet.

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Every trade

SideWRK re-skins to speak each of 42 trades and switches between them in a tap, all on one client list. Multi-Trade unlocks them all.

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Job records

The tools to document a job right — a provable authorization, the records your trade keeps, and permit/license flags. Documents your work; not legal advice.

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Sales tax

Set an estimated local sales-tax rate from your location; it rides every estimate, invoice, and payment. A convenience, not tax advice.

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QuickBooks export

Export QuickBooks-ready CSVs of your income and expenses from the year-end summary — no re-typing a year of transactions.

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Works offline

Create jobs and add work with no connection; SideWRK syncs when you're back online. Installs to your phone like an app.

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Barcode scanning

Scan a UPC to bill a part or add it to your truck stock, and scan a VIN to pull a vehicle. Name it once; every scan knows it.

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Billable mileage

Add a customer-facing travel line to the job so you're paid for the drive — miles times your rate, on the estimate and invoice.

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How it all fits together

SideWRK isn't a pile of separate tools — it's one loop. You write an estimate, the customer approves it from their phone, you send the invoice, and you get paid. The parts you pull come off your inventory. Your costs feed your real profit. Your receipts land on the year-end summary. Every finished job can earn you a review and point back to your own page.

That's the difference between an app that stores your work and one that runs your business. Each feature below is worth reading on its own, but they're built to hand off to each other so nothing gets typed twice.

Questions about SideWRK

What does SideWRK do?

It runs the business side of your trade from your phone: write an estimate, get the customer to approve it, send a branded invoice, get paid, and see your real profit on every job — across 42 trades, each speaking its own language.

Which features come with every plan?

Estimates, invoicing, getting paid, inventory, your own public website, scheduling, customers, expenses, and the year-end tax summary are all included from $24 a month. The big field-service apps gate a lot of this behind $99-plus tiers.

Do I need to be tech-savvy to use it?

No. Every feature is built to run from a phone in the truck, not a desk. If you can take a photo and send a text, you can send a professional estimate.

Is there a free trial?

Yes — 14 free days on every plan, no card to start, so you can run real jobs through it before you decide.