Detailing software that fits in the van.
You're done with the Tahoe, the owner is walking out, and your hands are still wet. One message turns the package and the add-ons into a card pay link, and the next maintenance wash is already on the calendar.
Wrapping up a full detail
Invoice drafted for Marcus Bell: $410, "Full detail, large SUV, with pet hair removal and odor treatment".
Approve it and the pay link is ready to copy.
Booked his maintenance wash for the 27th. I book one visit at a time, so for every 3 weeks after that, use Add event in the Calendar and tap your "3-week wash" preset. It builds the whole series.
Invoices and pay links are on Solo and up. The chat books one visit at a time; a repeating series is set up in the Calendar.
How Redline fits a mobile detailing business
Paid in the driveway
Name the package and the add-ons in one message and Redline drafts one invoice for the total. The customer pays by card on their own phone, on your Stripe account. Solo and up. See detailing invoices.
Maintenance washes on repeat
Add a wash in the Calendar that repeats every 2, 3 or 4 weeks and save the cadence as a preset. Each visit can move on its own when the customer's week changes. See recurring jobs.
The car on the customer's file
Keep "2021 Tahoe, black, ceramic coated last spring, dog in the back seat" in the notes so you walk up knowing the car. See contacts.
Holding a ceramic day
Coatings and paint correction tie up a full day. Quote the coating with a deposit percentage and bill the deposit to hold the date. Deposits are on Solo and up.
Condition photos before you start
Shoot the swirl marks, the curb rash and the door ding before you touch the car, and file the photos to the job. If a scratch comes up later, the picture is there.
Fleet accounts
A contractor's trucks or a dealer lot get one contact, a weekly visit series, and an invoice at the end of the month for the washes you did.
The real week of a mobile detailer
A lot of mobile detailers run the business out of their DMs and their camera roll. Bookings come in by Instagram, text and phone, the calendar lives in their head, and maintenance customers fall off because nobody reached out when they were due. Saturday is packed, Tuesday is empty, and the add-ons you upsold at the curb don't always make it onto the bill.
Redline gives that one place. You still answer the DM yourself, but then you tell Redline "book Jenna Ruiz for an interior detail Saturday at 10" and it's on the calendar with her contact. The scheduling assistant groups jobs in the same town, so two cars in Somerville land back to back instead of across the morning.
Before a slow week, open the Quiet filter in Contacts to see who you haven't heard from in a while. Home also shows leads you haven't touched and quotes gone quiet, so the ceramic quote from last month gets a follow-up from your Gmail.
Plain answers for detailers
Redline does
- Invoice packages and add-ons with card pay links (Solo and up)
- Repeat maintenance washes on a set cadence
- Keep each customer's vehicles and notes on file
- Bill deposits for coatings and correction (Solo and up)
- Give you a free Pro Page with a quote request form
Redline doesn't
- Let customers book themselves online
- Read your Instagram DMs or texts
- Send appointment reminders to customers
- Text pay links (copy the link or email it)
- Track where your van is
Questions contractors ask
Can customers book a detail online?
Not on a calendar. Your free Pro Page has a quote request form, and each request lands in Contacts as a lead. Free shows 3 requests a month in full, paid plans show them all.
Do I need a paid plan to get paid on the spot?
Yes. Invoices and card pay links start on Solo at $29 a month, with a 7-day free trial on the web. Free covers the chat, contacts, calendar and quotes.
I run two vans. Does that work?
Yes. Team at $129 a month includes 3 seats (you count as one) with a dispatch board and an app for your detailers. They see their jobs and checklists, never your prices.
Can I price by vehicle size?
Yes. Tell Redline your package prices once (sedan, small SUV, large SUV or truck) and it uses the right one when you name the car.
Detailing paperwork and tools
- Auto detailing invoice templatePackages, add-ons and a travel fee line
- Auto detailing estimate templatePaint correction and ceramic coating with a deposit
- Mobile detailing invoice appGetting paid before you pack up
- Detailing estimate appQuoting correction and coatings with a deposit
- Detailing scheduling softwareMaintenance washes and full-day coating bookings
- Hourly rate calculatorPrice paint correction by the hour with confidence
Keep reading
- Mobile detailing invoice appPackage plus add-ons, paid by card in the driveway, next wash booked.
- Recurring jobs and repeat presetsBook a whole season of visits in one save, and reuse the cadence as a preset.
- Pro Pages and directoryA free public page with a quote request form, listed in the Redline pro directory.
- Pressure washing softwareQuote by the square foot from photos, move rain days and rebook last year's washes.
Run your business by chat.
Redline is free to start. Tell it about the job and it handles the quote, the schedule, the invoice and the follow-up.