Do I have to raise every price tomorrow?

No. Start with the next new customer and the next visit fee. Existing routes can move on the renewal, with a clear note, not a surprise.

What if the customer wants a firm price on the phone?

Give the visit fee and a range. A firm repair price before you see the job is how small work becomes free work.

Can software say this for me?

It can repeat your rule. It cannot invent a rule you never wrote. Put the sentence in the playbook first.

How long before this feels normal?

One week of using the same sentence. The third time you say it, it stops feeling like a script.

Features · 2026-08-29

Reviews after the job: the same habit, different trades

The ask is one text. The timing changes by trade. Here is how shops plug reviews into Sqyre without begging.

Ask when the work has sat

Reviews and reputation is a habit, not a campaign. Communications sends one link. The trade only changes the clock.

Service same day if they already smiled. Projects the next day. Routes after a quiet visit, not after a fight.

HVAC, plumbing, electrical

Ask after the system is cool or the water stays off. A night emergency can wait until morning so you are not asking during adrenaline.

Lawn and cleaning

Ask after a month of showing up, or after a first visit that looked sharp. Do not ask on the week you missed them.

Roofing and painting

Ask when they can live in the house and the punch is done. Early asks look like you are hiding.

How you plug it in

Turn the ask on in Sqyre. One sentence. One link. No guilt. Pair with texting so they reply.

Every industry plugs into the same feature. The playbook is the timing.

The plain version

Ask for the review when the work is done and the person is still happy. Tomorrow they are busy.

Read that again without the trade slang. Reviews after the job: the same habit, different trades is about a choice a small shop makes on an ordinary weekday. The customer wants a clear answer. You want the truck to come home with money, not only a story. Those two wants can live together if the sentence you say on the phone matches the day you can actually run.

The ask is one text. The timing changes by trade. Here is how shops plug reviews into Sqyre without begging.

What the words mean

A quote is a written price the customer can accept. A visit fee is the price to show up and find the truth. A route is the order of houses one truck will reach. A promise is only real when the calendar, the part, and the person line up. If one of those is missing, you have a hope, not a booking.

People get hurt by shops that skip this and say yes anyway. The homeowner waits. The tech arrives late or without the part. The office spends the evening apologizing. None of that shows up as a line on the quote, but it is the cost.

A week you can picture

Monday you write the rule in one sentence. Tuesday you use it on a real lead. Wednesday you look at what the truck actually did, not what you hoped. Thursday you fix the sentence that caused a surprise. Friday you count what was paid before the van door shut.

That week is the whole article. Reviews after the job: the same habit, different trades is not a theory. It is that loop, repeated until a new person at the desk can do it without you.

Try a number before you promise one

Change the inputs. Watch what a single job keeps. If the number feels too high to say out loud, your costs are already too high to hide.

quote

kind — margin

Walk a lead from the first text to a paid ticket

walk

Hear the problem — Ask what is wrong and where the house is. Do not give a firm repair price yet.
Check the day — Look at the board. Offer a day you can reach, not the day they hoped for if the truck is already full.
Say the money — Say the visit fee, the likely range, and what would make it higher. Write it down.
Book and collect — When they say yes, put it on the calendar and take the deposit or the card you already explained.

See the shape

diagram

kind — route
title — Keep the day in one neighborhood
caption — Stops that share a street belong together. The far pin can wait for a day you are already over there.
First house — stop
Next door — stop
Same block — stop
Across town — skip

What good looks like in Sqyre

The lead, the quote, the visit, and the payment should be one thread. Scheduling holds the day. Quotes hold the price. Payments happen before you leave. Jason may repeat the sentence you trained. He may not invent a better one at 9pm.

If you want the longer trade version, start at the industries pages and come back to this guide when the rule needs to be said in plain words.

Questions people actually ask

faq

Do I have to raise every price tomorrow? — No. Start with the next new customer and the next visit fee. Existing routes can move on the renewal, with a clear note, not a surprise.
What if the customer wants a firm price on the phone? — Give the visit fee and a range. A firm repair price before you see the job is how small work becomes free work.
Can software say this for me? — It can repeat your rule. It cannot invent a rule you never wrote. Put the sentence in the playbook first.
How long before this feels normal? — One week of using the same sentence. The third time you say it, it stops feeling like a script.

Do this before Friday

Write the one sentence your desk is allowed to say about price and timing.
Put the next five jobs on a map and mark the one that does not belong.
Take payment on the next finished job before the truck leaves.