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shimly

The office in your truck

Run it level.

Shimly is the AI back office for handymen, contractors and subs. Schedule jobs, send estimates, text customers, pay your crew and grow, all from one app.

Built for

  • Handyman
  • Remodeling
  • Painting
  • Drywall
  • Flooring
  • TV mounting
  • Property maintenance
  • Specialty subs

Your office is a truck, a phone and five apps.

Jobs live on sticky notes. Quotes live in text threads. Hours live in a spreadsheet. Then there's the scheduling app and the payroll app. Things slip between them.

  • Sticky notes
  • Text threads
  • Spreadsheets
  • Scheduling app
  • Payroll app
One placeShimly

How it works

From walkthrough to paid, in four steps.

  1. 1

    Estimate

    Build it on site from your price list. Send it by text.

  2. 2

    Book

    The customer approves and picks a time in their portal. It becomes a scheduled job.

  3. 3

    Do the work

    Crews see their day, check in, and add photos and notes from their phone.

  4. 4

    Get paid

    Invoice, collect by card or text-to-pay. Crew pay and payroll come from the same job.

Features

Everything the office does. None of the office.

Schedule and crews

Every slot shows who can take it.

  • Drag-and-drop schedule
  • Live crew availability on every time slot: available, tight, busy, off
  • No double-booking
  • Multi-location
  • Crew mobile app with My day
  • Time off
Estimates to jobs

Approved estimate to scheduled job in one tap.

  • Quote builder from your service catalog, with tax, discounts and coupons
  • Estimate follow-ups
  • Inspection reports with photos
  • Before and after photos
  • Work orders from property managers
Texting inbox with AI

Every text and call. One inbox.

  • Customer texts and calls in one place
  • AI flags what needs action and drafts replies you approve
  • Automatic confirmations, reminders and on-my-way texts
  • Quiet hours and opt-outs handled
AI office manager

Ask it like you'd ask your office.

  • Morning brief of today's jobs and what's slipping
  • Plain English: “Who's free Thursday afternoon?” “What did we collect last week?”
  • Every AI action is logged
  • Anything that matters needs your approval
Subs and partners

Know where every sub stands.

  • Subcontract tracker
  • Sub directory
  • Sub payouts
  • Property-management partners and their jobs
Marketing and growth

Marketing you can tie to real jobs.

  • Door-hanger and yard-sign route planner with maps
  • Text and email campaigns with consent built in
  • Social posting
  • Google review requests
  • Results tied to real revenue
Money

Get paid. Pay your crew. Same job.

  • Invoices and online payments
  • Revenue and collections dashboards
  • Simple books
  • Crew pay: per job, per mount, hourly, incentive and tips
  • Payroll sync

Works with the tools you already pay for.

  • Gusto
  • QuickBooksComing soon
  • Google Business Profile
  • Buffer
  • OpenPhone / Quo
  • Notion
  • StripeComing soon
  • Import from spreadsheets

For crews

Big buttons. Works with gloves on.

Your crew sees their day, not your books.

  • Owner
    Everything
  • Office
    Schedule, inbox, estimates
  • Bookkeeper
    Invoices, pay, books
  • Crew
    Their day, photos, notes
See the crew app

Three plans. Solo, Crew and Company.

Pricing is announced at launch. Early-access shops get founding pricing.

See plans

Straight answers.

Something else on your mind? Ask us.

Run it level.

Estimates out. Jobs booked. Crews paid. Get on the early-access list.