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Running a locksmith business by the numbers: pricing, contractor payouts, ad ROI, licensing — no fluff, written by the vendor, openly.
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Dispatch team: the dispatcher books, the tech closes, you keep the books
Your dispatcher doesn't have to be a salesperson, and you don't have to reconcile orders at night. A flat-rate hire books the jobs, the tech closes them with a signed invoice, and the numbers add up on their own.
Technician account: closes the job on-site, never sees your margin
You hired techs and became the cashier and the lawyer: bills get lowered out of kindness, and unsigned receipts lose chargebacks. Here's how the technician account takes that off you.
A dispatcher account with no access to your money
The trust paradox of hiring a dispatcher: it's time to scale, but you don't want a stranger seeing your margin. Here's how JobBase Dispatching solves it — quoting real prices without ever opening your books.
Your First Hire: How to Bring On Your First Contractor Technician
When job requests outgrow one pair of hands: how to bring on your first contractor technician — 1099 vs W-2, the W-9, a written agreement, and vetting before you hand over the keys.
How to start a locksmith business: a short one-page plan
A locksmith business really can be launched solo with a small set of tools, but choose your niche first and sort out the licensing and insurance for your state and city. Put together a basic price…
What Equipment a Locksmith Needs to Get Started
A locksmith's starter kit falls into two budget tiers: a basic kit for lockout and rekey work on residential and commercial locks runs roughly a few hundred dollars, while equipment for automotive…