Most payment apps were built for retail stores or restaurants. They work fine if you are standing behind a counter. But you are in a parking lot at midnight, under a car dashboard, or on someone's doorstep at 2am. You need a payment app that works the way a locksmith works — fast, on any phone, no hardware, no waiting. ServiceHQ was built for exactly that. And unlike every other locksmith payment app on the market, it also handles your estimates, your job photos, your partner dispatch, and your revenue splits — all in one place.
There are four ways most locksmiths take payment today and every one has a problem.
Cash: Customer says they only have $80 when the job was $150. No proof of what was agreed. No receipt. No record. No recourse.
Venmo or Zelle: Customer sends the wrong amount. Payment takes days. No invoice. No paper trail. Accountant hates you at tax time.
Square: Works for payments but no locksmith-specific features. No estimates. No job photos. No dispatch. No partner revenue splits.
ScanPay: Built for locksmiths but still only does payments. No estimates for customer to sign. No job photos. No dispatch. No automatic revenue splits. You still need three other tools.
ServiceHQ: Payments plus everything else. QR code, Apple Pay, tap-to-pay on iPhone, digital estimates with customer signing, job photos, automatic dispatch, and revenue splits to both banks Friday. One app. Everything in it.
ServiceHQ supports every payment method your customers want to use. None of them require a card reader, a dongle, or any hardware. Your phone is the terminal.
Customer scans the QR code on your screen with their phone camera. Opens a secure Stripe checkout. Pays in under 30 seconds. Works on any phone. No app download required.
Customer taps their phone or watch to yours. Payment confirmed instantly. Works on iPhone XS or newer.
Send the customer a payment link by text. They pay from anywhere. Useful for insurance jobs or customers who want to pay remotely.
Customer taps their physical card directly on your iPhone. No card reader needed. Available on iPhone XS or newer.
Send a line item estimate before you start. Customer signs with their finger on their phone. No disputes about price after the work is done.
Before and after photos attached to every job. Damage documentation. Proof of work. Dispute protection. Stored permanently with the job record.
Correct sales tax for every job based on job type and ZIP code for all 50 states. Appears as a line item on the invoice automatically.
Professional PDF invoice generated automatically on every completed job. Customer gets a copy. You keep a copy. Clean records for your accountant.
Live tracking link sent to customer automatically when work begins. Fewer where-are-you calls. More 5-star reviews.
Customer pays, ServiceHQ calculates the split, partner gets their cut Friday, you get yours Friday. No Zelle. No spreadsheet. No Sunday night math.
All plans include unlimited partners. AI Receptionist available as add-on from $79 per month. Cancel anytime.
No. Customers pay through a link in their browser or by scanning a QR code. No download, no account, no friction.
None. ServiceHQ works entirely on your iPhone. All payment methods work without any hardware.
Square is a general payment app. ServiceHQ has digital estimate signing, job photos, locksmith-specific sales tax calculation, customer tracking pages, partner dispatch, and automatic revenue splits.
ScanPay takes payments. ServiceHQ takes payments plus estimates, photos, tax, dispatch, and revenue splits automatically.
2.9% plus $0.30 per transaction. Instant payouts available for 1.5% with no minimum fee.
Standard payouts deposit every Friday. Instant payouts available for 1.5% — funds arrive within 30 minutes.
14-day free trial. No credit card. No hardware to buy. Take your first payment in under 5 minutes.
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