Quote at the door. Invoice from the driveway.
Staxen is a handyman invoice and quote app, run by AI employees. It is not a lead marketplace and it does not take a cut of your work. It is the app you run your own business on: say the job at the door and it writes the estimate, texts it for e-signature, invoices before you pull away, takes card or ACH, and reminds the customer until it is paid.
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The office problems every handyman knows
Ten small jobs a week and no paperwork on any of them
Every job is too small to justify sitting down and writing it up, so nothing gets written up. Then a customer remembers a different number than you do and you have nothing on paper.
Invoices that go out on Sunday, if at all
The work took ninety minutes. The invoice takes until the weekend, and getting paid takes until the one after that. Two or three a month just quietly never go out.
Nobody home when you get there
A forgotten appointment burns a two hour window and the gas to get across town. Nobody called, nobody texted, nobody was there.
What Staxen does for handymen
Alvarez on Cypress, hang two ceiling fans, patch and paint the hallway, reset the toilet, four eighty.
Staxen turns that into a formal estimate for the Alvarez job on Cypress: two ceiling fans hung, a hallway patch and paint, and a toilet reset, priced at $480. You glance at it, it goes out by text, and they e-sign on the porch. When the work is done, one sentence turns it into an invoice they can pay by card or ACH.
Quotes said out loud at the door
Say the list and the price standing on the porch. Staxen drafts the estimate in under a minute, you glance at it, and the customer gets a link to e-sign before you walk back to the truck.
Invoiced before you pull away
Tell Staxen the work is done and the invoice goes out from the driveway. The customer pays by card or ACH from their phone while you are still parked out front.
Reminders that chase the money for you
Overdue invoices get escalating reminders automatically. You stop deciding whether today is the day you text somebody about $340.
A calendar that texts the customer
Book the visit by voice and the customer gets an SMS reminder before the window. Fewer no-shows, fewer wasted drives across town.
Hardware store receipts filed by photo
Snap the receipt in the parking lot and Staxen reads it and files it to the job, so materials on ten small jobs stop disappearing into one big pile.
Every lead in one place
Calls, texts, and your website contact form land in one pipeline, so the job you promised to price on Tuesday does not get lost under six others.
Line items that sound like your trade
Small jobs still deserve a real estimate. A few line items the way they come out on a Staxen estimate:
- Service call, first hour, diagnosis included: A flat first hour keeps small jobs profitable and easy to quote over the phone.
- Ceiling fan swap, existing rated box, per fan: Example: $110 to $190 per fan depending on height and whether the box needs replacing.
- Toilet reset, new wax ring and supply line: Example: $140 to $220 including the parts run.
- Drywall patch and paint, per patch: Priced per patch so a hallway with four holes is four lines, not one guess.
- TV mount, up to 65 inch, wire concealed: Example: $175 to $300 depending on wall type and whether an outlet gets added.
- Interior door adjust and rehang, per door: A clean add-on line for the extra work they ask about while you are already there.
Things handymen ask us
Is Staxen a lead service like Thumbtack or Angi?
No. Staxen does not sell you leads and does not take a percentage of your jobs. It is the app you run your own business on: quoting, e-signature, invoicing, payment, scheduling, and follow-up for the customers you already found.
What app do handymen use to invoice?
With Staxen you say the work out loud and the invoice goes out from the driveway. The customer pays by card or ACH from their phone, and overdue balances get escalating reminders until they are paid, without you sending an awkward text.
Can Staxen quote a small job in under a minute?
Yes. That is the point. Tap the mic, say the list and the price on the porch, review the draft, and the customer gets a link to e-sign before you get back to the truck. No forms and no typing.
Does Staxen send appointment reminders?
Yes. Book the visit by voice and the customer gets an SMS reminder before the window. That is the cheapest fix there is for a two hour drive to an empty house.