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A bodyshop's time leaks into estimates for jobs that never come in, phone calls asking whether a car is ready, hunting for photos an insurer wants and typing up paint and parts invoices. Forms, texting, photo and bookkeeping tools take much of that off the office, timing jobs shows which repairs beat the estimate, and a clear advert helps fill an empty bay. Repair methods, insurer agreements and anything said about a claim stay with the shop.
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Technicians time each repair in Toggl Track against the estimate's labor hours, so you see which jobs overrun. From about $45£34€40A$65C$64 a month for 5 users.
Draft clear job adverts and screening questions for panel and paint technicians with ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini. Free to about $27£20€24A$38C$38 a month.
Customers send damage photos through a free Tally form and Zapier logs each request, so simple jobs get priced without a visit. Free.
Text every customer your Google review link the day after collection from a Firetext template. Google Business Profile is free; about $3£2€2A$4C$4 a month in texts.
Gemini in Gmail sums up each insurance repair's email thread before you chase the insurer or update the customer. From about $16£12€14A$23C$23 a month.
Dext reads paint, parts and consumables invoices from a photo or email and sends them to Xero for approval. About $32£24€29A$46C$45 a month plus VAT, billed yearly.
Send a text at each repair stage from Firetext templates: parts arrived, in paint, ready to collect. From about $23£17€20A$33C$32 a month for 30 cars.
CompanyCam keeps timestamped photos of every repair stage by job, ready to share with insurers and customers. From about $92£69€82A$132C$130 a month for 2 users.