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A letter from the founder

Built because the tools didn't fit the work.

By 6pm the truck's clean and you're at the laptop catching up. The missed call from this morning. The quote you forgot to send. The invoice still in your texts. We built one board for all of it.

Matt · Founder, Service Anchor
Built in AustinFounding Wave 2 open through Nov 11
Founding Wave 2
$59/mo
locked for life
Everything included
Closes Nov 11
Why we built it

The job moves. The paperwork doesn't.

I spent years working alongside home-service owners, and every one of them ran the same loop. Phone rings on the job site, you scribble the address on the back of a receipt. Quote the next stop from your truck cab. Text the customer the number, text the crew the schedule, chase the payment two Fridays from now. By the time you sit down at the laptop, the work has already happened twice. The work and the system were never in the same place.

I watched those owners try every tool out there, and none of it fit. The big-name CRMs were built for sales teams closing five-figure deals in a conference room. The trade apps were built to add one feature, charge a higher tier, add another feature, charge again. I kept landing on the same thought: none of this runs the day an owner-operator actually runs.

So I built the alternative. The pipeline is the product. One board carries every lead, every quote, every job, every invoice. It comes pre-loaded for the trade you run. Pick junk removal, the price book loads with truck loads and disposal fees. Pick pressure washing, it loads with house washes and concrete cleaning. You don't configure anything. You just start running the work.

The Anchor Board

One board. Your whole week on it.

Every call, every quote, every crew, every invoice. The screen you run the day from, instead of the six you reconcile at night.

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Pre-loaded for your trade · the first call through the paid invoice
Check it yourself

Four things everyone else still gets wrong.

The other tools have had years to get these right. Here's how we do each one, and the exact spot you'd catch us if we didn't.

The claimWhere to look
The work moves itself through.

Drop one card on "Won." The job lands on tomorrow's schedule. The crew marks it done and the invoice goes out on its own. The card clears and the review request sends the next day. You touched it once.

New · Scheduled · Done · Paid, hands-off
Lead to paid, one board.

Open any customer. The first "she just called" note and the cleared invoice sit in the same timeline, color-coded the same way the whole way through. No second app. No export to reconcile at night.

1 customer · 1 history · 1 board
The board ships full, not empty.

Pick your trade at signup. The price book, job types, and lead sources load with line items your crew already says out loud. No blank canvas. No three-hour setup.

7 trades pre-built · signup to ready board, ~90 sec
Your data and your rate stay yours.

Export your customers anytime. Cancel anytime, no contract. Take a founding spot and the price holds for the life of the account. The file is yours whether you stay or go.

Export anytime · no contract · $59 locked for life
What we won't build

Three things that didn't fit.

Every other tool in this space is racing to add more. Here's what we're choosing to leave out, and why leaving it out is the point.

An AI to answer your phone for you.
Jobber bundles theirs into a plan that runs $699 a month. It's a real feature. It's not one we're building. If you're missing calls, a real answering service costs about $200 a month and a human takes the message. Point that service at Service Anchor and the lead still lands on the board. You shouldn't have to jump to a $699 plan to stop missing calls.
A marketing suite bolted onto the side.
Service Anchor sends the texts that are part of the job: the on-my-way message, the appointment reminder, the invoice, the review request. That's it. It is not a marketing platform, and we're not turning it into one. Campaigns, newsletters, and promo funnels are a separate job, and dedicated marketing tools already do it well. We'd rather run your pipeline right than run your marketing badly.
A public roadmap you can watch us miss.
Public roadmaps turn into promises we can't always keep, and they let people who never signed up vote on what gets built next. You tell us what you need from inside the app. We build for the operators actually running jobs on it, not for the loudest voice on a forum.
Where we are today

A short list of true things, right now.

No big claims. No someday-promises. Just where things actually stand today.

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Trades pre-built, ready to pick
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Wave 2, locked for life, everything included
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Contracts or cancellation fees
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Matt
Matt Tautkus · Founder, Service Anchor
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Billing & Pricing
What does it cost, and when does billing start?

One flat price per company. The founding ladder: Wave 1 ($29 a month for life) closed on Sept 16, 2026. Wave 2 is $59 a month for life for every trial started by Nov 11, 2026, and after that the list price is $79 (Solo: every feature, up to 5 users).

Your first 14 days are free. You put a card on file at signup, and nothing is charged until day 14. Cancel before then in one click and nothing is charged. After your first charge, your first 30 days are money-back, no questions asked.

What happens at the end of the 14-day trial?

Your card is charged $59 on day 14 and your Wave 2 rate locks for life. Not for you? Cancel before day 14 in one click and nothing is charged. Change your mind after? Your first 30 paid days are money-back.

Need more time? Every trial can be extended once, by 7 days. And nothing is a surprise: we email you on day 11, and the app shows your exact charge date. Cancel is one click in settings, no call required.

What is included in the price?

Everything. Every feature we ship, up to 5 users (your price never changes when you hire), your business phone number, the carrier registration paperwork and fees, and your texting and calling: up to 1,500 texts and 500 voice minutes a month. No per-user fees, no add-on tiers, no usage bills.

If you regularly send more than that, we reach out and figure it out together. The price does not change behind your back.

What happens when Wave 2 closes?

On Nov 11, 2026 the ladder reaches its $79 list price, no lock. Each wave locks its own rate, the ladder only goes up, and a closed wave never reopens. Wave 1 ($29 for life) closed on Sept 16, 2026, on schedule.

Starting a trial before the close locks the Wave 2 rate: it is held through your trial and confirmed by your first charge. If you cancel or your account pauses before that, the rate is not locked.

What does "for life" actually mean?

"For life" means as long as your subscription stays active without a 30-day payment lapse, and as long as Service Anchor continues to operate the platform. If you cancel for more than 30 days and come back later, you rejoin at whatever rung the ladder is on then.

We cannot promise the company exists forever. We can promise that for as long as Service Anchor exists and you keep your subscription active, your founding rate is locked. The legal language lives in our Terms of Service under the Founding Member Program section.

Do you process payments from my customers? What does it cost?

Yes. Your customers pay you through Stripe, and the money lands in your own connected account. Card processing is a flat 3.5% + $0.30 per transaction: every card type, one rate, no monthly minimums, no surcharges.

Product
Is the app finished?

Yes. The pipeline, scheduling, estimates and proposals, invoicing, payments, booking requests, deposits, and texting and calling all run today for paying customers. The roadmap still moves fast, and founding members steer it: feature requests go straight to the founder.

Can my customers book online?

They can request a time. Your booking page shows real openings from your schedule, the request lands on your phone, and you approve it. Nothing is booked until you say so, so there are no double bookings.

Do you do proposals?

Yes. Turn on proposals and every estimate carries scope of work, warranty, terms, and your license number, with a photo on any line. Pick a layout and your accent color once and every estimate and invoice matches. The customer signs on their phone and gets a copy by email.

Can I take a deposit?

Yes. Turn deposits on in Admin (Feature Toggles, then Deposits) and every estimate asks for one: a percent of the estimate you set once, pre-filled and editable on every quote. The customer signs, then pays the deposit from their own phone. Reminder texts go out on day 1 and day 3 and stop the moment it is paid, and the deposit shows as a credit on the final invoice.

Who is Service Anchor built for?

Home-service operators running 1 to 5 trucks: junk removal, moving, pressure washing, and 5 more trades with pre-configured setups. If you are quoting jobs, dispatching a small crew, and chasing invoices from your phone, this was built for you.

It replaces the spreadsheet-plus-texts-plus-paper system, or a bigger CRM that charges for every tech you add. It is not built for franchises or 20-truck enterprises, and we would rather tell you that now.

How is Service Anchor different from other CRMs?

Two ways. First, one board runs the whole job: lead, quote, schedule, invoice, paid. When a quote is accepted the job is created. When the job is done the invoice exists. When it is paid, the review request goes out. You never drag a card or re-type a thing.

Second, the price is flat. Everything is in the one plan: texting, calling, the follow-up suite, every user up to 5. No add-ons, no per-tech fees, one number.

Can I control what my technicians see in the app?

Yes. Service Anchor has distinct user roles and permissions. Field technicians see exactly what they need to do the job (schedules, job notes, addresses), and you can restrict them from seeing sensitive business data like total revenue, pricing, or admin settings.

Service Anchor needs my EIN or SSN to set up texting. Where does it go?

Mobile carriers require a business Tax Identifier (EIN, or SSN for sole proprietors) for A2P 10DLC business registration before your texts can be delivered. There is no path around this at the carrier level, but we built the data flow to keep your Tax ID out of our systems.

You enter it once during texting setup. We forward it directly to the carrier registry and do not write it to our databases. Only the last four digits stay on your account so you can recognize which Tax ID is on file. The registration fees are on us. The full description is in our Privacy Policy under "Information you provide directly" and "Data retention."

Do you have a mobile app?

Not a native app from an app store, and we are not going to promise you a date for one. What you have today installs to an iOS or Android home screen like an app, so your crew logs in from a phone or tablet browser to see schedules, update job statuses, and pull customer details with nothing to download.

Setup itself belongs on a computer. A tablet or computer is the office, where you set things up and run the operation, and your phone is the field.

Can I set up on my phone?

Sign up from your phone, sure. Then set it up from your computer. Service Anchor works like your business does: a tablet or computer is the office, where you set up and run the operation, and your phone is the field, for calls, texts, and today's jobs. Give it about 10 minutes to start.

Founding members
What if I need a feature that you do not have yet?

We want to build it. The roadmap is driven by the people running on it. Tell us what you are missing and it goes straight to the founder, and we prioritize what real operators actually ask for.

Wave 2 closes Nov 11

Lock $59 for life before Nov 11.

Free for 14 days. Then $59 a month, locked for life, everything included: every feature, your business line, texting and calling. The $29 wave closed Sept 16, on schedule. After Wave 2, list is $79. The ladder only goes up.

Everything included. 90-second setup. 30-day money-back.