The right message at the right time, without typing it

Reminders the day before, done notices, receipts, failed-card links and welcome messages go out on their own, from a texting number registered to your business. Change any wording, switch off what you don’t use, and answer replies from one inbox.

Texts and emails: each message, who gets it, when it goes out, and its text and email switches

A texting number registered to your business

Fill in one form with your business details, and the system gets you a toll-free number and sends it to the carriers for approval. Until it’s approved, texts are saved instead of sent, so nothing goes out half-ready.

  • The number and carrier paperwork handled from one form
  • Your EIN for companies, or nothing extra for sole proprietors
  • Approval takes a few business days, sometimes up to two weeks
  • Replies forwarded to your phone and your email
The texting form: legal business name, address, kind of business, EIN and contact

Every message, in your words

Every text and email the system sends is listed with when it goes out and who gets it. Change the wording with fill-in fields like the customer’s name and date, see a live preview with the text’s length, and send yourself a test.

  • Fill-in fields for names, dates, bins and links
  • A live preview with the number of text segments
  • Send a test to yourself before you save
  • Switch off the ones you don’t want; reset to the original any time
Editing the day-before email with fill-in fields, beside a live preview

Consent and quiet hours, handled

Customers opt in to texts when they sign up, in wording carriers accept, and get a confirmation text. STOP, START and HELP replies work on their own. Texts wait out your quiet hours and go in the morning.

  • Quiet hours from 9 pm to 8 am to start, for texts
  • Offers and review asks only to people who opted in to offers
  • Offers carry “Reply STOP”; their emails carry an unsubscribe link
  • Up to 5 extra contacts per customer, each with their own text and email switches

Two-way texting

When customers reply, it lands in your inbox with a count of who’s waiting. Answer from the office and the conversation stays with the customer’s record. Every message is logged with its delivery status.

  • Replies inbox with a waiting count
  • Forwarded to your phone and email
  • Delivery receipts and “send again” for failed messages
A customer’s text reply waiting in the replies inbox with a box to answer

Announcements to the right people

Tell one zone about a weather delay, everyone on Tuesday’s route about a schedule change, or one plan about a new add-on. Send now or schedule it, by text, email or both.

  • Everyone, a zone, a cleaning date, a plan, a route group or a tag
  • See how many people it will reach before you send
  • Send now or at a time you pick, and cancel before it goes
An announcement to all active customers by text and email, with how many it will reach

The full list

Every message the system sends.

59 messages: 36 with a text and 52 with an email. 14 are always on, like failed-card notices and sign-in links; you can still change their wording. The rest you can switch off.

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MessageWhen it goes outToSent as
Day before cleaningThe day before, at the business reminder hour (9am by default)CustomerText and Email
Technician on the wayImmediatelyCustomerText
Cleaning doneImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Cleaning done, with problemsImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
One-time cleaning doneImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Payment received, next cleaningImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Next cleaning date (after a cleaning)Off until you turn it onThe next day at the reminder hourCustomerText and Email
Cleaning rescheduledImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Service bookedImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Day before a serviceThe day before, at the reminder hourCustomerText and Email
Service rescheduledImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Technician on the way (service)ImmediatelyCustomerText
Service doneImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Estimate visit bookedImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Estimate visit doneImmediatelyCustomerEmail
Quote request receivedImmediatelyCustomerEmail
Proposal sentImmediately, then 2, 7 and 14 days later until answeredCustomerText and Email
Message from the officeAlways onWhen you send itCustomerText and Email
Billing13
MessageWhen it goes outToSent as
Invoice sentImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Invoice still unpaid1, 2, 4, 7 and 14 days after it was sentCustomerText and Email
Payment receiptImmediatelyCustomerEmail
Card charge failedAlways onImmediately, then on the dunning days (1, 2, 4, 7, 10, 15 and 20 days by default), restarting monthly until paidCustomerText and Email
Card expiringOnce, at the start of the month it expiresCustomerText and Email
Prepaid cleanings used upRight away (usually a few weeks before that cleaning)CustomerText and Email
Account on holdAlways onImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Booked with pay laterImmediatelyCustomerText
Price change noticeThe set number of days before the new price startsCustomerEmail
Cancellation confirmedAlways onImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Tip receivedImmediatelyTechnicianEmail
Unfinished sign-up (first nudge)20 minutes after they stopLeadText and Email
Unfinished sign-up (follow-ups)24 and 72 hours laterLeadText and Email
Account8
MessageWhen it goes outToSent as
Welcome textImmediatelyCustomerText
Welcome emailAlways onImmediatelyCustomerEmail
Text opt-in confirmationAlways onImmediatelyCustomerText
Welcome for moved-over customersWhen you click Activate on the importCustomerEmail
Moved-over customers: add a cardWhen you click Activate on the importCustomerText and Email
Login linkAlways onImmediatelyCustomerText and Email
Password resetAlways onImmediatelyCustomerEmail
Team inviteAlways onImmediatelyTechnicianText and Email
Marketing10
MessageWhen it goes outToSent as
One-time win-backOnly with offers opt-in75 days after their cleaning (set in Settings)CustomerText and Email
Referral credit earnedImmediatelyCustomerEmail
Review ask: same eveningOnly with offers opt-in8pm on the day of the cleaningCustomerText
Review ask: 3 days laterOff until you turn it onOnly with offers opt-in72 hours after the cleaningCustomerText
Review ask: 5 days laterOff until you turn it onOnly with offers opt-in120 hours after the cleaningCustomerEmail
Gift card for the recipientAlways onOn the send date chosen by the buyerGift card recipientEmail
Gift card receipt for the buyerAlways onImmediatelyGift card recipientEmail
Gift card usedImmediatelyGift card recipientEmail
Now serving your areaWhen you send it from LeadsLeadText and Email
Message blastAlways onWhen you send itCustomerText and Email
To your team10
MessageWhen it goes outToSent as
New customer (to you)ImmediatelyYour teamEmail
Cancellation (to you)ImmediatelyYour teamEmail
Quote request (to you)ImmediatelyYour teamEmail
Proposal answered (to you)ImmediatelyYour teamEmail
Deposit paid (to you)ImmediatelyYour teamEmail
Disputed payment (to you)Always onImmediatelyYour teamEmail
Dispute decided (to you)ImmediatelyYour teamEmail
Stops left open (to you)Always onEach morning with the daily runYour teamEmail
Out-of-area request (to you)Off until you turn it onImmediatelyYour teamEmail
Daily summary (to you)With the daily runYour teamEmail

Texts & emails

The details

Texting number
Toll-free, registered to your business
Reminders
The day before, at 9 am to start
Quiet hours
9 pm to 8 am to start (texts)
Consent
Opt-in at sign-up; STOP, START and HELP handled
Emails
Sent with your business name and logo; replies go to you
Extra contacts
Up to 5 per customer
Announcements
By zone, date, plan, route group or tag; now or scheduled
Good to know

Texts are counted by segment. A short text is one; a long one can be two or three. Each plan includes a number every month.

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3 days free with every feature, and nothing is charged until the trial ends. Everything begins in test mode, so nothing reaches your customers until you’re ready.

Texts & emails for bin cleaning businesses · Clean Bin System