Announcing the Contractor App! 📱
Rundoo launches an app for contractors to access their account.
Well, the streak of Friday publishing was bound to come to an end eventually. My (somewhat lame) excuse is that Max and I were on the road this week visiting paint & hardware stores. The highlight was a stop in Hershey, Pennsylvania—nothing quite like seeing your last name on signs around town. 🍫
But hey! We are still committed to sending an update out every week. So happy Sunday y’all, and let’s get into it.
As some of you know, we quietly launched the Contractor App a few weeks ago. Customers can now access their accounts on their smartphone!
The app is available on both iOS and Android, and thanks to the uniqueness of our name, you can find it by simply searching for “Rundoo” in either app store.
FYI: You’ll notice that the Contractor App is called “Rundoo.” This is not to be confused with “Rundoo POS,” the app for you to check analytics and other POS data (iOS, Android).
How do my customers open accounts?
Trick question! Your customers already have accounts.
To log in, they can use any phone number associated with a contact on the account. Rundoo will send a text message with a six-digit code to verify they are indeed the owner of that phone number. As soon as they verify, they’ll be in.
When they log in, they’ll be able to see all of their historical sales, as well as anything they’ve been quoted or in will call. This includes all historical sales from before you switched to Rundoo! Your customers will immediately have a powerful search engine over all sales for the years and years they’ve been shopping at your store.
What about non-contractors?
We’ve taken to calling it the “Contractor App,” but the app is available to any customer in your system—DIYers and contractors alike.
What’s next?
Well first, feel free to download it and play around yourself! (If you want to rate it 5 stars while you’re at it, we won’t stop you 😉)
Over the next couple weeks, we’ll cover the below:
Receivables — How contractors can pay down their outstanding sales: full balance, statement balance, or specific invoices.
Marketing — What we are updating to help you promote the app: adding links in emails to download the app, including QR codes to download on receipts.
Longer term, we are excited to build all sorts of functionality into the app: a way for contractors to chat with and order from the store, notifications about order updates and promotions, and much more.
Have a great week! 👋