Source: https://billingmart.com/for/electricians

For electricians

# Service calls billed on site, panel jobs billed in stages

An electrical business runs two kinds of work at once: same-day service calls paid before the truck leaves, and panel upgrades or new-build wiring that run for weeks with a deposit up front. One system has to bill both without a second tool for the big jobs.

## The billing problems electricians actually have

A service call ends at the panel, and the customer wants to pay there and then.

Send the invoice from the job and the customer pays by card or bank transfer from the link on their phone before you pack up.

A panel upgrade needs a deposit before the equipment is ordered.

The customer approves the estimate from its link, and you invoice the deposit before the equipment is ordered.

Time on site and drive time are written on paper and lost by Friday.

Time and mileage are recorded against the job as they happen and billed onto its invoice, so nothing is retyped.

## A worked invoice

Sample work, priced the way this work is usually priced. The total is computed with the same function the console bills with.

## Questions

**Can a technician send the invoice from the job site?**

Yes. BillingMart works in the browser on a phone, so the invoice can be sent from the job and paid from its link.

**Can I charge a fixed fee for the service call and hourly after that?**

Yes. Put a fixed line for the call-out and an hourly line for the work on the same invoice.

**Can a customer save their card for the next visit?**

Yes. With their consent a card is saved for them, and you can charge it later; their consent is recorded with it.

## Send your next invoice with BillingMart

Start free, send your first invoice, and see it paid by card or bank transfer.

[Start free](https://app.billingmart.com/sign-up)

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