For repair services
Miguel fixes phones, appliances, and whatever else neighbors bring to the door. He diagnoses fast. Payment used to slow him down.
I
Screen replaced. Customer grateful. 'I'll e-transfer you tonight.' Miguel hears that sentence twice a week. Half the time it arrives. Half the time he forgets to check.
Cash jobs he remembers. Card jobs he couldn't take without hardware he didn't want.
II
Miguel works from a van and a kitchen table. He needs payment where the job is, not a follow-up text three days later.
Parts on his card. Labor in his head. Profit a mystery until tax time.
III
Customer taps their card when the repair is done. Parts expense snapped before Miguel leaves. Job profit visible before the next call.
No reader in the van. No invoice app on the laptop. One phone.
Keep reading
A week with Morgan →
Follow Marcus through Monday to Sunday — invoices, tap-to-pay, expenses, and Friday reconciliation.
How Morgan started →
Marcus, Elena, Dave, and the gap between how solo businesses work and how payment software expects them to.
Dave's week as a contractor →
Deposits, progress payments, receipts in the truck, and a month end he couldn't explain.
