Guides for your trade
MonkeyLio for appliance repair: setup and tips
How appliance techs get the most out of MonkeyLio.
Set up for your trade
- Pick Appliance repair as your trade in Settings to get the starter price list, checklist and equipment types.
- Review your starter prices, like Service call / diagnostic, Labor, Dryer heating element, and change them to your real prices.
- Edit the job checklist in Settings so it matches how your crew actually works.
- Connect Stripe so customers can pay from their link.
Your starter job checklist
- Appliance unplugged / power off before work
- Model and serial number recorded
- Error codes and symptoms noted
- Part tested before replacing
- Repair tested through a full cycle
- Water and gas connections checked for leaks
- Work area cleaned up
- Customer shown the working appliance
Equipment worth logging
Track Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer, Oven / range, Dishwasher, Water heater at each customer's property, with a next service date so MonkeyLio reminds you and the customer.
A day with MonkeyLio
- 8:30 — Call one: dryer not heating.
- 8:50 — Diagnosed, repair quoted from the price list, texted.
- 8:55 — Approved. Element swapped, full cycle tested.
- 10:15 — Call two: fridge warm. Model and serial logged, repair quoted on the spot.
- 4:00 — Six calls done, six invoices paid. Nothing to type up tonight.