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MonkeyLio for auto detailing: setup and tips

How auto detailers get the most out of MonkeyLio.

Set up for your trade

  1. Pick Auto detailing as your trade in Settings to get the starter price list, checklist and equipment types.
  2. Review your starter prices, like Basic wash & vacuum (car), Basic wash & vacuum (SUV/truck), Full interior detail (car), and change them to your real prices.
  3. Edit the job checklist in Settings so it matches how your crew actually works.
  4. Connect Stripe so customers can pay from their link.

Your starter job checklist

  1. Vehicle inspected and pre-existing damage noted with photos
  2. Interior vacuumed: seats, carpets and trunk
  3. Interior wiped, glass cleaned and vents dusted
  4. Leather or upholstery treated and conditioned
  5. Wheels, tires and wheel wells cleaned
  6. Hand wash or foam wash top to bottom
  7. Paint polished and protected as quoted
  8. Final inspection and after photos taken

Equipment worth logging

Track Pressure washer, Wet/dry vacuum, Steam cleaner, Dual-action polisher, Foam cannon, Waterless wash kit at each customer's property, with a next service date so MonkeyLio reminds you and the customer.

A day with MonkeyLio

  1. 8:30 — Call: full detail on an SUV with pet hair.
  2. 9:00 — On site. Package quoted with pet hair removal and odor treatment, texted from the driveway.
  3. 9:08 — Approved and paid.
  4. Detailing — Start tapped, checklist ticked from vacuum to final wipe-down, before photos on the job.
  5. 2:00 — After photos attached, invoice paid from the same link. Next month's maintenance detail already booked.
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