MonkeyLio for locksmith: setup and tips

Set up for your trade

1. Pick Locksmith as your trade in Settings to get the starter price list, checklist and equipment types.
2. Review your starter prices, like Service call, Emergency lockout (home), Emergency lockout (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. Customer identity and property authorization verified
2. Lock opened or serviced with minimal damage
3. New hardware installed and aligned
4. All keys cut and tested in the lock
5. Old keys confirmed no longer working after rekey
6. Door closes and latches smoothly
7. Customer walked through the new hardware

Equipment worth logging

Track Key cutting machine, Lock pick set, Pinning kit, Drill and extractor set, Van stock of locks and hardware, Code cutter at each customer's property, with a next service date so MonkeyLio reminds you and the customer.

A day with MonkeyLio

1. 11:20 PM — Lockout call across town.
2. 11:25 — Quote with the after-hours rate texted before you roll.
3. 11:50 — Door open, customer pays by card from the link on the spot.
4. Next morning — A rekey job comes through your website form; quoted from the van between calls.
5. Friday — Every call, key and lock logged. Nothing chased, nothing forgotten.