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Software for Christmas light installation companies

Holiday and Christmas light installers, and exterior cleaning and landscaping companies that add lighting for the winter.

  • Roofline lighting
  • Tree and shrub wrapping
  • Wreaths and garland
  • Pathway and ground lighting
  • Takedown

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  • Roofline by the foot

    Price roofline per linear foot with a minimum, trees each, and wreaths flat. Measure each run on site.

  • Good, better, best displays

    Roofline only, roofline and trees, or the full display. The customer picks and signs on their phone.

  • Install and takedown, one plan

    Visit 1 in November is the install. Visit 2 in January is takedown and storage. One signature covers both.

  • Next year, built in

    The plan repeats yearly, so next season's install is already on the books.

  • Install season at a glance

    Hours booked per truck per day, so you stop taking installs for a week once it's full.

  • The display, remembered

    Custom fields on the property hold the storage bin, clip type or last year's design notes for the crew.

Birdy is Christmas light installation software that fits the holiday lighting year: sell in late summer and fall with roofline quotes per linear foot and good, better, best options, put install and takedown on one signed plan as two visits with their own services, and run install season on a dispatch board that shows which trucks are full. Customers come back next year on their own.

How do I price Christmas light installation?

Most installers price roofline by the linear foot with a minimum, and the rest by the piece. In Birdy, roofline is a per-linear-foot service with a minimum charge, trees and wreaths are "each", and the Measure button adds up each run of roofline. Measurements are saved on the property, so next year's quote starts from them.

An example three-option lighting quote (made-up prices)

Good

What's included
Front roofline, install and takedown
Total
$850

Better (Most popular)

What's included
Full roofline and two wrapped trees
Total
$1,400

Best

What's included
Full roofline, trees, wreaths and pathway lights
Total
$2,200

The customer picks an option on their phone and signs. Follow-ups nudge quotes that sit, and the rep is told when a customer opens the quote twice.

Can install and takedown be one sale?

Yes. Sell it as a service plan with two visits, each with its own services and price, on chosen months.

An example yearly lighting plan (made-up prices)

1

Month
November
Services
Install roofline, trees and wreaths
Price
$1,150

2

Month
January
Services
Takedown and storage
Price
$250

The customer signs once and sees both visits and the yearly figure. Each visit becomes a job in the dispatch tray weeks ahead, so the takedown is never forgotten in January. The plan repeats, so next November's install is already waiting. Customers can pick their own install day from a link if you want.

How do I schedule install season without overbooking?

Watch hours, not just jobs. Each install has a length, each truck has hours a day, and the week view shows every truck's days filling up. The schedule dialog warns before a truck goes over. Online bookings stop offering a day once it's full.

Wind and storms matter on ladders, so jobs are flagged from the forecast and can be moved together. The thresholds are yours to set, and the cold flag goes as low as 0°F, so winter install days aren't all flagged.

What does the crew need on install day?

The design and the details. Custom fields you add to the property (storage bin number, clip type, outlet locations, last year's design notes) show on the crew's job screen with the gate code and the customer's notes. A checklist can require "Timer set and tested" and "Customer shown the timer" before Done, and the customer signs off.

HOAs and businesses get one invoice for all their displays, sent to the billing contact with their PO number.

Is it a fit?

A good fit when

  • Holiday lighting companies that sell install, takedown and storage as one package
  • Exterior cleaning and landscaping companies adding lighting in the winter
  • Owners who want next year's customers rebooked without a spreadsheet

Not the right tool yet when

  • Taking a deposit online when the customer signs (coming with card payments; record deposits by hand today)
  • Tracking light and clip inventory per customer (use custom fields and notes today)
  • Photos of last year's display (coming)
  • Large commercial installs that run several days as one job
  • Weather limits per service (the thresholds are company-wide, so a company that also soft washes sets one cold limit for both)

Questions

Can I sell installation, takedown and storage together?

Yes. Make a yearly plan with an install visit and a takedown visit, each with its own services and price. The customer signs once.

Can I price roofline lighting per foot?

Yes. Use a per-linear-foot price with a minimum, and measure each run of roofline on site.

Will last year's customers come back automatically?

On a yearly plan, yes: next season's visits are added ahead of time. Customers not on a plan can come back through the Due for service list.

Can I take a deposit?

A quote can show a deposit due on approval, and you record it when it's paid. Online card payment is coming.

See it on your own customers

Create your account. We set it up with you, with your customers and your price list, before your team starts.