What's new in DoorstepHQ

New features, improvements, and fixes — updated as they ship.

Get paid by card or bank transfer

Clients tap a button on your invoice — money lands as fast as the next business day. Connecting is free.

Set up payments

Reviews on autopilot

Automatic Google review requests after every paid job, plus Venmo, PayPal, Cash App, and Zelle buttons on your invoices.

Try Payment Links & Reviews

A real business phone line

Your own business number with call forwarding, voicemail transcription, and two-way texting — clients never see your personal cell.

Get your number

Mail invoices the old-school way

Some clients want paper. We print, stamp, and mail any invoice for you — right from the invoice page.

Get mail credits

August 2026

Turn your booking page on or off

New

You can now control whether your public booking page is live, hidden, or sent to another web address. Find this in your website controls.

Easier to archive a client

Improved

The option to archive a client is now easier to find in the client details view.

Add a description when creating a service

Improved

The add-service form now includes a description field, so you don't have to go back and edit after saving.

Date and time fields fit on iPhone

Fixed

Date and time pickers were getting cut off on iPhones in several places. They now display correctly.

Price options now save correctly

Fixed

Price options were sometimes not showing up after you saved them. This is now fixed.

Team invites work with existing accounts

Fixed

Team members who already have a DoorstepHQ account can now accept an invite by signing in, instead of getting stuck on the sign-up screen.

Team members can now log in

Fixed

Team members you've added can now sign in and use the dashboard. Before, they could be invited but couldn't fully use the app.

Guided tours and a How-to library

New

A new How-to library is available from the help icon in the header. It has step-by-step tours for key parts of the app, and you can start any tour from your dashboard whenever you need a refresher.

Clients see expected job time when booking

New

Your booking page now shows clients how long the job should take, so they know what to plan for.

Set a job length per price option

New

Each price option can now have its own job length. Your calendar blocks the right amount of time based on what the client picks.

Ask clients custom questions at booking

New

You can now add your own questions to the booking form, like gate codes, pet info, or parking notes. Answers save to the client and carry over when you turn a booking into a Quote or invoice.

Group your services into sections

New

You can now organize your price list into named groups, like "Lawn Care" and "Cleanup", so clients find what they need faster. Set up sections in your Services settings.

Price one service by size or type

New

You can now add several price options to a single service, like a small car vs. an SUV, or a studio vs. a large home. Clients pick their option when booking, and the right price is applied automatically.

Find archived clients more easily

Improved

Archived clients are now easier to find in your client list. Look for the option to view archived clients whenever you need to pull up a past client's info.

July 2026

"Save & Record Payment" works again

Fixed

Tapping "Save & Record Payment" on a job now opens the payment screen like it should. The button was leading nowhere — that's fixed.

Easier way to archive clients

Improved

Archiving a client is now easier to find. Look for the option on any client's profile when you need to tuck away someone you're no longer working with.

More ways to set up repeating jobs

New

You can now schedule a recurring job on a pattern like "the first Thursday of every month" — great for clients who want a set day each month. You can also turn any existing booking into a recurring job without starting over.

Support gets ticket tracking

Improved

When you contact DoorstepHQ support, you now get a ticket number and can follow the whole conversation in one place, including replies by email. Your Inbox now lives inside Support.

Send clients a visit report

New

After finishing a job, you can now send your client a summary of what was done. Find it on the job detail screen.

Save and reuse discounts

New

You can now build a library of discounts to reuse, or add a one-off discount to any quote or invoice. Look for the Discounts tab in Account settings.

Add photos to quotes and invoices

New

You can now attach photos to your quotes and invoices, with a caption on each one. Clients booking through your page can also upload photos to show you what they need done.

Offer add-ons on quotes

New

You can now list optional add-ons on a quote so clients pick the extras they want. Accepted add-ons roll into the total automatically.

Add descriptions to your services

New

You can now add a short description to any service. It shows up on quotes, invoices, your booking page, and your website — an easy way to sell a little more with no extra work.

Booking requests and leads up top

Improved

New booking requests and leads now show at the top of your dashboard so you never miss them. Tap one to go straight to the request.

Fixed wrong total on approved quotes

Fixed

After a client approved a quote with add-ons, the old total sometimes showed next to the accepted items. Now you'll always see the correct total.

Checklists for your jobs

New

You can now build checklists for your services — with sections, per-item photos, and notes. Set a default checklist for each service so it's ready every time.

Helcim setup now shows correctly

Fixed

Some operators who connected Helcim weren't seeing it show as fully set up. That's fixed — your payments connection will correctly show as active.

Reply to client emails faster

Improved

When a client emails you back, a Reply button now appears right on that message in your timeline. No more hunting for where to respond.

Warnings before sending messages

Improved

If something looks off before you send a message to a client — like a missing phone number or email — you'll now see a clear heads-up so you can fix it first.

Send clients a visit report

New

After finishing a job, you can send your client a summary of exactly what was done. Find it on the job when you're ready to wrap up.

Monthly business recap email

New

Starting in August, you'll get a short monthly email with your own numbers — revenue, invoices sent, bookings, and new clients from the month before.

Email links take you where they point

Fixed

Tapping a link in one of our emails while logged out used to dump you on the dashboard after sign-in. Now you land on the exact page the link pointed to.

Winston gives smarter answers

Improved

Winston (the chat helper) now knows exactly what's on every page of the app and checks your account's live setup before answering — fewer wrong turns, more "it's right there" answers. You can also thumbs-up or thumbs-down his replies now.

Buying extra phone minutes works again

Fixed

The buy-minutes button on the billing page was broken for a stretch — it's fixed, and packages never expire.

Cards on file and auto-pay

New

Save a client's card on their profile and charge it with one tap when an invoice is due. Recurring jobs can charge automatically — no more chasing payment for weekly visits.

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The old way: finish a job, send the invoice, then chase — call, text, hope.

With a card saved on the client's profile (they approve it once), you can charge it with one tap when the invoice is due. For recurring clients, flip on auto-pay and the invoice charges itself after each visit — you literally do nothing. Every charge still sends the client a receipt automatically.

Find it on any client's profile under Saved payment methods.

June 2026

Mail invoices by post

New

Some clients want paper. You can now mail an invoice as a real printed letter right from the invoice page — buy mail credits in the app and we handle printing and postage.

Route map handles tricky addresses

Improved

Addresses the map can't find no longer break your route. You'll see clear indicators and can drop a pin manually so every stop shows up.

Cancelling a recurring schedule is more forgiving

Improved

When you cancel a recurring job, the next two weeks of visits stay visible so you can change your mind — only the far-future ones are removed.

Card and bank payments are live

New

You can now accept credit cards, debit cards, and ACH bank transfers through DoorstepHQ Payments. Connect from Account → Payments — invoices get a "Pay by card or ACH" button your clients can tap from their phone.

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Before this, DoorstepHQ invoices could only be settled with cash, check, or whatever payment apps you arranged on your own — and you had to track it all by hand.

Now, once you connect payments (Account → Payments, free, takes a few minutes), every invoice you send includes a "Pay by card or ACH" button. Your client taps it, pays from their phone, and the invoice marks itself paid the moment the money moves. Deposits and partial payments work too, and money typically lands in your bank the next business day.

You choose who covers the card fee: absorb it yourself, or pass it to the client with one switch.

Set how long each service takes

New

Give each service a default duration and new bookings pre-fill it — less typing every time you schedule.

May 2026

Block spam callers

New

On the Phone add-on, block any number from calls, texts, and voicemail with one tap — they never ring your phone again.

Reusable messages and automated sequences

New

Save the messages you send over and over as templates, or chain them into sequences that go out automatically over days or weeks — great for lead follow-up.

A cleaner way to get around the app

Improved

The dashboard navigation was redesigned — a slide-out menu on your phone and a persistent sidebar on desktop, so everything is reachable in one tap.

Put a lead form on your own website

New

Already have a website? Paste one snippet and visitors can request work from you there — leads flow straight into DoorstepHQ. Color-matchable to your site.

Multiple contacts per client

New

Add a spouse, a billing contact, or a site foreman to any client, each with their own phones and emails. Pick exactly which number or address a message goes to.

Crews and team scheduling

New

Create teams like Red Crew and Blue Crew, assign bookings to a team, and filter your daily schedule by crew — built for operators running more than one truck.

See exactly why a message didn’t send

Improved

A new dashboard panel shows any quote, invoice, or reminder that couldn’t be delivered and why — with a one-tap fix. No more silent failures.

Quote follow-ups that send themselves

New

Sent a quote and heard nothing back? DoorstepHQ can check in with the client automatically on a schedule you pick — a soft nudge, never a hard sell.

April 2026

Your own business phone line

New

The Phone add-on gives you a dedicated business number with call forwarding to your cell, voicemail transcription, and two-way texting with clients — all from a Phone hub on your dashboard. Your personal number stays private.

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Your clients see a real business number — never your personal cell. When they call it, your cell rings and you answer normally; when you call or text them from the app, it comes from your business number.

Voicemails are recorded and transcribed so you can read them between jobs. Every text conversation lives in your Inbox, organized by client. And the Phone hub on your dashboard shows recent calls, voicemails, and messages at a glance.

$9.99/month with 200 minutes included. Set it up under Account → Phone.

Time tracking, timesheets, and payroll

New

Clock in and out (with breaks) right from the app, see everyone’s hours on the Timesheets page, and get payroll totals in Reports when hourly rates are set.