Trades & emergency repairs: collect deposits by SMS

For trades and emergency repairs, every trip costs you time and money. With PayLinker, you send an SMS deposit link before you start the job: the customer pays from their phone, you secure the slot and limit unpaid call-outs. Whether you’re a plumber, electrician, locksmith or multi‑trade business, the payment link fits into a few lines of text, shareable by SMS or email. As soon as the customer validates the link, the deposit is collected and an automatic PDF receipt is generated for both of you. For more expensive replacements (water heaters, fuse boxes, security doors), you can enable instalment payments via Stripe: you’re paid out by Stripe immediately to your connected Stripe account, the instalments are handled on the customer side and you don’t have to chase each payment manually. PayLinker works without a terminal: a smartphone or computer is enough to create links for deposits, balances or extra invoices after diagnostics. Each payment is time‑stamped and attached to a customer and a job, which makes chasing outstanding amounts and bookkeeping much easier, while providing clear proof in case of disputes. The tool adapts to your own terms: you keep applying your conditions of sale for rescheduling, credits or non‑refunded deposits, while PayLinker handles the payment and notifications. You stay in control of your pricing, cancellation policy and schedule, with a full payment history for every job.