veedubtek

Thank you very much! I'll definitely look into that, excellent tips. I do appreciate your advice.

Yes, it does integrate with Q.B., although I haven't tested that functionality. It has most of the same features built in, and I rely on it 100%, beginning to end.

I spent months researching and test driving 44 different SMS solutions before opening up January 2nd this year. I ultimately settled on Shop Boss and couldn't be happier. The price, support, and features are far above and beyond everything else I tried. My ideal features I needed/wanted included email/text, cloud based, unlimited applications/users, and a modern interface. If I have any gripes at all, I don't care for their parts integration (partstech/epicor/nexpart, although the worldpac integration does work well), and I'm not a fan of Motor for repair information, and that's all they offer. I opted for the silver plan (without repair information) and just pay for that separately. Silver plan is $159/month.

https://www.waltsgaragepg.com

I mostly just lurk and read around here, lots of good information. But, I do have a shop about 1/2 north of where you'll be, and a particular specialty in german cars. I'd be happy to help you out, maybe even trade out for some consulting work at times. I've been wrenching for 20+ years, but have only had my own doors open for 4 months now.