ShopDay from Eternal Spring
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Three quick things, typed once. ShopDay adds them to your texts for you.
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Today's jobs
Customer names, phone numbers, addresses and birthdays stay on this phone or computer, saved only in this browser. Free ShopDay sends nothing to us. Only Calendar sync, a paid upgrade that's coming soon, will send anything to us, and only if you turn it on. Suggest an idea
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Customers
Saved only on this phone. Each text opens Messages so you can read it and send it yourself. Nothing sends by itself.
How to get a contacts file
- Android (Chrome): tap Pick customers from my contacts and choose who to add. No button? Use a contacts file instead.
- iPhone (iOS 17 or later): open Contacts and tap Lists. Touch and hold a list, tap Export, pick the fields, confirm, then choose Save to Files. Come back here and choose that file. Tip: tap Add List first to make a list of just your customers.
- On a computer: at icloud.com/contacts, select contacts and choose Export vCard. Google Contacts and Outlook can also save your contacts as a file. Send the file to yourself, then choose it here on your phone.
- Not sure which file? Pick a .vcf file.
Text only customers who agreed to get texts, between 8 AM and 8 PM. If someone replies STOP, turn on Don't text for them.
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How to get a calendar file
- Google Calendar, on a computer: under My calendars, point to your calendar, click More (the three dots), then Settings and sharing. Under Calendar settings, click Export calendar. An .ics file downloads. The Google Calendar phone app can't export. Send the file to yourself, then choose it here on your phone.
- iPhone or another calendar: pick an .ics calendar file you have, for example one saved from an email or in Files.
- ShopDay copies the next 30 days, one time. Later changes in your calendar don't show up here. Choosing the same file again skips jobs already brought in.
- Calendar sync (coming soon, paid upgrade) will keep ShopDay up to date with your calendar.
Calendar sync Coming soon
When it's ready: your ShopDay jobs will show up in your Google, iPhone or Outlook calendar, and jobs you put in your calendar will show up in ShopDay, kept up to date.
Free ShopDay keeps your jobs and customers on this phone, and nothing is sent to us. Calendar sync will be a paid upgrade. It isn't available yet. When it is, it will be the only part of ShopDay that sends anything to us, and only after you turn it on.
Bring your calendar into ShopDay
ShopDay checks your calendar each time you open it. It only reads your calendar. It doesn't add, change or delete anything there. To change a calendar job, change it in your calendar, then tap Refresh.
What you get: jobs you put in your phone calendar show up in ShopDay on their own, with the customer, time and address. When you move or cancel one in your calendar, ShopDay catches up the next time you open it or tap Refresh.
You set this up once. ShopDay only reads your calendar. It doesn't add, change or delete anything there.
Google Calendar
- On a computer, open calendar.google.com and sign in. (The Google Calendar phone app doesn't show this link.)
- Under My calendars, point to your calendar, click the three dots, then Settings and sharing.
- Scroll to Integrate calendar and copy Secret address in iCal format.
- Paste it in the box below. Setting up on your phone? Email the link to yourself, then copy it from that email.
What you get: your Google Calendar events for the next 30 days, kept up to date. Google refreshes this link on its own schedule, so a change can take a little while to show. If you don't see the secret address, your work account may have it turned off.
iPhone (iCloud) Calendar
- Open the Calendar app and tap Calendars.
- Tap the ⓘ next to the iCloud calendar you use for jobs.
- Turn on Public Calendar, tap Share Link, then Copy.
- Paste it in the box below.
What you get: the events in that one iCloud calendar for the next 30 days, kept up to date. Good to know: Public Calendar means anyone who has the link can see that calendar's events, so keep a calendar just for jobs. Turn Public Calendar off to stop it.
Outlook Calendar
- On a computer, open Outlook on the web (outlook.com or your work Outlook) and sign in.
- Go to Settings (the gear), Calendar, then Shared calendars.
- Under Publish a calendar, pick your calendar and Can view all details, then Publish.
- Copy the ICS link and paste it in the box below.
What you get: your Outlook calendar events for the next 30 days, kept up to date. Some work accounts can't publish a calendar. If you don't see Publish a calendar, ask whoever runs your work email.
Treat this link like a password: anyone who has it can see your calendar. ShopDay saves it only in this browser and shows just the calendar's name. To bring in your events, the link and your calendar pass through our server on the way to this browser. Our code doesn't save or log your calendar link or events. Our hosting provider may keep short technical records of requests, such as the time and IP address, for security. Disconnect deletes the link from this browser.
Subscribe to my ShopDay jobs
What you get: a private link your calendar app subscribes to. Your ShopDay jobs for the next 30 days show there as their own calendar, called ShopDay jobs, and it catches up after you add, move or delete a job.
Off until you turn it on. To make the link work, ShopDay sends your upcoming jobs to our server: for each job, the day, start time, length, job type and a random job code. The address and the customer's name go only if you tick them here. Customer phone numbers, emails and notes stay on this phone.
Only add customer details you have a reason to keep, like for a job. Don't add card numbers, Social Security numbers or health details in notes.
Your link:
Google Calendar
- Tap Copy link. Setting up on a computer? Email the link to yourself, then copy it from that email.
- On a computer, open calendar.google.com and sign in. (The Google Calendar phone app can't add a calendar from a link.)
- On the left, next to Other calendars, click + (Add other calendars), then From URL.
- Paste the link and click Add calendar.
What you get: a ShopDay jobs calendar in Google Calendar. Google checks the link on its own schedule, so a new or moved job can take several hours to show.
iPhone or Mac (Apple Calendar)
- On your iPhone, tap Add to iPhone or Mac calendar above, then tap Subscribe.
- Or by hand on iPhone: in Calendar, tap Calendars, Add Calendar, then Add Subscription Calendar. Paste the link and tap Find (or Subscribe).
- On a Mac: in Calendar, choose File, then New Calendar Subscription. Paste the link and click Subscribe.
- Choose iCloud as the account so it shows on your other Apple devices, then tap Done or OK.
What you get: a ShopDay jobs calendar in Apple Calendar. Your calendar checks the link on its own schedule, so changes can take a while to show.
Outlook Calendar
- Tap Copy link.
- Open Outlook on the web (outlook.com or your work Outlook) and go to Calendar.
- Click Add calendar, then Subscribe from web.
- Paste the link, name it ShopDay jobs, then click Import.
What you get: a ShopDay jobs calendar in Outlook. Microsoft says updates to a subscribed calendar can take more than 24 hours.
Treat this link like a password: anyone who has it can see these jobs. ShopDay shows only its last 4 characters. How long we keep your jobs: jobs that are over drop out of the link and are removed the next time ShopDay updates it. Whatever is left deletes itself after your last listed job ends, and no later than 30 days after ShopDay last updated it. Turn off sync or Erase my ShopDay data deletes your jobs from our server within about a minute. Make a new link stops the old one and deletes its copy. Your jobs are kept encrypted with a key made from your link, and our code doesn't store the link. Your calendar app reads your jobs from this link, so our hosting provider's short technical records of requests (kept for about a month, for security) can include it. If you think someone else has it, tap Make a new link. Your calendar app keeps its own copy of these jobs under its own terms.
Shop details
Add later: review link, trade, town and your jobs.
Add to home screen
Get more customers
A few simple ideas. You send and post each one yourself.
1. Ask a happy customer to pass your number along
2. Post in your neighborhood
Check the group's rules on business posts first. You post it yourself.
3. Door hangers and signs
Scan the QR code with your phone before you print a stack.
4. Your Google listing
- Shop name, phone and hours are right
- Your service area covers the towns you work in
- A few recent job photos are up
- You reply to reviews, good and bad
- Your review link is saved in ShopDay, under Shop details
Google Ads tip: start with a small daily budget, show ads only in the towns you serve, and see which ads bring calls before you spend more.
Help from Eternal Spring
Our offers
Suggest an improvement
Tell us what would make your day easier. We read the ideas you send, and ones that save owners time may be added to ShopDay. If you send an idea, we may use it without payment or credit.
What's new
How the scripts are built
- One goal. The single thing you want from the conversation.
- Steps in order. Open, ask, listen, then set the next step.
- Answers for pushback. Short replies for common questions.
- A check before you use it. Clear, kind and fair.
- Your words win. Change anything so it sounds like you.
Your shop details, schedule and customer names, phone numbers and addresses are saved only in this browser on this device. Free ShopDay sends nothing to us. Anyone who can use this device and browser can see them, so on a shared device, tap Erase my ShopDay data when you're done. Clearing your browser data also deletes them, and we can't get them back. Calendar sync is a paid upgrade that's coming soon. When it's ready, and only if you turn it on: your calendar link and events will pass through our server on their way to this browser, and our code doesn't save or log them. If you also turn on Subscribe to my ShopDay jobs, your upcoming jobs (day, start time, length, job type and a random job code, plus address and customer name only if you tick them) will be kept on our server to make your calendar link, until each job's date has passed and ShopDay updates the link, and no longer than 30 days after ShopDay last updated them. Turn off sync or Erase my ShopDay data will delete them from our server within about a minute. Clearing your browser data won't, but they will still delete themselves within those 30 days. Our hosting provider may keep short technical records of requests, such as the time, IP address and web address, for about a month, for security. Your calendar app reads your jobs from your private link, so those records can include the link. Make a new link stops an old one. Calendar files, downloads and printouts you save keep their own copy. When you tap Directions or Google Calendar, that job's name, time and address go to Google, and Google's terms and privacy policy apply.
Add-ons
Turn a free add-on on or off with one tap. Share with my crew shows or hides its box below. Booking link keeps your link ready to copy. Your choices are saved on this device.
Share with my crew
Send your crew a link with a copy of your upcoming jobs: time, customer, address and job type. They open it on their phone and can add the jobs to their own ShopDay. The jobs travel inside the link, so they never go through our server. The copy doesn't update by itself, so share again when plans change. This link holds your customer's name, address and any details you pick. Anyone who has it can read them. Send it only to your crew, and don't post it.
Add a name to send that person a numbered morning route: Job 1, Job 2 and so on, with directions.
Save a backup
Save your shop details, jobs, customers and follow-ups to a file on this device. Use it to move ShopDay into the home screen app or onto a new phone, or to bring your info back if this browser gets cleared.
The backup file is made on this device and saved where you choose. If that place syncs, like iCloud Drive, a copy goes there too. Nothing is sent to us. It has your customers' details, like names, phone numbers and notes, so keep it private. Calendar sync links are left out of the file.
Pick your customers
Nothing is ticked for you. Saved only on this phone. Nothing is uploaded.
General examples, not legal advice
These scripts are general examples to adapt for your shop. They are not legal advice. Text only people who contacted you or agreed to get texts, only between 8 AM and 8 PM their local time, and honor STOP right away. Ask customers for reviews the same way each time, and don't offer anything in return. Results vary by business.