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From request to payment: all your moves in one place
A request from your website, a quote by rooms, m³ or hours, a calendar for crew and vans, a job sheet on the phone and payment on the day: a web app for small moving companies in Switzerland.
For now, it is an idea.
The problem
A request arrives by phone, WhatsApp or e-mail, and the quote is written in the evening with a calculator and experience: how many rooms, which floor, with or without a lift, how many people, how many hours. On the day of the move the address, floor and special notes are on a slip of paper, and a scratch on a wardrobe is photographed with a phone that then keeps the picture somewhere in its gallery.
Our approach
We are building a web app that follows the path of a move and nothing more: request, quote, acceptance, crew plan, job sheet, damage note and payment. It will calculate in CHF, create QR-bills, know the public holidays of your canton and work in German, French, Italian and English. The data will be stored on infrastructure in Switzerland. Simple on purpose, so the time stays with your jobs.
Who it is for
For small moving companies in Switzerland, from an owner with one van and casual helpers to a firm with several vehicles and a regular crew.
What is planned
A request form for your website
Your customers will enter addresses, rooms or volume, a preferred date and photos on your page or in a form on your own website. The app will deliver each request with what you need to write a quote, so you do not have to ask again.
Quotes by rooms, m³ or hours
From the request, the app will suggest volume, crew and hours, with a surcharge for floors without a lift. You choose a fixed price or billing by time, optionally with a price limit, and you can change every value. A quote should be ready to send in about two minutes.
Acceptance by link, no account
Customers will read the quote in the browser, confirm your terms and accept with a tap, with no account. The app will record the time and the version of your terms at acceptance and provide the quote as a PDF in your customer’s language.
A calendar for crew and vans
Every accepted quote will appear in the calendar as a job, with the people and vehicles it needs. You will assign the crew, and the app should warn you when a day is overbooked or falls on a public holiday.
A job sheet with hours and damage notes
On the phone, the crew will see address, floor, lift and notes, with large buttons for start and finish. A damage can be recorded in two taps with up to eight photos. The app records what was seen and does not judge liability.
Payment on the day
At the end of the job the crew will collect the amount in cash, by TWINT or by QR-bill. The app should create a receipt, record extras added on site with a reason, and show VAT when your business is subject to it.
Your data in Moving company
The same commitments apply to every app that grows out of our ideas.
Data in Switzerland
Our apps store your data on infrastructure in Switzerland. Where exactly is stated on one page – not spread across several documents.
Your data is not for sale
We do not sell, rent or pass on your data. We earn from the app, not from what you entrust to it.
No AI training on your data
Your data is not used to train AI models. Not ours, and not anyone else’s.
Swiss data-protection law as the standard
We design to the Swiss Data Protection Act and build privacy in from the start – not as an adjustment at the end.
Frequently asked questions
Is your question not answered here? Write to us – we read every message.
ContactWhere will my company’s data be stored?
The app will store requests, quotes, job plans, photos and invoices on infrastructure in Switzerland. Some functions, such as online payment or messages to the phone, will need service providers; we will disclose which ones before launch. This website itself runs on our own server at Infomaniak in Switzerland; what is stored where is set out in the privacy policy.
Which addresses will the crew see?
Only the people assigned to a job will see its addresses, from the day before and for a limited time afterwards. The app will not track the location of your people. We build to the FADP; how your business handles it is up to you.
Will my customers’ data be sold or used to train AI?
No. We do not sell, rent or pass on data, and we do not use it to train AI models. The request page will do without advertising and without tracking.
Does the app decide who is liable for damage?
No. The damage note will record what the crew saw, with photos, date and status. How a damage is assessed is for those involved and their insurer to decide, not the app. It can provide the note with its photos as a PDF for the insurer.
Does the app suit me if I work alone with casual helpers?
Yes. You enter only the crew sizes and vehicles you actually have, and casual helpers can be added for a single job. More vehicles and regular staff should be easy to add as the business grows.
When will the app be available?
There is no date yet. We are working on this idea; at launch we will tell you once, if you wish. How many people are waiting for an idea helps us decide the order in which we build.
What will it cost?
The price is not set yet. It will be shown in CHF and be clear enough that a small business can decide without long deliberation. We will name a figure only once it is right.
Does signing up commit me to anything?
No, signing up is non-binding. You receive a single message as soon as this idea becomes an app, and nothing else. We use your e-mail address for that alone; what we store is described in the privacy policy.
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