Add these as you need them, in roughly this order. The first two the day you book your first job. The lead platforms when you have open days to fill.
First booked job
E-signatures. You send the Moving Services Agreement, the customer taps to sign on their phone, you both get the PDF.
Why we use it: templates. Every agreement we send is a saved template where we fill in the job and the customer fills in nothing but a signature. That rule alone cut our booking time in half and ended the "I never agreed to that" conversation. Claude fills the fields. Cheaper than the big-name alternative, and it does the same job.
Get SignNow
Free to take
Cash, check, Cash App and Zelle, with no fee on either side. Venmo, PayPal and cards too, with a 3% fee added on the agreement so the customer chooses.
Why these: same day, in full, before the truck leaves. Put the accepted methods and the card fee on every agreement so nobody is surprised at the truck. Zelle is the one most customers already have open on their phone; if your bank offers it, take it.
Cash App
Paid
Email at your own domain, plus Drive and Calendar.
Why we use it: hello@yourcompany.com instead of a Gmail address is the cheapest credibility you can buy, and it is what the agreement goes out from. Drive holds every agreement, photo and briefing in one folder structure that Claude files into. The calendar is the schedule.
Google Workspace
Rent it
A box truck by the day from a commercial rental desk, reserved after the job is booked and paid for out of the job.
Why we still do it: the truck is the last thing you buy. We ran on rentals until 2026, when we bought a pickup and a trailer, and we still rent when a job needs a box truck. Rent from a desk that knows the truck is going to a moving company, like Penske's commercial side or Enterprise Truck Rental with business use selected, and open an account so the paperwork is done once. Consumer rentals are for do-it-yourself moves only. What the rental terms say.
Penske commercial
Our pick for platform jobs
A platform that books movers for customers, labor-only or with a truck. The platform takes a cut of each job.
Why we use it: it fills open days with jobs we do not have to sell. Most people list labor-only. We recommend listing with a truck as well, and marking the truck as rented, because a full move on the platform pays like a full move and the customer books it the same way. Set your rate so the platform's cut comes out of the customer's price, not yours.
HireAHelper
Labor-only
U-Haul's marketplace for loading and unloading. Customers renting a U-Haul book labor from it at the counter.
Why we use it: labor-only is the easiest work to price and the fastest to fill a gap with, and this is where the customers who already have the truck go looking for it. Say yes to it, especially in the first months.
Moving Help
Pay per lead
A marketplace where customers post a job and pros respond. You pay when a customer contacts you, whether or not you get the job.
Where it fits: good for getting the first jobs, and honest about it: it is expensive, and it is a race to the bottom, because the customer is comparing five quotes on price. It is not our favorite tool once you have a brand, and we lean on it less every month. Used the right way it earns its keep: reply within minutes, only respond to jobs that match what you do, quote your real number and let the cheap ones go. Turn it down as the reviews come in.
Thumbtack for pros
Free listing
A listing people still check before they book, especially anyone moving from a city.
Why we use it: the free listing sends leads on its own. We do not pay for Yelp ads. Claim the page, add the same photos as your Google profile, answer the messages.
Yelp for business
