Shifts, timecards and permissions for your crew

Keep team hours, permissions and labor costs in the same system as your payments. Square's staff tools schedule shifts, track attendance and control what each team member can do in Square.
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Payment solutions for lawn care & mowing

How each solution supports lawn care & mowing

See what each option adds to the way your business takes and tracks payments.

Square Invoices

For lawn care & mowing: Send itemized invoices for lawn services, landscape projects and maintenance charges and track deposits, due dates and outstanding balances. Put mowing on recurring invoices charged to a card on file. Square Invoices sends estimates and invoices by email, SMS or a shareable link and tracks what's paid, unpaid or overdue. Roots configures the templates, payment schedules and reminders around how you bill.
  • Build your service catalog, tax settings and branded invoice and estimate templates
  • Set up deposit and milestone schedules that match your contracts and any state limits you operate under
  • Connect Square to QuickBooks Online or Xero so paid invoices reconcile automatically
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Square Appointments

For lawn care & mowing: Schedule site estimates and landscape consultations, collect appointment payments and keep staff calendars aligned. Let homeowners book online, 24/7, with automatic reminders that cut no-shows and phone tag. Square Appointments gives customers a booking site and sends confirmations and reminders automatically. Roots maps your services, crews and policies into it.
  • Map services, durations, buffers and travel time into Square Appointments
  • Set deposit, prepayment and cancellation policies
  • Add booking to your website and Google Business Profile
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Square Point of Sale

For lawn care & mowing: Bring lawn services, landscape projects and maintenance charges into a point-of-sale workflow, with reporting organized around route visits, project quotes and service invoices. Lawn care companies can take payment on the route with the Square Point of Sale app and keep every sale tied to a customer profile. Square Point of Sale is Square's POS app for taking payments in person, online or in the field. Roots sets up your items, services, taxes, permissions and devices so checkout is quick.
  • Choose the Square plan and hardware that fit your counter, trucks or bays
  • Import your catalog and customer list and set team permissions
  • Configure taxes, discounts, receipts and (if you use them) tips
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Square Marketing

For lawn care & mowing: Build opt-in campaigns for lawn services, landscape projects and maintenance charges, from new offerings to reminders for returning customers. Send spring sign-up and aeration offers. Square Marketing sends email and text campaigns to customers in your Square Customer Directory.
  • Build seasonal and service-interval reminder campaigns
  • Segment customers by service history
  • Set up SMS opt-in at checkout and booking
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Square Staff

For lawn care & mowing: Set roles, permissions and schedules for landscapers and route managers, with a clearer view of staffing across shifts. Keep team hours, permissions and labor costs in the same system as your payments. Square's staff tools schedule shifts, track attendance and control what each team member can do in Square.
  • Set roles and permissions for techs, dispatchers and office staff
  • Configure timecards and overtime rules
  • Sync hours to payroll

Recurring Billing

For lawn care & mowing: Schedule and manage payments for lawn-maintenance plans and recurring garden visits, including renewals and customer account balances. Run season-long programs on autopay by card or ACH. Recurring billing charges a saved card or bank account on a schedule, with retries when a payment fails.
  • Design plan structures and billing dates
  • Set up clear authorization and cancellation terms
  • Import existing autopay customers where permitted
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Text to Pay

For lawn care & mowing: Send a payment request for lawn services, landscape projects and maintenance charges by text so customers can pay against a specific order or invoice. When the customer isn't standing in front of you, a text link gets lawn care companies paid faster than a phone call. Text-to-pay sends a secure payment link by SMS so the customer pays from their phone instead of reading a card number over the phone.
  • Set up message templates and consent
  • Connect links to your invoices or route scheduling software
  • Report on paid and unpaid requests
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Merchant Account

For lawn care & mowing: Arrange a processing account for lawn services, landscape projects and maintenance charges, with checkout methods matched to how customers pay. Typical tickets for lawn care companies run $35 to $300 per visit, and a merchant account's limits and pricing can be set for that range. A dedicated merchant account gives you custom pricing and processing limits set during underwriting. Roots uses it when Square isn't the right fit.
  • Statement review and a pricing quote
  • Underwriting and application support
  • A named support contact after go-live
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Square Staff questions

Questions landscaping company owners ask about getting paid in the field.
Square provides tools for shifts, timecards, team communication and staff access. Roots helps configure the staff workflow.
Yes. We review what each role needs to see and do, then help configure the appropriate Square access settings.
Bring your staff roles, scheduling process and access requirements. Roots uses these details to plan the workflow for lawn care & mowing and prepare a clear setup scope.
See Square’s official pages for current software, hardware and processing prices. Request a quote for your Roots setup or custom project. Consultations and payment reviews are free.

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