For fence contractors

Every added gate, height upgrade, and run extension — approved in writing before a post goes in the ground.

Fence jobs collect small, reasonable-sounding asks at the property line — an extra gate, a taller run, deeper posts in rock — that quietly become unpaid work. Swornbook turns each one into a one-tap approval link, keeps photos on the job record, and ties the final invoice to exactly what was approved.

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The asks that quietly become free work

Every one of these gets agreed to verbally at the property line — and questioned at the final invoice. Typical value per ask:

Added or upgraded gate

$350–$1,500

Height or material upgrade mid-job

$600–$4,000

Extra posts or deeper footings for rock/grade

$300–$1,800

Fence run extension after layout

$500–$3,000

Old fence tear-out and haul-off

$400–$2,500

Racking or stepping to follow a slope

$300–$1,500

Ranges are illustrative — your market and scope will vary.

One real job, start to paid

The homeowner asks while you're setting the line

“Can we add a walk-gate on the alley side, and go 6-foot instead of 4?” You price it standing right there: +$900.

You send one link before the auger starts

One-tap templates draft the change order. The homeowner taps approve on their phone — no app, no account. The yes lands on the job record with a timestamp and a name.

The invoice carries its own proof

Final invoice shows the original run plus the approved gate and height upgrade, each traced to a documented approval. When the total gets questioned, the record answers in one message.

“Do I really need this?”

We line-item everything on the estimate already.

The estimate covers what you knew on day one. It's the yard-line decisions — the extra gate, the run that has to jog around a tree, the rock nobody expected — that never make it back onto paper. This captures those in the moment.

It's just one more gate. Not worth stopping for.

The one gate, the extra ten feet, the deeper post in caliche — those are the exact adds that get forgotten by invoice day. Across a season of fence jobs, that's a payroll's worth of work you did for free.

My customers won't want another app.

There's no app for them. They get a text with a link, tap approve, done. Nothing to download, no account to make.

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