Resources
Guides for running a pool service
Plain, practical advice for pool pros: starting a route, pricing your work, and growing without drowning in admin. No sales fluff, just the things we wish every operator knew going in.
For new operators
How to start a pool service business
What it actually takes to launch a pool route: services to offer, licensing and insurance, the starter equipment list, how to price, and how to land your first customers.
Pricing and billing
How to price pool cleaning services
Price from your real costs up: flat monthly vs per-visit, what to include, covering drive time and chemicals, and how to raise rates without losing customers.
Marketing and growth
How to get more pool cleaning customers
The channels that actually land pool accounts: a Google Business Profile, reviews, referrals, route-dense neighborhoods, and local social, plus how to keep the ones you win.
Water chemistry
Pool water chemistry basics
The five readings that matter, what each one does, the order to balance a pool in, and the target ranges to aim for, with sources. A plain-English intro, with no guesswork on doses.
Growing a route
Your first 15 pools
The early-growth playbook: build systems before you need them, keep your route tight, win on reliability, price for profit, and turn every pool into the next two.
Choosing software
Flat-rate vs per-pool software pricing
How pool service software is priced: flat seat-based plans versus per-pool metering, why per-pool pricing punishes growth, and how to compare the real total cost before you sign.
Switching tools
How to switch pool service software
A step-by-step switching playbook: export your data, time the cutover, import and verify, move billing without double-paying, and keep the old system as a backstop.