Commission sheet from closed jobs: stop the retype

Thursday night, the jobs are already closed in Jobber. The commission sheet is still empty.

A commission sheet from closed jobs is that one paste: paid work, the tech who did it, and the rate you already pay, written into the sheet payroll reads. Workflow Automation is $3,500 once, live in 7 to 10 days. You own the runbook. I do not bill a subscription.

Short answer: A commission sheet from closed jobs copies paid Jobber or Housecall Pro work into the technician sheet you already pay from. Workflow Automation is $3,500 once for that single copy, and it stops when a tech, a rate, or the paid check fails. If Housecall Pro already calculates the rate you pay, do not buy this. It is not payroll, and it is not booking a customer from chat.

What is a commission sheet from closed jobs?#

A commission sheet from closed jobs writes one row per tech from jobs you already closed: the job, the dollars the rate uses, and the commission. A person sees the row only when the rule stops. It does not decide a dispute or print a paycheck.

The sheet I will take is narrow. One source. One rate you can say out loud.

Jobber’s job costing is a different number. On Grow and Plus it tracks profit from line-item cost, labor, and expenses. Profit is revenue minus those costs (Jobber Help). That is margin. It is not “Marcus gets 8% of paid revenue, minus callbacks.” Jobber’s pricing lists Grow from $149 a month billed annually for one user. Twenty-four months at that rate is $3,576, and the rent still does not fill the commission sheet.

Housecall Pro does calculate commissions, on Essentials and MAX, not on the Basic list I read at $59 a month billed annually (Housecall Pro pricing). You pick revenue or gross profit, then Worked by and Sold by. A $2,000 job at 10% of revenue is $200. After $500 of materials and $300 of labor, their gross-profit example is $120 (Housecall Pro). If that card already matches what you pay, export it.

What does a commission sheet from closed jobs cost?#

Workflow Automation is $3,500 once for the named commission sheet, and you own the runbook. Housecall Pro’s own commission card is the cheaper path when the percent already matches. A clerk hour is the other cost, and only if the paste is actually on the clock.

	Keep retyping Friday	Housecall Pro commissions	Workflow Automation
What you pay me	$0	$0	$3,500 once
Where the number lives	Your spreadsheet	Essentials or MAX, on the job	The sheet you already pay from
24 months to me	$0	$0	$3,500, then $0 more to me
36 months to me	$0	$0	Still $3,500 to me
Rule it will follow	Whatever you type	Revenue or gross-profit percent, Worked by and Sold by	The one-line rate you signed
When a row will not tie	You catch it Monday	You edit the job	I stop the row and ping you

The same $3,500 is on the Workflow Automation price. A second sheet, a spiff program, or a second company is a second quote.

Labor is separate. The Bureau of Labor Statistics put the May 2024 median for bookkeeping clerks at $23.66 an hour. Ninety minutes a week is about $1,845 a year, about $3,691 over 24 months, and about $5,536 over 36 months. That is the repeating hour, not a promise the lane pays for itself in month two. Your Jobber or Housecall Pro bill stays yours either way.

How does the copy from closed jobs run?#

The path is a trigger, one mapped write into the commission sheet, and a ping only when the rate, the tech, or the paid check fails. Nothing in the run invents a split you did not write down.

1. Trigger. A job is marked closed in Jobber or Housecall Pro, and the invoice is paid, if that is the rule you signed. Closed-but-unpaid stays off the sheet.
2. Action. Write one row: tech, job, closed date, the dollars the rate uses, the rate, the commission. Do not email the customer. Do not change the invoice.
3. System of record. The commission sheet, or the payroll import, you already pay from. Jobber or Housecall Pro stays the source. The sheet is the pay copy.
4. Human escalation. Two techs on one line, a missing name, a callback, a rate that is not on the card, or a job that is closed and still unpaid. I stop that row. I do not guess the dollar.

The first lane I will ship is one role, one percent, paid invoices only. Sold-by and callback clawbacks wait until that row has been boring for three pay periods.

Hours into a payroll file are a different paste. That shape is the time clock to payroll sheet. The Friday pack of closed jobs, cash, and open estimates is Friday report automation. Customers booking or paying from ChatGPT, Claude, or Grok is AI Front Door. This copy runs in Jobber or Housecall Pro and the sheet you already open. It does not live inside one chat app.

What is not included for $3,500?#

The $3,500 covers one source, one commission sheet, the rate map you signed, a stop rule, and a runbook in accounts you control. Tax, paychecks, disputes, and customer booking stay outside that fee.

Out of scope: payroll tax and the paycheck, a second company or a bonus plan you have not written, deciding who sold the job when two people disagree, the Friday email, the invoice chase, the phone, and a customer booking from an AI app. If the path uses Zapier, that bill stays yours.

When this isn’t the right move yet#

Do not buy the copy when the software already pays the rate, when you cannot say the rate in one sentence, or when the leak is the phone. A commission row will not fix those.

Skip it when Housecall Pro’s card already matches the percent you pay. Skip it when you wanted Jobber’s margin and were calling that a commission. Skip it when the rate is a weekly negotiation, when the leak is missed calls, or when you want the sheet, the invoice chase, and the Friday pack inside one fee. I quote those separately. If nobody is left to approve a split, the stop rule has no one to ping.

What should be on paper before you pay?#

Write one source, one commission sheet, the rate in one sentence, and one stop rule before you pay. A blank card means I will not take the $3,500, and I will not invent the pay plan in the kickoff.

Check	Ready	Not yet
Source	Closed jobs in Jobber or Housecall Pro	”Wherever the work lives”
Record	The sheet payroll already opens	A new workbook nobody pays from
Rate	One sentence: paid revenue, one percent, one role	”Use your judgment on splits”
Stop	Missing tech, unpaid invoice, or unknown rate	”Just pay them something”
Scope	This copy only	Payroll, chase, and the Friday pack

If the card is full, send the audit form. It is a short form. I reply with the replacement map within 24 hours. Name the source, the sheet, and the one row that should wake you up. If you would rather talk the rate through first, book a 20-minute call.