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Welcome to Garage Manager

Your 6-step setup, ~20 minutes.

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1. Add your business details

These show on every quote and invoice your customers receive — get them right once and you never have to think about them again.

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Fill in your business name, address, and phone number.
  3. Save.

2. Add your branding

Upload your logo. We extract a brand palette from it and apply it to your customer-facing booking page, public invoice/quote pages, PDFs, and transactional emails. Available on PRO and ENTERPRISE.

  1. Go to Settings → Branding.
  2. Click Upload logo and pick a PNG, JPG, or SVG (max 2MB, max 1024×1024).
  3. Review the extracted palette in the preview modal — tweak any color via the picker if needed.
  4. Click Save.
What if the AI picks the wrong colors?

You can override any of the three colors (primary, secondary, accent) in the preview modal before saving. The pickers update the live preview so you can see invoice + booking + email rendering before committing.

Why is one of my colors flagged as 'fails WCAG AA'?

It means white body text on that color is hard to read (contrast below 4.5:1). The flag is a heads-up — the color is fine for buttons or filled badges, but don't use it as a background under white paragraph text.

3. Invite your team

Add the people who work in your shop. Give them the right level of access — see Team & Permissions for the full role matrix.

  1. Go to Settings → Team.
  2. Click Invite.
  3. Enter their name, email, and role.
  4. They receive an email to set their password and sign in.
What's the difference between Admin and Manager?

Admin has full operational access except billing and team management. Manager handles clients, quotes, and jobs but cannot invite or remove staff. See the Team & Permissions page for the full matrix.

4. Connect Paystack

Take card payments via your invoices. Settles to your bank account in 1-2 working days.

  1. Go to Settings → Payments.
  2. Click Connect Paystack.
  3. Sign in to Paystack or create an account.
  4. Approve the connection.
Do I need a Paystack account before signing up?

No — you can create one during the connect step. You'll need a South African bank account to complete onboarding.

5. Add your first client

Add a client (and their vehicle) so you can quote, invoice, and track work for them.

  1. Go to Clients → New client.
  2. Enter their name, phone, and email.
  3. Add a vehicle: registration plate, make, model, year.
  4. Save.

6. Create your first quote

A quote is what you send a customer before doing work. Line items pull from your Service Catalog so pricing stays consistent.

  1. Go to Quotes → New quote.
  2. Pick the client and vehicle.
  3. Add line items from the catalog or type custom.
  4. Send to the client. They get a public link to accept.

7. Send your first invoice

Once work is approved, an invoice converts the quote into a billable record. Customers pay via the public invoice link.

  1. From an accepted quote, click Convert to Invoice.
  2. Or go to Invoices → New invoice for ad-hoc work.
  3. Click Send. The customer gets the link by email and SMS.
  4. Watch payment status update on the invoice list as they pay.