Software for your Christmas light installation business
Measure the roofline from the map, quote by the foot, show them their own house lit up for Christmas, and mail the not-homes a postcard of it. Then keep install and takedown on the calendar every year.
14-day free trial · no credit card · from $30/mo · seasonal crews are free
A Christmas light business lives on a short, brutal calendar. You sell in September and October, install from early November until the week before Christmas, and take it all down in January. Every hour spent driving out to measure a house in October is an hour you are not selling. And the most valuable customer is the one who says "same as last year" without you having to chase them. The tools below are built around that calendar.
What a Christmas light business gets
Set up for lighting when you sign up. Rename the packages and set your own prices.
Roofline from the map
Measure roofline fills in the front, garage, sides, upper floor and peaks in feet from satellite roof data. Trace it to fine-tune.
Per-foot quotes
Your price per foot for each section, add-ons from your own price list like wreaths or garland, and a minimum job price, as good, better, best packages.
Their house, lit up
A drawn picture in seconds, free, or a photo-real AI night photo with Christmas decorations or snow. $1 makes 5.
Lit-up postcards
Not home? Mail a printed postcard of their own house lit up, $0.99 a card, and see who scanned the QR code.
An install board
Every crew down the side, every day across the top. Drag an install to another day when the weather turns.
Install and takedown, every year
Yearly service plans keep both visits on the calendar, each with its own invoice and an optional card on file.
Run this holiday season in FieldStacker, free for 14 days
Bring last year's customer list over from a spreadsheet. We import it for free.
- No credit card to start
- From $30/mo after the trial
- Your techs and cleaners are free
- Cancel any time from the app
Show them Christmas on their own house
Nobody says yes to a brochure of somebody else's house. Take one photo from the street and FieldStacker draws your lights along their roofline in the look you pick: red and green, warm white, rainbow or icy blue, steady or twinkling. For the big houses, tap Photo-real (AI) and in about a minute you have a realistic night photo of their home with classic C9 bulbs, a wreath on the door and snow on the lawn. Show it full screen on the porch, text it, or email it as a postcard with your logo.
- Drawn version free on every plan, no charge per picture
- AI scenes: just the lights, Christmas decorations or a snowy night
- C9 bulbs, point lights or a strip, set 6 to 18 inches apart
- Every picture saved on the house in your map
Mail them a postcard of their house
In a Christmas light business, most of October's doors don't open. Snap the house, trace the roofline and tap Mail it. A printed 6x9 card of their own home lit up goes out with your logo and number, $0.99 a card, printed and mailed. Cards go out every Sunday night once 20 or more are waiting. The QR code opens their house lit up, where they can try colors and call or text you, and every scan shows up on the house.
- Your design or ours, with your logo and phone number
- See which houses scanned it and which colors they tried
- An alert when they open it and when they write back
- Pair it with new-homeowner postcards for people who just moved in
A per-foot quote from the truck
Open the house on the knock map, tap Measure roofline, and the feet for each section come back in a few seconds from satellite roof data. Coverage varies, so trace any section by hand on the map when it looks off. Your price per foot does the rest: front, garage, peaks and upper floor, plus add-ons from your own price list such as wreaths, garland or lit bushes, with your minimum job price. Offer an early-booking discount as a line discount with a reason, and take a deposit by card when they sign on your phone.
- Price per foot for each roof section
- Optional add-ons the customer ticks, and a minimum job price
- Line discounts in % or $, with a reason shown
- E-sign at the door or by QR code, deposit by card
Not sure what to charge per foot? Read how to price lighting jobs.
Install and takedown already booked
The best Christmas light customers come back every year. When you finish a job, tap Repeat this job and make it a yearly service plan: one for the November install, one for the January takedown. Each visit becomes its own job and invoice on the schedule three weeks ahead, so next year's season starts half booked. If the customer saved a card, it is charged when the visit is marked done.
- Yearly plans for install and takedown, one per visit
- Card on file and autopay, through your own Stripe account
- Install and takedown checklists your crew ticks on their phone
- Photos of the finished house saved on the job
Running the crews in December
The weeks when everything happens at once.
Seasonal crews free
Add installers as technicians at no charge. They see their own day, the house, the notes and the checklist.
Time clock
Crews clock in and out, and you get timesheets and a payroll email of hours to hand your payroll service.
Day routes
Put a crew's houses in driving order and update arrival times, so a dozen installs fit in one day.
Job costing
Lights, clips, labor and expenses against each house, and a job profit report at the end of the season.
Christmas light business questions
What software does a Christmas light installation business need?
Something to find and quote houses fast in September and October, something to schedule installs for a few crazy weeks, and something to bring the same customers back for takedown and next year. FieldStacker does all three: per-foot quotes from a measured roofline, an install board for your crews, and yearly service plans that put install and takedown on the calendar.
How do I quote a Christmas light job without a ladder?
Open the house on the map and tap Measure roofline. Satellite roof data fills in the front, garage, sides, upper floor and peaks in feet, and you can trace any section on the map to fine-tune it. Your price per foot, extras and minimum job price turn that into a quote. Coverage varies, so check the numbers on the first visit.
Can I show a customer their own house lit up for Christmas?
Yes. Take a photo from the street and the app draws your lights along the roofline in seconds, free on every plan. Or tap Photo-real (AI) for a realistic night picture with Christmas decorations or a snowy scene, in classic C9 bulbs if you like. $1 makes 5 AI pictures.
How do I get last year's customers back every season?
Put each customer on a yearly service plan for the install and another for the takedown. Next season's visits are already on the calendar, each becomes its own job and invoice, and a saved card can be charged when the visit is done.
Is this also permanent lighting software?
Yes. The same tools run a permanent lighting company: roofline measure, per-foot packages, a materials sheet for the install and rep pay. Many holiday installers now sell permanent lights too, and you can quote both from the same house.
How much does it cost to run a Christmas light business on FieldStacker?
Pro is $30/mo for one owner, or $25/mo billed yearly. Seasonal installers you add as technicians are free, so a big December crew does not raise your bill. 14-day free trial, no credit card, month to month.
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