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TintBay

shop software for specialty tint shops

Native iPhone and iPad software that runs a tint shop's day: check-in with VIN decoding, quotes, a window-by-window tint editor, the job queue, the calendar, payments and invoices.

Client
TintBay
Sector
Automotive specialty shops
What we did
Product, design and engineering
Status
Pilot build
Lanes
Software, Rule
TintBay on iPad: the tint editor, a top-down car with each window's film and shade

Tint shops run on a whiteboard, a price sheet and the owner's memory. TintBay puts the whole day on the iPad at the counter and the iPhone in the owner's pocket — built with a working shop as the pilot, around one question for every screen: how does this help the person in front of it finish the job faster?

What we built

  • Check-in. Find or add the customer, scan the VIN, and the vehicle fills itself in from the national vehicle database.
  • Quotes. Flat or per-window pricing, add-ons, discounts and tax, repriced live as the job changes.
  • The tint editor. A top-down car you tap window by window — film, shade and overrides — with the state's tint-law limits checked as you go.
  • The queue and the calendar. Every job's status at a glance, installers assigned by what they can do, drag to reschedule.
  • Payments and invoices. Deposits, balances, tips and refunds, and an invoice ready to share when the car leaves.
  • Roles. Owner, manager, installer and front desk each see what they need and nothing they shouldn't.
TintBay on iPad: the tint editor, a top-down car with each window's film and shade
The tint editor on iPad: every window, its film and its shade.
TintBay on iPhone: tint setup for a sedan
TintBay on iPhone: a state tint-law warning on the front windows
TintBay on iPhone: a finished invoice ready to share
On iPhone: tint setup, a tint-law warning, the invoice.

Where AI is — and isn't

HOW THE WORK WAS ROUTED

  • Pricing a jobRULEPrice math is tested code: per-vehicle or per-window, add-ons, discounts, tax.
  • Is this shade legal on this window?RULEThe state's tint law is a rule. It's checked, not guessed.
  • Decoding a VINSOFTWAREThe national vehicle database knows the car. Nothing to predict.
  • Talking a customer through their optionsPERSONThat's the shop's craft. The app gets out of its way.

There's no model in TintBay's day-to-day, and that's deliberate. Every decision the app makes is a rule someone can point to — which is exactly what a shop owner needs when a customer asks why.

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