Service-member-owned, low-fee online business management built from the Gulf Breeze and Pensacola area for contractors, shops, service teams, and any small business that needs to get organized: clients, commercial service locations, jobs, estimates, invoices, desktop sync, outbound email, website scheduling requests, mobile access, VIN and tag records, multiple-truck inventory, stock transfers, fleet reminders, payments, schedules, owner salary and overhead profit targets, reports, and team logins in one workspace. Updates and upgrades happen monthly with the goal of making small-business life easier.
I am a proud military brat who moved to Gulf Breeze, Florida, in 2003 and graduated from Gulf Breeze High School in 2014. I still call Gulf Breeze home whenever I can - Go Dolphins - and the 850 has always been a big part of my life and my story.
I am currently serving in the Army and stationed away from home, but I make it back to the 850 whenever possible. I even married the love of my life on Momentum Church's new property, which made this area mean even more to me. That is one of the reasons this project is called 850 Work.
The idea started because my best friend of more than 15 years went out on his own and started a business. He needed a simple way to keep track of jobs, invoices, and daily work. When I looked into what some bigger platforms charged for teams, I saw prices that could reach $1,500 to $3,000 a month. For small businesses and hardworking family shops, that just is not realistic.
He did not need bloated software, so I told him I would build something myself. With the support of my wife, I started building 850 Work as a service-member-owned small business: a simple, affordable, reliable workspace for people who are actually out doing the work.
850 Work is being improved with monthly updates and upgrades. The goal is simple: keep making life easier for small-business owners, crews, office staff, and family shops without forcing them into expensive software they do not need.
My long-term goal is to keep 850 Work useful in both places owners actually work: online in the browser and locally on the desktop. The web app is live now, and the desktop app is built to keep working when the internet drops, then sync back up when the connection returns.
My Army background is in logistics and operations, including purchases and accountability for large amounts of money. That is why organization, tracking, and reliability matter so much to me. At the end of the day, I am one guy trying to build something useful for hardworking people, backed by my wife and the community that raised me.
Create a demo account without a card and see how the system feels before turning on full access.
One simple plan for one business workspace. Start checkout inside the app, add a card, and the system activates the account automatically.
The first 100 signups get the first year free automatically after adding a card. Founder accounts are separate lifetime accounts controlled by admin.
An account is needed for the hosted web workspace. A customer can create a free demo first. Full access starts from inside the app with card-backed checkout, and the system activates the account automatically.
No. The monthly workspace includes unlimited team members for one business account, so owners can add office staff, field techs, billing, HR, dispatch, managers, and custom roles without per-seat pricing.
850 Work is built for contractors, tradespeople, solo operators, family shops, automotive repair, and small service businesses that need clients, jobs, estimates, invoices, email, scheduling, inventory, mobile access, desktop sync, reports, and team access in one workspace.
Yes. Trucks can be assigned to techs, stocked with parts, filters, tools, serialized equipment, and measured supplies like refrigerant pounds. Owners can transfer stock from warehouse to truck, truck to truck, or back to warehouse, print truck inventory sheets, and set how often each truck needs a stock check.
Yes. Inventory can store warranty provider details, warranty terms, warranty dates by serial number, notes, and uploaded original warranty or purchase copies. Owners can also store default labor warranty language for customer documents.
Yes. Document line items can be pulled from the parts catalog, and new invoice items can be learned into inventory with actual cost, client cost, category, and on-hand quantity. Internal costs stay private for gross profit.
Yes. Phase 1 is outbound-only email: SMTP settings, test email, editable templates, PDF attachments for invoices/estimates/contracts, manual preview before sending, reminders, receipts, and outbound history per customer.
Yes. The scheduling tab includes API details for website forms. Requests appear as website scheduling requests, where the business can approve, decline, or turn the request into a job.
Yes. Automotive repair features can be turned on during signup or later in Settings. VIN decode and tag records help keep vehicle details tied to the customer and job history.
850 Work includes gross profit views, receipt expense tracking, receipt file storage, sales-tax set-aside visibility, owner salary goals, overhead budgets, daily profit pacing, and a CPA tax export with CSV summaries plus a receipt packet. It is business tracking software, not tax or legal advice.
Yes. Owners can export a full JSON backup that keeps uploaded file data, or use Excel-friendly CSV import and export for clients, documents, and inventory lists. Gross Profit also has a CPA tax export for summary, invoice, receipt, and receipt-file review.
Yes. The app includes feedback conversations where customers can send ideas or issues, receive admin replies, answer back, and keep completed conversations in history.
Yes. Demo accounts do not require a card. A card is required when the business activates full access or claims the first-100 free year.
The first 100 signups get a free year automatically after they add a card and activate. Demo data is cleared when demo becomes real, so the business starts fresh.
Yes. The goal is two usable versions: the hosted web app and a desktop app that can keep working if internet drops, then resync data when the connection returns.
The web workspace is ready for login and account creation. Desktop sync, mobile install, Email Center, and the scheduling API are part of the growing workspace so businesses can run work from the office, field, phone, or desktop.