Customer Portal – Set Up and Activate

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Step-by-step instructions . . .

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Select Settings > Customer Portal

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Toggle feature ON.

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Create a customized web address for your customer web portal. 

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The Included in Portal section reviews which details are available to customers from the portal. 

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Customize the portal invite email settings, or keep the default email settings as is.

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Click Save

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To send a test email to yourself, click Send Preview

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To send an invite to a customer, select  Customers > click the checkbox next to the customer name, and select Send Portal Invite.

  • You can select customers in bulk or individually.

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Click continue to confirm the selected customers.
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Review the default message for Portal Invite Emails, and click Send.
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From the portal invite email, customers will click Create Login to create their account.
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To get started, customers will first need to create a password.

  • The username will be the email associated with their Skimmer customer profile.

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Once signed up, customers will be able to log into their portal.

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Customers can add a form of payment on file by selecting Payment Methods > Add > entering their form of payment, and clicking Save. They can choose to activate AutoPay if they like. This does require Stripe to be activated. 

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Selecting Invoices will allow customers to view their invoice(s). Customers can click on the dropdown bar to filter which invoices are shown, and arrange the list by column. 

Customers can also access a billing statement, and it will show all invoices and payments from the last calendar year. 

If the customer has outstanding invoices, clicking Pay Now lets them submit payment for any or all. If they submit payment for multiple invoices, a payment is created per invoice. 

If the customer does not have the Send Invoices checkbox marked under their email, the Invoice tab will not be displayed in their customer portal. 

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Selecting  Payments will allow customers to view their paid invoice(s). Customers can click on the dropdown bar to filter which paid invoices are shown, and sort the results by column.

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Selecting Contact Us will allow customers to reference your company’s contact information.

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Select Service History to view records of completed work within a date range. The initial screen shows a list of the completed work with general information. For more details, click to access the full service history, including any details of the work indicated by the tech in the field, date and time of completion, and service photos.

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Click Quotes to view all quotes that have been sent to the customer, which they can filter by status. View general information about each quote, then click the Action button to view quote details, where the customer can reject or approve or reach out to you for more information.