Bumper Repair Technician on Square pay $29/month — $348/year. Over three years, that's $1,168. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 9.6 months. The median Bumper Repair Technician earns $48,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 0.7% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $1,168 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
You're not the only one who's had enough.
Bumper Repair Technician face unique challenges: Matching factory color on a single faded panel when the rest of the bumper has years of UV oxidation. TPO and polypropylene bumpers that won't take adhesion without the right adhesion promoter and flame treatment. Customers expecting a cracked, gouged cover to look factory-new for less than a body shop quotes. Blend lines and overspray showing in direct sunlight after the clear flashes off. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Bumper Repair Technician earns $48,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Two-part flexible urethane/plastic repair adhesive kit is yours. You bought it once. Nexa works the same way — $279 once for invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, and full accounting. All connected. All offline-capable. You own it like you own your tools.
Square is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Square | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $29/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $1,168 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most bumper repair technician are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Square Dashboard → Customers → Export. Also export transactions and item library.
15-minute setup. Import your customer list and service/product catalog.
Run both for 1-2 weeks. Test invoicing and booking through Nexa.
Cancel paid subscriptions. Keep free account for records access.
Most days start in a parking lot, not a shop. I roll up to a dealership's used-car line or a customer's driveway with the van, and the first thing I do is read the damage in real light. A curb scuff is twenty minutes; a deep gouge through the texture means I'm grinding, V-grooving the crack, and plastic-welding it back together before any filler touches it. I flame-treat or wipe adhesion promoter on every TPO cover because that plastic will reject paint if you skip it. Then it's feather, prime, and the part everybody underestimates: the color match. I shoot a test card, hold it to the panel in sunlight, and adjust the toner until the metallic flake lays down the same way the factory did it. Blending into the adjacent panel is what keeps the repair invisible. I'm chasing the weather all day, taping off, and watching for dust because there's no spray booth on a driveway. By late afternoon I've usually done four or five cars, packed wet guns, and I'm texting the next dealer about their morning line. The work is honest, but the margin lives and dies on whether the color disappears.
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For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Square may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Square is $29/month — that's $1,168 over 3 years. Which is more? And if you'd rather split it, Nexa is also available as 3 payments of $99.
Yes. Nexa is $279 as a one-time payment, or 3 payments of $99 ($297 total). Either way it's a one-time purchase — no subscription, no recurring fees ever.
30-day money-back guarantee. Full refund. If Nexa doesn't save you $500 in year one, you get every penny back.
Export your data from Square as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $1,700/year on software — and Bumper Repair Technician face their own version of that math. Chile requires SII electronic invoicing. IVA at 19%. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Valparaíso metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Bumper Repair Technician run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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