Pooper Scooper Services 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 Pooper Scooper Service Operator earns $32,000/year, so Square's annual cost is roughly 1.1% 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.
Pooper Scooper Services face unique challenges: It is a high-volume, low-ticket recurring business, so profit lives entirely in route density, and a poorly sequenced day quietly eats the margin in gas and time. Customers want proof the visit happened, especially when they were not home, and remembering to leave a flag or send a 'done' note at every single stop is easy to drop. Twice-weekly, weekly, and biweekly customers all mixed on the same route means it is constantly shifting which houses are due on which day. Seasonal cancellations and re-starts churn the customer list, and chasing the lapsed accounts each spring is a sales job nobody scheduled. On top of all that, Square charges $29/month ($348/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Pooper Scooper Service Operator earns $32,000/year. Software at $348/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Two-piece scoop-and-rake set with replaceable steel heads 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 pooper scooper services 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.
A scooping day is a numbers game, and the number is stops per hour. The route is loaded the night before, sequenced so the truck moves in one direction through neighborhoods instead of bouncing across town. Each yard is the same motion repeated: walk the perimeter, work in from the edges, scoop and bag, double-check the spots dogs favor near the fence line and under the deck, then bag it and haul it. The little rituals matter, like disinfecting the scoop between houses because parvo and giardia ride from yard to yard on dirty tools, and leaving a small flag or hanger so the customer knows the visit happened even though they were at work. The job is physical and repetitive but the business side is where the day really lives. Some houses are twice a week, some weekly, some every other week, and on any given morning the operator has to know exactly which subset is due today. New customers come in from a yard sign or a neighbor's referral, and old ones drift away over winter without saying so. The end of the day is not the last yard, it is reconciling which stops got done, making sure every completed visit is marked, and getting the recurring invoices out before the customers wonder if they were skipped.
Real pooper scooper services near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a pooper scooper service operator? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every pooper scooper service operator on Nexa →
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 $1,800/year on software — and Pooper Scooper Service Operator face their own version of that math. Mexico requires CFDI electronic invoicing for all formal businesses. ISR and IVA apply. Requirements vary by country and locality. Check local regulations.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the León metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Pooper Scooper Services run into with Square, and what Nexa does instead.
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