Pet Headstone Makers on Wave pay $16/month — $192/year. Over three years, that's $644. Nexa is $279 once. Break-even runs about 17.4 months. The median Pet Headstone Maker earns $32,000/year, so Wave's annual cost is roughly 0.6% of typical revenue — every year, forever.
That's $644 gone. And you don't own anything. Stop paying, lose access.
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Pet Headstone Makers face unique challenges: One spelling or date error in sandblasted granite means starting over on a whole slab. Matching a marker to a specific cemetery's size and placement rules, or to a spot in a family's own yard. Heavy, fragile stone that has to be shaped, finished, and then delivered and set without chipping. Long lead times on stone that frustrate customers used to same-week online orders. On top of all that, Wave charges $16/month ($192/year) — money that comes directly from your revenue. The median Pet Headstone Maker earns $32,000/year. Software at $192/year is a meaningful percentage of that income, every year, forever. And you do not own anything.
Your Granite and stone slabs cut to grave-marker sizes 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.
Wave is just one piece. What else are you losing money on?
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| Feature | Wave | Nexa |
|---|---|---|
| Invoicing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Scheduling | ✗ | ✓ |
| CRM | ✗ | ✓ |
| Time Tracking | ✗ | ✓ |
| Full Accounting | ✗ | ✓ (SIMPL) |
| Task Management | ✗ | ✓ |
| Price | $16/mo forever | $279 once or 3 × $99 |
| 3-Year Cost | $644 | $279 |
| Stop paying? | Lose everything | Keep everything forever |
Most pet headstone makers are fully switched before the weekend.
Go to Settings → Data Export. Download customers, invoices, transactions, and accounts.
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Stone is unforgiving, so the day is built around getting it right the first time. You start at the layout station turning a family's wording, a name, two dates, maybe a line like 'Best Boy', into a stencil, double-checking every letter because granite doesn't take an eraser. Then it's physical: cutting a slab to size on the wet saw, beveling the edges, hauling pieces that weigh more than the customer expects. Sandblasting is the heart of it, the stencil masks the stone and the abrasive cuts the letters and any portrait deep enough to last decades outdoors. You stand back and check the depth and the spacing, because a marker is meant to outlive everyone who reads it. Some pieces get a hand-engraved portrait of the pet, slow careful work with a diamond bit. After finishing and sealing you crate the stone and either deliver it to a pet cemetery, working within their rules on size and setting, or to a family's backyard where their dog is buried under a tree. The work is part craft and part patience, and the only real enemies are a typo and a dropped slab.
Real pet headstone makers near you who run their business on Nexa — book directly, no platform fee. Are you a pet headstone maker? Post your business and get found in your area — $2.99 one-time. Or browse every pet headstone maker on Nexa →
For solo operators and small teams (1-5), yes. Nexa includes invoicing, scheduling, CRM, time tracking, task management, and full accounting. Wave may be better if you have a large team (10+) or need enterprise-specific features.
It's $7.75/month over 3 years. Wave is $16/month — that's $644 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 Wave as CSV, import into Nexa in about 5 minutes.
The average solo operator there spends about $3,240/year on software — and Pet Headstone Maker face their own version of that math. CA state licensing requirements apply.
Numbers reflect typical solo operators in the Thousand Oaks metro. Your situation will vary.
Specific gaps Pet Headstone Makers run into with Wave, and what Nexa does instead.
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