Fixtures ordered on a handshake.
The customer says yes at the night demo. You order twenty brass fixtures and a transformer, then wait three weeks for a check.
In MotionOps: the deposit is collected when the proposal is signed, by card or ACH.
Landscape lighting software that turns the night demo into a signed, paid job.
Night demos, design-and-install jobs, changes on install day and yearly checkups. MotionOps is landscape lighting software that sends proposals with fixture packages the customer picks, takes the deposit on approval and bills your maintenance agreements automatically.
Good, better, best on one proposalDeposit on approvalA real person sets you up
Where a lighting installer loses money.
Mostly after the yes.
The design is priced. The fixtures ordered on a handshake, the lights added on install day and the spring callback usually aren't.
Four more lights, same price.
On install day the customer wants the side path lit too. Now the transformer is too small, and the extra fixtures and wire go on your tab.
In MotionOps: price the lights and the bigger transformer from your pricebook. The customer signs before you trench.
The free spring callback.
Bulbs burn out, timers drift and mulch buries the path lights. You fix it every spring as a favor, and it never gets billed.
In MotionOps: a yearly checkup on a service agreement, scheduled and auto-charged to the card on file.
Here's how a lighting install runs in MotionOps.
One yard, one design, two changes. The same four steps run a few path lights or a whole-property design.
- 1
Sign it
After the night demo, Dana picks the middle package: 18 brass fixtures on a 300W transformer. She signs on your phone, you sign, and the 40% deposit is paid before you order fixtures.
- 2
Change it
On install day she walks the yard and wants the side path lit too. Four more path lights push the load past the transformer, so it moves up to 600W. Both changes are priced and signed before the crew trenches.
- 3
Get paid
The deposit came in on approval and comes off the final invoice. The balance goes out by payment link the day the lights are aimed and on.
- 4
Close it
MotionOps checks hours, materials and payments against the signed scope, then closes the job and syncs it to QuickBooks Online.
Front and side yard lighting
Whitaker home · Job #2214
Proposal + service agreement · v1
Path lights, brass × 10$2,700
Uplights, trees and front of house × 8$2,640
300W transformer, timer and photocell$750
Wire, trenching and night aiming$660
DW
Dana WhitakerCustomer · signed Apr 7
MR
Marcus ReedInstaller · signed Apr 7
Approved price · 40% deposit$6,750
Change orders
CO-1
Add 4 path lights along the side pathPhoto attached · signed Apr 16
+$1,080CO-2
Upsize the transformer to 600WSigned by customer · Apr 16
+$420New agreed price$6,750$8,250
Payments
Deposit · card on approval$2,700
Balance · payment link$5,550
Collected vs. approved scope$8,250 of $8,250
Close checks
- Proposal signed by both sides
- Both change orders signed
- Night photos on the job
- Collected matches approved scope
Job closed and synced to QuickBooks Online
What lighting installers use most.
Demos that close, changes on paper and checkups that bill themselves. These are the parts of MotionOps a landscape lighting business leans on every day.
Night demos that turn into proposals
Book the night demo as an on-site assessment with its own checklist and photos. When the yard is lit and the customer is sold, turn the visit into a proposal on the spot.
Good, better, best on one proposal
Three fixture packages with photos and optional add-ons, priced from your pricebook. The customer picks one and signs on your phone or from a link, and the deposit is due on approval.
Changes signed before you trench
Four more path lights, a bigger transformer, a second zone. Price the change from your pricebook with a photo, and the customer signs before the crew digs.
Deposits, balances and links
Take the deposit by card or ACH when the proposal is signed. It comes off the final invoice automatically, and the balance goes out as a payment link the day the system is on.
What each install really made
Labor from GPS timesheets, fixture and wire costs from receipts read by AI receipt capture, against the price you agreed. Job costing shows the margin while the job is still open.
Yearly checkups that bill themselves
Bulb checks, timer and photocell resets, re-aiming after the trees grow. Put it on a service agreement, schedule it every year and charge the card on file automatically. Go plan and up.
All features
The thing I found amazing about MotionOps is how easy it was to set up an account and manage my day to day tasks. I can create proposals in no time, and the way the payment is handled makes it super easy for me to collect payments.
Bob RichardsonCEO, TopPainter
4.7
On the App Store12 ratings, as of Nov 2026
High Performer on G2Field service management
A real person sets you upOnboarding on every plan
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- A call about your businessTell us how you run demos and installs today. A real person shows you MotionOps on one of your own jobs.
- Your lists, brought overWe help you move your customers and your pricebook.
- Your next install in MotionOpsPropose it, change it, get paid and close it, with someone setting you up.
Questions lighting installers ask us.
Short answers here. Call us for the long ones.
Still have a question?Call (855) 739-1133 or book a demo. A real person will walk you through it.
Yes. Put good, better and best packages on one proposal, with photos and optional add-ons. The customer picks one and signs on your phone or from a link, and you can require a deposit on approval. More on why three prices close more jobs.
Software that runs a lighting business from the night demo to the yearly checkup: proposals with fixture options, deposits, change orders, install scheduling, payments and maintenance agreements. MotionOps does all of that in one app and syncs with QuickBooks Online.
Yes. Set the deposit on the proposal and it's collected when the customer signs, by card or ACH. It comes off the final invoice automatically. Cards are 2.9% + $0.30 per transaction (Amex 3.2% + $0.30). ACH is 1%, or 0.5% at $20,000 and up. How much you can take up front depends on your state: see contractor deposit laws by state.
Add them to the job as a change order, priced from your pricebook, with a photo. If the extra load needs a bigger transformer, put it on the same change. The customer signs before you trench, and the new price is on the job.
Yes. Put the checkup on a service agreement, set it to repeat every year or every season, and charge the card or bank account on file automatically. Recurring jobs and auto-charging come with the Go plan and up.
It's built for the truck: GPS clock-in, the day's jobs, checklists, photos and payments, on iOS and Android, in English or Spanish, at no extra cost.
Yes, with QuickBooks Online (sold separately). MotionOps syncs clients, products and services, invoices, payments, refunds, tips and payouts. You choose what syncs, drafts stay out, and a sync log shows every change.
Sell it after dark.
Bill it every year.
See MotionOps run one of your own lighting jobs, from the night demo to paid and closed.
1:1 onboarding on every planWe move your data for youA real person, not a ticket
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