Shop management for locksmiths
Shop software built for locksmiths, by locksmiths.
Key lookup, key inventory, jobs, register and card payments in one place. It runs in the browser on your phone, tablet or PC. Nothing to install.
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What it does
Everything a key shop touches in a day, built around the vehicle in front of you.
Key lookup
Type a VIN or pick year, make and model. See the keyway, the chip system and how it programs — and which keys on your shelf fit, with your prices.
Key inventory
Counts for the shop and each van. Book in deliveries, count stock, see what is out, and get a reorder list grouped by supplier.
Quotes and scheduling
Quote a caller in a minute, put it on the schedule in one tap, and bill it from the job. One job can cover several vehicles.
Register and card payments
Ring up a counter sale, take a card on a reader, or text the customer a pay link. Receipts print, email or text.
D1 paperwork
The D1 form asks for what it needs and will not close without it. License and ownership photos are filed with the receipt, with a countdown to the filing date.
Reports and pay
Sales, real profit after parts and card fees, tax-exempt sales, hours, commission and what you owe contractors.
Roles and time clock
Owner, manager, front desk and technician each see what they should. Technicians see prices, not your cost.
Phone, tablet or PC
Open it in the browser and sign in. Add it to your home screen and it behaves like an app. It keeps your work if the signal drops.
One login. Every screen.
The same shop on the PC at the counter, the tablet in the van and the phone in your pocket. Ring a sale up on one and it is on the others.
Watch a job, start to finish.
From the first phone call to the money in the drawer — once at the shop counter, once with a mobile tech on a phone. Sample shop, sample data.
Always getting better.
Bittings is built and used every day in a working key shop. Updates arrive on their own — there is nothing to download or install.
New features every month
The software keeps growing.
Your requests shape it
Tell us what your shop needs and it goes on the list.
Nothing to install
Every phone, tablet and PC gets the update the next time it opens.
Coming next: online booking for your customers, more supplier price lists, and more.
Plans
Month to month. Founder prices for the first shops to join — $50 a month off every plan, and it stays that way for as long as you stay.
Lookup
The reference tools, for one person.
- Key lookup by VIN or year / make / model
- Keyways and Lishi picks
- Programmer and key-code links
- 1 user
Starter
Run the counter and the van.
- Everything in Lookup
- Key inventory, shop and vans
- Quotes, invoices and receipts
- Scheduler and customers
- Register and card payments
- 2 users included
Pro
For a shop with a team.
- Everything in Starter
- NASTF D1 paperwork and photos
- Reports, dashboard and closeout
- Commission, hours and pay
- Fleet and van stock requests
- 5 users included
Founder prices are for the first shops to join and stay in place while your plan stays active. Regular prices are $69, $129 and $199 a month. Nothing is charged from this page: request access and we will set you up. Extra users are $20 a month each. Card payments run through your own Stripe account at Stripe's rates; Starter adds 1% on card payments, Pro adds nothing. Prices are in US dollars. Every plan gets new features as they are released.
Questions
The ones we get asked first.
Do I have to install anything?
No. Bittings runs in the browser. On a phone you can add it to your home screen so it opens like an app.
What does it run on?
iPhone, Android, tablets and any PC or Mac with a current browser. Everyone in the shop sees the same jobs and the same stock.
How do card payments work?
Through Stripe, on your own Stripe account, so the money goes to your bank. You can use a card reader at the counter, type a card in, or text the customer a link to pay.
Can I bring my inventory with me?
Yes. Import your parts list from a spreadsheet, match the columns, check the preview and it is in.
Who can see what?
Each shop's data is its own. Everyone signs in, and each role sees only what it should — a technician sees prices, not what the key cost you.
Who makes it?
A working automotive locksmith shop in Oklahoma City. It is the software we run our own counter and van on, every day.
Request access
Tell us about your shop and we will get you set up. We read every one and reply within a business day.
Rather write? Email support@bittings.app