Today marked our first day operating in Colorado! We originally weren’t going to focus much on this state, as it already has a very significant snow infrastructure, but we decided to give it a test run today anyways due to the major snowfall last night. We were amazed at the demand for the app both from people in need of snow removal and snow shovelers looking for work. Hundreds of people have downloaded the app in Colorado over the last 24 …
We just wanted to let everyone know, that we have snow shovelers available in most major cities in the North East to shovel snow during this major nor’easter! We also have to thank The Penny Hoarder for writing a great feature piece about us. We were able to add a lot more snow shovelers in more suburban areas because of the article, and we are now well above 1,000 snow shovelers registered on the app! Now we just need more orders to …
Please find below the latest email that we sent to the Shovler newsletter today. We forgot to mention that we also just released a new version of iOS and Android – so if you are having any technical problems, please download the update. The growth in registered users on Shovler has been very exciting to watch and we are nearing 1,000 snow shovelers nationwide, with the majority of them in large cities such as New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia and …
This weekend marked the first snow day that Shovler was active and operational. Let me start off with our favorite feedback that we received today: “amazing . who made this app . god bless him” To sum it up, it was truly an amazing day – and one that surpassed even our wildest expectations. Not only did we receive our first snow removal orders, we also registered over 200 new snow shovelers. Unfortunately we were not able to complete all of the snow …
The news is reporting that New York City is holding its annual snow drill and that snow is expected as soon as next week. “The Department of Sanitation’s fleet consists of more than 2,000 rear-loading collection trucks, 450 mechanical brooms and 689 salt and sand spreaders, housed in their 59 district garages across the city.” I wish they had included Shovler in the snow drill. The app already has hundreds of snow shovelers ready in New York City. We will hopefully …
There have been lots of news reports lately about snowfall throughout North America, which is definitely good news for snow shoveling apps like Shovler. The majority of the snowfall though has been, and is expected to be in Canada and the Midwest USA. According to weather.com, snowfall accumulation is expected to reach nearly a foot in some places, but the majority of places will receive about 2-3 inches . This has led us to receive many questions about where exactly are we …
At Shovler, we are obsessed with finding out the healthiest and most efficient way to shovel snow. We have compiled below some of the best snow shoveling tips we developed through personal experience and lots of internet research. If a job is dangerous, don’t do it. Any job that seems dangerous for whatever reason, such as a driveway being extremely steep or just the amount of snowfall being more than you can handle, you should cancel on the Shovler app. There …
We have put together a list of the competitors in the snow shoveling app industry. Snow removal apps included are Shovler, Plowz & Mowz, TaskEasy, Eden App, and Lawn Guru. We have excluded apps that are only in Canada such as TouchPlow, SnowMowr and MowSnowPros. We also did not include any apps that have not been released or are not functional based on app store reviews. What you will notice, is that Shovler has 3 major competitive advantages relative to the other apps: …
Thank you for your interest in becoming a snow shoveler on the Shovler platform! Below outlines the steps required which should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Register and activate a Shovler App account Sign up or connect a Stripe account in the Wallet section of your Shovler App account Obtain a snow shovel or snow blower (and salt if ordered) Start accepting jobs on the Shovler App! NOTE: Only accept jobs that you plan to complete immediately. Shovelers …
One of the most frequent questions we get is why does Shovler only focus on snow removal and not diversify into other businesses such as lawn care like other mobile apps have done. The main reason is that we believe you have to stay focused on one problem if you want to be successful. Once you start trying to do lawn care too you lose focus on snow removal. Is the snow removal industry large enough to be worthwhile to solely focus on? …