Shouldered AI / For pest control and exterminator companies
You be the pest pro. We shoulder the rest.
Ants in spring, mosquitoes in summer, rodents in the fall. Shouldered gives your pest control company one HQ that books the treatments, routes the techs, renews the service plans and bills every visit. You handle the bugs. We shoulder the rest.
"Quarterly customers slip through the cracks."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk books every recurring treatment before it is due and reminds the customer the day before.
"Calls spike when it warms up."
Tabitha at the Service Desk answers every message, texts back every missed call, asks the right questions about what they are seeing and books it by route.
"Termite inspections for home sales are a scramble."
Nehemiah at the Operations Desk books inspections fast, sends the paperwork to the realtor and tracks what is still needed.
"Card declines eat into my plans."
Matthew at the Finance Desk catches failed payments, asks for a new card politely and keeps the plan active.
Simon and seven desks of Heroes, working for pest control.
Tells you each morning stops per tech, plans renewing and payments due.
Answers chat, email and text, texts back every missed call, books treatments, sends tech arrival texts and handles 'they came back' re-service requests. Answering calls by voice is coming soon; until then calls ring through to your team, and every missed call gets a text back.
Turns one-time treatments into quarterly plans and renews annual termite contracts.
Bills each visit or plan, runs autopay, fixes failed cards and chases late payers.
Builds tech routes, books recurring services and tracks license and applicator renewals.
Sends seasonal notes before mosquito and rodent season and asks happy customers for reviews.
Simon runs HQ: all the tech and all the brain power, and the one you talk to. Each of the seven desks is run by a Hero, and Simon directs all seven and answers for them. A person approves what matters, and legal, tax, medical and financial decisions stay with you and your licensed advisers.
The first warm week, HQ answers 50 requests by chat, email and text, books them along existing routes and turns 12 of them into quarterly plans. A realtor needs a termite letter by Friday; the inspection is booked for Wednesday. Three cards failed overnight and two are already updated.
An illustration, not a promised result.
Start
Most companies start on Small: up to 5 seats and 80 hours a month, $750 a month paid for the year (Founding price: $500, first 50 companies only), plus $1,000 onboarding once.
Grow
As routes grow, add hours at $12.50 each or move to Medium at $1,875 a month paid for the year. More stops, same paperwork.
Your Hero is here to improve the human. Your HQ, led by Simon, is here to improve your business.
Two prices, and 50 Founding places.
First, what the work costs you today. A full-time office manager runs most small businesses about $4,000 to $5,000 a month with taxes and benefits, and goes home at five. Every call nobody answers is a job that goes to someone else.
Business coaching often costs $5,000 to $7,500 for one session day. HQ does the work every month, with a coach running the Shouldered Way and workshops included. Already have a coach? HQ works alongside them.
Founding 50: of 50 places left. When they are gone, this price closes.
For you
An assistant for one person: mail, chat, calendar, to-dos and contacts. It learns how you work.
- A seat a month
- $25
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $20
- A seat a month. Cancel any time
- No onboarding fee
- It stops where you stop. It does not run a business
Up to five people
5 seats and 80 hours a month. Onboarding $1,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $750
- Month to month
- $1,100
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $500
- Simon and all seven desks
- Starts the work itself
- About $25 a day, paid for the year
- The six-month guarantee
- Arrives in December. Join the founding list now
Six to twenty people
20 seats and 200 hours a month. Onboarding $2,000, paid once.
- Paid for the year
- $1,875
- Month to month
- $2,750
- Founding price, first 50 only
- $1,250
- Everything in Small
- Room to grow without changing plan
- The six-month guarantee
Prices are per month. Only the first 50 companies (the Founding 50) get the Founding price with a two-year commitment, paid yearly by bank transfer, and keep it for as long as they renew. Pay yearly by bank transfer and take 3% off. Onboarding is $1,000 for Small and $2,000 for Medium, paid once, and free at Shouldered events. It is one 1-hour call: technical setup with our technical team first, then your business with our team. The person who sold you HQ joins your onboarding call. Paid for the year, you get a named person who checks in every month. Month to month gets standard support. Twenty-one people and up is built around you. More seats are $25 each (Founding price $20), and more hours $12.50 each; hours count only while HQ is working, like minutes on a phone plan.
Enterprise and government. For large companies and public agencies. Custom plans start at $5,000 a month. Pilots are paid. We start SOC 2 Type 1 work in 2027. Texas agencies: we are working toward TX-RAMP.
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
The onboarding fee is not refunded. The guarantee asks one thing of you: let HQ do its work. Give it the access it needs and review its work in good faith. If our records show you kept declining or blocking the work HQ set out to do, the guarantee does not apply. If we see that happening, we tell you in writing so you can fix it.
The six months start the day HQ goes live for you. The Founding 50 are included. The guarantee covers HQ only, never coach fees.
Can it explain treatments to customers?
It answers common questions using your approved wording and sends anything about chemicals, safety or health straight to you.
Does it connect to my routing software?
We connect it to the tools you use during onboarding. Your customer list, job history and numbers stay in your own system. We work inside it, we do not take it.
Can I start with something today?
The Hero is available now at $25 a seat a month. HQ launches in December 2026, and Founding 50 members keep the Founding price for as long as they renew.
How long does it take to get going?
You can try a 7 day trial environment set up for your trade. Onboarding is one 1-hour call. Setup takes up to 30 days, results can show in months 2 and 3, and it runs smoothly by month 6.
What if it does not help my business?
If HQ does not complete at least 40 hours of real admin work a month for you in your first six months (100 hours on Medium), tell us by the end of month five and we refund every dollar you paid for the plan.
A Christian-run company, and proud of it.
Churches get free Hero seats. When a member's business joins, its church gets an HQ, free.
Simon is named for Simon of Cyrene, who stepped in and shouldered the cross for another. Shouldered takes no outside funding and is open to everyone. The technology comes from the OurWorld group: ten years of work, 60+ engineers, running in 20+ countries.
Pull up a chair.
Start with your Hero today, take a Founding 50 place for HQ, or just come and ask questions in the community.
Founding list
One of the first 50 places. Keep the Founding price as long as you renew.
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$25 a seat (Founding price $20). Available now.
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