Cuttly mobile app gives customers on-demand snow plow, lawn mowing service

Need your driveway plowed? Dont we all after the recent snow. Luckily, now theres an app for that.

Cuttly is a multiplatform smartphone app created by Fort Wayne native and resident Clinton Beck. Cuttly, available for both Android and Apple products, provides people with snow plowing or lawn mowing services with the simple click of a button, thanks to a network of existing partner businesses that alerts the nearest service provider using GPS tracking software.

Beck, who built the company with his brothers and close group of friends, began researching the business model after his first experience using Uber on a business trip a few years ago. Uber, an app-based GPS transportation network and taxi company, allows people to hail a taxi close by within minutes.

Beck loved the idea and the experience. Then he wondered, how could he develop something that would be useful to busy people in the suburbs or a town like Fort Wayne?

Serendipitously, Becks lawn was becoming a wreck while he was away on business, and he had trouble finding someone to help mow it quickly and without a summerlong contract. Thats when the idea hit him. He would develop an app to quickly, affordably and efficiently partner customers with service professionals in the area.

After downloading the app, users can request service by signing in and creating a profile, then submitting the type of service and the address. Then, through a secure website, customers will pay for the service directly using a credit or debit card.

Once the order is placed, the app will be notified that Cuttly Pro, the local service provider, has accepted the order. It will also send notifications when the worker has arrived at the location, when the work has started and when the work is finished.

The app offers photo and review features. When the job is completed, the service provider will send the customer a photo of the finished product. Then the user is able to write a review, good or bad, of the service and the business.

Beck said this allows for Cuttly to keep an eye on the service professionals and make sure they do quality work by holding them accountable to the customer.

When its done, you can verify the jobs been done and everything looks good. You can also rate your provider at the end, Beck said. So we not only make sure our professionals are good, but we also allow our customers an opportunity to rate them as well. We just want to make sure we continue to have the best providers out there.

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Cuttly mobile app gives customers on-demand snow plow, lawn mowing service