Paarl, Western Cape
Tuned 2 Race moved off FreshBooksand stopped guessing.
A performance and service workshop in Paarl. They were paying R1 800 a month for accounting software that had no idea what a car was — no registration, no odometer, no service history. In July 2026 they brought four thousand customers and their whole invoice history across to Upshift in one afternoon.
- 259
- invoices raised
- since 22 July
- 454
- quotes sent
- 216 accepted
- 4 416
- vehicles on file
- every one with its history
- 252
- payments recorded
- matched to invoices
Counted from their live account on 15 October 2026, not estimated.
The month it got busy
99 invoices in September
Their busiest month on Upshift so far. Nothing was batched up at month end and nothing was typed twice — each one was raised against the car it belonged to, as the work finished.
Quotes
Roughly half of what they quote comes back
454 quotes sent, 216 accepted. The ones that come back turn into an invoice in one click — same lines, same car, same numbers, nothing rekeyed.
The small thing nobody else does
You know when it has been read
Of the invoices their customers opened, two in three were read the same day they were raised. That is the difference between chasing someone who has not seen it and chasing someone who has.
In their words
What Kevin says
Quote to come — in Kevin's own words, not ours.
Doing the same
Bring yours across
If you are on FreshBooks, Sage or QuickBooks, your customers, invoices, quotes and payments come over in one step. You can look at the whole thing first without talking to anybody.
Your workshop, next.
R799 a month, whole workshop, 14 days free. Bring your data across and be invoicing the same afternoon.