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How To: Set a Static Tax Rate
How To: Use Tax Rate Lookups with TaxJar
How To: Configure Store Settings
How To: Set Up Your Company Email Integration
Updates: A Time-saving Delivery Page
Update the status on your deliveries faster and easier than ever with our latest user-interface improvement….
Updates: Custom Backgrounds
Helping your potential customers visualize a new shed in their backyard can be a critical step in the customer journey, facilitating an emotional connection and helping to move the sales process forward.
Updates: Buy Now, Pay Later Messaging
The Buy Now, Pay Later messaging element from Stripe is not quite as clever as we anticipated. To compensate, we added customizable messaging options under System → Settings → Payments…
Updates: Order Event Notifications
This update formalizes critical order events and allows customizable notifications. This also lays the groundwork for webhooks…
Updates: Make It Easier For Your Customers
The Shed App prioritizes customer convenience. Our upcoming release includes a major update to our payment processing system, enabling clients to utilize Buy Now, Pay Later services…
Updates: Automate & Integrate with Webhooks
Webhooks can used to seamlessly connect The Shed App with numerous 3rd party applications – including CRMs, accounting software, review systems and more! Streamline communication and keep your team happy with webhooks to connect with your must-have applications!
Updates: More Simplified Shed Stuff
Webhooks can used to seamlessly connect The Shed App with numerous 3rd party applications
Updates: Increase Your Capacity for Leads and Close More Sales With an 80% Reduction in Clicks!
With this update we have reduced the clicks required for the Order Settings stage of the order form, defaulting to the most common order settings and allowing users to immediately start designing…
Updates: Make Things Easy for Your Customers With Track Order
Make Things Easy for Your Customers. With Track Orde keep your customers informed of every step.
Updates: Track Order
Keep your customers informed every step of the way with our new order tracking feature! The new Track Order UI allows customers to track progress, see photos, confirm delivery schedule and pay invoices…
Updates: A Time Saving Export Data to Quickbooks
Save time with the ability to export Invoices and Payments to your 3rd party accounting software such as Quickbooks (note that Quickbooks Desktop will require that the file be converted into the qbo file format…
Updates: Offering Discounts Can Increase Your Profit
We’ve made it easier to lock in Standard Building Designs that your shop can produce more efficiently, and to offer discounts that create price differentiation between Standard and Custom design – so buyers are incentivized to customize less…
What Are User Roles
Updates: Simplified and Easier to Access Row Actions
This update takes a lot of the hassle out of accessing row actions with a re-organization and making them float and always available on the right side of the screen!…
Updates: A Timesaving Way to Manage Your Workflow
Manage Views allows you to control how your data is presented, customizing workflows to help you and your team focus on what matters most. Views can be created and shared via URL as well – helping to keep everyone on your team on the same page…
How To: Set a Static Tax Rate
How To: Set Lead Times per Plant
How To: Setup an Email Integration with Hubspot
How To: Add a Sales Tax Exemption Reasons
Issues with 3D Models Not Generating
Is The Shed App Compatible with Apple and Google Pay?
How To: Use CtrL-f
How To: Bulk Update Option Prices
How To: Bulk Update Building Model Prices
How To: Use the Inventory Storefront
How To: Bulk Update Shed Inventory Prices
To edit building details in bulk, start by navigating to System > Lists > Buildings and click on Actions>Bulk Edit. Select the appropriate Production Filter…
How To Use Salesperson Commission
How To: Use Operations
How To: Setup Colors for Options
How To: Bulk Update Shed Inventory Prices
How To: Set up Operations
How To: Get the Order Form Link
How To: Get Custom 3D
How To: Experience the Order Form as a Guest User
How To: Establish Pricing in The Shed App
How To: Edit Existing Inventory Buildings
How To: Customize Order Form Settings
How To: Change Serial Number Generation
How To: Bulk Update Building Model Prices
This blog post guides you on how to update building model prices in bulk on The Shed App. You start by navigating to the Building Model under System > Catalogs. Then, you export the current data as a spreadsheet, make necessary changes to the prices in a copy of this spreadsheet, and then import the updated spreadsheet back into the system. Finally, you verify and apply the changes. For any queries, you can reach out to our support team.
How To: Assign Customers to the Correct Store with Zip Codes
Provides a guide on how to assign customers to the correct store based on their zip codes in The Shed App. You can add zip codes to each store in the Stores section under System > Lists. Customers can then be directed to a specific URL on your website where they enter their zip code, and the app will automatically assign them to the appropriate store.
How To: Add/Edit Operations in Bulk
You start by navigating to System > Catalogs > Building Models and select a building model to add operations to. After adding operations to one building model, you export the building model list into a spreadsheet.
How To: Add Your Shed Designs to The Shed App
You start by adding categories for your building designs. Then, you add a building design by selecting a style and size, configuring options and colors, and setting a category and optional restrictions. You repeat these steps for each building design you want to add. These designs will then be available for customers and salespeople to select in the order form.
How To: Create Orders
It includes video tutorials that walk you through the process of making an order. The process of creating a Rent-to-Own (RTO) order is also explained, which is similar to the Purchase Outright process until the Summary of the order where you choose the Purchase Method1.
How To: Create an RTO Order
The process is similar to creating a Purchase Outright order until the Summary of the order, where you choose the Purchase Method as Rent-to-Own. You then select the appropriate contract under Available RTO Contracts, enter an amount greater than the minimum required to establish a Customer Rental Agreement (CRA), and select the desired monthly term. After verifying all details and collecting the payment, you finalize the order, fill out the RTO Application, and collect the signature.
How To: Make a Sale Order (Video Tutorials)
If you are not familiar with The Shed App ordering process, these videos are an excellent place to start. The videos walk you through the process of making an order, making it easy for users to understand and follow.
How To: Add Your Shed Data to The Shed App
Adding your sheds to The Shed App is the first thing that needs to be done when setting up a new account. During the onboarding process, The Shed App’s onboarding staff will add all of your shed data as accurately as possible given any information provided…
How To: Bulk Update Option Prices
Once you have all of your options added to the “Option Catalog”, you may find that you are wanting to change the price of a large number of the options…
How To: Use the Inventory Storefront
The Inventory Storefront is a user-friendly web page designed to facilitate shed sales. Key features include accessibility, easy sharing, and automated management…
How To: Add Users
This post provides a guide on how to add users to your account in The Shed App. You navigate to the Users section under System > Lists and click Add User. After filling out the fields and role, you click Add…
How To: Add Production Statuses To Plants
Builders will be able to update the production status of a building by scanning the work order QR code. You will need to be logged in as an admin to do this…
How To: When Does the Customer Receive Automated Emails?
All of these emails are triggered to be sent in the ordering process when using the order-form. There are other emails that can be sent to the customer in the ordering process, however the emails discussed here will happen automatically…
How To: Add Existing Inventory Buildings
This guide shows on how to add existing inventory buildings to your account. You start by creating a new order for the building and configuring it as required….
How to edit Existing Inventory Building
This guide shows on how to edit existing inventory buildings in The Shed App. If there are changes on the actual inventory building that do not match the original inventory request order, you may need to edit…
How To: Share an Order
This guide shows on how to share an order in The Shed App. When an order is created, it generates multiple links that can be shared with customers or co-workers for various purposes…
How To: Add Custom Colors
This guide shows a guide on how to add custom colors to The Shed App. You navigate to System > Catalogs > Colors and click Add Color…
How To: Work on Multiple Pages at One Time
The guide shows on how to work on multiple pages at one time in The Shed App. If you want to view information or change a setting without losing…
How To: Edit an Inventory Request Order
This guide shows on how to edit Inventory Request Orders that have already been submitted in The Shed App. You start by opening the Manage menu for the order and clicking Request Review…
How To: Use Ctrl + v to Add Images to an Order
This is a guide shows on how to use the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V (Cmd + C and Cmd + V on a Macbook) to easily copy and paste images into an order in The Shed App…
How To: Add a Warehouse
Depending on the user role, warehouses are sometimes required when creating a new user. Follow these steps to create and associate a new warehouse with a plant location…
How To: Add a Transitional Serial Number
This article explains how to add a Transitional Serial Number to a building with an existing Serial Number. Transitional Serial Numbers can associate the building with a past/old SN. You must have a building that is Processed and already has an SN…
How To: Schedule a Shed Move Delivery (Lot -> Lot)
If you have sheds that need to be moved from one display lot to another display lot. This delivery can be scheduled within TSA (The Shed App)…
How To: Change Serial Number Generation
Serial Numbers are an unique number that each building has when created. This article shows on how to change serial number…
How To: Edit a quote
Start by navigating to the “Manage Quotes” tab. Then, locate the specific order for your customer, which can be…
How To: Add a Store Surcharge
To apply a surcharge to a store, start by navigating to System > Lists > Stores. Choose a store and click ‘edit’ to apply…
How To: Add a Store
A store in The Shed App can be used to represent a shed lot where sheds are sold. It can also be used to manage online sales in an online store. Adding a store for all shed sales lots you work with is recommended…
How To: Create A View
The Shed App is designed to help everyone view what is important for each person to complete their tasks. This can best be accomplished by creating custom views for each user so…
How To: Schedule a Shed Move (Customer -> Customer)
If you need to schedule a delivery where the shed needs to be moved from a customers location to another customers location or just another location for the same…
How To: Add Production Statuses To Plants
When you need to add stages/statuses to better represent your production process. Builders will be able to update the production status of a building…
How To: Experience the Order Form as a Guest User
Follow these steps to get an idea of how your customers will experience you order form…
How To: Share Views
You want to share a specific view with one or more coworkers that need to see the same data…
How To: Fulfill an Inventory Request
The process of moving an Inventory Request Order from the “Submitted” status to the “Fulfilled” status….
How To: Add a Transitional Serial Number
When you want to add a Transitional Serial Number to a building with an existing Serial Number. Transitional Serial Numbers can associate the building with a past/old SN…
How To: Prep Invoices For Transaction Pro -> Quickbooks
If you’re using Quickbooks, you know how exhausting it can be to constantly copy and paste information from The Shed App. That’s where a little tool called Transaction Pro comes in…
How Are: RTO Payments Routed?
When a shed customer chooses to rent a shed by choosing the “RTO” purchase method in the order form typically we are talking about two transactions that need to occur. One for…
How To: Update CNAME Record
You start by navigating to System > Lists > Buildings. Then, click on Actions > Bulk Edit in the upper right corner to bring up the editing screen…
2024 Annual Meeting
The Shed App team and spouses gathered in Jerome, AZ for this year’s annual meeting between February 28th and March 1, 2024. The event took place over 3 days at an historic venue in Jerome which made for a fantastic setting for socializing and strategic planning for the next year.
How To: Fix Driver Image Not Including Location Data
Some users have reported that location data is not being included when uploading images to The Shed App from…
How To: Upload Production Photos
Builders can upload images of sheds that are being built or have been completed. These images can be used to verify the completion of stages of construction. There are…
How To: Return a Building
This shows on how to mark a building as ‘Returned/Used’ and make it available for resale….
How To: Add an RTO Contract
You must add a RTO Contract document template before you will be able to add content…
Updates: The Supply Catalog
Supplies are the foundation for the Bill of Materials. Adding supplies to your supply catalog will allow you to create a post-scriptive Bill of Materials…
The Shed App Launches Program to Arm Shed Businesses With Industry-Savvy Sales and Marketing Partners
The Shed App announced today the launch of its Shed Partner Collective. This new partner program expands The Shed App’s rock-solid playbook by offering clients access to a vetted team of website designers, digital marketers and sales professionals working in collaboration with The Shed App.
Important Announcements from The Shed App
We have some exciting updates to announce regarding our support channel and Managed Marketing services.
Simplified Shed Stuff: Supplies, Supplies, Supplies!
Sell Supplies with Product Catalog. Supplies, supplies, supplies! What’s the big deal about supplies?
Exciting Updates: Lots of videos to watch!
Lots of videos to watch! We have a BIG update coming!
Updates: Manage Throughput (Beta)
This update replaces Manage Production with Manage Throughput (Beta) for all manufacturers. IMPORTANT: Expect to adjust workflows
Updates: Request Delivery Confirmation
This update introduces delivery actions for orders with the Request Delivery Confirmation action.
Updates: An Update for The Future (Bill of Material)
This update is seamless and you won’t need to make any changes to your workflow, that is – unless you want to! Check out the the article for more details…
How an End-to-End Shed Business Platform Boosts Efficiency and Profits
In today’s ever-evolving business landscape, companies across various industries are continually searching for ways to boost efficiency and increase profits…
Beyond the Build: How Software is Elevating Every Aspect of Shed Businesses
The shed industry, traditionally seen as a domain steeped in craftsmanship and hands-on work, is undergoing a transformation…
Ad Optimization: Ensuring Every Penny Counts in Shed Marketing Campaigns
The world of advertising has grown exponentially in complexity over the past decade. With the plethora of platforms, channels, and strategies available today,…
Delivery Dynamics: How Software is Crafting a Seamless Shed Delivery Experience
In the realm of shed businesses, ensuring that a product reaches the customer’s backyard in perfect condition and on time is as crucial as the design and build process itself…
Inventory Intelligence: The New Age Solution for Shed Businesses
In the bustling landscape of shed manufacturing and sales, one element often becomes a game-changer – effective inventory management…
From Blueprint to Backyard: Streamlining Shed Sales with Modern Software
The shed industry, much like many sectors of the modern world, has evolved. Gone are the days when purchasing a shed meant flipping through a limited catalog and hoping it…
The 3D Revolution: How Digital Design is Transforming the Shed Industry
In the realm of construction and design, technological advancements continually reshape the landscape. And in recent times, nothing has garnered more attention or brought about more significant change than 3D design…


