The StoneMagnet blog

Straight answers for countertop shops.

We run BedRock Countertops in Calgary. Everything here comes out of running a real shop: which software is worth the money, where leads actually come from, and what a job really costs to win. Numbers are ours and we say when they are small.

The back office of a small stone fabrication shop: an older monitor, stacks of paper invoices and a corkboard of handwritten job tickets.
Software · the map

Countertop shop software: what actually exists and what each one is for

There are four different jobs people mean when they say "countertop software", and buying the wrong category is the most expensive mistake in this trade. Here is the whole map.

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A fabricator's shop office with a laptop open on a scheduling calendar beside a tape measure and stone samples.
Comparison

Moraware alternatives: what CounterGo really does, and when you need something else

Moraware is the default in this industry for a reason. It is also not a marketing tool, and shops keep buying it hoping it will fill a slow calendar. It will not.

Read the comparison →
A fabricator's hands using a calculator resting on a polished granite offcut beside a stack of quote paperwork.
The money

What a countertop lead actually costs

Our real number is $30 a lead, 48 leads in 30 days, from one shop in one city. Here is the whole arithmetic, including the parts that make it look worse.

See the numbers →
A smartphone lying face up on a stone-dusted workbench beside a pencil and a folded measure sheet.
Leads

Where countertop leads actually come from

Six channels, ranked by what they cost and how fast they turn on. Two of them are worth your time when you are a one or two man shop. The rest are a tax on impatience.

Read the ranking →
A countertop shop owner in a work shirt standing by a plain white work van outside a small industrial unit, looking at his phone.
Marketing

Countertop marketing that books jobs instead of winning awards

Speed to lead beats a nicer logo, every time, and it is not close. What to fix first when you have no marketing at all and no time to learn any.

Read the playbook →
A stone slab yard with granite and quartz slabs in A-frame racks and a worker in a hi-vis vest inspecting one with a tablet.
Comparison

Slabsmith, ActionFlow and Stone Profit Systems, honestly compared

Three tools, three completely different problems, and a lot of shops paying for the wrong one. What each is genuinely good at and who should skip it.

Read the comparison →

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