CRM for Roofers
A CRM for roofers keeps every lead, inspection, and signed estimate in one place and follows up for you, so the homeowner who got a bid in April and the storm lead who went quiet in July still come back to you instead of going cold. Your pipeline stops living on sticky notes and in your estimators' heads.
The estimates you already gave are the ones you are losing
Most roofers do not have a lead problem. They have a follow-up problem. You inspect a roof, hand over a bid, and the homeowner says they need to think about it, talk to a spouse, or wait on the insurance check. That is normal in roofing, where a replacement is a big decision people sit on for weeks. But most bids never get a second touch, so the homeowner signs with whoever followed up, and it usually is not the roofer who inspected first.
A CRM catches every inspection and every estimate and works it on a schedule you set, with texts and emails that go out on time whether or not anyone remembers. The homeowner who is thirty days into deciding still hears from you, still has your number handy, and still calls you when the claim clears instead of the company that stayed in touch.
A storm fills your pipeline, then empties it if nobody follows up
After a storm you can take more leads in a week than you normally see in a month, and no estimator can personally remember to circle back to all of them. The ones waiting on an adjuster, the ones getting a second opinion, the ones who called scared and then calmed down, all of them slip unless something keeps track.
- Every lead, inspection, note, and bid lives in one place instead of a truck console and three phones.
- Follow-ups fire on the cadence you set, so a homeowner waiting on an insurance decision gets a check-in at the right time without anyone setting a reminder.
- You see which bids are heating up, so the estimator's limited callback time goes to the roof about to sign.
Answer first, without living on your phone
A new lead that hears back in the first few minutes is far more likely to book than one that waits an hour, and after a storm the first roofer to respond usually gets the inspection. The CRM replies instantly with a text-back the moment a lead comes in and hands it to your team with the details, so you are first even when every estimator is up a ladder.
You own the database, and it runs the whole platform
Every homeowner, every note, and every bid is yours and exportable any time, not locked in a system you rent. The CRM is the hub of the Top Shelf platform: it plugs into the AI receptionist, so a storm call it catches lands in your pipeline and gets followed up automatically, and into online booking, so a scheduled inspection is logged against the right homeowner. Nothing you spend to generate a lead gets wasted because someone forgot to call back.
The bid you forgot about signs three weeks later
You inspect a roof in the spring, leave a bid, and the homeowner says they are waiting on their insurance company. You would normally lose track of them within a week. Instead the CRM keeps a light touch going, a check-in here, an answer to a common question there, all sent for you. Three weeks later the claim is approved, and the homeowner texts you to schedule, because yours is the name that stayed in front of them the whole time. You did not lift a finger to keep that bid alive.
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Common Questions
Does it import my existing leads and past customers?
Yes. Your current leads, open bids, and past customers come in and live in one place, and everything stays yours and exportable. The point is to make the pipeline you already have actually get worked.
Will it really follow up on estimates automatically?
Yes, on the schedule you approve. New leads get an instant response, and open bids get check-ins on a cadence you set, all sent for you. Your estimators can always jump in and message a homeowner directly when a bid needs a personal push.
Does it help with the leads that are waiting on insurance?
Yes, and those are the ones most often lost. A homeowner waiting on an adjuster or a claim decision can wait weeks, and the CRM keeps a light, well-timed touch going so you are still the roofer they call when the check comes, instead of whoever followed up last.
What happens to the flood of leads after a storm?
They all land in one place and get worked on a schedule instead of piling up in someone's memory. The ones ready now get booked, and the ones waiting get nurtured, so a busy storm week does not turn into a pile of forgotten bids a month later.
How long until it is set up?
Setup is included with no separate onboarding fee. We bring in your leads and bids, build the follow-up sequences around how you sell, and connect it to your calls and calendar, so it is working in days. Start with a free audit and we will find the gap where bids are going cold today.
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