Finances · updated 2026-08-08

How to drill into a single order from Orders P&L

Clicking any row in Orders P&L opens a drawer with the money story of that order: summary cards, every payment, every cost, and one-click actions to fix or collect.

Before you start

An order row in the Orders P&L table.

## Read the summary
Four cards show "Revenue" (with a note like "Card fees $12.34, you keep $387.66" when fees apply), "Direct Costs", "Profit", and "Margin". The header carries the confidence badge and, when relevant, an explanation box such as "Why partially verified?".
## Inspect Revenue and Costs
The "Revenue" section lists each payment with its method, date, amount, and net after fees. The "Costs" section lists every recorded cost; the landfill amount appears as "Landfill Ticket" and costs with an attached receipt show a "receipt" badge. A "Missing Items" section lists anything the app expected but did not find.
## Use the Actions
"Link Bank Tx" matches an incoming bank transaction to this order's payment. "Add Cost" records a cost. "View Invoice" opens the public invoice. "View Customer" jumps to the customer record. "Charge Extra Fee" starts the extra charge flow.
## Collect an unpaid invoice
If the order has an unpaid invoice, a "Collect Payment" section appears with resend buttons for "Email", "SMS", or "Both", plus "Copy Invoice Link" and "Copy Payment Link". A "Send Invoice" shortcut also sits in the header.
## Contact the customer
Under "Contact Customer", tap the phone number to call or "Text" to open the "Send Text Message" dialog and SMS the customer without leaving the page.

What happens next

Costs added here update the row's profit, margin, and confidence immediately.

Troubleshooting

"Copy Payment Link" says no payment link was generated yet.

The invoice exists but no Stripe payment link has been created. Use "Send Invoice" or the Send Payment Link flow first, or copy the invoice link instead.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Dumpster Controls really free?

Yes. The software is free: dispatch, online booking, the driver app, invoicing, the Tresha AI assistant and every other feature, with no monthly fee, no trial period and no credit card to sign up. The only cost on the free plan is optional card processing when a customer pays by card through the platform: 2.99% plus $3.99 per transaction on the free plan. An optional Unlimited plan at $169 per month lowers that to 2.99% plus $0.30. Prices as published on dumpstercontrols.io/pricing on 2026-09-23.

Do you charge per driver, per truck or per order?

No. There is no per-driver, per-truck, per-user or per-order fee, and no order limit. A company with one truck and a company with twenty pay the same for the software: nothing.

Is there a contract?

No. There is no contract, no minimum term and no setup fee. You create the account yourself, and on the free plan there is nothing to cancel because nothing is billed. The optional Unlimited plan is billed month to month.

Which countries and languages are supported?

Dumpster Controls serves hauling companies in the United States and Canada. The app interface and the Tresha AI assistant are available in English, Spanish and Portuguese. The public pages, such as the blog, the help center and the landfill finder, are in English.

How do I switch from another dumpster software?

Create a free account at dumpstercontrols.io/login, with no sales call and no credit card. Then import your customers from a CSV file using the template provided in the app; past orders can also be imported from a CSV. Container sizes and pricing are set up in Settings. The landfill database, with 1,750 active US and Canadian landfills as counted on 2026-10-01, is already loaded, so disposal sites do not need to be typed in. Step-by-step guides are at dumpstercontrols.io/help.