Import Your Data · updated 2026-08-08

What to do after importing your orders in Dumpster Controls

The import puts your real operation on the board, but a few follow-up passes make the data fully yours: schedule the pickups, complete the customer records, and collect the money.

## Review the board
From the done screen, "Open my board" lands on the operations page. Your imported rentals are active orders waiting pickup, so they appear alongside orders created in the app.
## Schedule pickups
Imported orders carry the delivery date from your sheet (or today when the sheet had none). Open each order to set the real pickup date so dispatch can plan the runs.
## Complete the customer records
The importer creates each customer with only name and phone. Open the Customers module to add emails and other details, or merge duplicates if the same customer appeared on several rows.
## Sort out the money
Every imported order is unpaid with nothing billed. For customers who already paid you outside the app, mark the order's invoice as paid. For open balances, send a payment link or charge the customer through Invoicing and Payments.
## Fix prices where needed
Rows without a readable price imported at 0. Open those orders and set the real amount before billing anything.

What happens next

From here the imported rentals behave exactly like native orders: they flow through pickup, landfill, and completion, and their payments show up in your finances.

Troubleshooting

I imported the same sheet twice and now have duplicates.

The importer does not detect previously imported rows; every paste creates new customers and orders. Delete or cancel the duplicated orders and remove the duplicate customers in the Customers module.

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Frequently asked questions

Is Dumpster Controls really free?

Yes. The entire app is free for any company at any fleet size: 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. The entire app is free; an optional $169 per month plan lowers that to 2.99% plus $0.30 and adds a Sponsored spotlight in the public company directory. 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 $169 lower card rate 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.