Arcbay — by ArcSmiths
Car washes, smog check stations, and detailers run differently — so their software should too. Arcbay is the whole system, hand-built and fully managed: a bespoke booking website, an owner dashboard that speaks your business’s language, loyalty and reminders where they fit, and a team that runs it all for you.
Most booking tools are one generic calendar wearing different logos. Arcbay is the opposite: a single, well-built platform underneath, and a storefront and dashboard designed for the specific business on top. A car wash gets punch-card loyalty and bay times. A smog station gets renewal reminders and STAR-station copy. A detailer gets deposits and a package menu. Same engine, different language.
And it’s not software we hand you and walk away from. We design it, launch it, and run it — the domain, the DNS, the Google Business Profile, the hosting. You do the work you’re good at; the system does the rest.
Car washes
LiveSmog check stations
Auto detailing
A bespoke booking website
A hand-designed storefront on your own domain — your services, prices, hours, and brand. Never a template with a logo pasted on.
Online booking, live availability
Customers pick a service and a real open time from their phone. It lands on your dashboard the instant they confirm.
Loyalty, where it fits
Server-side punch cards for washes and detailers — every Nth visit free, un-gameable. Off by default for verticals it doesn’t suit, like smog.
Reminders & review requests
Automatic text and email reminders cut no-shows, a “your car’s ready” note goes out at pickup, and a one-tap Google review link follows the visit.
Front-desk kiosk
An iPad check-in that greets customers by phone number — no personal info on screen — and keeps the counter moving.
Owner dashboard
Approvals, walk-ins, today’s schedule, and revenue on one screen — in your business’s own terms, not generic software-speak.
Staff time clock
Optional employee clock-in by PIN or face (that’s our PunchBay tech), with shifts and hours. Turn it on only if you want it.
Promotions & win-back
Launch a sale in one click, blast an offer to your list, or auto-nudge customers who’ve gone quiet — including smog renewals when they come due.
Online payments, optional
Deposits or prepay through Stripe or Square where it helps — or stay pay-in-person. Your call, per service.
Reports & CSV
Completed jobs, revenue, tips, and staff hours — exportable whenever your bookkeeper asks.
Fully managed
We handle the domain, DNS, Google Business Profile, and hosting. The owner never touches DNS.
Yours, always
Your customers, your bookings, your domain. We build and run the software; you keep the relationship.
Same platform, different vocabulary and features — turned on to match how each shop actually runs.
Car wash
Loyalty & bay times
Punch-card loyalty on, every 8th wash free, and a schedule built around wash bays and walk-ins. The dashboard talks about washes and details.
Smog station
Renewal reminders
Loyalty off — it doesn’t fit. Instead, a biennial “your smog is due again” reminder brings the customer back in two years. No other shop in town does that.
Detailer
Deposits & packages
A package menu priced by vehicle, with a deposit taken at booking so a three-hour slot doesn’t evaporate into a no-show.
Every client also gets their own logo and brand colors — the software looks like your business, not like ours.
Apply
Tell us about your business — a couple minutes. No account, no commitment.
We design & build
We hand-design a storefront for your brand and wire up booking, the dashboard, and the features your vertical needs. Bespoke — never a template.
Connect your domain
We point it at your domain (or get you one), load your real services and prices, and set up your Google Business Profile.
Go live
You get the keys: your site, your dashboard login, and a quick walkthrough. We stay on to run and support it.
A hand-wash car wash in Santee, in business 25+ years — Arcbay’s first client. We built their booking site, punch-card loyalty, and staff dashboard, and we run it all for them. It’s the same platform every Arcbay business gets, shaped to their shop.
“We get $300 details booked from the website almost every day now.” — Owner, Magnolia Car Wash
06 — Apply
Tell us a bit about your shop and we’ll reach out to scope it. No account, no payment — just a conversation.
Arcbay is a fully-managed booking and operations platform for local auto-care businesses, built by ArcSmiths. Every client gets a bespoke booking website plus an owner dashboard, and we run the whole thing — domain, hosting, and Google Business included.
Today: hand car washes, smog check stations, and auto detailers. The platform is auto-care specific — the dashboard, terminology, and features change to fit each one. If you run something adjacent in auto care, ask us.
No. Every storefront is hand-designed for your brand — your colors, your logo, your services. What’s shared is the software running behind it, not the look. That’s why there’s a short application instead of an instant sign-up.
Generic tools give you a calendar and leave the rest to you. Arcbay is built for auto care specifically: your dashboard speaks your business’s language, loyalty and renewal reminders are built in where they fit, and we design and manage the whole system rather than handing you a login and wishing you luck.
You do. Your customers, bookings, and domain are yours — we build and host the software and can hand it over, but the relationship and the data stay with you.
A one-time build plus a simple monthly platform fee — no hourly surprises. The exact number depends on your vertical, services, and design; we scope it after you apply.
Yes. We’re a San Diego software studio and built Magnolia Car Wash in Santee, but Arcbay is fully managed and remote — we work with auto-care businesses anywhere in the US.
Most businesses go live within a couple of weeks of applying, depending on how fast we settle branding, services, and the domain.
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