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Vendor Portal

Vendors that onboard themselves.

Stop emailing W-9s and insurance certificates back and forth. Vendors keep their own profiles, upload their own documents, and submit their own quotes — and you see expiration dates before they bite you.

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Why it matters

Vendor paperwork shouldn't be a part-time job.

Hunting down a current insurance certificate, chasing the W-9, double-checking the license number. Three months later the coverage lapsed, nobody told you, the vendor's on site, and you're hoping nothing happens.

What's inside

The vendor program that runs itself.

Self-service intake, document-first compliance, and full lineage from quote to invoice.

Vendor self-onboarding

You send an invite; the vendor fills their own profile, uploads their own documents, and picks which properties they serve. You transcribe nothing and chase no one.

Company or individual

A day-laborer handyman or a 200-truck HVAC company — both flow through the same intake. The 1099-vs-corporation distinction is captured at invite, so year-end paperwork falls out of the database.

Document library per vendor

Insurance certificates, W-9s, licenses — uploaded by the vendor, organized per vendor, version-tracked. Click a vendor, see every document and every expiration date in seconds.

Expiration alerts

Thirty days before a certificate lapses, you get pinged and the vendor gets a renewal upload link. Lapse risk drops to near zero.

Quote submission with attachments

Vendors submit quotes through the portal with files, notes, and pricing. You accept, decline, or ask for a revision from one screen — no email threads, no PDF-by-text-message.

Quote → work order → invoice

Approve a quote and it becomes a work order assigned to the vendor. They deliver, upload photos and the invoice, you approve — every step tracked, queryable, and exportable for the auditor.

On-site check-in

The vendor checks in through the portal when they arrive; a geofence confirms they're actually there, and time on property is logged automatically.

Per-customer isolation

A vendor working at your property is a separate account from the same vendor across town. No vendor ever sees another customer's data — an architectural guarantee.

Performance history

Time to respond, on-time completion rate, quote-to-invoice variance — the data builds itself as you use the portal, so you know which vendors to call first.

Built for vendors and operators

Designed so vendors actually use it.

Mobile-first, document-first, isolation-first. The portal works because vendors don't fight it.

Mobile portal

Vendors upload from their phone. No desktop dependency.

Document-first

Certificates, W-9s, and licenses sit right at the top — compliance in plain sight.

Per-customer identity

Never shared cross-customer. An architectural guarantee.

Free for vendors

Vendors pay nothing to access. You're the customer; they're the supplier.

Works better with the suite

One vendor record, powering every flow.

The Vendor Portal sits at the intersection of operations, maintenance, and staff — every cross-module link is built in.

Pricing
$79 a month, standalone.

Standalone, with unlimited vendors — or inside SquareKeeper Complete, all seven modules for $499/month. The first 30 days are free and there's no credit card to begin.

Common questions

Vendor Portal, answered.

Do we charge vendors for the portal?

No. Vendors are free and unlimited. The portal exists to make vendor management easier for you — charging vendors would just be friction that makes them avoid it.

What if a vendor works at several of our properties?

One vendor record can serve multiple properties under your organization — you assign which ones they can access. Their quotes, work orders, and invoices are property-scoped automatically.

What if the same vendor works for another SquareKeeper customer?

That vendor has a completely separate account with the other customer. Vendor identity is per-customer, never shared — the same firm at your property and at another across town are two independent accounts. This is an architectural guarantee.

How do we handle 1099 individuals — handymen, day laborers?

Each vendor has a type — company, individual, or other. Individuals capture a service description and the W-9, and year-end 1099 paperwork is generated from that data rather than assembled from a shoebox.

What happens when an insurance certificate expires?

Thirty days before expiration you get an alert and the vendor gets a renewal upload link. If it lapses anyway, the vendor's status flips to lapsed — and you choose whether their portal access pauses or stays open with a warning banner.

Can vendors submit invoices through the portal?

Yes — vendors submit invoices against approved work orders. You approve, the work order closes, and the invoice is flagged for payment. The full quote → work order → invoice chain lives in one place.

Does the check-in geofence work indoors?

GPS accuracy can vary indoors. For tight-tolerance check-in you can switch to a QR code at the door — the vendor scans, time logs, no GPS dependency.

Stop chasing vendor paperwork.

Start a free 30-day trial — no credit card. Invite your current vendors, they fill their own profiles, and you stop transcribing.