For face painting & balloon twisting companies
Staffing that knows who paints, who twists, and who'll travel there.
Face painting, balloon twisting, glitter tattoos, henna, caricatures, and airbrush tattoos. Logidex remembers who does what, when they're free, and which areas they'll travel to under what conditions. Once you start checking availability, who you've messaged, who said yes, and who said no stay with the booking, rather than in a notes app or in a text thread.
The problem
You know which face painter has a 3-hour time minimum and who is happy to take the local 1-hour birthday parties. You know who twists balloons as well as paints, so one artist covers both services. You know who'll take the drive out there, and who charges a fee for it. None of it is written down anywhere. It's just what you know.
So every inquiry becomes another puzzle piece to try to make fit. You're texting nine artists to find one free Saturday afternoon, scrolling back through the thread to remember who already answered, and keeping a list of who you've asked and who's said no. With four or five parties happening at once, keeping that list is part of the job.
“Being able to see everyone at a glance is amazing.”
What you get
Built for how you actually work
Everyone who does it, not just who comes to mind
Most of your artists do several services, and you picture each of them doing the one they do most. Check availability for face painting and Logidex lists everyone who paints, including the ones you think of as balloon twisters. It won't let you forget somebody who does the service you're looking for.
The drive time is already worked out
When an artist already has a party that day, the drive time and distance between the two addresses are sitting on their row before you reach out. You're not copying one address into Google Maps, going back for the other, and then doing the whole thing again for the next artist on the list.
Know the travel fee before the invoice goes out
Each artist sets their own conditions based on the areas they'll travel to, the ones they won't, and what they charge to get there, including the rules that waive the fee once a booking is long enough. So by the time you're putting the invoice together, you already know whether there's a travel fee to tell the client about.
Your artists have their own login
So your team can set their own availability, services, and travel areas from their phone, and their login is free on every plan. They can even see their upcoming events and pay history. If they are the type that just won't do anything but respond via text, you can make the updates for them. Whether you update it or they do, the information still gets saved in one place, and Logidex will remember it for you.
Check the whole Saturday on one map
Every event location for any given day sits on the map as a pin, with a line tracing each artist between their jobs and the time they've got to spare once travel and setup are counted. Filter it by service, area, status, or one artist, and the list and the calendar views will stay in lockstep.
“I LOVE the text feature.”
“Before, I had to keep a separate list in my notes (Notepad/MS word) just to track which artists I had already reached out to and who said yes or no. And sometimes I'd have to go back through text conversations just to double-check because I couldn't remember who had already responded.”
Every plan will get you the answer for who is available to do that specific service on a specific date, at a specific time, at a specific location.
Questions
- What software schedules a team of face painters?
- Logidex. You give it the service, date, the timeframe, and the address, and it narrows the list of your artists down to who face paints, is free that time on that day, and travels to that area, then ranks them in your own priority order.
- Can one artist be booked for face painting and balloon twisting at the same party?
- Yes. If an artist has multiple services saved in their profile, you will be able to book them for two or more services for the same event. It will combine the calendar into one so it is all in one place.
- Can I check whether an artist can get from one party to the next in time?
- Yes. When an artist has two parties in one day, Logidex checks the real driving time between the two addresses. A comfortable gap shows as available, a tight one shows the minutes to spare, and one that can't be done says so and why while you're still deciding.
- How do I keep track of which face painters charge travel fees?
- Each artist sets the areas they'll travel to, the ones they won't, and what they charge to get there, including the rule that waives the fee once a booking is long enough. So by the time you're putting the invoice together, you already know whether there's a travel fee to tell the client about.
- Do my face painters need their own login, and does that cost extra?
- Every artist's login is free on every plan. They can keep their own availability, services, and travel areas current from their phone. But your artists do not need access for Logidex to work for you. The profiles are accessible on your login so you can update their profile when they say no to a specific event, so you don't ask them about that same date another day.
- How much does Logidex cost?
- Plans run from $39 a month up to $379 a month. Every feature is on every plan, so a bigger plan buys you more room, never more capability. There is no minimum, no setup fee and no sales call.