Migrate from Shopmonkey
Move from Shopmonkey to PeakSpitz, safely.
Moving off Shopmonkey should feel like restoring from a backup, not a leap of faith. Your garage management tool data is read into a PeakSpitz environment of your own, checked against your real numbers, and run in parallel — while Shopmonkey keeps running, untouched, the whole time. Here is exactly how, step by step.
Shopmonkey earns its reputation for a genuinely all-in-one shop workflow: its drag-and-drop workflow board that moves estimates and repair orders through each stage, integrated parts ordering, digital inspections and invoicing in one place. Shops typically start looking to move when the tiered pricing plus per-feature add-ons and per-location costs stack up as they grow, or when a US-centred tax and accounting model doesn't fit an EU business that needs real VAT. PeakSpitz brings the same order-to-invoice flow into one platform with real accounting and VAT built in, unlimited users on every plan, and an EU-hosted, per-customer-isolated data model.
The safe way to leave Shopmonkey
Work down the list at your own pace. Nothing here is irreversible, and your current system stays live throughout.
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Before you touch anything — get a backup you own
Get a copy of your data out of Shopmonkey that you control — a file held on your side, not just a setting inside the system. Confirm in your contract that you have the right to export, and note any renewal, notice or lock-in dates so the timing stays on your terms.
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Export your data
Pull customers, vehicles, jobs and parts out of Shopmonkey in the most complete format it offers — CSV, spreadsheet, or an account/API export. Take the history too, not just open items: past records, documents and contacts are worth keeping.
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Send us a sample
Before you commit, send us a representative slice — a handful of customers, a few recent orders or bookings, part of your catalogue. We map it into PeakSpitz and show you the restored result, so you see exactly how your garage management tool data lands before you move the rest.
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See what maps to what
We line Shopmonkey up against PeakSpitz: customers, vehicles, jobs and parts become customers, catalogue, orders, documents and ledgers in one joined-up system. Anything without an obvious home is flagged early, not discovered late.
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Bring it in — a read-only restore
Your data is read into a fresh, isolated PeakSpitz environment of your own. Nothing inside Shopmonkey is touched, changed or switched off — it keeps running exactly as it is.
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Verify against your numbers
Before you trust it, reconcile the totals — balances, counts, tax and revenue — against what Shopmonkey shows today. The numbers have to match before anything goes live.
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Run both in parallel
Keep Shopmonkey live and run PeakSpitz alongside it for as long as you like. Compare like for like, move one area across first, and build trust before you depend on it. No big-bang cutover, and no deadline from us.
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Cross over and decommission — on your terms
Switch over only when PeakSpitz has earned it. Keep your Shopmonkey export archived as a safety net, and close the old subscription when you are ready — not a moment before.
What maps where: Shopmonkey → PeakSpitz
Shopmonkey
Customers & Vehicles (with VIN/plate decode)
PeakSpitz
Customers, with vehicle, VIN and registration held on the customer and order record
Vehicle detail travels with each order rather than living in a separate module.
Shopmonkey
Estimates and Repair Orders
PeakSpitz
Quotes/estimates that convert into made-to-order work orders
The estimate and the RO stay one continuous document through to invoice.
Shopmonkey
Workflow board (drag-and-drop RO statuses)
PeakSpitz
Configurable order statuses / pipeline stages
Your board columns become order states you define.
Shopmonkey
Canned services with labour and parts lines
PeakSpitz
Service catalogue (labour as priced service items) plus inventory parts
Shopmonkey
Digital inspections
PeakSpitz
Inspection results as order attachments/notes, with templates rebuilt in PeakSpitz
Shopmonkey
Invoices and payments
PeakSpitz
Invoices with real VAT and built-in payments (card, cash, bank & SEPA)
What to watch when leaving Shopmonkey
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Shopmonkey's integrated parts ordering and supplier-catalogue links are a genuine convenience, but those ordering integrations don't move with your data — plan to re-establish supplier connections on the new system.
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The labour-rate and parts-markup matrix is a configuration decision, not an import. Shopmonkey's tiered markup bands are re-expressed as pricing rules in PeakSpitz, which is the moment to review the rates rather than inherit them.
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Digital inspection templates and their photos are usually best re-created and archived: rebuild the checklist templates in PeakSpitz and keep the historical inspection PDFs and photos as an archive rather than a live migration.
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Two-way text/message threads and closed repair orders typically export as records, not as live conversations. Bring open work across as active orders and let completed ROs and message history land in a read-only archive.
Common questions about leaving Shopmonkey
Will our open repair orders and workflow board come across mid-job?
Open repair orders migrate as active work orders, and your board columns become order statuses you configure in PeakSpitz. The practical advice is to cut over at a low-work-in-progress moment so few jobs are mid-stage, and let completed ROs land in a read-only archive.
Shopmonkey handles US tax well — what about EU VAT?
That's a fair credit: Shopmonkey is typically strong for US and Canadian tax. PeakSpitz is built around real accounting with VAT for EU businesses, so VAT, invoicing and the ledger are handled natively in the same platform rather than in a separate finance tool.
What happens to our parts vendor ordering?
The integrated ordering links are re-established on the new system, and the markup matrix is re-entered as pricing rules. Where you need a bespoke supplier connection, PeakSpitz's open REST API and webhooks cover it.
As much help as you want
Do it yourself, or have us map your fields, run the import and reconcile the result with you. Support is a ladder — you start where you are comfortable and step up only where an area needs it.
See the full safe-migration approach →Why people leave Shopmonkey
PeakSpitz runs the whole business on one AI platform — not a single corner with the rest bolted on — with Spitz AI and unlimited users included. See the difference side by side.
Compare PeakSpitz vs Shopmonkey →Bring your Shopmonkey data in safely. Cross over when you are ready.
Send us a sample of your data and we will show you the restored result — no commitment, no risk to your live system.