Customer Portal

Text customers and message your team

Text customers from the Messages inbox, keep internal notes your team sees, and talk through a job on the project Messages card.

Updated September 27, 2026

Messages is your company's text inbox. Customers text you, you text them back, and your whole team sees the same conversations.

Find a conversation

Search by name, number or message text. The filters at the top narrow the list:

  • Unread — texts nobody has opened yet.
  • Open — conversations still in progress.
  • Mine and Unassigned — who is handling what.
  • Closed — finished conversations. Reopen one any time.

Send a text

Tap New message. Pick a customer, or type any phone number. You can attach photos.

A customer has to opt in before your texts reach them. Until they do, the button reads Send invite + message.

If a customer texts STOP, texting them is blocked until they text START. Your company has a monthly text limit, and Messages tells you when you reach it.

Work it as a team

  • Assign a conversation to a teammate.
  • Add an internal note. The customer never sees notes.
  • Close a conversation when it is done.

Your texting number

Texts go out on a shared line until your company has a dedicated number. Owners and admins can claim one in Settings, under Dedicated Phone Number.

Dedicated numbers may not be available yet in your area.

Talk about a job on the project

Each project's Overview has a Messages card with two threads:

  • Team Discussion — internal. The customer never sees it.
  • Client Messages — the customer reads these in their portal.
  • Type @ and a name to mention a teammate.

Who has it

Messages and the project Messages card are on the Pro plan and above.