For security staffing crews
Post a shift.
The right guards get a text.
First claim wins.
NabShift is the map-first, SMS-native claim board for security crews. Guards see open posts on a metro map — or right in their texts — and claim in one tap or one reply. No app installs required. No phone tag. No spreadsheet.
Designed alongside a working Twin Cities security crew · Guards need nothing but a phone that texts
The schedule shouldn't live in your head
Filling a shift means texting one guard at a time
You know who's certified, who's close, who's answering tonight — because you're the only one who does. Every open post is your phone, your evening, your problem.
Callouts surface at the worst hour
A guard drops a 4:30 AM post at 1 AM and the scramble starts. Who's qualified? Who's nearby? Who won't hate you for the text? You're re-solving this from scratch every time.
Group texts leak what they shouldn't
Different guards earn different rates, and some posts aren't for everyone. One blast text to the whole roster can't keep either of those straight.
How it works
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Post the shift
Venue, date, roles, required certs — under a minute. The pin drops on the map, and the shift gets a claim code.
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The right guards hear about it
Only qualified, eligible, available, opted-in guards get the text. You see exactly who was skipped and why — targeting is never a black box.
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First valid claim wins
One tap in the app or one reply by text — CLAIM ARMORY — and the slot is filled. The board updates for everyone in the same second. No double-booking, ever.
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Know they showed
One-time GPS check-in and check-out at shift edges — never continuous tracking. A live roll call shows who's on post; every record doubles as a timesheet line.
Built for how security staffing actually works
🗺️ A map guards want to open
Every open post on a metro map, auto-filtered to gigs each guard actually qualifies for. Map, list, or calendar — their pick.
💬 Texting runs the whole loop
Claim, drop, skip a day, check in, get info — all by SMS keywords. Guards who never install anything still get full service. STOP is always honored.
🔒 Pay stays private
Dollar figures never appear on guard-facing screens or texts — unless you deliberately boost a premium shift, where the rate leads the message.
🫥 Restrict without announcing
Limit a post to client-approved guards and nobody else ever knows it exists — no board pin, no text, no "why can't I?" replies. You see the restriction plainly; they never do.
✅ Locks & approvals
Lock windows before shift start turn a drop into a request in your approvals inbox — approve with a one-tap rebroadcast, or deny. Emergency-assign covers last-minute callouts.
🎨 Your name on the door
Your logo and your two brand colors across the app, the texts, and the printable crew sheets — in light and dark. NabShift stays out of your crew's way.
Mixed crew of employees and contractors? Release rules follow worker classification — contractors keep penalty-free one-tap release; lock-and-approve is configurable where it belongs. Your policies, your counsel's call — our knobs.
Run the desk from a desk — or a parking lot
The admin backend is the same everywhere: every control on your office monitor is on your phone, full-size or pocket-size. Post, broadcast, approve, assign, roll call, exports — nothing is desktop-only, nothing is dumbed down on mobile.
- Post and broadcast a shift from anywhere
- Approvals inbox and emergency assign in your pocket
- Live staffing meters, labor totals, and coverage gaps
- Roll call with GPS check-ins on the map
- Printable crew sheets your client's front desk understands
Built with a crew, not for a demo
NabShift is being built alongside a working security staffing company in the Twin Cities — every feature answers a real dispatch problem, not a whiteboard. App and SMS run through one set of rules, so what a guard sees in a text and on the board can never disagree.
Questions owners ask
Do my guards have to install anything?
No. Everything works over plain SMS — claiming, dropping, skipping a day, checking in, getting details. The web app (with the map) is there for guards who want it, installable to a home screen, but never required.
Is this GPS tracking?
No — and that's deliberate. Attendance is a one-time location capture at check-in and check-out, validated against the venue. There is no continuous tracking, no breadcrumb trail, and no location collection between shift edges.
Can guards see each other's pay?
No. Rates never render on guard-facing screens or in texts. The one exception is yours to make: boost a hard-to-fill shift to a premium rate, and that rate leads the broadcast. Guards can privately set their own rate to see earnings estimates — visible only to them.
We have both W-2 employees and 1099 contractors. Does that work?
Yes — the rules follow the classification. Contractors keep penalty-free, one-tap release (no scores, no strikes, ever). Lock windows and release approvals are configurable and typically apply to employee posts. How hard those rules run is your call, with your counsel — NabShift gives you the knobs, not a policy.
Can I limit who can take certain posts?
Yes, two ways: certification gates (visible — guards see what a post requires) and private restrictions (invisible — the post simply never appears to guards who aren't approved for it, in the app or by text, and the restriction itself is never revealed).
Will it look like my company?
Yes. Your logo, your brand colors, your company name — across the app, the texts your guards get, and the printable crew sheets you hand a client.
What does it cost?
We're onboarding a small number of pilot crews at design-partner terms. Email us and we'll talk about your crew.
Stop being the schedule
If you run a security staffing crew and the roster still lives in your head, we'd like to build the pilot with you.
Book a pilot — hello@nabshift.com