The income tracking game for 1099ers that anyone can win.
You didn't quit your 9-to-5 to work 24/7
Run your earnings in a relay race, set money aside for PTO and quarterly taxes, and build momentum towards your financial goals without burning out.
The Independent Work Trap
When work is there but structure isn't.
For many 1099 professionals, the problem is not always finding work. The clients are there. The platform is open. The projects, rides, deliveries, sessions, invoices, or tasks are waiting.
But no one tells you when to start, when to stop, or what "enough for today" looks like.
Payday Relay gives your work a finish line.
Included with Your Season Pass
Everything You Need To Run Your Relay Race
Your Season Pass brings the full Payday Relay system together: your target, your Google Sheet, and the app that keeps your weekly rhythm moving.
Swipe to see all 3 pieces
Piece 1
Your Relay Target
Find the weekly number that supports your income, debt, savings, and PTO goals for the year — and keep it: your relay targets get emailed to you as your own PDF.
Piece 2
Your Payday Relay Google Sheet
Generated for you the moment you sign up, in your own Google Drive. You never have to type in it — everything you log in the app syncs straight into it: 52 weekly relays, set-asides, and a full-season scoreboard.
Piece 3
Your Payday Relay App
Log wins from your phone, watch your week move from red to black to green, and let Caddy help you stay in rhythm without living inside a spreadsheet.
However you like to work, there's a lane for it. Your relay targets land in your inbox as your own PDF to keep. Your Google Sheet fills itself in as you log — clean enough to hand your accountant at year end. And the app keeps your week moving.
“Most people don't leave corporate, traditional, or fixed-schedule work because they want to work 24/7. They leave because they want more agency, more control, more flexibility, and more room to build a life that actually fits. Payday Relay is built for people already in motion: people who understand that structure is not a luxury. It's what makes independent work sustainable.”
— Dove Shepard · Founder, Payday Relay
How the race works.
Start whenever you're ready — your race begins the day you sign up, not on a fixed calendar date.
Get started with a warm-up to get a feel for what your race will be.
Once you have a feel for it, get ready for the real race.
Relay 1
Map it
Relay 2
Set rhythm
Relay 3
Stay on track
Relay 4
Finish sprint
Relay 1
Fresh season
Relay 52
Finish line
A warm-up to get a feel for your race.
Relay 1
Map it
Relay 2
Set rhythm
Relay 3
Stay on track
Relay 4
Finish sprint
Then get ready for the real race.
Relay 1
Fresh season
Relay 52
Finish line
1 Week = 1 Relay
Payday Rhythm Locked
Quarterly Pit Stops
PTO Bank
Plan paid time off with a monthly or season pass.
Bonus Bank
Unlock and track surplus wins with a monthly or season pass.
Full Google Sheet
Unlock the full Payday Relay Google Sheet with a monthly or season pass.
Vetted by tax and finance pros who support 1099 earners.
Thank you for an amazing, simple resource to help self-employed people calculate the estimated payments required each quarter. This is a big challenge to do without a framework. I also love the way this tool helps set stretch goals and track progress towards them. What we measure is a key to getting the results we want.
Derek Tennant
Enrolled Agent, esoterax.com
Try Four Relays Free
$0 today. Cancel anytime before day 28 — pay nothing.
4-Week Sprint
Try four relays free — then unlock your full race with a monthly or annual season pass.
Monthly Pass
$19 /mo
Cancel anytime.
- Relay Calculator
- Daily Log
- Auto-Synced Google Sheet
- Pit Stop Resources
Annual Season Pass
$119 /yr
Save 48% vs monthly.
- Relay Calculator
- Daily Log
- Auto-Synced Google Sheet
- Pit Stop Resources
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