BetaBuilt for trades · Van Desk

Your jobs. Your quotes. Your customers. One app.

Manage enquiries, jobs, photos, quotes, appointments and customer updates without spending your evenings catching up on paperwork.

Less admin. More time.

Beta · 14-day free trial · no card required · works in your phone's browser, nothing to install.

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The Today’s Board screen in the TradeConnectAI app: new enquiries, quotes to send, needs callback, parts to collect and today’s jobs.
Today's Board, from the app's own preview.

How it works

From first call to finished job.

The same seven steps you already do. Just without the scraps of paper and the late-night catch-up.

  1. 1

    Customer gets in touch

    A call, text or message comes in. Log it as a new enquiry before it gets lost.

  2. 2

    Create the job

    Name, address, the issue and how urgent it is — one job, one place.

  3. 3

    Add photos and measurements

    Snap the job on site and keep the measurements and notes with it.

  4. 4

    Build the quote

    Labour, materials, call-out and VAT. Your figures, your words.

  5. 5

    Book it into the calendar

    Pick a slot and keep it with the job and the customer.

  6. 6

    Keep the customer updated

    Send a clear update without typing the same message again.

  7. 7

    Complete the job

    Mark it done with the photos and notes kept on the job history.

Photos & job quoting

Take the photos. Write it down once. Build the quote.

Everything you gather on site stays with the job, so the quote is half done before you're back in the van.

  • Job photos

    Photos stay on the job they belong to, not lost in your camera roll.

  • Measurements

    Write dimensions down once and keep them with the job.

  • Notes

    What you saw, what you need, what to check next time.

  • Customer info

    Name, address and contact details ready when you need them.

  • Materials

    List the materials you need for the job and build them into the quote.

  • Quote preparation

    Pull it together into an editable quote you check before it goes out.

Add materials from the merchants you already use — open Screwfix, Plumbfix or Toolstation from the app and check price and stock yourself before it goes on the quote.

Photo suggestions are estimates, not diagnoses. Confirm measurements, parts and prices on site before you send a quote.

Job sheet preview from the app: customer, address, issue and urgency with photos, parts, quote, appointment, reply and next action.Photo to quote preview from the app: likely work, materials to check and what’s uncertain, marked as an AI estimate to verify on site.

Inside the Van Desk

A working day in your pocket.

Simple on purpose. Open it in the morning and the day is laid out.

  • Today

    Enquiries, quotes to send, callbacks, parts to collect and today’s jobs.

  • Jobs

    Every job with its status, history and next action.

  • Customers

    Contact details and the work you’ve done for them.

  • Quotes

    Draft, check and send — nothing sends itself.

  • Calendar

    Book jobs into slots and see the week ahead.

  • Messages

    Replies and updates to customers, ready to review.

  • Photos

    Site photos kept with the right job.

  • Job notes

    The details you’d normally scribble on a receipt.

Works in your phone's browser — nothing to install.Tip: open it in your browser and use “Add to Home Screen” to keep it one tap away.

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Extra help

Extra help when you need it.

There's AI built in for the fiddly bits. It drafts. You decide. You stay in control of every quote and message.

  • Help writing replies to customers
  • Organising rough notes into something tidy
  • Preparing a first draft of a quote
  • Turning photos and measurements into job info
  • Cutting down the repetitive admin
Steve, founder of TradeConnectAI

Built in South Wales.

Who's behind TradeConnectAI

Built by Steve, for trades.

Less admin. More time.

I'm Steve. I work in engineering myself, and I built TradeConnectAI to give small trade businesses one place to keep the everyday job admin under control. No big AI promises.

  1. Enquiry comes in
  2. Create the job
  3. Photos & details
  4. Build the quote
  5. Keep the customer updated
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Beta

Early access

Make room for more work.

We're looking for a small group of tradespeople to use TradeConnectAI properly and tell us what works — and what doesn't.

Try it. Use it on real jobs. Tell us what needs improving.

The app is in beta, so some things will be rough round the edges. You get a 14-day free trial to use it on real work.

Honest feedback wanted

Tell us what you think.

What helps, what gets in the way, what's confusing, what's missing. Criticism is welcome — it's the most useful thing you can send us while the app is in beta.

One van or two. Straight prices.

14-day free trial. No card required. After the free trial: One Van £29/month · Two Vans £49/month.