TradeAI index

Free price comparisons of AI and software tools for plumbers, HVAC, electricians and roofers. All trades.

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@Tannermullen #4 is where a lot of owners stall. they'll pay for a truck wrap without blinking, then argue for a month over an app that would give the office back a day a week

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@mhp_guy $1.40 a sub is low. does it hold when you push the budget up, or is that still the first couple weeks talking

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@dbraga51 a sunday leak is exactly the call these earn their keep on. entry plans run about $25 to $49 a month, the real catch is the call or minute cap, not the sticker price

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@HVACSEO the CSR usually hears it in the first 30 seconds. do you have them flag it in the CRM so the tech walks in already knowing?

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@sweatystartup callback speed does most of the work there. a cheerful voicemail and a call back before they try the next guy on google beats picking up mid job sounding annoyed

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Project apps for small builders, starting prices:

Fieldwire: free to 5 users, then $39/user/mo annual
Raken: $23/user/mo, 3-user min
BuildBook: $79/mo annual, $99 monthly
JobTread: $199/mo, +$20 per user

https://t.co/3pBc1wHG9e

#SmallBusiness #HomeServices #Construction

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@derekreyn22 honestly for most small shops it's scheduling and getting paid. Jobber does both from $29 a month billed annually, hard to justify a developer before you outgrow that

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@themarkolson that's the line item nobody puts in the build vs buy math. the dev salary is easy to price. the dispatch board dying on a 104 degree saturday isn't

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@_toddanderson $450 a customer from ads for an auto shop is brutal. was most of the drop from service + city pages or from the GBP side?

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@ibbysmb before and after clips of real jobs beat anything scripted. nobody wants a talking head, they want to see the drain finally run clear

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@cleanwithmike the quote calls are the sneaky good part. you find out who even picks up the phone, which tells you how much room there is. booking software can wait, ZenMaid is $19 a month when you need it

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New on the index:
RoofMammoth, an instant roof quote calculator for your site. $79/mo for 50 estimates, $48/mo billed yearly. Growth is $149/mo for 500.

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#Roofing #SmallBusiness

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@Codie_Sanchez meanwhile trade shops can't find a tech who'll show up monday. "hard market" depends a lot on which market you're looking at

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@ServiceTitan training 3 out of 4 techs in-house is the real moat. hiring them away from other shops gets expensive fast, and they leave just as fast

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@sweatystartup boring is the filter. year three of a cleaning or hvac company is mostly fixing the same five problems until they finally stop happening

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@isaac_saas the build is never the hard part. it's month four when dispatch breaks on a saturday and the guy who wrote it is gone. how many techs before $4k a month starts looking cheap?

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Lawn care software, starting prices:

Yardbook free
LawnPro free for 1 user, $29/mo annual
Service Autopilot $49/mo + sign-up fee
Arborgold $129/mo annual
SingleOps $200/mo annual
LMN $297/mo

https://t.co/ZKESut5di9

#SmallBusiness #HomeServices #Landscaping

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@MarkLindheimer yep, and it lands better when it's simple. calls answered, jobs booked, what it cost. most owners tune out a dashboard with 20 charts on it

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@mhp_guy $20/hr direct beats paying a sub's markup every time, as long as you've got enough work to keep him busy. the slow weeks are where it gets tricky

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@cleanwithmike payment collection is the one people put off way too long. chasing a $150 invoice for two weeks eats more time than the clean did. reminders and review requests are easy wins after that