Create my accountSoftware for the solo tradesperson
Every tradesperson,a rock-solid file.
Alone, you're the whole company, and the most exposed of all: a single client who doesn't pay can take everything down. The quote, the invoice, you already do fast. Here's what really protects you: the file of every job, and the showcase that makes you look like what you are.
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Software shouldn't just help you run your business. It should strengthen your credibility with the best clients, and protect your interests the day a job gets tense.
Where it can all tip over
When you're on your own, no one else has your back.
You're the salesperson, the worker, the bookkeeper and the admin, all at once. Four moments decide whether your business holds or wobbles.
One unpaid bill, and it all wobbles
No cash in reserve, no one to chase payment for you. In construction, one unpaid bill in four ends in bankruptcy. What saves you isn't having worked well, it's having kept the file.
The doubt about the “little guy”
Solo tradesperson, sole trader: the client wonders if you'll last, the bank finds you precarious. You have to look as serious as a big firm to win the job, and to get paid without argument.
Everything on your shoulders, at night
Quotes, calls, travel, admin: it all goes through you, often after the day is done. The time stolen by paperwork is time you don't bill.
Cash hanging by a thread
Waiting until the end of the job to invoice is the number-one cause of non-payment. A deposit up front and stage payments as the work goes hold a till that has no reserve.
None of these moments is fate. Each one becomes harmless the moment it's written down at the right time.
Alone, but no less serious.
When you're on your own, the client has only one thing to judge you by: what they can see. A verified identity, tidy past jobs, a business you can find again. That's what lifts you out of the “small unknown” and puts you level with the bigger firms, at a similar price.
Your public page and your projects don't manufacture that seriousness. They make it visible, for the client who hesitates to trust their job to a single person.
Your only safety net is the file.
You have no cash in reserve and no one to defend you: a dispute or an unpaid bill, on your own, can sink you. What protects you is that every job leaves a trace: the accepted quote, the exchanges, the photos, the handover, what the client approved, gathered and dated in one place.
The day a client contests or doesn't pay, you don't dig through your texts. You open the job's file, and it's all there, dated. And if it goes all the way to a dispute, you don't start from a blank page: the file already gathers the evidence, organised and dated, ready for you or your lawyer.
One single way of working, two benefits: it wins you the job, then it covers you when you're alone facing the client.
Cash, when you have no reserve.
On your own, you can't afford a hole in the till. The deposit up front, the stage payments as the work goes, your hours and your margin: it all sits in one place, up to date. You know what a job really earns you, not at the end.
And it all works from the site: the signed quote, the photo, the state at handover, even offline.
What we get asked
The questions you're already asking.
A client won't pay me: what protects me?
What protects you is the trace. The accepted quote, the exchanges, the handover, gathered and dated in the job's file: when you're alone facing a bad payer, that's what you have to put forward, instead of just your word.
Obat or Tolteck are enough for me, why change?
They're excellent tools for making your quotes and invoices fast, and they're built for you. But a quote, an invoice, today even an AI turns them out in two clicks: that's no longer where your business is decided. Alone, you're the most exposed to unpaid bills and disputes, and it's the file around the contract that protects you, not the document. That's where we start.
I'm a sole trader, doesn't that look less serious?
That's exactly what we turn around. A verified identity and a showcase of your jobs make you look like the pro you are, and put you level with the bigger firms in front of a client who hesitates.
How do I secure my cash?
By invoicing a deposit up front, then by stages as the work goes, instead of waiting until the end. It's the known guard against non-payment, and the file makes it simple to keep up.
Do I have to replace my quoting software?
The quote isn't the end, it's the first brick of your file. You keep making your quotes, and you add what was missing: the file that proves, and the showcase that reassures.
Does it fill in on site?
Yes. The signed quote, the photo, the state at handover: everything is captured on the spot, even offline. Less paperwork at night.
The common ground
What secures your project doesn't depend on your trade.
The principle is the same across every job you take on: the agreement holds from the quote, the proof files itself as the work goes, the handover closes cleanly. That's what we call a Secure Contract.
See it on a key phase: The quote is a contract →
Alone doesn't mean defenceless.
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