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Plumbers · Electricians · Builders · Painters · Other trades

You're good at the work. We help the business side catch up.

We work alongside plumbers, electricians and other tradesmen to find what's holding their business back and fix it. Everything is bespoke, built with you: exactly what your business needs.

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Every trade business struggles somewhere different.

  • The phone rings while you're on a job, and the quote never goes out.
  • The work is done, but you're still chasing the money weeks later.
  • Everything lives in your head: jobs, prices, who owes what.
  • The job was good, the customer was happy, and a year later they can't remember your name.
  • You want to grow, but you can't step off the tools long enough to build the thing.
  • You know you should have a proper web presence, invoices, books. There's just never time.

None of this means you're bad at business. It means you're one person doing three jobs.

We start by sitting down with you.

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* How it works *

  1. We listenOver a coffee. How the jobs come in, how you quote, how you get paid, what eats your time.
  2. We find where it's stuckQuoting, getting paid, being found, keeping track. Every business leaks somewhere different. We find yours.
  3. We fix it, togetherThe right things in place, working for you, not a system you fight with. You stay on the tools.

TOTAL DUE ........ FREE

No pitch · No obligation

Depending on what we find, we might help you with:

  • Getting found

    A proper website and a Google profile, set up right, so people looking for a plumber in your area find you and call.

  • Never missing a customer

    A WhatsApp assistant that answers, takes details and books the job, even when you're under a sink.

  • Quoting and invoicing

    Professional quotes and invoices sent from your phone in minutes, with payment links so you get paid faster.

  • Books and accounting

    Your numbers sorted and up to date, so you know what you're making and you're ready when the bank or SARS asks.

  • Getting organised

    Your jobs, customers and money in one place instead of in your head.

  • Capital to grow

    When you're ready for a second bakkie, more stock or another pair of hands, help getting the funding to do it.

  • Looking the part

    A proper logo, your name on the van, shirts for the crew, a magnet for the fridge. So the customer remembers who did the job, and calls you back instead of googling.

  • Keeping your name out there

    The bit that never gets done: photos of the work going up while it's still fresh, a Facebook page that actually gets posted to, your Google profile kept alive with reviews. Done for you, so it happens.

We don't sell a package. Some guys need one of these, some need three. We focus on what your business needs, and nothing you don't.

Your name on the van. Your customers. Your calls.

We're not here to take over, rebrand you, or put you on some platform. You built this business. It stays yours. We work alongside you to make it run better, and we're straight with you about what we think, but every decision is yours.

Why we're doing this.

South Africa runs on tradesmen, and most of them are running their business alone, after hours, off the back of a bakkie and a phone. We think the guys who are great at the work deserve a business that works just as well. So we're partnering with a small number of them to make that happen.

Let's talk about your business.

No pitch, no obligation. A coffee and a conversation about how your business runs and where it's getting stuck.

If we can help, we'll tell you how. If we can't, we'll tell you that too.

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