For trade and local service businesses

Websites and tools that give trade businesses their evenings back.

For electricians, plumbers, builders, decorators, cleaners and other tradespeople who run their own business as well as doing the work. We build the website that brings in enquiries. We also build the tools that answer them, price them and send payment reminders, so there is less paperwork to do in the evening.

The call is free and carries no obligation. Afterwards we will send you a one-page note setting out what we would build, what it would cost and how long it would take.

Where the time goes

The tasks that wait until you have finished on site.

  • “I'm up a ladder when the phone rings, and by the time I call back they've booked someone else.”
  • “Every quote gets written at the kitchen table after a full day on site.”
  • “I type the same customer details into a notebook, a text, the quote and the invoice.”
  • “Payment reminders only go out when I remember to send them.”
  • “People look us up and find nothing, or come across a website that looks ten years out of date, and go elsewhere.”

Each of these can be done by a tool that keeps working while you are on a job. We start with whichever costs you the most time.

What we'd build

Tools built around how your jobs actually run.

A website designed for people who phone

A fast, clear website that shows what you do, where you work and how to reach you, designed first for a phone screen.

People who find you can see who they are dealing with and get in touch in a couple of taps.

Missed calls followed up automatically

When you cannot answer, the caller receives a text straight away with a short form. Their answers arrive as one summary showing the job, the address and any photos.

You can ring back already knowing the job, and fewer enquiries go to whoever answers first.

Invoices and payment reminders

When you mark a job as complete, the invoice is sent, polite reminders follow on a schedule, and satisfied customers are asked for a review.

Payment arrives sooner, and you do not have to remember to ask for it.

Email on your own business address

Professional email set up on your own domain.

Customers see an established business, and enquiries stop getting lost in a personal inbox.

Work for trade businesses

Websites and tools for contracting firms.

01

Electrophase

Electrical contracting

We rebuilt the website from the ground up and set up professional email on the company's own domain. Electrophase is now testing an early version of our quotation tool on live jobs.

Read the case study →

02

Renov8 London

Multi-trade contracting

A first professional website, built from scratch, covering everything from decorating a single room to refurbishing a whole house. Renov8 London is now testing the quotation tool across the range of jobs it prices every week.

Read the case study →

In development

A quotation tool for tradespeople

It turns the details of a job into a clear, professional, competitively priced quote in minutes. A customer who asks in the morning can have a price that day. It is being tested on real jobs before general release.

Run a trade business? Ask for early access →

Our commitments

What you can expect from us.

  • A fixed price, agreed in writing before any work starts.
  • You deal directly with the person who builds your website or tool, from the first call until it is finished.
  • You own everything we build for you: the website, the online accounts it uses and your data.
  • We stay involved for the first few weeks of everyday use, making changes until it works well for you.
  • We take on only a few projects at a time, so each one receives our full attention.
  • Everything works properly on a phone, because that is where you and your customers will use it.
  • We show you and your team how it all works, using your own jobs as examples.

Before you ask

Questions trade businesses ask first.

  • How much does a website cost?Every project has a fixed price, agreed in writing before work starts. The free call gives you a rough figure, and the one-page note that follows sets out the actual price.
  • I already have a website. Can you work with it?Often the quickest improvement is in how you handle the enquiries it already brings in. If it needs rebuilding, the note will say so and explain why.
  • I'm not a computer person. Will I be able to use it?Yes. We build for the phone in your pocket, show you how it works using your own jobs, and stay involved through the first weeks.
  • Can I use the quotation tool?Ask for early access. We will tell you where it stands and when you can start using it on your own jobs.

Next step

Tell us which task takes up your evenings.

On a free 30-minute call we will ask how the task is done now and where problems arise. Within two working days we will send you a one-page note: what we would build, the fixed price and how long it would take.

or email hello@keystoneai.ltd