# Quote from the ute. Paid before the next job. Source: https://cruxlabs.com.au/industries/trades-home-services For electricians, plumbers, HVAC, pest control, landscapers and other trades. One job management system runs quotes from your rates, crew runs, photo sign-off and invoices with a card payment link. We have not built for a trades business yet; the same modules run live for security, franchise and chauffeur businesses today. Built in Melbourne, working Australia-wide. ## The office is the ute, and the paperwork waits until 9pm. The admin we see in trades businesses. Plain statements, not quotes. - Quotes written at night from a photo and a guess. Seen at ten in the morning, priced after dinner. - Variations agreed on site and never written down. Then argued about when the invoice lands. - Invoices go out days after the job. Then chased by hand, one text at a time. - Licences and SWMS live in the glovebox. Found when a builder asks, not before. ## One job, one record, from the first call to the paid invoice. The quote, the crew's run, the photos and the invoice read the same job. 1. **Enquiry**: A call, your website or a Facebook ad. 2. **Quote**: Priced from your own rates, sent the same day. 3. **Review**: The client opens it by email link and asks for changes. 4. **Schedule**: Each crew gets its run for the day. 5. **Sign off**: Photos before and after, even with no signal. 6. **Get paid**: An invoice with a card payment link. - Quotes priced from your own rates, so the price leaves the same day (Live) - Jobs grouped into a run for each crew (Live) - Photo sign-off on the phone that works with no signal (Live) - Invoices with a card payment link, sent when the job is signed off (Live) - A client portal for quotes, change requests and documents (Live) - A register for licences and SWMS that warns before one expires (Next) Live: running for a client today · Built: coded and tested · Next: not shipped yet · Can build: no delivered example yet. Levels describe the module, in whichever industry it runs today. Services for trades and home services: [Business Operating System](https://cruxlabs.com.au/services/business-operating-system) · [Websites for services businesses](https://cruxlabs.com.au/services/websites) · [Growth marketing](https://cruxlabs.com.au/services/growth-marketing) · [AI agents and automation](https://cruxlabs.com.au/services/ai-automation). ### Software we connect to - **Stripe**: Card payments on every invoice (Live) - **SMS**: Booking confirmations and reminders by text (Live) - **Xero and MYOB**: Invoices out, payments in, one ledger (Can build) ### The rules your paperwork answers to - **Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002, Victoria**: A payment claim unanswered within 10 business days is owed in full. Source: https://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/in-force/acts/building-and-construction-industry-security-payment-act-2002 (checked 2026-10-05) - **Safe work method statements, model WHS laws**: High risk construction work needs a SWMS before it starts, kept on site. Source: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/system/files/documents/1703/information-sheet-safe-work-method-statement.pdf (checked 2026-10-05) This is the Business Operating System, set up for trades and home services. [See the full system](https://cruxlabs.com.au/services/business-operating-system) Also set up for: [Building and construction](https://cruxlabs.com.au/industries#building-construction) · [Cleaning and facilities](https://cruxlabs.com.au/industries/cleaning-facilities) · [Transport and chauffeur](https://cruxlabs.com.au/industries/transport-chauffeur). ## We have not built for a trades business yet. The quoting, crew runs, photo sign-off and card payments that would run yours are live for a security company, a 35-store franchise network and a chauffeur business. - [A complete in-house system for a security company](https://cruxlabs.com.au/case-studies/security-operations-system) (Quotes from your rates, client portal, Live): Quotes, rosters and client questions run from one record. The company takes on new clients without rebuilding the paperwork each time. - [A 35-store franchise network's Business Operating System](https://cruxlabs.com.au/case-studies/franchise-network-os) (Runs and offline photo sign-off, Live): Real stores, real invoices, one system across Melbourne, Canberra, Sydney and Adelaide. Live in about six weeks. - [The chauffeur business we scaled](https://cruxlabs.com.au/case-studies/chauffeur-business-system) (Card payments and SMS reminders, Live): Close to $300K in revenue in under 10 months. We built the system, ran the ads and advised along the way. ## The things people ask before they call. **Is this a replacement for ServiceM8 or Tradify?** Not for everyone. If ServiceM8, Tradify, simPRO, AroFlo or Fergus fits how you quote and work, buy it. We build when your quoting, your sites or your clients do not fit a template, and then the system is yours. **Does it work with Xero?** It can. We have not delivered a Xero connection yet, so we call it Can build. Invoices and card payments through Stripe are live today. **Can clients see a quote online?** Yes. The client opens the quote in a portal from an email link, with no password, and asks for changes there. A person at your company approves each quote before it goes. That portal runs live for a security company today. **Can my team sign off a job with no signal?** Yes. Photo sign-off works offline and sends when the phone is back online. It runs live for a franchise network's delivery drivers today. ## Send us one quote and the job it turned into. [See the full system](https://cruxlabs.com.au/services/business-operating-system) · [All our work](https://cruxlabs.com.au/case-studies) · [All industries](https://cruxlabs.com.au/industries#transport-and-field) · [Check build or buy](https://cruxlabs.com.au/tools/build-vs-buy) · [Book a call](https://cruxlabs.com.au/contact)