Get quotes from tradies without making the calls yourself
Trying to get quotes from tradies usually means ringing five to hear back from two. You explain the job to a voicemail, then again to whoever rings back while you are in the car, and a week later you still have nothing to line up side by side.
Give us the job once. Tell us which tradies to ring, or just the trade and your suburb, and a real person makes the calls. We describe the job in your words and text you who can do it, when they can look, and any rough price they gave.
The problem
Why ringing around for a tradie wears you down
You ring five to reach two
Good tradies are on the tools all day, so the phone rings out or goes to voicemail. You end up calling a long list just to have a couple of real conversations, and you rarely know which ones are still coming back to you.
You tell the same story every time
Leaking shower, second floor, tiled about ten years ago. By the fourth call you are bored of your own bathroom. Each tradie asks slightly different questions, so you can’t even read it off a script.
Call backs land at the worst moment
They return your call at seven in the morning or while you are in a meeting. You scribble a number on the back of a receipt, lose it, and can’t remember which business said which thing.
It is hard to line the answers up
One gives a rough figure, one will only price it on site, one can’t start until next month. Without it all written down in one place, choosing between them is mostly guesswork.
The fix
What you get when we ring the tradies
You describe the job once
Write it out for us in your own words. We repeat it to each tradie the same way, so every one of them is answering the same question and you never have to say it twice.
We chase the ones who don’t pick up
If a call rings out we try again later instead of crossing them off. The busy ones are often the ones worth waiting for, and waiting costs you nothing when we are the ones redialling.
One text with the answers side by side
You get a plain message listing who can do the job, when they can come and look, and any rough price they were willing to give over the phone. You choose who to take further.
An example
What it looks like
You tell us
I need three electricians in Morley rung about swapping an old switchboard and adding two power points in the garage. Single storey brick house. Any weekday is fine for a look.
We text you back
Rang four, reached three. Brightside Electrical can look Thursday morning and said switchboards usually run $1,200 to $1,800. Dan at Northline can come Monday, no price without seeing it. Kestrel Electrics is booked for five weeks. One didn’t answer after three tries.
An example only, with made-up names, to show the kind of answer you get.
Three steps
How it works
- 1
Tell us who to call
The business or person, and what you want to ask, book or find out. Thirty seconds on the form below.
- 2
We ring them
A real person makes the call and says they are ringing on your behalf. No answer? We try again until there is one.
- 3
We text you the result
What they said, in plain words, sent to your mobile. The recording and a written transcript too, if you asked for them.
Good to know
We pass on what each tradie tells us. We don’t recommend or vouch for any of them, and we don’t check licences or insurance, so ask about those before you go ahead. Most will want to see the job before giving a firm price. We never accept a quote, book work or pay a deposit for you. That decision stays yours.
Free while we’re getting started
Who do you want us to ring?
Give us the who and the what. We make the call, keep trying if nobody answers, and text you what they said.
- A real person makes the call, not a robot
- We say we’re ringing on your behalf
- No answer? We try again, and again
- The answer lands on your phone as a text
Leave it with us.
We’ll make the call and text you what they said. Now go and do something better with your day.
Questions people ask
Do I have to choose the tradies?
No. Name the ones you want rung, or give us the trade and your suburb and we will ring local businesses we find. Either way you see the name and number of everyone we spoke to, so you can follow up directly.
Will they give a price over the phone?
Sometimes a rough range, often not. Many tradies will only price a job after seeing it. When that is the case we ask when they can come and look, and we pass on whatever they were willing to say.
Do you tell them you are calling for me?
Yes. We say we are calling on your behalf and give your first name. We never pretend to be you. If a tradie wants to talk to you directly, we send you their name and the best time to ring.