FOR TRADE CONTRACTORS

See what every job is making while you’re still on it.

Trade Agent runs the office side of a trade shop. Arti helps write the quote, codes your bills and receipts to the job, and keeps each job’s profit current as the costs come in.

  1. Whitfield panel & EV chargerToday
  2. Bill codedMountain States Electric Supply · $1,486.0026-240 Panel & gear · emailed to your Trade Agent address
  3. Receipt readThe Home Depot · $86.0026-050 Misc. material · scanned on Kai’s phone
  4. Time approvedLuis and Kai, 8:00 · $544.0026-010 Labor · clocked in on the job
Profit when this job closes
$3,92025.9% margin

Tracking to plan.

Contract$15,120no change orders
Spent so far$4,098$5,584$5,670$6,21437%50%51%55% of planned cost
Left to spend$7,102$5,616$5,530$4,986before you break the plan
Hours logged33:3033:3033:3041:30$2,278$2,278$2,278$2,822 of labor
ONE JOB, START TO FINISH

You do the work. Arti does the paperwork.

  1. 01 · Quote

    Tell Arti the job. Get the quote.

    Type it on your phone the way you’d text the office. Arti asks what it needs, writes every line and prices it for you.

    YOUTyped one sentenceARTIWrote and priced the quote
    Arti
    Quote a 200 amp panel upgrade and a Level 2 charger in the garage. Dana Whitfield, Boulder.
    Arti
    Start an estimate?200A panel upgrade and Level 2 EV charger, Boulder, CO.Yes, start estimate
    Calculating line items
    Arti
    Whitfield Panel & EV ChargerTotal: $15,120.005 itemsView Estimate
    ESTIMATEWhitfield Panel & EV Charger
    • 200A main panel and breakers$5,350
    • Meter base and service mast$1,780
    • Level 2 EV charger, 60A circuit$2,210
    • Labor, 2 electricians, 2 days$4,800
    • Permit and inspection$980
    Total$15,120.00
    Priced at today’s market.I checked current prices. My sources are in the estimate.
  2. 02 · Signed

    Your customer signs with a finger.

    They get the quote by email, read it on their phone and sign. No account, no printer, no driving back out for a signature.

    YOUHit sendCUSTOMERSigned from the couch
    SENT BY PEAK ELECTRICEST-1027 · Panel & EV charger$15,120.00
    Add your signature
    Dana Whitfield
    Sign and acceptYour signature is on the record
    Trade Agent · nowEST-1027 was signedDana Whitfield · $15,120.00
  3. 03 · Costs

    Arti files every bill and receipt.

    Supply houses email bills to your Trade Agent address. Your crew snaps receipts in the truck. Arti reads each one and puts it on the right job.

    YOUTapped approveARTIRead it and found the job
    Bill from Mountain States$1,486.00 → Whitfield job, Panel & gear
    Receipt from Kai’s phone$86.00 → Whitfield job, Materials
    Whitfield jobOn plan
    Spent so far
    $4,642$6,128$6,214of $11,200
    • Panel & gear
    • Materials
    • Labor
    • EV charger
    Profit when it closes $3,920
  4. 04 · Invoice

    Tap send. Get paid.

    The invoice comes from the job, so it’s already filled in. Tap Send and your customer gets it by email, with a button to pay online.

    YOUOne tapCUSTOMERPays online
    ‹ InvoicesINV-1031
    Peak ElectricBoulder, COINVOICE
    BILL TODana Whitfield1420 Pine St, Boulder
    Panel upgrade & EV chargerFinal payment, 50%$7,560.00
    Amount due$7,560.00
    Send InvoiceSent
TIME

Your crew taps Start. The hours land on the job.

No timesheets on the dash, no texting hours on Friday. Your crew starts a timer on their phone, and the job is already picked from today’s schedule. You approve the week in a few clicks, and every hour is costed to the job at your rates.

01 On the job
02 In the office, Friday
03 On the job’s books
  • Where they clocked inClock In and Clock Out record the location with every punch. Nobody has to call it in.
  • Nobody forgets to clock outStill on the clock after 12 hours? Their phone asks: Still working, or Clock me out.
  • Payroll in one fileExport approved hours to Excel or CSV, with regular time and overtime already split.
CALENDAR

Put your crew on the job. Their phone knows first.

Pick the job and pick who’s on it. They get it on their phone with the time and the address, so nobody calls the office to ask where they’re going tomorrow. Move it later and their phone moves with it.

  • Their Calendar tab shows Day, Week, Month or List, filtered to My Assignments.
  • Tap the address on the appointment for turn-by-turn directions.
  • Syncs both ways with Google Calendar.
ASK ARTI

Ask about your money in plain words.

Arti knows your jobs, bills, invoices and payments. Ask who owes you, what a job has cost so far, or what you spent with a supplier this month, and the answer comes back with the numbers behind it.

Who owes us money?

$21,390 is out on six invoices. $2,140 of it is more than 30 days late, from Brandt Custom Homes on the Ortega job.

What did we spend at Mountain States this month?

$9,842.16 on seven bills, across four jobs. The most went to the Whitfield job, at $2,868.

  • QuickBooks OnlineApproved bills and expenses go to QuickBooks. Payments you make there come back.
  • Your own bill addressYour shop gets one email address for bills. Give it to your suppliers once and Arti reads what lands.
  • Paid onlineConnect Stripe once, and the invoices you send from your phone come with a button to pay online.

See what your jobs are making.

In 30 minutes we walk through a day on your own jobs instead of a slide deck.

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