Tradie Catch › Features › You stay in charge
Feature: you stay in chargeRun the whole thing by text. From the ute.
No logins, no app, no portal. You get a text when there's a job, and you reply like you'd reply to your mate.
Keeps you in charge.
One plain-English text per job
Name, suburb, job, urgency, the booked time and a link to the recording and transcript.
Run it by text
Reply "book 2pm", "yep book it", "I'll ring them", "turn it off" or "turn it on".
book 2pmBooks them in at 2pm.yep book itTakes the time it offered.I'll ring themYou call them yourself.turn it offSwitches it off.turn it onSwitches it back on.Your prices only
It never quotes a price outside your own price guide.
One-screen settings
A private page: on/off, connect your calendar, job grouping, the suburbs you cover, your hours and your prices.
Weekly scorecard by text
Calls caught, jobs booked, estimated value of the work, and km saved by grouping jobs (an estimate).
No app. Hosted in Australia.
Nothing to download. Built and run by Backbone Automation in Adelaide.
Sarah, Golden Grove. Kitchen sink blocked, not urgent. Booked Thu 10:30am (in your calendar), grouped with your Modbury job that morning. Recording: tap to listen
Ben, Salisbury. Leaking tap, not urgent. You're free Fri 9am or Fri 2pm. Reply "book 2pm", "yep book it" or "I'll ring them".
Dave, Modbury. Burst pipe, water coming through the ceiling. Wants someone today. Tap to call: 04XX XXX XXX
Your scorecard: calls caught, jobs booked, estimated value of work, and km saved by grouping jobs (estimate).
Example messages for illustration. Names and jobs are made up.
Fair questions.
Can I turn it off?
Yes. Text "turn it off". And because it's just a call divert, you can switch the divert off on your phone any time and your calls go back to exactly how they were.
Do I need to download an app or learn new software?
No. There's no app. Everything comes to you as a text, and you reply in plain English. Your settings live on one private web page you open from a link: on/off, calendar, job grouping, the suburbs you cover, your hours and your prices.
Where is my data kept?
Tradie Catch is hosted in Australia, and built and run by Backbone Automation in Adelaide. Your job details, recordings and calendar connection are stored encrypted on that server, and each tradie's data is kept separate. The AI that understands the conversation is a third-party AI service based overseas; phone numbers and emails are masked before it reads a text.
Everything else it does.
Answering
Missed-call divert, text-back in seconds, an Australian AI voice.
Read moreCalendar booking
Books live into Google, Outlook or iPhone. Never double-books.
Read moreJob grouping
Groups jobs by area with driving time built in.
Read moreText assistant
Customers who text get qualified and booked too.
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