Missed-call text-back
When a call goes unanswered, the customer gets an SMS within seconds with a link to describe the job.
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Case study / SaaS for trades businesses
TradeCatcher: missed calls turned into quoted jobs.
A live SaaS product for Australian tradies. It texts back every missed call within seconds, collects job details and photos, and drafts a quote from the tradie's own rates.
- Type
- Subscription SaaS (B2B)
- Market
- Australian trades businesses
- Stack
- Bubble®, OpenAI, Twilio, Stripe, Brevo
- Status
- Live
In short
TradeCatcher is a live subscription product for Australian trades businesses, launched by the founder of Red Center Studio and built on Bubble with OpenAI, Twilio, Stripe and Brevo. It replies to missed calls by SMS, collects job details and photos through a no-login link, drafts a ballpark quote with AI using the tradie's own rates, and pushes approved jobs into tools like ServiceM8, Tradify and Google Calendar. It costs A$49.99 a month after a 14-day free trial.
The problem
What needed solving.
Tradies miss calls while they are on the tools. A missed call is often a lost job, because the customer rings the next business on the list.
Calling back and writing quotes usually happens at night, after a full day of work.
What was built
The product, feature by feature.
Dedicated SMS quote line
A separate number customers can text at any time, used on its own or together with missed-call text-back.
Photo job intake
Customers send job details and photos through a no-login web form from the SMS link.
AI quote drafting
OpenAI Vision drafts an Australian ballpark range from the photos, using the tradie's own hourly rate and markup rules.
One-tap approve and book
The tradie reviews the draft and approves and books the job in one tap.
Scheduler sync
Approved jobs push into ServiceM8, Tradify, AroFlo, simPRO, Fergus, Microsoft Outlook or Google Calendar.
Smart contact filter
Saved family and friends are not auto-texted.
Public directory and AI-readable profiles
A local trade directory where homeowners upload job photos to a business's quote line, with profiles formatted for search engines and AI assistants.
How it works
Missed call, Details and photos, Draft quote, Approve.
- Missed call. A customer rings while the tradie is on site, and TradeCatcher sends an SMS with the job link.
- Details and photos. The customer sends the job details and photos through the link.
- Draft quote. AI drafts a ballpark quote from the photos and the tradie's rates.
- Approve. The tradie approves and books the job on a break, and it lands in their scheduler.
Screens
More of the product.
Also included
Free tools on the site include a business card and flyer generator, a missed-call ROI calculator, an AI photo repair cost estimator, a trade quote fairness checker and an emergency call-out fee index. TradeCatcher is also the trade fulfilment partner for SharehouseHub: repair photos from sharehouses can be sent to local tradies for quotes.
Pricing
A$49.99 a month including GST after a 14-day free trial, with no credit card needed to start and 0% commission on jobs won.
Stack
Bubble, OpenAI, Twilio, Stripe, Brevo.
What it shows
What this means for your project.
AI that does real work
The AI drafts quotes from photos and the tradie's own pricing rules, and a person approves every quote before it goes out.
Integrations
SMS, payments, email and seven scheduling and job management tools connected into one flow.
Built for search and AI answers
Public directory pages and profiles formatted so search engines and AI assistants can read them.
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